Diving and snorkelling
553 diving and snorkelling sites across 117 countries — from coral reefs to wrecks more than 300 metres deep.
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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.
Dusky groupers · tuna · amberjack
Reef fish · bioluminescent encrusting corals
Reef fish · lobsters
Groupers · moray eels · seahorses
Groupers · octopus · the Italian Freighter wreck
Groupers · lobsters · sponges (a historic sponge-diving tradition)
Seahorses · lobsters · volcanic formations
Groupers · octopus · lobsters
Groupers · octopus · the Fethiye aircraft wreck
Groupers · moray eels · merchant ship wrecks
Reef fish · octopus · ancient amphora remains
Reef fish colonising the sculptures
Reef fish
Spiny lobsters · European lobsters · octopus
Groupers · corals · two inland salt lakes
Posidonia oceanica meadows · bottlenose dolphin · loggerhead turtle
Groupers · eagle rays · occasional turtles
Reef fish · two patrol boat wrecks
Reef fish · the turquoise light effect
Reef fish · moray eels · the nearby Zenobia wreck
Groupers · octopus · corals
Reef fish · moray eels · the Baron Gautsch wreck
Between 300 and 500 whale sharks a year; giant manta rays · turtles · whales; more than 300 species of coral
Reef and oceanic manta rays · tasselled wobbegongs · endemic walking sharks (Hemiscyllium)
Reef manta rays all year round · green and hawksbill turtle · leopard shark
Close to 950 species of fish and some 400 of coral; mobula rays · short-finned pilot whales · six species of dolphin
Tarsier (on land) · turtles · sea snakes
Resident whale shark · more than 35 endemic fish species · hard coral gardens
Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays
Nudibranchs · seahorses · occasional reef sharks
Nudibranchs · seahorses · mimic octopus
Stingless jellyfish · reef sharks · hard corals
Frogfish · rhinopias · mimic and blue-ringed octopus
Reef fish · Second World War wrecks
More than 400 species of fish; bumphead parrotfish at dawn · trevally · barracuda
Nudibranchs in enormous variety · frogfish · octopus
Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · nudibranchs
Turtles · Napoleon wrasse · soft corals
Reef fish · sunken commercial wrecks
Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals
Whale shark on passage
Reef fish · recovering corals
Giant manta rays · tasselled wobbegongs beneath the table corals · Denise's pygmy seahorse (endemic to Raja Ampat)
Psychedelic frogfish (endemic to Ambon) · Ambon scorpionfish · rhinopias
Resident reef manta rays · cleaner wrasse
More than 260 species of reef fish · 68 of coral · 48 of nudibranch and 31 of shrimp recorded in the park
Clownfish · seahorses · mimic octopus
Pygmy seahorses · frogfish · mimic octopus
Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks
Occasional whale sharks · turtles · groupers
Millions of sardines in bait balls · turtles · whitetip reef sharks
Nesting green turtles · occasional dugongs
Green turtles · clownfish · soft corals
Occasional dugongs · nesting turtles · hard corals
Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals
Clownfish · seahorses · mimic octopus
Reef fish · octopus · granite formations
Giant trevally of more than 20 kg · bigeye trevally · barracuda
Reef fish · karst formations
Green turtles nesting en masse · manta rays
Green turtles well used to divers · shoals of reef fish · dense hard coral
Mimic octopus · blue-ringed octopus · hairy frogfish
Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · Napoleon wrasse
Blacktip reef sharks · eagle rays
Walking sharks (Hemiscyllium) · spider crabs
Reef sharks · manta rays · occasional hammerhead shark
Pygmy seahorses · frogfish · mimic octopus
Turtles · reef sharks · the nearby HMS Prince of Wales wreck
Banggai cardinalfish (an endangered endemic species)
Seahorses · turtles · hard corals
Green and hawksbill turtles · whitetip reef sharks
Reef fish · turtles · soft corals
Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals
Reef fish · the Kokusai Maru wreck
Turtles · reef fish · freshwater caves nearby
Reef fish · turtles · hard corals
Turtles · reef fish · fruit bats on a nearby island
Turtles · reef fish · hard corals
Pygmy seahorses · reef sharks · muck diving
High coral diversity · reef sharks · manta rays
Reef sharks · dolphins · turtles
Reef fish · a small wreck
Resident dolphins · whales on passage
Whale shark · dolphins · turtles
Seahorses · bioluminescent plankton at night
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