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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.

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Depth (m)15 m – 60 m
Visibility (m)12 m – 35 m
Water temperature (°C)21 °C – 29 °C
metres maximum depth

28 dive sites found

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UNESCO
Reef/Pelagic

Komodo National Park

Indonesia

69 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, strong currents

22 m

Reef/Wall

Raja Ampat

Indonesia

65 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water

25 m29 °C

Pinnacle / Soft coral reef

Misool (Boo Windows and Magic Mountain)

Indonesia

63 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Reef and oceanic manta rays · reef sharks · wobbegongs

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Nusa Penida (Manta Point / Crystal Bay)

Indonesia

62 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m22 °C

Pinnacle/Granite cave

Similan Islands

Thailand

62 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef/Wall

Andaman Islands (Havelock)

India

62 species

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Coastal pelagic

Cenderawasih Bay (whale shark)

Indonesia

62 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Pinnacle

Richelieu Rock

Thailand

59 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef/Pelagic

Ponta do Ouro

Mozambique

59 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Sharks
Hammerhead sharks
Manta rays
Turtles
Reefs
Wrecks
Caves and cenotes
Walls
Large pelagics
Snorkelling-friendly
Beginners
Technical diving
Volcanic marine reserve / Posidonia meadow / Wreck

Cabo de Gata-Níjar

Spain

121 speciesSee dive site
Pinnacle

Medes Islands

Spain

121 speciesSee dive site
Rocky reef/Wreck

L'Escala (Costa Brava)

Spain

121 speciesSee dive site
Seagrass meadow

Abu Dabab (dugongs)

Egypt

48 speciesSee dive site
Open sandy bottom

Tiger Beach

Bahamas

49 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.

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26 °C

Reef manta rays all year round · grey reef sharks · thresher shark

World HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site

Reef and oceanic manta rays · tasselled wobbegongs · endemic walking sharks (Hemiscyllium)

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Reef manta rays all year round at Manta Point; sunfish (Mola alexandrini) in the cold season; turtles · reef sharks

Ocean
See dive site

Manta rays at the cleaning stations of Koh Bon and Koh Tachai · turtles · leopard sharks

IslandsMarine protected area
See dive site

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays

OceanIslands
See dive site

Resident whale shark · more than 35 endemic fish species · hard coral gardens

Marine protected area
See dive site

Occasional whale shark and manta ray · schooling mackerel and barracuda · frogfish

Marine protected area
See dive site

Bull sharks · resident dolphins · manta rays

See dive site
Deep pinnacle

Hin Daeng / Hin Muang

Thailand

58 species

Up to 60 m · Advanced

25 m28 °C

Manta ray · occasional whale shark · grey reef shark

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Reef/Pelagic

Tofo Beach

Mozambique

57 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Whale shark · reef and oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations · seasonal humpback whale

See dive site
Wall/Pelagic

Osprey Reef (Coral Sea)

Australia

56 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Grey reef and silvertip sharks · hammerheads · pelagics

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Pelagic plateau / Shark encounter

Fuvahmulah (Tiger Harbour)

Maldives

55 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water for the tiger shark site; advanced for the deep plateaus

Resident tiger sharks · thresher shark · silvertip shark

Ocean
See dive site
UNESCO
Coral reef

Lady Elliot Island

Australia

54 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Reef manta rays for much of the year · turtles · leopard sharks

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
Feeding bay

Baa Atoll (Hanifaru Bay)

Maldives

54 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Up to 200 reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi) at once · the largest known aggregation in the world; whale shark

Marine protected area
See dive site
Pinnacle/Cave

Mergui Archipelago (Black Rock)

Myanmar

54 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nurse sharks · giant lobsters · underwater caves

OceanIslands
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
UNESCO
Reef/Wall

Fernando de Noronha

Brazil

39 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

35 m27 °C

Resident spinner dolphin · turtles · reef and lemon sharks

IslandsWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Darwin Island

Ecuador

28 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m24 °C

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

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Wolf Island

Ecuador

28 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m24 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerheads · whale shark · Galápagos shark

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Cocos Island

Costa Rica

28 species

Up to 45 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m27 °C

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

World HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Revillagigedo Islands (Socorro)

Mexico

26 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m25 °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
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