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Diving and snorkelling

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

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Depth (m)15 m – 300 m
Visibility (m)8 m – 35 m
Water temperature (°C)-1 °C – 29 °C

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Large pelagics
Snorkelling-friendly
Beginners
Technical diving
Reef/Muck diving

Puerto Galera

Philippines

62 speciesSee dive site
Wreck/Muck diving

Sabang Bay

Philippines

62 speciesSee dive site
Wall

Sipadan

Malaysia

62 speciesSee dive site
Cleaning station

Ticao Pass (manta rays)

Philippines

62 speciesSee dive site
Cleaning station

Yap (resident manta rays)

Micronesia

44 speciesSee dive site
Reef/Wall

Turneffe Atoll

Belize

44 speciesSee dive site
UNESCO
Coral reef

Whitsunday Islands (Chalkies Beach)

Australia

57 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m

Cleaning station

Ishigaki (Manta Scramble)

Japan

56 species

Up to 20 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef/Tidal channel

Watamu Marine Park

Kenya

55 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Coral reef

Kerama Islands

Japan

55 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

30 m24 °C

Cave/Reef

Miyako Island

Japan

55 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m25 °C

Coral lagoon

Mayotte (lagoon)

Mayotte

55 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

UNESCO
Coral reef

Lady Elliot Island

Australia

54 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m

Volcanic reef

Comoros (Mohéli)

Comoros

54 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef/Archipelago

Quirimbas Islands

Mozambique

54 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef/Underwater dune

Bazaruto Archipelago

Mozambique

53 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef/Tidal channel

Watamu Turtle Watch

Kenya

53 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Pristine reef

Vamizi Island

Mozambique

53 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Rock formation/Pelagic

Yonaguni Monument

Japan

52 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

UNESCO
Coral reef

Heron Island

Australia

52 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m

Cold-water pelagic

Lofoten (orcas)

Norway

86 species

Up to 25 m · Advanced / drysuit

15 m6 °C

Orcas · humpback whales · herring

OceanPolar
See dive site
Extreme tidal current

Saltstraumen

Norway

84 species

Up to 30 m · Technical / highly advanced

15 m8 °C

Cod · lobsters · giant anemones

See dive site
Cold-water coral reef

Trondheimsfjord (cold-water corals)

Norway

84 species

Up to 80 m · Technical

15 m7 °C

Cold-water Lophelia corals · lobsters · cod

Ocean
See dive site
Unique geothermal formation

Strýtan (hydrothermal chimney)

Iceland

79 species

Up to 70 m · Advanced Open Water (drysuit)

20 m5 °C

Limited wildlife; a unique mineral tufa chimney

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
UNESCO
Coastal reef

Ningaloo Reef

Australia

68 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

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

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
UNESCO
Pelagic/Reef

Ogasawara Islands

Japan

59 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m24 °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
Reef/Pelagic

Ponta do Ouro

Mozambique

59 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Bull sharks · resident dolphins · manta rays

See dive site
Remote atoll

Rowley Shoals

Australia

58 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · giant groupers · Napoleon wrasse

Ocean
See dive site
UNESCO
Wreck

SS Yongala

Australia

57 species

Up to 28 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Olive sea snakes · very large turtles · groupers

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
Reef/Pelagic

Tofo Beach

Mozambique

57 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

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

See dive site
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25 °C

Turtles · reef fish · hard corals

OceanIslandsWorld Heritage
See dive site

Resident manta rays · turtles

Islands
See dive site

Green turtles · moray eels · reef fish

Ocean
See dive site

Green turtles · hard corals of great diversity

Ocean
See dive site

Reef fish · underwater karst formations

See dive site

Turtles · reef sharks · manta rays

Ocean
See dive site
24 °C

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

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site

Nesting green turtles · dugongs · reef sharks

Islands
See dive site

Dugongs · whale sharks on passage · turtles

OceanIslands
See dive site

Dugongs · manta rays · whale sharks

Ocean
See dive site

Green turtles · moray eels · reef fish

See dive site

Reef sharks · turtles · high coral biodiversity

Ocean
See dive site

Migrating hammerhead sharks · enigmatic rock formations

Ocean
See dive site
25 °C

Nesting green and hawksbill turtles · manta rays · reef sharks

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site