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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)5 m – 20 m

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

Water temperature (°C)4 °C – 17 °C

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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

Dive in and explore

Hammerhead sharks

Caves and cenotes

Snorkelling-friendly

Technical diving

Muck diving/Reef

Mabul Island

Malaysia

60 speciesSee dive site

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Malapascua (thresher shark)

Philippines

60 speciesSee dive site

Cleaning station

Manta Ridge (Arborek)

Indonesia

60 speciesSee dive site

Moalboal (Sardine Run)

Philippines

60 speciesSee dive site

Sinkhole (freediving)

Dean's Blue Hole

Bahamas

44 speciesSee dive site

Reef/Submerged statue

Christ of the Abyss (Key Largo)

United States

44 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.

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

Wreck/Rocky reef

Plymouth Sound (wrecks)

United Kingdom

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m13 °C

Lobsters · conger eels · several artificial wrecks

Cold rocky reef/Wreck

Farne Islands (Longstone)

United Kingdom

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

Grey seals · historic lighthouse wrecks

Scapa Flow

United Kingdom

Up to 45 m · Advanced / technical

10 m10 °C

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

Marine protected area

Cold rocky reef

St Abbs

United Kingdom

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m10 °C

Lobsters · spider crabs · plumose anemones

Atlantic rocky reef

Skellig Islands

Ireland

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m13 °C

Grey seals · basking sharks on passage · gannets

OceanWorld Heritage

Wreck/Rocky reef

Malin Head

Ireland

Up to 40 m · Advanced

15 m12 °C

Basking sharks on passage · lobsters · First World War wrecks

Cold-water pelagic

Lofoten (orcas)

Norway

Up to 25 m · Advanced / drysuit

15 m6 °C

Orcas · humpback whales · herring

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

Monterey Bay (Point Lobos)

United States

Up to 25 m · Open Water

10 m13 °C

Sea otters · sea lions · octopus

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

Channel Islands National Park

United States

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m15 °C

Giant kelp forests · sea lions · garibaldi

Marine protected area

Cold-water fjord

Saguenay Fjord (belugas)

Canada

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m4 °C

Belugas · seals · cold-water anemones

OceanFreshwater

Cold rocky reef/Wreck

Rügen (Baltic amber)

Germany

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

5 m15 °C

Cold-water fish · fragments of Baltic amber

Cold-water wreck

Gdańsk (Baltic wrecks)

Poland

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water / technical

8 m10 °C

Cold-water fish · numerous well-preserved war wrecks

Cold-water wall

Neah Bay

United States

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m10 °C

Giant Pacific octopus · giant anemones · rock lobsters

Kelp forest/Canyon

La Jolla Cove

United States

Up to 25 m · Open Water

10 m16 °C

Sea lions · leopard sharks · rays