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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)20 m – 45 m

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

Visibility (m)8 m – 25 m

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

Water temperature (°C)15 °C – 27 °C

Water temperature (°C) — minimum valueWater temperature (°C) — maximum value

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Darwin Island

Ecuador

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m

Wolf Island

Ecuador

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m

Cocos Island

Costa Rica

Up to 45 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m

Revillagigedo Islands (Socorro)

Mexico

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m

Loreto Bay National Park

Mexico

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Living coral reef

Cabo Pulmo National Park

Mexico

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Machalilla / Isla de la Plata

Ecuador

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m22 °C

Wall/Cleaning station

Cape Marshall

Ecuador

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m

Pelagic/Rocky reef

Coiba National Park

Panama

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m

Pelagic/Rocky reef

Caño Island

Costa Rica

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m27 °C

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Hammerhead sharks

Caves and cenotes

Snorkelling-friendly

Technical diving

Darwin Island

Ecuador

28 speciesSee dive site

Cocos Island

Costa Rica

28 speciesSee dive site

Wolf Island

Ecuador

28 speciesSee dive site

Revillagigedo Islands (Socorro)

Mexico

26 speciesSee dive site

Sosúa

Dominican Republic

37 speciesSee dive site

Surface pelagic

Silver Bank (humpback whales)

Dominican Republic

37 speciesSee dive site

24 °C

Enormous shoals of scalloped hammerhead · whale shark (June-November) · Galápagos shark

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

See dive site

24 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerheads · whale shark · Galápagos shark

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

See dive site

27 °C

Shoals of scalloped hammerhead · whitetip reef shark in enormous numbers · whale shark

World HeritageMarine protected area

See dive site

25 °C

Giant manta ray · bottlenose dolphin · hammerhead shark

IslandsWorld HeritageMarine protected area

See dive site

Sea lions · manta rays · dolphins

Ocean

See dive site

Bull sharks · giant groupers · manta rays

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Humpback whales on passage · manta rays · whitetip reef sharks

Marine protected area

See dive site

21 °C

Oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations · turtles · reef sharks

World HeritageMarine protected area

See dive site

27 °C

Bull sharks · hammerhead sharks · humpback whales

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

See dive site

Whitetip reef sharks · manta rays · dolphins

See dive site

Rock formation/Cave

Puerto Vallarta (Los Arcos)

Mexico

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Rays · moray eels · tropical Pacific fish

Rock/Sea lion colony

Los Islotes (sea lions)

Mexico

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

California sea lions · pufferfish · manta rays

Malpelo Island

Colombia

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m26 °C

Shoals of scalloped hammerhead · silky shark · whale shark

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Kicker Rock (León Dormido)

Ecuador

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m23 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · sea lions · eagle rays

World HeritageMarine protected area

Cold rocky reef

Punta de Choros

Chile

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m15 °C

Marine otters · dolphins · Humboldt penguins

Pinnacle/Current

Gordon Rocks

Ecuador

Up to 30 m · Advanced, drift diving

15 m22 °C

Hammerhead sharks · mobula rays · sea lions

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Pinnacle/Macrofauna

Cousin's Rock

Ecuador

Up to 25 m · Open Water

10 m22 °C

Seahorses · rays · sea lions

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Cold rocky reef

Ballestas Islands

Peru

Up to 20 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m17 °C

Sea lions · Humboldt penguins

Tropical rocky reef

Máncora

Peru

Up to 20 m · Open Water

10 m24 °C

Turtles · rays · tropical fish