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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)10 m – 130 m
Visibility (m)8 m – 30 m
Water temperature (°C)24 °C – 29 °C

109 dive sites found

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Snorkelling-friendly
Beginners
Technical diving
Cave/Karst lagoon

Sohoton Cove

Philippines

60 speciesSee dive site
Reef/Reserve

Apo Island

Philippines

59 speciesSee dive site
Wreck

Coron Bay (wrecks)

Philippines

59 speciesSee dive site
Sandy bottom / Shark encounter

Bimini (great hammerhead)

Bahamas

44 speciesSee dive site
Extreme tidal current

Bay of Fundy

Canada

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.

Reef/Pinnacle

Koh Tao

Thailand

60 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m29 °C

Coral reef

Con Dao Islands

Vietnam

60 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Coral reef

Redang Island

Malaysia

60 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef/Reserve

Con Son Island (North Con Dao)

Vietnam

60 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Granite rocky reef

Bangka Belitung

Indonesia

60 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Hard coral reef

Surin Islands

Thailand

60 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Pinnacle

Richelieu Rock

Thailand

59 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Volcanic reef

Pulau Weh

Indonesia

59 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef/Pelagic

Ponta do Ouro

Mozambique

59 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Coral reef

Phu Quoc

Vietnam

59 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Pinnacle

Chumphon Pinnacle

Thailand

59 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef/Wreck

Tenggol Island

Malaysia

59 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Granite pinnacle

Perhentian Islands (Tokong Laut)

Malaysia

59 species

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Deep pinnacle

Hin Daeng / Hin Muang

Thailand

58 species

Up to 60 m · Advanced

25 m28 °C

Ocean wall

Layang Layang Atoll

Malaysia

63 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Schooling hammerhead sharks · turtles · dolphins

Ocean
See dive site
Pinnacle/Granite cave

Similan Islands

Thailand

62 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

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

IslandsMarine protected area
See dive site
Reef/Wall

Andaman Islands (Havelock)

India

62 species

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays

OceanIslands
See dive site
Reef/Wreck

Tioman Island

Malaysia

61 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · nudibranchs

Ocean
See dive site
Coral lagoon

Anambas Islands

Indonesia

61 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Turtles · Napoleon wrasse · soft corals

OceanIslands
See dive site
Reef/Wreck

Riau Islands (Bintan)

Indonesia

61 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · Second World War wrecks

OceanIslands
See dive site
Reef/Wreck

Batam Islands

Indonesia

61 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · sunken commercial wrecks

Ocean
See dive site
Coral reef

Karimunjawa

Indonesia

61 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

OceanIslands
See dive site
Urban reef

Kepulauan Seribu

Indonesia

61 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

8 m29 °C

Reef fish · recovering corals

OceanIslands
See dive site
Shallow reef

Perhentian Islands

Malaysia

60 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks

Islands
See dive site
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Occasional whale sharks · turtles · groupers

Ocean
See dive site

Nesting green turtles · occasional dugongs

OceanIslands
See dive site

Green turtles · clownfish · soft corals

Islands
See dive site

Occasional dugongs · nesting turtles · hard corals

Islands
See dive site

Reef fish · octopus · granite formations

See dive site

More than 260 species of reef fish · 68 of coral · 48 of nudibranch and 31 of shrimp recorded in the park

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

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

Marine protected area
See dive site

Reef sharks · manta rays · occasional hammerhead shark

Ocean
See dive site

Bull sharks · resident dolphins · manta rays

See dive site

Seahorses · turtles · hard corals

Ocean
See dive site

Leopard sharks · barracuda · giant groupers

Ocean
See dive site

Turtles · reef sharks · the nearby HMS Prince of Wales wreck

See dive site

Blacktip reef sharks · barracuda · turtles

Ocean
See dive site

Manta ray · occasional whale shark · grey reef shark

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site