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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)8 m – 300 m
Visibility (m)5 m – 30 m
Water temperature (°C)24 °C – 28 °C

23 dive sites found

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Coastal muck diving

Blue Heron Bridge

United States

53 species

Up to 8 m · Open Water

5 m26 °C

Reef/Wall

Xcalak

Mexico

51 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Atoll/Wreck

Banco Chinchorro

Mexico

50 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Drift reef

Jupiter (shark drift diving)

United States

50 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Open sandy bottom

Tiger Beach

Bahamas

49 species

Up to 10 m · Advanced (shark diving)

28 m25 °C

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Hammerhead sharks
Manta rays
Turtles
Reefs
Wrecks
Caves and cenotes
Walls
Large pelagics
Snorkelling-friendly
Beginners
Technical diving
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Darwin Island

Ecuador

28 speciesSee dive site
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Cocos Island

Costa Rica

28 speciesSee dive site
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Wolf Island

Ecuador

28 speciesSee dive site
Reef/Wall

Sha'ab Rumi (Cousteau)

Sudan

48 speciesSee dive site
Reef/Wall

Ras Mohammed National Park

Egypt

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.

Seahorses · octopus · frogfish

See dive site

Groupers · lobsters · nurse sharks

See dive site

Nurse sharks · American crocodiles · sea turtles

Ocean
See dive site

Bull sharks · lemon sharks · goliath groupers

See dive site

Tiger shark · lemon shark · nurse shark

Marine protected area
See dive site
Reef/Pelagic

Contoy Island

Mexico

48 species

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whale shark (the Afuera aggregation) · mobula rays

See dive site
Reef/Wreck

Veracruz (Veracruz Reef System)

Mexico

47 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Colonial wrecks · lobsters · reef fish

Ocean
See dive site
Reef

Molasses Reef

United States

46 species

Up to 15 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Turtles · vase sponges · snappers

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Salt dome/Reef

Flower Garden Banks

United States

46 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m24 °C

Almost 300 species of fish and more than 20 of coral; manta rays · sharks · turtles

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Barrier reef/Blue Hole

Andros Barrier Reef

Bahamas

46 species

Up to 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

The third largest barrier reef in the world · reef sharks · inland blue holes

OceanFreshwater
See dive site
Coral reef

Looe Key

United States

46 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · lobsters · reef fish

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Shark feeding

Nassau (shark diving)

Bahamas

45 species

Up to 20 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Caribbean reef sharks · nurse sharks

Ocean
See dive site
Artificial reef/Memorial

Neptune Memorial Reef (Miami)

United States

45 species

Up to 12 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef fish colonising the underwater memorial

Ocean
See dive site
Sinkhole (freediving)

Dean's Blue Hole

Bahamas

44 species

Up to 202 m · Advanced / technical freediving

30 m26 °C

Limited wildlife; a world mecca of freediving

Ocean
See dive site
Reef/Submerged statue

Christ of the Abyss (Key Largo)

United States

44 species

Up to 8 m · Open Water / Snorkel

20 m26 °C

Brain coral formations · grunts · snapper

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Reef/Underwater sculpture

Manchones Reef (Cancún)

Mexico

44 species

Up to 10 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish · sculptures of the Underwater Museum of Art

See dive site
Sandy bottom / Shark encounter

Bimini (great hammerhead)

Bahamas

44 species

Up to 12 m · Advanced (shark diving)

Great hammerhead · bull shark · Caribbean reef shark

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Wreck (aircraft carrier)

USS Oriskany

United States

43 species

Up to 65 m · Advanced / technical

25 m25 °C

Barracuda · goliath groupers · occasional sharks

Ocean
See dive site
Reef/Shallow cave

French Reef (Key Largo)

United States

43 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Moray eels · large snapper · groupers

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Coral reef

Rainbow Reef (Key Largo)

United States

43 species

Up to 15 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef fish · lobsters · soft corals

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Wreck

USS Spiegel Grove

United States

42 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

More than 130 species of fish; algae · sponges

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Wreck

SS Benwood (Key Largo)

United States

42 species

Up to 15 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Sharks · turtles · occasional dolphins

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Wreck

Duane Wreck (Key Largo)

United States

42 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Shoals of snapper · barracuda · amberjack

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site