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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)25 m – 80 m
Visibility (m)10 m – 30 m
Water temperature (°C)13 °C – 28 °C

21 dive sites found

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Volcanic/Reserve

Alboran Island

Spain

130 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Marine reserve/Wreck

Cabo de Palos

Spain

129 species

Up to 45 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Oceanic pelagic

Azores (Princess Alice Bank)

Portugal

93 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m23 °C

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Malapascua (thresher shark)

Philippines

60 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced

20 m27 °C

Pinnacle

Richelieu Rock

Thailand

59 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Deep pinnacle

Hin Daeng / Hin Muang

Thailand

58 species

Up to 60 m · Advanced

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

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

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Manta rays
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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.

Groupers · occasional blue sharks · corals

Marine protected area
See dive site

Large groupers · dentex · barracuda

Marine protected area
See dive site

Manta rays · hammerhead sharks · blue sharks

Ocean
See dive site

Pelagic thresher shark · occasional manta and mobula rays · whitetip sharks at Gato Island

See dive site

Occasional whale shark and manta ray · schooling mackerel and barracuda · frogfish

Marine protected area
See dive site

Manta ray · occasional whale shark · grey reef shark

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Ocean
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
Kelp forest

Monterey Bay (Point Lobos)

United States

48 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

10 m13 °C

Sea otters · sea lions · octopus

Ocean
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
Kelp forest

Channel Islands National Park

United States

41 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m15 °C

Giant kelp forests · sea lions · garibaldi

Marine protected area
See dive site
Kelp forest/Canyon

La Jolla Cove

United States

29 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

10 m16 °C

Sea lions · leopard sharks · rays

Ocean
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
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