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Map Species Parks Diving

Diving and snorkelling

Explore the world underwater

553 diving and snorkelling sites across 117 countries — from coral reefs to wrecks more than 300 metres deep.

553documented dive sites117countries300metres maximum depth

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Depth (m)15 m – 30 m

Depth (m) — minimum valueDepth (m) — maximum value

Visibility (m)8 m – 25 m

Visibility (m) — minimum valueVisibility (m) — maximum value

Water temperature (°C)-1 °C – 22 °C

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Subtropical rocky reef

Ilha do Mel

Brazil

Up to 20 m · Open Water

8 m20 °C

Temperate reef/Wreck

Rottnest Island

Australia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m20 °C

Temperate rocky reef

Esperance

Australia

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m18 °C

Neptune Islands

Australia

Up to 20 m · Advanced (certified cage)

15 m17 °C

Reef/Sardine Run

Cape Vidal

South Africa

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m

False Bay (great white shark)

South Africa

Up to 15 m · Advanced (certified cage)

8 m16 °C

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Hammerhead sharks

Caves and cenotes

Snorkelling-friendly

Technical diving

Pinnacle/Current

Gordon Rocks

Ecuador

16 speciesSee dive site

Freshwater/Rock

Lake Malawi (cichlids)

Malawi

6 speciesSee dive site

Tectonic fissure/Freshwater

Silfra Fissure

Iceland

3 speciesSee dive site

Jackson Reef

Egypt

48 speciesSee dive site

Farasan Islands

Saudi Arabia

48 speciesSee dive site

About these dive sites

Dive and snorkelling sites with the data you need to choose one — depth range, recommended certification, visibility, water temperature, current, access and best season, wherever they are documented — and the marine species recorded at each site. Where each piece of data comes from is explained in how we build our profiles.

Octopus · reef fish · cold-water corals

See dive site

Sea lions · tropical and temperate fish mixed together

Polar

See dive site

Sea lions · lobsters · occasional white sharks

See dive site

Great white shark · Australian sea lion

Ocean

See dive site

22 °C

Dolphins · sharks and seabirds during the Sardine Run

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

See dive site

Great white shark

See dive site

Subantarctic/Kelp

South Georgia

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Up to 25 m · Advanced / technical (polar water)

20 m2 °C

Weddell seals · king penguins · giant kelp

Temperate bay/Pier

Port Phillip Bay (leafy seadragon)

Australia

Up to 15 m · Open Water

8 m16 °C

Weedy seadragon · seahorses

Cold-water fjord

Fiordland (Milford Sound)

New Zealand

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m12 °C

Shallow-water black coral · seals · dolphins

OceanFreshwater

Puerto Madryn (Valdés Peninsula)

Argentina

Up to 20 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m14 °C

Southern right whales · sea lions · orcas

Cold rocky reef

Punta de Choros

Chile

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m15 °C

Marine otters · dolphins · Humboldt penguins

Cold-water kelp forest

Cape Town Kelp Forest

South Africa

Up to 20 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

Octopus · pyjama sharks · rock lobsters

Subantarctic kelp forest

Stewart Island (Foveaux Strait)

New Zealand

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m12 °C

New Zealand sea lions · little blue penguins · lobsters

Deception Island

Antarctica

Up to 20 m · Advanced / technical (polar water)

20 m0 °C

Antarctic benthic fauna; fur seals and penguins at the surface

Cold pelagic/Seabird colony

Puerto Deseado (penguins)

Argentina

Up to 20 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m12 °C

Magellanic penguins · sea lions · dolphins

Paradise Harbour

Antarctica

Up to 25 m · Advanced / technical (polar water)

25 m-1 °C

Leopard seals · humpback whales · gentoo penguins