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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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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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Jellyfish lake/Reef

Derawan Islands (Kakaban / Sangalaki)

Indonesia

63 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Pinnacle / Soft coral reef

Misool (Boo Windows and Magic Mountain)

Indonesia

63 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Reef and oceanic manta rays · reef sharks · wobbegongs

Ocean wall

Layang Layang Atoll

Malaysia

63 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Wall

Bunaken Marine Park

Indonesia

63 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

UNESCO
Reef/Wall

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

Philippines

63 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m

Coastal pelagic

Cenderawasih Bay (whale shark)

Indonesia

62 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Soft coral reef / Coastal pelagic

Triton Bay

Indonesia

62 species

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

62 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m22 °C

Reef/Wall

Andaman Islands (Havelock)

India

62 species

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef/Muck diving

Puerto Galera

Philippines

62 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef/Atoll

Togean Islands

Indonesia

62 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Cleaning station

Ticao Pass (manta rays)

Philippines

62 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m27 °C

Pinnacle/Granite cave

Similan Islands

Thailand

62 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef/Wall

Apo Reef Natural Park

Philippines

61 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef/Wreck

Tioman Island

Malaysia

61 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Wall/Reef

Kalimantan (Maratua)

Indonesia

61 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Coral reef

Karimunjawa

Indonesia

61 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Coastal pelagic

Ticao Island (Donsol, whale shark)

Philippines

61 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Remote reef

Widi Islands

Indonesia

61 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Pinnacle/Cleaning station

Blue Magic (Raja Ampat)

Indonesia

60 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Shallow reef

Perhentian Islands

Malaysia

60 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef/Pinnacle

Koh Tao

Thailand

60 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m29 °C

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Malapascua (thresher shark)

Philippines

60 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced

20 m27 °C

Reef/Wall

Moalboal (Sardine Run)

Philippines

60 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef/Wall

Siquijor

Philippines

60 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Sloping reef

Cape Kri

Indonesia

60 species

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m29 °C

Wall

Menjangan Island (Bali Barat)

Indonesia

59 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Volcanic wall

Banda Islands

Indonesia

59 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Pinnacle

Richelieu Rock

Thailand

59 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef/Pelagic

Morotai (shark diving)

Indonesia

59 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Muck diving/Reef

Halmahera (walking sharks)

Indonesia

59 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Volcanic reef

Pulau Weh

Indonesia

59 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Pinnacle

Chumphon Pinnacle

Thailand

59 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef/Wreck

Tenggol Island

Malaysia

59 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Coral wall

Wakatobi Islands (Hoga)

Indonesia

59 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Granite pinnacle

Perhentian Islands (Tokong Laut)

Malaysia

59 species

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef/Pelagic

Ponta do Ouro

Mozambique

59 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Deep pinnacle

Hin Daeng / Hin Muang

Thailand

58 species

Up to 60 m · Advanced

25 m28 °C

Remote atoll

Rowley Shoals

Australia

58 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m28 °C

Reef/Wreck

Gili Trawangan

Indonesia

58 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Coral lagoon

Marovo Lagoon

Solomon Islands

58 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

UNESCO
Wreck

SS Yongala

Australia

57 species

Up to 28 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m

Fjord/Reef

Tufi Fjords

Papua New Guinea

57 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef/Pinnacle

Kimbe Bay

Papua New Guinea

57 species

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef/Pelagic

Tofo Beach

Mozambique

57 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Coral atoll

Lakshadweep (Bangaram)

India

57 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef/War wreck

Madang

Papua New Guinea

57 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

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

Wall/Pelagic

Osprey Reef (Coral Sea)

Australia

56 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Pelagic/Reef

Mafia Island (whale shark)

Tanzania

56 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef/Pinnacle

Koh Phi Phi

Thailand

56 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Remote atoll

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Australia

56 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Rocky islet

Netrani Island

India

56 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

12 m27 °C

Coastal reef

Pigeon Island

Sri Lanka

55 species

Up to 15 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Coral reef

Koh Lipe

Thailand

55 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Coral lagoon

Mayotte (lagoon)

Mayotte

55 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Wreck/War reef

Munda

Solomon Islands

55 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Wall/Pelagic

Rasdhoo Atoll (Madivaru)

Maldives

55 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

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

Feeding bay

Baa Atoll (Hanifaru Bay)

Maldives

54 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

UNESCO
Coral reef

Lady Elliot Island

Australia

54 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m

Ocean wall

Pemba Channel

Tanzania

54 species

Up to 50 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef/Archipelago

Quirimbas Islands

Mozambique

54 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Rocky reef

Musandam Peninsula

Oman

54 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Reef/Reserve

Daymaniyat Islands

Oman

54 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Pinnacle/Wreck

Solomon Islands (Mary Island)

Solomon Islands

54 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m29 °C

Pinnacle/Wall

Vaavu Atoll (Fish Head)

Maldives

54 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Volcanic reef

Comoros (Mohéli)

Comoros

54 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef/Fjord

Bandar Khayran

Oman

54 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Cave/Wall

Koh Ha (Krabi)

Thailand

54 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Rocky pinnacle

Lima Rock

Oman

54 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Pinnacle/Cave

Mergui Archipelago (Black Rock)

Myanmar

54 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef/Pelagic

Ari Atoll

Maldives

53 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef/Underwater dune

Bazaruto Archipelago

Mozambique

53 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Remote reef

Mergui Archipelago

Myanmar

53 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Pristine reef

Vamizi Island

Mozambique

53 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Cleaning station

North Male Atoll (HP Reef)

Maldives

53 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

UNESCO
Coral reef

Heron Island

Australia

52 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m

Rock formation/Pelagic

Yonaguni Monument

Japan

52 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Reef/Wall

Elphinstone Reef

Egypt

52 species

Up to 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

Rocky reef

Dibba Rock

United Arab Emirates

52 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Wall/Wreck

Brothers Islands (El Akhawein)

Egypt

51 species

Up to 80 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m26 °C

UNESCO
Platform reef

Norman Reef

Australia

51 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m

UNESCO
Reef

Cod Hole

Australia

51 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m

Granite reef

La Digue

Seychelles

51 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Wall/Pelagic

Rocky Island

Egypt

51 species

Up to 60 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Reef/Wall

Xcalak

Mexico

51 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

UNESCO
Outer reef

Agincourt Reefs

Australia

51 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m

UNESCO
Platform reef

Flynn Reef

Australia

51 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m

Reef/Cave

St John's Reef

Egypt

50 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Atoll/Wreck

Banco Chinchorro

Mexico

50 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Wall/Shipwreck

Zabargad Island

Egypt

50 species

Up to 50 m · Advanced, technical

30 m27 °C

Reef/Protected island

Wadi Gimal

Egypt

50 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Drift reef

Jupiter (shark drift diving)

United States

50 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Open sandy bottom

Tiger Beach

Bahamas

49 species

Up to 10 m · Advanced (shark diving)

28 m25 °C

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

Pinnacle/Wall

Panorama Reef

Egypt

48 species

Up to 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

Reef/Wall

Sha'ab Rumi (Cousteau)

Sudan

48 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Reef/Wall

Big Gubal Reef

Egypt

48 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Volcanic reef/Pelagic

Orchid Island (Lanyu)

Taiwan

48 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m25 °C

Reef/Wall

Ras Mohammed National Park

Egypt

48 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m26 °C

Reef/Volcanic

Nosy Be

Madagascar

48 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Reef/Mangrove

Farasan Islands

Saudi Arabia

48 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef/Wall

Jackson Reef

Egypt

48 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Reef/Pelagic

Contoy Island

Mexico

48 species

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Angarosh Reef

Sudan

47 species

Up to 50 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

UNESCO
Atoll/Wall

Sanganeb Atoll

Sudan

47 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m

Coastal pelagic

Arta Beach (whale shark)

Djibouti

47 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Reef/Cave

Moucha Island

Djibouti

47 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Salt dome/Reef

Flower Garden Banks

United States

46 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m24 °C

Coral reef

Looe Key

United States

46 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Barrier reef/Blue Hole

Andros Barrier Reef

Bahamas

46 species

Up to 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

UNESCO
Wall/Current

Peleliu Wall

Palau

45 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m

UNESCO
Coral channel

Ulong Channel

Palau

45 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m

UNESCO
Wall/Current

Blue Corner

Palau

45 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, strong currents

25 m

Surface pelagic

Isla Mujeres (whale shark)

Mexico

45 species

Up to 15 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef/Wall

Namena Marine Reserve

Fiji

45 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

UNESCO
Cleaning station

German Channel

Palau

45 species

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Shark feeding

Nassau (shark diving)

Bahamas

45 species

Up to 20 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Coral lagoon

Isle of Pines (New Caledonia)

New Caledonia

45 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m25 °C

Soft coral reef

Bligh Water

Fiji

45 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef/Wall

Jardines de la Reina

Cuba

44 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

35 m27 °C

Current/Wall

Nigali Passage

Fiji

44 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Marine reserve

Nosy Tanikely

Madagascar

44 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Sandy bottom / Shark encounter

Bimini (great hammerhead)

Bahamas

44 species

Up to 12 m · Advanced (shark diving)

Great hammerhead · bull shark · Caribbean reef shark

Reef/Wall

Turneffe Atoll

Belize

44 species

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Reef/Current

Rainbow Reef

Fiji

44 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef/Pelagic

Prony Bay

New Caledonia

44 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Reef/Tunnel

Ambergris Caye

Belize

44 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef/Cave

Yasawa Islands

Fiji

44 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Barrier reef

Kadavu

Fiji

44 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Soft coral pinnacle

Nusa Lava (Fiji)

Fiji

44 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Barrier reef

Nananu-i-Ra

Fiji

44 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef/Wreck

Samoa (coral reefs)

Samoa

44 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m29 °C

Reef cut/Reserve

Hol Chan Marine Reserve

Belize

43 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

UNESCO
Deep wreck

Bikini Atoll

Marshall Islands

43 species

Up to 55 m · Technical (Trimix)

30 m

Wreck

SS President Coolidge

Vanuatu

43 species

Up to 70 m · Advanced / technical

25 m27 °C

Wreck/Volcanic reef

Cape Verde (Sal Island)

Cabo Verde

43 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Shark feeding

Beqa Lagoon (Shark Dive)

Fiji

43 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Sinkhole/Cave

Guam (Blue Hole)

Guam

43 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Cave/Marine cenote

Saipan (Grotto)

Northern Mariana Islands

43 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Wreck (aircraft carrier)

USS Oriskany

United States

43 species

Up to 65 m · Advanced / technical

25 m25 °C

Wreck

SS Benwood (Key Largo)

United States

42 species

Up to 15 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Wreck

Duane Wreck (Key Largo)

United States

42 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Pelagic/Reef

Utila (whale shark)

Honduras

41 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef/Reserve

Cayos Cochinos

Honduras

41 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Wreck

Guam (Second World War wrecks)

Guam

41 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

UNESCO
Atoll

Glover's Reef

Belize

40 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m

Wall reef

Palancar Reef

Mexico

40 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m27 °C

Reef/Wall

Roatán Island

Honduras

40 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Wall/Cave

Punta Francés

Cuba

40 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

UNESCO
Reef/Wall

Fernando de Noronha

Brazil

39 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

35 m

Wall/Wreck

San Andrés

Colombia

39 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m28 °C

Coral reef

Little Corn Island

Nicaragua

38 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Coral reef

Big Corn Island

Nicaragua

38 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Wall

Barracuda Point (Grand Cayman)

Cayman Islands

37 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Secondary sinkhole

Blue Hole (Turneffe)

Belize

37 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

UNESCO
Sinkhole

Great Blue Hole

Belize

36 species

Up to 124 m · Advanced

30 m

Reef/Wall

Desecheo Island

Puerto Rico

36 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Ocean wall

Mona Island

Puerto Rico

36 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Atoll pass/Current

Rangiroa (Tiputa Pass)

French Polynesia

36 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Remote coral bank

Pedro Bank

Jamaica

36 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Volcanic reef/Wreck

Sal Rei (Boa Vista)

Cabo Verde

36 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Reef/Volcanic pelagic

Boa Vista

Cabo Verde

35 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Wreck

Cayman Brac (MV Captain Keith Tibbetts wreck)

Cayman Islands

34 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Ocean wall

Turks Island Passage

Turks and Caicos Islands

34 species

Up to 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Rocky reef/Wreck

Arraial do Cabo

Brazil

34 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m20 °C

Wall

Grand Turk Wall

Turks and Caicos Islands

33 species

Up to 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Wreck

Bianca C Wreck

Grenada

33 species

Up to 50 m · Advanced / technical

20 m27 °C

Atoll pass/Pelagic

Fakarava (Shark Wall)

French Polynesia

33 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Barrier reef

Buck Island Reef National Monument

U.S. Virgin Islands

32 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Reef/Wreck

Anegada Horseshoe Reef

British Virgin Islands

32 species

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Lagoon/Reef

Bora Bora

French Polynesia

32 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Underwater canyon

Salt River Canyon

U.S. Virgin Islands

31 species

Up to 50 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Remote atoll/Pelagic

Kiritimati (Christmas Island)

Kiribati

31 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Kelp forest/Canyon

La Jolla Cove

United States

29 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

10 m16 °C

UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Darwin Island

Ecuador

28 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m

UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Wolf Island

Ecuador

28 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m

UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Cocos Island

Costa Rica

28 species

Up to 45 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m

UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Revillagigedo Islands (Socorro)

Mexico

26 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m

Kelp forest/Underwater park

Catalina Island (Casino Point)

United States

24 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

10 m17 °C

Reef/Pelagic

Machalilla / Isla de la Plata

Ecuador

23 species

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m22 °C

Reef/Wreck

Aqaba Marine Park

Jordan

23 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

22 m24 °C

Living coral reef

Cabo Pulmo National Park

Mexico

23 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

UNESCO
Wall/Cleaning station

Cape Marshall

Ecuador

22 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m

Rocky reef

Aliwal Shoal

South Africa

22 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m23 °C

Deep rocky reef

Protea Banks

South Africa

22 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced

15 m22 °C

Temperate rocky reef

Esperance

Australia

22 species

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m18 °C

Temperate rocky reef

Montague Island

Australia

22 species

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m20 °C

UNESCO
Reef/Sardine Run

Cape Vidal

South Africa

21 species

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m

Wall

Sipadan

Malaysia

62 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

28 m28 °C

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

OceanMarine protected area
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Volcanic/Reserve

Alboran Island

Spain

130 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Groupers · occasional blue sharks · corals

Marine protected area
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UNESCO
Atlantic rocky reef

Skellig Islands

Ireland

111 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m13 °C

Grey seals · basking sharks on passage · gannets

OceanWorld Heritage
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Wreck/Rocky reef

Malin Head

Ireland

109 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced

15 m12 °C

Basking sharks on passage · lobsters · First World War wrecks

Ocean
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Volcanic/Wall

El Hierro / La Restinga

Spain

102 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Angelsharks · occasional basking sharks · manta rays

OceanMarine protected area
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Oceanic pelagic

Azores (Princess Alice Bank)

Portugal

93 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m23 °C

Manta rays · hammerhead sharks · blue sharks

Ocean
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UNESCO
Reef/Pelagic

Komodo National Park

Indonesia

69 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, strong currents

22 m26 °C

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

World HeritageMarine protected area
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UNESCO
Coastal reef

Ningaloo Reef

Australia

68 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

Between 300 and 500 whale sharks a year; giant manta rays · turtles · whales; more than 300 species of coral

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
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Reef/Wall

Raja Ampat

Indonesia

65 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water

25 m29 °C

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

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

FreshwaterIslands
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OceanMarine protected area
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Schooling hammerhead sharks · turtles · dolphins

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

Marine protected area
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27 °C

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

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
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Resident whale shark · more than 35 endemic fish species · hard coral gardens

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

Ocean
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Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays

OceanIslands
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Nudibranchs · seahorses · occasional reef sharks

Ocean
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Stingless jellyfish · reef sharks · hard corals

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

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

IslandsMarine protected area
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Reef sharks · hammerheads · thresher shark

OceanMarine protected area
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Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · nudibranchs

Ocean
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Occasional hammerhead sharks · manta rays · turtles

Ocean
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Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

OceanIslands
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Whale shark on passage

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Reef sharks · turtles · pristine corals

OceanIslands
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Oceanic manta rays · reef sharks · shoals of trevally

OceanMarine protected area
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Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks

Islands
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Occasional whale sharks · turtles · groupers

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

See dive site

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

Marine protected area
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Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals

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

OceanMarine protected area
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Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · Napoleon wrasse

OceanMarine protected area
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Schooling scalloped hammerhead sharks · sea snakes · mobula rays

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

Marine protected area
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Blacktip reef sharks · eagle rays

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Walking sharks (Hemiscyllium) · spider crabs

Ocean
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Reef sharks · manta rays · occasional hammerhead shark

Ocean
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Leopard sharks · barracuda · giant groupers

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

See dive site

Reef sharks · macro life · pristine corals

Ocean
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Blacktip reef sharks · barracuda · turtles

Ocean
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Bull sharks · resident dolphins · manta rays

See dive site

Manta ray · occasional whale shark · grey reef shark

OceanMarine protected area
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Reef sharks · giant groupers · Napoleon wrasse

Ocean
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Green and hawksbill turtles · whitetip reef sharks

Ocean
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Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals

Ocean
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26 °C

Olive sea snakes · very large turtles · groupers

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
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Pygmy seahorses · reef sharks · muck diving

Ocean
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High coral diversity · reef sharks · manta rays

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

See dive site

Reef sharks · dolphins · turtles

OceanIslands
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Second World War aircraft and ship wrecks · reef sharks

Ocean
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Marine protected area
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Grey reef and silvertip sharks · hammerheads · pelagics

OceanMarine protected area
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Whale shark · dolphins · turtles

Ocean
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Leopard sharks · blacktip reef sharks · barracuda

OceanIslands
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Reef sharks · manta rays · pristine corals

Ocean
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Reef sharks · turtles · barracuda

See dive site

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · parrotfish

Ocean
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Leopard sharks · turtles · seahorses

See dive site

Turtles · reef sharks · manta rays

Ocean
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Second World War aircraft wrecks · reef sharks

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Hammerhead sharks at dawn · grey reef sharks

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

Marine protected area
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24 °C

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

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
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Marlin · tuna · oceanic sharks

Ocean
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Dugongs · whale sharks on passage · turtles

OceanIslands
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Whale sharks on passage · dolphins · manta rays

See dive site

Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks

See dive site

Reef sharks · Second World War wrecks · soft corals

OceanIslands
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Grey reef sharks · Napoleon wrasse

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Nesting green turtles · dugongs · reef sharks

Islands
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Turtles · whitetip reef sharks · dolphins

Ocean
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Leopard sharks · barracuda · light caves

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Leopard sharks · manta rays · barracuda

See dive site

Nurse sharks · giant lobsters · underwater caves

OceanIslands
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Whale shark · manta rays · grey reef sharks

See dive site

Dugongs · manta rays · whale sharks

Ocean
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Leopard sharks · manta rays · occasional whale shark

Ocean
See dive site

Reef sharks · turtles · high coral biodiversity

Ocean
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Manta rays · grey reef sharks · Napoleon wrasse

See dive site
25 °C

Nesting green and hawksbill turtles · manta rays · reef sharks

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
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Migrating hammerhead sharks · enigmatic rock formations

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

Ocean
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Leopard sharks · turtles · occasional manta rays

See dive site

Hammerhead · oceanic whitetip · thresher and grey reef sharks

OceanMarine protected area
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26 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · clownfish

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
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26 °C

Large potato cod · thoroughly used to divers · Napoleon wrasse

World HeritageMarine protected area
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Nurse sharks · hawksbill turtles · manta rays

Islands
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Feeding sharks · giant barracuda · large shoals

Marine protected area
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Groupers · lobsters · nurse sharks

See dive site
26 °C

Hard and soft corals · turtles · reef sharks

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
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26 °C

Reef sharks · giant groupers · turtles

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
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Hammerheads · grey reef shark · oceanic whitetip

OceanMarine protected area
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Nurse sharks · American crocodiles · sea turtles

Ocean
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Oceanic whitetip shark · grey reef shark · hammerheads

OceanMarine protected area
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Dugongs · turtles · whitetip reef sharks

OceanMarine protected area
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Bull sharks · lemon sharks · goliath groupers

See dive site

Tiger shark · lemon shark · nurse shark

Marine protected area
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OceanMarine protected area
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Occasional oceanic sharks · barracuda · groupers

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

Ocean
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Barracuda · reef sharks · moray eels

Ocean
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Flying fish · occasional sharks · hard corals

See dive site

Barracuda · trevally · batfish

OceanMarine protected area
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Whale sharks on passage · turtles · manta rays

OceanIslands
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Dolphins · occasional whale sharks · dugongs

OceanIslands
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Grey reef sharks · barracuda · Napoleon wrasse

Ocean
See dive site

Whale shark (the Afuera aggregation) · mobula rays

See dive site

Hammerhead sharks · tiger shark · silvertip shark

Ocean
See dive site
27 °C

Hammerhead sharks · grey reef sharks · barracuda

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
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Juvenile whale shark · dolphins

See dive site

Turtles · reef sharks · hard corals

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

OceanMarine protected area
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Nurse sharks · lobsters · reef fish

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

OceanFreshwater
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28 °C

Grey reef sharks · hammerhead sharks · barracuda tornadoes

World HeritageMarine protected area
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28 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
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28 °C

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

World HeritageMarine protected area
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Whale shark · manta rays

Ocean
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Grey reef sharks · manta rays · soft corals

Ocean
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28 °C

Reef manta rays at cleaning stations · reef sharks · rays

World HeritageMarine protected area
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Caribbean reef sharks · nurse sharks

Ocean
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Turtles · reef sharks · lagoon fish

Ocean
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Soft corals · manta rays · reef sharks

Ocean
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Grey reef · silky · nurse

OceanMarine protected area
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Grey reef sharks · occasional hammerhead sharks · barracuda

Ocean
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Turtles · Napoleon wrasse · reef sharks

OceanIslands
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OceanMarine protected area
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Bull sharks · groupers · turtles

OceanMarine protected area
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Multicoloured soft corals · reef sharks

Ocean
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Humpback whales · reef sharks · nudibranchs

See dive site

Nurse sharks · eagle rays · groupers

Ocean
See dive site

Reef sharks · seasonal manta rays · soft corals

See dive site

Manta rays · reef sharks · soft corals

OceanIslands
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Multicoloured soft corals · reef sharks

Ocean
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Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

Ocean
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Turtles · reef sharks · the John Williams wreck

Ocean
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Nurse sharks · eagle rays · groupers

OceanMarine protected area
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29 °C

Reef fish · grey reef sharks

World Heritage
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Reef fish · turtles · occasional sharks

Ocean
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Bull sharks (rare) · rays · turtles

Ocean
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Tiger sharks · bull sharks · grey reef sharks

See dive site

Reef fish · occasional sharks

Ocean
See dive site

Reef sharks · turtles · karst formations

Ocean
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Barracuda · goliath groupers · occasional sharks

Ocean
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Sharks · turtles · occasional dolphins

OceanMarine protected area
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Shoals of snapper · barracuda · amberjack

OceanMarine protected area
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Whale shark · spinner dolphins

See dive site

Parrotfish · lobsters · nurse sharks

Ocean
See dive site

Reef fish · turtles · occasional sharks

Ocean
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27 °C

Reef sharks · groupers · lobsters

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
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Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

OceanMarine protected area
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Whale sharks (on passage) · octopus · frogfish

Ocean
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Reef sharks · groupers · giant sponges

Ocean
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27 °C

Resident spinner dolphin · turtles · reef and lemon sharks

IslandsWorld HeritageMarine protected area
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Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

Ocean
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Nurse sharks · lobsters · turtles

Ocean
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Nurse sharks · lobsters · turtles

Ocean
See dive site

Large shoals of barracuda · reef sharks

See dive site

Reef sharks · groupers

See dive site
27 °C

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

World HeritageMarine protected area
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Groupers · lobsters · occasional sharks

Ocean
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Occasional bull sharks · giant groupers · lobsters

See dive site

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

See dive site

Lobsters · reef sharks · turtles

Ocean
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Bull sharks · fishing boat wrecks · rays

Ocean
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Nesting loggerhead turtles · lemon sharks · rays

Ocean
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Reef fish · nurse sharks

OceanMarine protected area
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Humpback whales on passage · occasional oceanic sharks

Ocean
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Groupers · occasional reef sharks · wrecks

Ocean
See dive site

Humpback whales on passage · sharks · dolphins

See dive site

Barracuda · groupers · nurse sharks

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

Marine protected area
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Hawksbill turtles · blacktip reef sharks · eagle rays

OceanMarine protected area
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Lobsters · nurse sharks · numerous historic wrecks

Ocean
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Lagoon manta rays · blacktip reef sharks · lemon sharks

See dive site

Reef sharks · manta rays · black corals

OceanMarine protected area
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Reef sharks · giant trevally · manta rays

Ocean
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Sea lions · leopard sharks · rays

Ocean
See dive site
24 °C

Enormous shoals of scalloped hammerhead · whale shark (June-November) · Galápagos shark

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
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24 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerheads · whale shark · Galápagos shark

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
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27 °C

Shoals of scalloped hammerhead · whitetip reef shark in enormous numbers · whale shark

World HeritageMarine protected area
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25 °C

Giant manta ray · bottlenose dolphin · hammerhead shark

IslandsWorld HeritageMarine protected area
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Garibaldi · lobsters · occasional leopard sharks

Ocean
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Humpback whales on passage · manta rays · whitetip reef sharks

Marine protected area
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300 species of hard and soft coral · 512 species of fish · seagrass meadows; hawksbill turtles

OceanMarine protected area
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Bull sharks · giant groupers · manta rays

OceanMarine protected area
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21 °C

Oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations · turtles · reef sharks

World HeritageMarine protected area
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Grey nurse shark (raggie) in breeding aggregations · oceanic blacktip shark all year round · tiger shark

OceanMarine protected area
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Seven species of shark aggregate here · among them hammerheads · grey nurse shark and giant guitarfish; Zambezi (bull) shark

OceanMarine protected area
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Sea lions · lobsters · occasional white sharks

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Australian sea lions · grey nurse sharks

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22 °C

Dolphins · sharks and seabirds during the Sardine Run

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
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