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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)15 m – 50 m

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

Visibility (m)10 m – 35 m

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

Water temperature (°C)16 °C – 28 °C

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

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Ogasawara Islands

Japan

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Australia

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Vertical oceanic wall / Cave

Christmas Island

Australia

Up to 40 m · Open Water on the shallow reefs; advanced on Perpendicular Wall

Whale sharks · manta rays · spinner dolphins all year round

Wreck/Volcanic reef

Cape Verde (Sal Island)

Cabo Verde

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Cristóbal Colón wreck (Bermuda)

Bermuda

Up to 18 m · Open Water

Trumpetfish · blue angelfish · lobsters

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Hammerhead sharks

Caves and cenotes

Snorkelling-friendly

Technical diving

Chumphon Pinnacle

Thailand

59 speciesSee dive site

Muck diving/Reef

Halmahera (walking sharks)

Indonesia

59 speciesSee dive site

Banda Islands

Indonesia

59 speciesSee dive site

Ambergris Caye

Belize

44 speciesSee dive site

Rarotonga

Cook Islands

45 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.

24 °C

Sperm whales and humpback whales · dolphins at Futami (Chichijima) · more than 190 threatened bird species across the archipelago as a whole

IslandsWorld HeritageMarine protected area

See dive site

Reef sharks · manta rays · pristine corals

Ocean

See dive site

Marine protected area

See dive site

Bull sharks (rare) · rays · turtles

Ocean

See dive site

Ocean

See dive site

Historic wreck (paddle steamer)

Mary Celestia wreck (Bermuda)

Bermuda

Up to 17 m · Open Water

Remote atoll/Pelagic

Kiritimati (Christmas Island)

Kiribati

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef sharks · giant trevally · manta rays

Darwin Island

Ecuador

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

Wolf Island

Ecuador

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m24 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerheads · whale shark · Galápagos shark

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Cocos Island

Costa Rica

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

Revillagigedo Islands (Socorro)

Mexico

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m25 °C

Giant manta ray · bottlenose dolphin · hammerhead shark

IslandsWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Night feeding station

Kona (night diving with manta rays)

United States

Up to 15 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

Reef manta ray · on occasion a dozen or more on a single dive

Wall/Cleaning station

Cape Marshall

Ecuador

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m21 °C

Oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations · turtles · reef sharks

World HeritageMarine protected area

Malpelo Island

Colombia

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m26 °C

Shoals of scalloped hammerhead · silky shark · whale shark

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Kicker Rock (León Dormido)

Ecuador

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m23 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · sea lions · eagle rays

World HeritageMarine protected area

Outer crater wall

Molokini Crater

United States

Up to 50 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m25 °C

38 species of coral · butterflyfish · Moorish idols

Marine protected area

Pinnacle/Current

Gordon Rocks

Ecuador

Up to 30 m · Advanced, drift diving

15 m22 °C

Hammerhead sharks · mobula rays · sea lions

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Pinnacle/Macrofauna

Cousin's Rock

Ecuador

Up to 25 m · Open Water

10 m22 °C

Seahorses · rays · sea lions

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Cathedrals (Lanai)

United States

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m25 °C

Rare black coral on the roof of the main chamber · tube corals · sponges

Volcanic rock/Wall

Robinson Crusoe Island (Juan Fernández)

Chile

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m16 °C

Juan Fernández fur seals · endemic lobsters

Volcanic/Archaeological

Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

Chile

Up to 30 m · Open Water

35 m23 °C

Endemic fish · the submerged moai (an archaeological replica)

Remote volcanic/Nesting

Ascension Island

United Kingdom

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m24 °C

Nesting green turtles · endemic fish · marlin

Subtropical coral reef

Lord Howe Island

Australia

Up to 30 m · Open Water