Diving and snorkelling
553 diving and snorkelling sites across 117 countries — from coral reefs to wrecks more than 300 metres deep.
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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.
Between 300 and 500 whale sharks a year; giant manta rays · turtles · whales; more than 300 species of coral
Sperm whales and humpback whales · dolphins at Futami (Chichijima) · more than 190 threatened bird species across the archipelago as a whole
Hard corals · reef fish · volcanic formations
Shoals of scalloped hammerhead · whitetip reef shark in enormous numbers · whale shark
Rare deep-water fish · nudibranchs · pygmy seahorses
Humpback whales on passage · manta rays · whitetip reef sharks
Grey nurse shark (raggie) in breeding aggregations · oceanic blacktip shark all year round · tiger shark
Seven species of shark aggregate here · among them hammerheads · grey nurse shark and giant guitarfish; Zambezi (bull) shark
Reef manta ray · on occasion a dozen or more on a single dive
Tiger sharks · manta rays · ridley and loggerhead turtles
Indonesia
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United States
Bahamas
South Africa
New Zealand