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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 – 55 m
Visibility (m)15 m – 30 m
Water temperature (°C)22 °C – 29 °C

23 dive sites found

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UNESCO
Coastal reef

Ningaloo Reef

Australia

68 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m

Reef/Pelagic

Ponta do Ouro

Mozambique

59 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Remote atoll

Rowley Shoals

Australia

58 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m28 °C

Wall/Pelagic

Osprey Reef (Coral Sea)

Australia

56 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Pelagic/Reef

Mafia Island (whale shark)

Tanzania

56 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °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

Drift reef

Jupiter (shark drift diving)

United States

50 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Open sandy bottom

Tiger Beach

Bahamas

49 species

Up to 10 m · Advanced (shark diving)

28 m25 °C

Shark feeding

Nassau (shark diving)

Bahamas

45 species

Up to 20 m · Advanced Open Water

25 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
Reef/Endemic species

Banggai Islands

Indonesia

59 speciesSee dive site
Granite pinnacle

Perhentian Islands (Tokong Laut)

Malaysia

59 speciesSee dive site
Coral wall

Wakatobi Islands (Hoga)

Indonesia

59 speciesSee dive site
Artificial reef/Memorial

Neptune Memorial Reef (Miami)

United States

45 speciesSee dive site
Shark feeding

Nassau (shark diving)

Bahamas

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.

25 °C

Between 300 and 500 whale sharks a year; giant manta rays · turtles · whales; more than 300 species of coral

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site

Bull sharks · resident dolphins · manta rays

See dive site

Reef sharks · giant groupers · Napoleon wrasse

Ocean
See dive site

Grey reef sharks · silky sharks · giant corals

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Whale shark · dolphins · turtles

Ocean
See dive site
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

Caribbean reef sharks · nurse sharks

Ocean
See dive site
Sandy bottom / Shark encounter

Bimini (great hammerhead)

Bahamas

44 species

Up to 12 m · Advanced (shark diving)

Great hammerhead · bull shark · Caribbean reef shark

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
UNESCO
Deep wreck

Bikini Atoll

Marshall Islands

43 species

Up to 55 m · Technical (Trimix)

30 m29 °C

Reef fish · grey reef sharks

World Heritage
See dive site
Shark feeding

Beqa Lagoon (Shark Dive)

Fiji

43 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Tiger sharks · bull sharks · grey reef sharks

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
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
Night feeding station

Kona (night diving with manta rays)

United States

22 species

Up to 15 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

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

Ocean
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
UNESCO
Reef/Sardine Run

Cape Vidal

South Africa

21 species

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m22 °C

Dolphins · sharks and seabirds during the Sardine Run

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
Outer crater wall

Molokini Crater

United States

17 species

Up to 50 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m25 °C

38 species of coral · butterflyfish · Moorish idols

Marine protected area
See dive site
Lava cave

Cathedrals (Lanai)

United States

15 species

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m25 °C

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

See dive site