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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)15 m – 50 m
Visibility (m)12 m – 35 m
Water temperature (°C)21 °C – 27 °C

16 dive sites found

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UNESCO
Pelagic/Reef

Ogasawara Islands

Japan

59 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Wreck/Volcanic reef

Cape Verde (Sal Island)

Cabo Verde

43 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

UNESCO
Reef/Wall

Fernando de Noronha

Brazil

39 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

35 m

Atoll pass/Current

Rangiroa (Tiputa Pass)

French Polynesia

36 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Atoll pass/Pelagic

Fakarava (Shark Wall)

French Polynesia

33 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Lagoon/Reef

Bora Bora

French Polynesia

32 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Darwin Island

Ecuador

28 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m

UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Wolf Island

Ecuador

28 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m

UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Cocos Island

Costa Rica

28 species

Up to 45 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m

UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Revillagigedo Islands (Socorro)

Mexico

26 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m

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Snorkelling-friendly
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UNESCO
Actively volcanic

Aeolian Islands (Panarea/Stromboli)

Italy

103 speciesSee dive site
UNESCO
Rocky reef/Wreck

Amalfi Coast

Italy

102 speciesSee dive site
UNESCO
Wreck/Rocky reef

Dubrovnik

Croatia

93 speciesSee dive site
Surface pelagic

Isla Mujeres (whale shark)

Mexico

45 speciesSee dive site
Coral lagoon

Isle of Pines (New Caledonia)

New Caledonia

45 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.

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 (rare) · rays · turtles

Ocean
See dive site
27 °C

Resident spinner dolphin · turtles · reef and lemon sharks

IslandsWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site

A wall of grey reef sharks · resident bottlenose dolphins · great hammerhead (a threatened species studied by the Mokarran Protection Society)

See dive site

More than three hundred grey reef sharks forming the 'wall'; lemon · blacktip · whitetip

Marine protected area
See dive site

Lagoon manta rays · blacktip reef sharks · lemon sharks

See 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
Reef/Pelagic

Machalilla / Isla de la Plata

Ecuador

23 species

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m22 °C

Humpback whales on passage · manta rays · whitetip reef sharks

Marine protected area
See dive site
Night feeding station

Kona (night diving with manta rays)

United States

22 species

Up to 15 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

Reef manta ray · on occasion a dozen or more on a single dive

Ocean
See dive site
UNESCO
Wall/Cleaning station

Cape Marshall

Ecuador

22 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m21 °C

Oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations · turtles · reef sharks

World HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
UNESCO
Pelagic/Rocky reef

Coiba National Park

Panama

21 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Bull sharks · hammerhead sharks · humpback whales

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
Pelagic/Rocky reef

Caño Island

Costa Rica

20 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m27 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · manta rays · dolphins

See dive site
Outer crater wall

Molokini Crater

United States

17 species

Up to 50 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m25 °C

38 species of coral · butterflyfish · Moorish idols

Marine protected area
See dive site