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Diving and snorkelling

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553 diving and snorkelling sites across 117 countries — from coral reefs to wrecks more than 300 metres deep.

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Wall

Sipadan

Malaysia

62 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

28 m28 °C

Oceanic pelagic

Azores (Princess Alice Bank)

Portugal

93 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m23 °C

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

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.

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Chevron barracuda in tornado formation · green and hawksbill turtles · whitetip sharks

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Manta rays · hammerhead sharks · blue sharks

Ocean
See dive site
Wall/Current

Alor Archipelago

Indonesia

65 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Soft corals · occasional hammerhead sharks · macro life

Ocean
See dive site
Jellyfish lake/Reef

Derawan Islands (Kakaban / Sangalaki)

Indonesia

63 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef manta rays all year round · green and hawksbill turtle · leopard shark

FreshwaterIslands
See dive site
Ocean wall

Layang Layang Atoll

Malaysia

63 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Schooling hammerhead sharks · turtles · dolphins

Ocean
See dive site
UNESCO
Reef/Wall

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

Philippines

63 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

More than 350 species of coral and close to 500 of fish; hammerheads · thresher shark · eagle rays

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
Cleaning station

Ticao Pass (manta rays)

Philippines

62 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef manta ray · whale shark · occasional hammerheads and tiger shark

See dive site
Reef/Wall

Apo Reef Natural Park

Philippines

61 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · hammerheads · thresher shark

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Wall/Reef

Kalimantan (Maratua)

Indonesia

61 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Occasional hammerhead sharks · manta rays · turtles

Ocean
See dive site
Pinnacle/Cleaning station

Blue Magic (Raja Ampat)

Indonesia

60 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Oceanic manta rays · reef sharks · shoals of trevally

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Volcanic wall

Banda Islands

Indonesia

59 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerhead sharks · sea snakes · mobula rays

OceanIslands
See dive site
Volcanic reef

Pulau Weh

Indonesia

59 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef sharks · manta rays · occasional hammerhead shark

Ocean
See dive site
Vertical oceanic wall / Cave

Christmas Island

Australia

56 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water on the shallow reefs; advanced on Perpendicular Wall

Whale sharks · manta rays · spinner dolphins all year round

Marine protected area
See dive site
Wall/Pelagic

Osprey Reef (Coral Sea)

Australia

56 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Grey reef and silvertip sharks · hammerheads · pelagics

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Wall/Pelagic

Rasdhoo Atoll (Madivaru)

Maldives

55 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Hammerhead sharks at dawn · grey reef sharks

See dive site
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

Ocean
See dive site
Rock formation/Pelagic

Yonaguni Monument

Japan

52 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Migrating hammerhead sharks · enigmatic rock formations

Ocean
See dive site
Reef/Wall

Elphinstone Reef

Egypt

52 species

Up to 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

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

Ocean
See dive site
Wall/Wreck

Brothers Islands (El Akhawein)

Egypt

51 species

Up to 80 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m26 °C

Hammerhead · oceanic whitetip · thresher and grey reef sharks

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Reef/Cave

St John's Reef

Egypt

50 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Hammerheads · grey reef shark · oceanic whitetip

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Wall/Shipwreck

Zabargad Island

Egypt

50 species

Up to 50 m · Advanced, technical

30 m27 °C

Oceanic whitetip shark · grey reef shark · hammerheads

OceanMarine 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
Reef/Wall

Sha'ab Rumi (Cousteau)

Sudan

48 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks (best in spring) · grey reef sharks · barracuda

Ocean
See dive site
Reef/Wall

Ras Mohammed National Park

Egypt

48 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m26 °C

Barracuda · trevally · batfish

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Pinnacle/Pelagic

Angarosh Reef

Sudan

47 species

Up to 50 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks · tiger shark · silvertip shark

Ocean
See dive site
UNESCO
Atoll/Wall

Sanganeb Atoll

Sudan

47 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks · grey reef sharks · barracuda

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
UNESCO
Wall/Current

Peleliu Wall

Palau

45 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m28 °C

Grey reef sharks · hammerhead sharks · barracuda tornadoes

World HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
Reef/Wall

Jardines de la Reina

Cuba

44 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

35 m27 °C

Grey reef · silky · nurse

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Current/Wall

Nigali Passage

Fiji

44 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · occasional hammerhead sharks · barracuda

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
Atoll pass/Current

Rangiroa (Tiputa Pass)

French Polynesia

36 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

A wall of grey reef sharks · resident bottlenose dolphins · great hammerhead (a threatened species studied by the Mokarran Protection Society)

See dive site
Atoll pass/Pelagic

Fakarava (Shark Wall)

French Polynesia

33 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

More than three hundred grey reef sharks forming the "wall"; lemon · blacktip · whitetip

Marine 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
Pinnacle/Pelagic

Kicker Rock (León Dormido)

Ecuador

18 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m23 °C

Galápagos shark · hammerheads · whitetip reef shark

World HeritageMarine 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
UNESCO
Pinnacle/Current

Gordon Rocks

Ecuador

16 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced, drift diving

15 m22 °C

Hammerhead sharks · mobula rays · sea lions

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site