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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)30 m – 80 m
Visibility (m)15 m – 30 m
Water temperature (°C)22 °C – 28 °C

18 dive sites found

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Ocean wall

Layang Layang Atoll

Malaysia

63 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Wall/Pelagic

Rasdhoo Atoll (Madivaru)

Maldives

55 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

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

Pinnacle/Wall

Vaavu Atoll (Fish Head)

Maldives

54 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef/Wall

Elphinstone Reef

Egypt

52 species

Up to 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

Wall/Wreck

Brothers Islands (El Akhawein)

Egypt

51 species

Up to 80 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m26 °C

Wall/Pelagic

Rocky Island

Egypt

51 species

Up to 60 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Reef/Cave

St John's Reef

Egypt

50 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Isolated oceanic reef / Wall

Daedalus Reef (Abu el Kizan)

Egypt

49 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

Hammerhead sharks · oceanic whitetip · thresher shark

Reef/Wall

Sha'ab Rumi (Cousteau)

Sudan

48 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

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Sharks
Hammerhead sharks
Manta rays
Turtles
Reefs
Wrecks
Caves and cenotes
Walls
Large pelagics
Snorkelling-friendly
Beginners
Technical diving
Pinnacle

Chumphon Pinnacle

Thailand

59 speciesSee dive site
Muck diving/Reef

Halmahera (walking sharks)

Indonesia

59 speciesSee dive site
Volcanic wall

Banda Islands

Indonesia

59 speciesSee dive site
Reef/Tunnel

Ambergris Caye

Belize

44 speciesSee dive site
Barrier reef

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.

Schooling hammerhead sharks · turtles · dolphins

Ocean
See dive site

Hammerhead sharks at dawn · grey reef sharks

See dive site
Ocean
See dive site

Grey reef sharks · Napoleon wrasse

See dive site

Oceanic whitetip shark (longimanus) · hammerheads · grey reef shark

Ocean
See dive site

Hammerhead · oceanic whitetip · thresher and grey reef sharks

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Oceanic · hammerhead and pelagic thresher sharks

Marine protected area
See dive site

Hammerheads · grey reef shark · oceanic whitetip

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

Hammerhead sharks (best in spring) · grey reef sharks · barracuda

Ocean
See dive site
UNESCO
Atoll/Wall

Sanganeb Atoll

Sudan

47 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks · grey reef sharks · barracuda

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
Wreck/Volcanic reef

Cape Verde (Sal Island)

Cabo Verde

43 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Bull sharks (rare) · rays · turtles

Ocean
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
Rocky reef

Aliwal Shoal

South Africa

22 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m23 °C

Grey nurse shark (raggie) in breeding aggregations · oceanic blacktip shark all year round · tiger shark

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Deep rocky reef

Protea Banks

South Africa

22 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced

15 m22 °C

Seven species of shark aggregate here · among them hammerheads · grey nurse shark and giant guitarfish; Zambezi (bull) shark

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
UNESCO
Tropical reef

Sodwana Bay

South Africa

21 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m24 °C

Tiger sharks · manta rays · ridley and loggerhead turtles

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
Pelagic/Rocky reef

Caño Island

Costa Rica

20 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m27 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · manta rays · dolphins

See dive site