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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 – 80 m
Visibility (m)15 m – 30 m
Water temperature (°C)22 °C – 27 °C

14 dive sites found

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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

Reef/Lagoon

Fury Shoal

Egypt

51 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Wall/Pelagic

Rocky Island

Egypt

51 species

Up to 60 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Wall/Shipwreck

Zabargad Island

Egypt

50 species

Up to 50 m · Advanced, technical

30 m27 °C

Reef/Cave

St John's Reef

Egypt

50 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Open sandy bottom

Tiger Beach

Bahamas

49 species

Up to 10 m · Advanced (shark diving)

28 m25 °C

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Hammerhead sharks
Manta rays
Turtles
Reefs
Wrecks
Caves and cenotes
Walls
Large pelagics
Snorkelling-friendly
Beginners
Technical diving
Cold rocky reef

St Abbs

United Kingdom

111 speciesSee dive site
Wreck/Rocky reef

Malin Head

Ireland

109 speciesSee dive site
Rock wall

Portofino Marine Reserve

Italy

106 speciesSee dive site
Drift reef

Jupiter (shark drift diving)

United States

50 speciesSee dive site
Coral reef

Bawe Island

Tanzania

50 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.

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

Bottlenose dolphins · hard coral in excellent condition · turtles

Ocean
See dive site

Feeding sharks · giant barracuda · large shoals

Marine protected area
See dive site

Oceanic whitetip shark · grey reef shark · hammerheads

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Hammerheads · grey reef shark · oceanic whitetip

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Tiger shark · lemon shark · nurse shark

Marine protected area
See dive site
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

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Darwin Island

Ecuador

28 species

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
See dive site
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Wolf Island

Ecuador

28 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m24 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerheads · whale shark · Galápagos shark

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
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
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
Wall/Pelagic

Malpelo Island

Colombia

18 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m26 °C

Shoals of scalloped hammerhead · silky shark · whale shark

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site