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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)25 m – 80 m

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

Visibility (m)10 m – 30 m

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

Water temperature (°C)13 °C – 28 °C

Water temperature (°C) — minimum valueWater temperature (°C) — maximum value

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Volcanic/Reserve

Alboran Island

Spain

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Marine reserve/Wreck

Cabo de Palos

Spain

Up to 45 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Oceanic pelagic

Azores (Princess Alice Bank)

Portugal

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m23 °C

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Malapascua (thresher shark)

Philippines

Up to 30 m · Advanced

20 m27 °C

Richelieu Rock

Thailand

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

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Hammerhead sharks

Caves and cenotes

Snorkelling-friendly

Technical diving

Kastellorizo (Blue Cave)

Greece

102 speciesSee dive site

Rocky reef/Wreck

Rhodes

Greece

102 speciesSee dive site

Cave/Rocky reef

Symi

Greece

102 speciesSee dive site

Rock formation/Pelagic

Yonaguni Monument

Japan

52 speciesSee dive site

Wuzhizhou Island

China

52 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

Hin Daeng / Hin Muang

Thailand

Up to 60 m · Advanced

25 m28 °C

Manta ray · occasional whale shark · grey reef shark

OceanMarine protected area

Pelagic plateau / Shark encounter

Fuvahmulah (Tiger Harbour)

Maldives

Up to 40 m · Open Water for the tiger shark site; advanced for the deep plateaus

Resident tiger sharks · thresher shark · silvertip shark

Elphinstone Reef

Egypt

Up to 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

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

Brothers Islands (El Akhawein)

Egypt

Up to 80 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m26 °C

Hammerhead · oceanic whitetip · thresher and grey reef sharks

OceanMarine protected area

Rocky Island

Egypt

Up to 60 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Feeding sharks · giant barracuda · large shoals

Marine protected area

Monterey Bay (Point Lobos)

United States

Up to 25 m · Open Water

10 m13 °C

Sea otters · sea lions · octopus

Wreck/Volcanic reef

Cape Verde (Sal Island)

Cabo Verde

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Bull sharks (rare) · rays · turtles

Channel Islands National Park

United States

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m15 °C

Giant kelp forests · sea lions · garibaldi

Marine protected area

Kelp forest/Canyon

La Jolla Cove

United States

Up to 25 m · Open Water

10 m16 °C

Sea lions · leopard sharks · rays

Darwin Island

Ecuador

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

Wolf Island

Ecuador

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m24 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerheads · whale shark · Galápagos shark

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Cocos Island

Costa Rica

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

Revillagigedo Islands (Socorro)

Mexico

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m25 °C

Giant manta ray · bottlenose dolphin · hammerhead shark

IslandsWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Aliwal Shoal

South Africa

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

Deep rocky reef

Protea Banks

South Africa

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

Malpelo Island

Colombia

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m26 °C

Shoals of scalloped hammerhead · silky shark · whale shark

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area