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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
Visibility (m)3 m – 100 m
Water temperature (°C)-1 °C – 32 °C
553documented dive sites117countries300metres maximum depth

219 dive sites match “tiburon”

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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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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

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

FreshwaterIslands
See dive site
OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Schooling hammerhead sharks · turtles · dolphins

Ocean
See dive site

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

Marine protected area
See dive site
27 °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

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

Marine protected area
See dive site
See dive site

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

Ocean
See dive site

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays

OceanIslands
See dive site

Nudibranchs · seahorses · occasional reef sharks

Ocean
See dive site

Stingless jellyfish · reef sharks · hard corals

OceanIslands
See dive site

Resident oceanic manta rays · whale sharks on passage

See dive site

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

IslandsMarine protected area
See dive site

Reef sharks · hammerheads · thresher shark

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · nudibranchs

Ocean
See dive site

Occasional hammerhead sharks · manta rays · turtles

Ocean
See dive site

Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

OceanIslands
See dive site

Whale shark on passage

See dive site

Reef sharks · turtles · pristine corals

OceanIslands
See dive site

Oceanic manta rays · reef sharks · shoals of trevally

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks

Islands
See dive site

Occasional whale sharks · turtles · groupers

Ocean
See dive site

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
See dive site

Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals

Ocean
See dive site

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

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · Napoleon wrasse

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Schooling scalloped hammerhead sharks · sea snakes · mobula rays

OceanIslands
See dive site

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

Marine protected area
See dive site

Blacktip reef sharks · eagle rays

See dive site

Walking sharks (Hemiscyllium) · spider crabs

Ocean
See dive site

Reef sharks · manta rays · occasional hammerhead shark

Ocean
See dive site

Leopard sharks · barracuda · giant groupers

Ocean
See dive site

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

See dive site

Reef sharks · macro life · pristine corals

Ocean
See dive site

Blacktip reef sharks · barracuda · turtles

Ocean
See dive site

Bull sharks · resident dolphins · manta rays

See dive site

Manta ray · occasional whale shark · grey reef shark

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site