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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 – 300 m

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

Visibility (m)8 m – 35 m

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

Water temperature (°C)-1 °C – 29 °C

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Cold-water pelagic

Lofoten (orcas)

Norway

Up to 25 m · Advanced / drysuit

15 m6 °C

Extreme tidal current

Saltstraumen

Norway

Up to 30 m · Technical / highly advanced

15 m8 °C

Cold-water coral reef

Trondheimsfjord (cold-water corals)

Norway

Up to 80 m · Technical

15 m7 °C

Unique geothermal formation

Strýtan (hydrothermal chimney)

Iceland

Up to 70 m · Advanced Open Water (drysuit)

20 m5 °C

Ningaloo Reef

Australia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m

Ogasawara Islands

Japan

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Ponta do Ouro

Mozambique

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Rowley Shoals

Australia

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m28 °C

SS Yongala

Australia

Up to 28 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m

Tofo Beach

Mozambique

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

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Hammerhead sharks

Caves and cenotes

Snorkelling-friendly

Technical diving

Bunaken Marine Park

Indonesia

63 speciesSee dive site

Jellyfish lake/Reef

Derawan Islands (Kakaban / Sangalaki)

Indonesia

63 speciesSee dive site

Layang Layang Atoll

Malaysia

63 speciesSee dive site

Pinnacle / Soft coral reef

Misool (Boo Windows and Magic Mountain)

Indonesia

63 speciesSee dive site

Guam (Blue Hole)

Guam

43 speciesSee dive site

Reef/Shallow cave

French Reef (Key Largo)

United States

43 speciesSee dive site

Orcas · humpback whales · herring

OceanPolar

See dive site

Cod · lobsters · giant anemones

See dive site

Cold-water Lophelia corals · lobsters · cod

Ocean

See dive site

Limited wildlife; a unique mineral tufa chimney

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

25 °C

Between 300 and 500 whale sharks a year; giant manta rays · turtles · whales; more than 300 species of coral

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

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24 °C

Sperm whales and humpback whales · dolphins at Futami (Chichijima) · more than 190 threatened bird species across the archipelago as a whole

IslandsWorld HeritageMarine protected area

See dive site

Bull sharks · resident dolphins · manta rays

See dive site

Reef sharks · giant groupers · Napoleon wrasse

Ocean

See dive site

26 °C

Olive sea snakes · very large turtles · groupers

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

See dive site

Whale shark · reef and oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations · seasonal humpback whale

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Whitsunday Islands (Chalkies Beach)

Australia

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m25 °C

Turtles · reef fish · hard corals

OceanIslandsWorld Heritage

Cleaning station

Ishigaki (Manta Scramble)

Japan

Up to 20 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Resident manta rays · turtles

Reef/Tidal channel

Watamu Marine Park

Kenya

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Green turtles · moray eels · reef fish

Kerama Islands

Japan

Up to 30 m · Open Water

30 m24 °C

Green turtles · hard corals of great diversity

Miyako Island

Japan

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m25 °C

Reef fish · underwater karst formations

Mayotte (lagoon)

Mayotte

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · manta rays

Lady Elliot Island

Australia

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Reef manta rays for much of the year · turtles · leopard sharks

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Comoros (Mohéli)

Comoros

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Nesting green turtles · dugongs · reef sharks

Reef/Archipelago

Quirimbas Islands

Mozambique

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Dugongs · whale sharks on passage · turtles

Reef/Underwater dune

Bazaruto Archipelago

Mozambique

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Dugongs · manta rays · whale sharks

Reef/Tidal channel

Watamu Turtle Watch

Kenya

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Green turtles · moray eels · reef fish

Vamizi Island

Mozambique

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · high coral biodiversity

Rock formation/Pelagic

Yonaguni Monument

Japan

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Migrating hammerhead sharks · enigmatic rock formations

Heron Island

Australia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

Nesting green and hawksbill turtles · manta rays · reef sharks

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area