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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 – 80 m

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

Visibility (m)8 m – 20 m

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

Water temperature (°C)4 °C – 14 °C

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

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Wreck/Rocky reef

Isles of Scilly

United Kingdom

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m14 °C

Rocky reef/Reserve

Lundy Island

United Kingdom

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m13 °C

Cold rocky reef

Farne Islands

United Kingdom

Up to 20 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

Wreck/Rocky reef

Plymouth Sound (wrecks)

United Kingdom

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m13 °C

Cold rocky reef/Wreck

Farne Islands (Longstone)

United Kingdom

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

Scapa Flow

United Kingdom

Up to 45 m · Advanced / technical

10 m10 °C

Cold rocky reef

St Abbs

United Kingdom

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m10 °C

Atlantic rocky reef

Skellig Islands

Ireland

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m

Wreck/Rocky reef

Malin Head

Ireland

Up to 40 m · Advanced

15 m12 °C

Cold-water pelagic

Lofoten (orcas)

Norway

Up to 25 m · Advanced / drysuit

15 m6 °C

Dive in and explore

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

Grey seals · lobsters · numerous historic shipwrecks

OceanIslands

See dive site

Grey seals · lobsters · the first Marine Conservation Zone in the United Kingdom

Ocean

See dive site

Curious grey seals · lobsters

Ocean

See dive site

Lobsters · conger eels · several artificial wrecks

Ocean

See dive site

Grey seals · historic lighthouse wrecks

Islands

See dive site

Plumose anemones · conger eels · scallops; typical cold-water fauna of the North Atlantic

Marine protected area

See dive site

Lobsters · spider crabs · plumose anemones

Ocean

See dive site

13 °C

Grey seals · basking sharks on passage · gannets

OceanWorld Heritage

See dive site

Basking sharks on passage · lobsters · First World War wrecks

Ocean

See dive site

Orcas · humpback whales · herring

OceanPolar

See dive site

Extreme tidal current

Saltstraumen

Norway

Up to 30 m · Technical / highly advanced

15 m8 °C

Cod · lobsters · giant anemones

Cold-water coral reef

Trondheimsfjord (cold-water corals)

Norway

Up to 80 m · Technical

15 m7 °C

Cold-water Lophelia corals · lobsters · cod

Unique geothermal formation

Strýtan (hydrothermal chimney)

Iceland

Up to 70 m · Advanced Open Water (drysuit)

20 m5 °C

Limited wildlife; a unique mineral tufa chimney

OceanMarine protected area

Cold-water wreck

Block Island (Mohawk wreck)

United States

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m14 °C

Lobsters · black sea bass · bottom fish

Second World War wreck

Bell Island Wrecks

Canada

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m8 °C

Cold-water fish · rock lobsters

Extreme tidal current

Bay of Fundy

Canada

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

Grey seals · lobsters · the highest tide in the world

Andrea Doria

United States

Up to 70 m · Technical (Trimix)

10 m10 °C

Groupers · cold-water lobsters

Cold-water fjord

Saguenay Fjord (belugas)

Canada

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m4 °C

Belugas · seals · cold-water anemones

OceanFreshwater