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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)8 m – 300 m

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

Visibility (m)5 m – 35 m

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

Water temperature (°C)20 °C – 28 °C

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Coastal muck diving

Blue Heron Bridge

United States

Up to 8 m · Open Water

5 m26 °C

Xcalak

Mexico

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Banco Chinchorro

Mexico

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Jupiter (shark drift diving)

United States

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Open sandy bottom

Tiger Beach

Bahamas

Up to 10 m · Advanced (shark diving)

28 m25 °C

Molasses Reef

United States

Up to 15 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Barrier reef/Blue Hole

Andros Barrier Reef

Bahamas

Up to 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Looe Key

United States

Up to 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Nassau (shark diving)

Bahamas

Up to 20 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Artificial reef/Memorial

Neptune Memorial Reef (Miami)

United States

Up to 12 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Dive in and explore

Hammerhead sharks

Caves and cenotes

Snorkelling-friendly

Technical diving

Volcanic/Reserve

Columbretes Islands

Spain

126 speciesSee dive site

Chafarinas Islands

Spain

123 speciesSee dive site

Cap de Creus

Spain

121 speciesSee dive site

Careless Reef

Egypt

48 speciesSee dive site

Big Gubal Reef

Egypt

48 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.

Seahorses · octopus · frogfish

See dive site

Groupers · lobsters · nurse sharks

See dive site

Nurse sharks · American crocodiles · sea turtles

Ocean

See dive site

Bull sharks · lemon sharks · goliath groupers

See dive site

Tiger shark · lemon shark · nurse shark

Marine protected area

See dive site

Turtles · vase sponges · snappers

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

The third largest barrier reef in the world · reef sharks · inland blue holes

OceanFreshwater

See dive site

Nurse sharks · lobsters · reef fish

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Caribbean reef sharks · nurse sharks

Ocean

See dive site

Reef fish colonising the underwater memorial

Ocean

See dive site

Turneffe Atoll

Belize

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Bull sharks · groupers · turtles

OceanMarine protected area

Jardines de la Reina

Cuba

Up to 30 m · Open Water

35 m27 °C

Grey reef · silky · nurse

OceanMarine protected area

Ambergris Caye

Belize

Up to 25 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · eagle rays · groupers

San Blas Islands (Guna Yala)

Panama

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Lobsters · rays · reef fish

Morrocoy National Park

Venezuela

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish · lobsters · corals

Sinkhole (freediving)

Dean's Blue Hole

Bahamas

Up to 202 m · Advanced / technical freediving

30 m26 °C

Limited wildlife; a world mecca of freediving

Reef/Submerged statue

Christ of the Abyss (Key Largo)

United States

Up to 8 m · Open Water / Snorkel

20 m26 °C

Brain coral formations · grunts · snapper

OceanMarine protected area

Sandy bottom / Shark encounter

Bimini (great hammerhead)

Bahamas

Up to 12 m · Advanced (shark diving)

Great hammerhead · bull shark · Caribbean reef shark

OceanMarine protected area

Wreck/Volcanic reef

Cape Verde (Sal Island)

Cabo Verde

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Bull sharks (rare) · rays · turtles

Bocas del Toro

Panama

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Sloths in the nearby mangroves · rays · octopus

Los Roques

Venezuela

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Lobsters · turtles · parrotfish

Reef/Shallow cave

French Reef (Key Largo)

United States

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Moray eels · large snapper · groupers

OceanMarine protected area

Reef cut/Reserve

Hol Chan Marine Reserve

Belize

Up to 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · eagle rays · groupers

OceanMarine protected area

Rainbow Reef (Key Largo)

United States

Up to 15 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef fish · lobsters · soft corals

OceanMarine protected area