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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.

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Depth (m)4 m – 300 m

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553documented dive sites117countries300metres maximum depth

219 dive sites match “tiburon”

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Sipadan

Malaysia

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

28 m28 °C

Volcanic/Reserve

Alboran Island

Spain

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Atlantic rocky reef

Skellig Islands

Ireland

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m

Wreck/Rocky reef

Malin Head

Ireland

Up to 40 m · Advanced

15 m12 °C

El Hierro / La Restinga

Spain

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Oceanic pelagic

Azores (Princess Alice Bank)

Portugal

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m23 °C

Komodo National Park

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Advanced, strong currents

22 m

Ningaloo Reef

Australia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m

Raja Ampat

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Open Water

25 m29 °C

Alor Archipelago

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Hammerhead sharks

Caves and cenotes

Snorkelling-friendly

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

Groupers · occasional blue sharks · corals

Marine protected area

See dive site

13 °C

Grey seals · basking sharks on passage · gannets

OceanWorld Heritage

See dive site

Basking sharks on passage · lobsters · First World War wrecks

Ocean

See dive site

Angelsharks · occasional basking sharks · manta rays

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Manta rays · hammerhead sharks · blue sharks

Ocean

See dive site

26 °C

Reef manta rays all year round · grey reef sharks · thresher shark

World HeritageMarine protected area

See dive site

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

Reef and oceanic manta rays · tasselled wobbegongs · endemic walking sharks (Hemiscyllium)

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Soft corals · occasional hammerhead sharks · macro life

Ocean

See dive site

Jellyfish lake/Reef

Derawan Islands (Kakaban / Sangalaki)

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

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

FreshwaterIslands

Pinnacle / Soft coral reef

Misool (Boo Windows and Magic Mountain)

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Reef and oceanic manta rays · reef sharks · wobbegongs

OceanMarine protected area

Layang Layang Atoll

Malaysia

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Schooling hammerhead sharks · turtles · dolphins

Bunaken Marine Park

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Green and hawksbill turtles on almost every dive · eagle rays · reef sharks

Marine protected area

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

Philippines

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

Coastal pelagic

Cenderawasih Bay (whale shark)

Indonesia

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Resident whale shark · more than 35 endemic fish species · hard coral gardens

Marine protected area

Soft coral reef / Coastal pelagic

Triton Bay

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Whale sharks under the fishing platforms · "walking" sharks (Hemiscyllium) on night dives · dolphins

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Nusa Penida (Manta Point / Crystal Bay)

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m22 °C

Reef manta rays all year round at Manta Point; sunfish (Mola alexandrini) in the cold season; turtles · reef sharks

Andaman Islands (Havelock)

India

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays

Reef/Muck diving

Puerto Galera

Philippines

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nudibranchs · seahorses · occasional reef sharks

Togean Islands

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Stingless jellyfish · reef sharks · hard corals

Cleaning station

Ticao Pass (manta rays)

Philippines

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m27 °C

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

Pinnacle/Granite cave

Similan Islands

Thailand

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Manta rays at the cleaning stations of Koh Bon and Koh Tachai · turtles · leopard sharks

IslandsMarine protected area

Apo Reef Natural Park

Philippines

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · hammerheads · thresher shark

OceanMarine protected area

Tioman Island

Malaysia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · nudibranchs

Kalimantan (Maratua)

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Occasional hammerhead sharks · manta rays · turtles

Karimunjawa

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

Coastal pelagic

Ticao Island (Donsol, whale shark)

Philippines

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Whale shark on passage

Widi Islands

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · pristine corals

Pinnacle/Cleaning station

Blue Magic (Raja Ampat)

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Oceanic manta rays · reef sharks · shoals of trevally

OceanMarine protected area

Perhentian Islands

Malaysia

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks

Koh Tao

Thailand

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m29 °C

Occasional whale sharks · turtles · groupers

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Malapascua (thresher shark)

Philippines

Up to 30 m · Advanced

20 m27 °C

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

Moalboal (Sardine Run)

Philippines

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Millions of sardines in bait balls · turtles · whitetip reef sharks

Marine protected area

Siquijor

Philippines

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals

Cape Kri

Indonesia

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m29 °C

Giant trevally of more than 20 kg · bigeye trevally · barracuda

OceanMarine protected area

Menjangan Island (Bali Barat)

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · Napoleon wrasse

OceanMarine protected area

Banda Islands

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerhead sharks · sea snakes · mobula rays

Richelieu Rock

Thailand

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

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

Marine protected area

Morotai (shark diving)

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · eagle rays

Muck diving/Reef

Halmahera (walking sharks)

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Walking sharks (Hemiscyllium) · spider crabs

Pulau Weh

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef sharks · manta rays · occasional hammerhead shark

Chumphon Pinnacle

Thailand

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · barracuda · giant groupers

Tenggol Island

Malaysia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · the nearby HMS Prince of Wales wreck

Wakatobi Islands (Hoga)

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · macro life · pristine corals

Granite pinnacle

Perhentian Islands (Tokong Laut)

Malaysia

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · barracuda · turtles

Ponta do Ouro

Mozambique

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Bull sharks · resident dolphins · manta rays

Hin Daeng / Hin Muang

Thailand

Up to 60 m · Advanced

25 m28 °C

Manta ray · occasional whale shark · grey reef shark

OceanMarine protected area

Rowley Shoals

Australia

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · giant groupers · Napoleon wrasse

Gili Trawangan

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green and hawksbill turtles · whitetip reef sharks

Marovo Lagoon

Solomon Islands

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals

SS Yongala

Australia

Up to 28 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Olive sea snakes · very large turtles · groupers

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Tufi Fjords

Papua New Guinea

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Pygmy seahorses · reef sharks · muck diving

Kimbe Bay

Papua New Guinea

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

High coral diversity · reef sharks · manta rays

Tofo Beach

Mozambique

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Whale shark · reef and oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations · seasonal humpback whale

Lakshadweep (Bangaram)

India

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef sharks · dolphins · turtles

Madang

Papua New Guinea

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Second World War aircraft and ship wrecks · reef sharks

Vertical oceanic wall / Cave

Christmas Island

Australia

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

Osprey Reef (Coral Sea)

Australia

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Grey reef and silvertip sharks · hammerheads · pelagics

OceanMarine protected area

Mafia Island (whale shark)

Tanzania

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Whale shark · dolphins · turtles

Koh Phi Phi

Thailand

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · blacktip reef sharks · barracuda

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Australia

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · manta rays · pristine corals

Netrani Island

India

Up to 25 m · Open Water

12 m27 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · barracuda

Pigeon Island

Sri Lanka

Up to 15 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · parrotfish

Koh Lipe

Thailand

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · turtles · seahorses

Mayotte (lagoon)

Mayotte

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · manta rays

Munda

Solomon Islands

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Second World War aircraft wrecks · reef sharks

Rasdhoo Atoll (Madivaru)

Maldives

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Hammerhead sharks at dawn · grey reef sharks

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

Baa Atoll (Hanifaru Bay)

Maldives

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Up to 200 reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi) at once · the largest known aggregation in the world; whale shark

Marine protected area

Lady Elliot Island

Australia

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Reef manta rays for much of the year · turtles · leopard sharks

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Pemba Channel

Tanzania

Up to 50 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Marlin · tuna · oceanic sharks

Reef/Archipelago

Quirimbas Islands

Mozambique

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Dugongs · whale sharks on passage · turtles

Musandam Peninsula

Oman

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Whale sharks on passage · dolphins · manta rays

Daymaniyat Islands

Oman

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks

Solomon Islands (Mary Island)

Solomon Islands

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m29 °C

Reef sharks · Second World War wrecks · soft corals

Vaavu Atoll (Fish Head)

Maldives

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Grey reef sharks · Napoleon wrasse

Comoros (Mohéli)

Comoros

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Nesting green turtles · dugongs · reef sharks

Bandar Khayran

Oman

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Turtles · whitetip reef sharks · dolphins

Koh Ha (Krabi)

Thailand

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · barracuda · light caves

Lima Rock

Oman

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Leopard sharks · manta rays · barracuda

Mergui Archipelago (Black Rock)

Myanmar

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nurse sharks · giant lobsters · underwater caves

Ari Atoll

Maldives

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whale shark · manta rays · grey reef sharks

Reef/Underwater dune

Bazaruto Archipelago

Mozambique

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Dugongs · manta rays · whale sharks

Mergui Archipelago

Myanmar

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · manta rays · occasional whale shark

Vamizi Island

Mozambique

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · high coral biodiversity

Cleaning station

North Male Atoll (HP Reef)

Maldives

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Manta rays · grey reef sharks · Napoleon wrasse

Heron Island

Australia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

Nesting green and hawksbill turtles · manta rays · reef sharks

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Rock formation/Pelagic

Yonaguni Monument

Japan

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Migrating hammerhead sharks · enigmatic rock formations

Elphinstone Reef

Egypt

Up to 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

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

Dibba Rock

United Arab Emirates

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Leopard sharks · turtles · occasional manta rays

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

Norman Reef

Australia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · clownfish

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Cod Hole

Australia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Large potato cod · thoroughly used to divers · Napoleon wrasse

World HeritageMarine protected area

La Digue

Seychelles

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · hawksbill turtles · manta rays

Rocky Island

Egypt

Up to 60 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Feeding sharks · giant barracuda · large shoals

Marine protected area

Xcalak

Mexico

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Groupers · lobsters · nurse sharks

Agincourt Reefs

Australia

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m26 °C

Hard and soft corals · turtles · reef sharks

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Flynn Reef

Australia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef sharks · giant groupers · turtles

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

St John's Reef

Egypt

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Hammerheads · grey reef shark · oceanic whitetip

OceanMarine protected area

Banco Chinchorro

Mexico

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · American crocodiles · sea turtles

Zabargad Island

Egypt

Up to 50 m · Advanced, technical

30 m27 °C

Oceanic whitetip shark · grey reef shark · hammerheads

OceanMarine protected area

Reef/Protected island

Wadi Gimal

Egypt

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Dugongs · turtles · whitetip reef sharks

OceanMarine protected area

Jupiter (shark drift diving)

United States

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Bull sharks · lemon sharks · goliath groupers

Open sandy bottom

Tiger Beach

Bahamas

Up to 10 m · Advanced (shark diving)

28 m25 °C

Tiger shark · lemon shark · nurse shark

Marine protected area

Isolated oceanic reef / Wall

Daedalus Reef (Abu el Kizan)

Egypt

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

Hammerhead sharks · oceanic whitetip · thresher shark

OceanMarine protected area

Panorama Reef

Egypt

Up to 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

Occasional oceanic sharks · barracuda · groupers

Sha'ab Rumi (Cousteau)

Sudan

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

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

Big Gubal Reef

Egypt

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Barracuda · reef sharks · moray eels

Volcanic reef/Pelagic

Orchid Island (Lanyu)

Taiwan

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m25 °C

Flying fish · occasional sharks · hard corals

Ras Mohammed National Park

Egypt

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m26 °C

Barracuda · trevally · batfish

OceanMarine protected area

Nosy Be

Madagascar

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Whale sharks on passage · turtles · manta rays

Farasan Islands

Saudi Arabia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Dolphins · occasional whale sharks · dugongs

Jackson Reef

Egypt

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · barracuda · Napoleon wrasse

Contoy Island

Mexico

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whale shark (the Afuera aggregation) · mobula rays

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Angarosh Reef

Sudan

Up to 50 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks · tiger shark · silvertip shark

Sanganeb Atoll

Sudan

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks · grey reef sharks · barracuda

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Coastal pelagic

Arta Beach (whale shark)

Djibouti

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Juvenile whale shark · dolphins

Moucha Island

Djibouti

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · hard corals

Flower Garden Banks

United States

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m24 °C

Almost 300 species of fish and more than 20 of coral; manta rays · sharks · turtles

OceanMarine protected area

Looe Key

United States

Up to 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · lobsters · reef fish

OceanMarine protected area

Barrier reef/Blue Hole

Andros Barrier Reef

Bahamas

Up to 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

The third largest barrier reef in the world · reef sharks · inland blue holes

OceanFreshwater

Peleliu Wall

Palau

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m28 °C

Grey reef sharks · hammerhead sharks · barracuda tornadoes

World HeritageMarine protected area

Ulong Channel

Palau

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Blue Corner

Palau

Up to 40 m · Advanced, strong currents

25 m28 °C

Grey reef sharks in groups of 10 to 30 · huge Napoleon wrasse · barracuda in tornado formation

World HeritageMarine protected area

Surface pelagic

Isla Mujeres (whale shark)

Mexico

Up to 15 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Whale shark · manta rays

Namena Marine Reserve

Fiji

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · manta rays · soft corals

Cleaning station

German Channel

Palau

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef manta rays at cleaning stations · reef sharks · rays

World HeritageMarine protected area

Nassau (shark diving)

Bahamas

Up to 20 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Caribbean reef sharks · nurse sharks

Isle of Pines (New Caledonia)

New Caledonia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m25 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · lagoon fish

Soft coral reef

Bligh Water

Fiji

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Soft corals · manta rays · reef sharks

Jardines de la Reina

Cuba

Up to 30 m · Open Water

35 m27 °C

Grey reef · silky · nurse

OceanMarine protected area

Nigali Passage

Fiji

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · occasional hammerhead sharks · barracuda

Nosy Tanikely

Madagascar

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · Napoleon wrasse · reef sharks

Sandy bottom / Shark encounter

Bimini (great hammerhead)

Bahamas

Up to 12 m · Advanced (shark diving)

Great hammerhead · bull shark · Caribbean reef shark

OceanMarine protected area

Turneffe Atoll

Belize

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Bull sharks · groupers · turtles

OceanMarine protected area

Rainbow Reef

Fiji

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Multicoloured soft corals · reef sharks

Prony Bay

New Caledonia

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Humpback whales · reef sharks · nudibranchs

Ambergris Caye

Belize

Up to 25 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · eagle rays · groupers

Yasawa Islands

Fiji

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef sharks · seasonal manta rays · soft corals

Kadavu

Fiji

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Manta rays · reef sharks · soft corals

Soft coral pinnacle

Nusa Lava (Fiji)

Fiji

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Multicoloured soft corals · reef sharks

Nananu-i-Ra

Fiji

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

Samoa (coral reefs)

Samoa

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m29 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · the John Williams wreck

Reef cut/Reserve

Hol Chan Marine Reserve

Belize

Up to 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · eagle rays · groupers

OceanMarine protected area

Bikini Atoll

Marshall Islands

Up to 55 m · Technical (Trimix)

30 m29 °C

Reef fish · grey reef sharks

SS President Coolidge

Vanuatu

Up to 70 m · Advanced / technical

25 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · occasional sharks

Wreck/Volcanic reef

Cape Verde (Sal Island)

Cabo Verde

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Bull sharks (rare) · rays · turtles

Beqa Lagoon (Shark Dive)

Fiji

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Tiger sharks · bull sharks · grey reef sharks

Guam (Blue Hole)

Guam

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef fish · occasional sharks

Cave/Marine cenote

Saipan (Grotto)

Northern Mariana Islands

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · karst formations

Wreck (aircraft carrier)

USS Oriskany

United States

Up to 65 m · Advanced / technical

25 m25 °C

Barracuda · goliath groupers · occasional sharks

SS Benwood (Key Largo)

United States

Up to 15 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Sharks · turtles · occasional dolphins

OceanMarine protected area

Duane Wreck (Key Largo)

United States

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Shoals of snapper · barracuda · amberjack

OceanMarine protected area

Utila (whale shark)

Honduras

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whale shark · spinner dolphins

Cayos Cochinos

Honduras

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Parrotfish · lobsters · nurse sharks

Guam (Second World War wrecks)

Guam

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef fish · turtles · occasional sharks

Glover's Reef

Belize

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · groupers · lobsters

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Palancar Reef

Mexico

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

OceanMarine protected area

Roatán Island

Honduras

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Whale sharks (on passage) · octopus · frogfish

Punta Francés

Cuba

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · groupers · giant sponges

Fernando de Noronha

Brazil

Up to 30 m · Open Water

35 m27 °C

Resident spinner dolphin · turtles · reef and lemon sharks

IslandsWorld HeritageMarine protected area

San Andrés

Colombia

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m28 °C

Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

Little Corn Island

Nicaragua

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nurse sharks · lobsters · turtles

Big Corn Island

Nicaragua

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nurse sharks · lobsters · turtles

Barracuda Point (Grand Cayman)

Cayman Islands

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Large shoals of barracuda · reef sharks

Secondary sinkhole

Blue Hole (Turneffe)

Belize

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · groupers

Great Blue Hole

Belize

Up to 124 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

the appeal is geological. Reef and nurse sharks at the entrance

World HeritageMarine protected area

Desecheo Island

Puerto Rico

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Groupers · lobsters · occasional sharks

Mona Island

Puerto Rico

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Occasional bull sharks · giant groupers · lobsters

Atoll pass/Current

Rangiroa (Tiputa Pass)

French Polynesia

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)

Remote coral bank

Pedro Bank

Jamaica

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Lobsters · reef sharks · turtles

Volcanic reef/Wreck

Sal Rei (Boa Vista)

Cabo Verde

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Bull sharks · fishing boat wrecks · rays

Reef/Volcanic pelagic

Boa Vista

Cabo Verde

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Nesting loggerhead turtles · lemon sharks · rays

Cayman Brac (MV Captain Keith Tibbetts wreck)

Cayman Islands

Up to 30 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef fish · nurse sharks

OceanMarine protected area

Turks Island Passage

Turks and Caicos Islands

Up to 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Humpback whales on passage · occasional oceanic sharks

Rocky reef/Wreck

Arraial do Cabo

Brazil

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m20 °C

Groupers · occasional reef sharks · wrecks

Grand Turk Wall

Turks and Caicos Islands

Up to 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Humpback whales on passage · sharks · dolphins

Bianca C Wreck

Grenada

Up to 50 m · Advanced / technical

20 m27 °C

Barracuda · groupers · nurse sharks

Atoll pass/Pelagic

Fakarava (Shark Wall)

French Polynesia

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

Buck Island Reef National Monument

U.S. Virgin Islands

Up to 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Hawksbill turtles · blacktip reef sharks · eagle rays

OceanMarine protected area

Anegada Horseshoe Reef

British Virgin Islands

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Lobsters · nurse sharks · numerous historic wrecks

Bora Bora

French Polynesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Lagoon manta rays · blacktip reef sharks · lemon sharks

Underwater canyon

Salt River Canyon

U.S. Virgin Islands

Up to 50 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Reef sharks · manta rays · black corals

OceanMarine protected area

Remote atoll/Pelagic

Kiritimati (Christmas Island)

Kiribati

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef sharks · giant trevally · manta rays

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

Kelp forest/Underwater park

Catalina Island (Casino Point)

United States

Up to 25 m · Open Water

10 m17 °C

Garibaldi · lobsters · occasional leopard sharks

Machalilla / Isla de la Plata

Ecuador

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m22 °C

Humpback whales on passage · manta rays · whitetip reef sharks

Marine protected area