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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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Depth (m)4 m – 300 m
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219 dive sites match “tiburon”

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Wall

Sipadan

Malaysia

62 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

28 m28 °C

Volcanic/Reserve

Alboran Island

Spain

130 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

UNESCO
Atlantic rocky reef

Skellig Islands

Ireland

111 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m

Wreck/Rocky reef

Malin Head

Ireland

109 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced

15 m12 °C

Volcanic/Wall

El Hierro / La Restinga

Spain

102 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Oceanic pelagic

Azores (Princess Alice Bank)

Portugal

93 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m23 °C

UNESCO
Reef/Pelagic

Komodo National Park

Indonesia

69 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, strong currents

22 m

UNESCO
Coastal reef

Ningaloo Reef

Australia

68 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m

Reef/Wall

Raja Ampat

Indonesia

65 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water

25 m29 °C

Wall/Current

Alor Archipelago

Indonesia

65 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °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

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

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
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

OceanMarine protected area
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
Wall

Bunaken Marine Park

Indonesia

63 species

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
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
Coastal pelagic

Cenderawasih Bay (whale shark)

Indonesia

62 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

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

Marine protected area
See dive site
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

See dive site
Pinnacle/Pelagic

Nusa Penida (Manta Point / Crystal Bay)

Indonesia

62 species

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

Ocean
See dive site
Reef/Wall

Andaman Islands (Havelock)

India

62 species

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays

OceanIslands
See dive site
Reef/Muck diving

Puerto Galera

Philippines

62 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nudibranchs · seahorses · occasional reef sharks

Ocean
See dive site
Reef/Atoll

Togean Islands

Indonesia

62 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Stingless jellyfish · reef sharks · hard corals

OceanIslands
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
Pinnacle/Granite cave

Similan Islands

Thailand

62 species

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
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
Reef/Wreck

Tioman Island

Malaysia

61 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · nudibranchs

Ocean
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
Coral reef

Karimunjawa

Indonesia

61 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

OceanIslands
See dive site
Coastal pelagic

Ticao Island (Donsol, whale shark)

Philippines

61 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Whale shark on passage

See dive site
Remote reef

Widi Islands

Indonesia

61 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · pristine corals

OceanIslands
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
Shallow reef

Perhentian Islands

Malaysia

60 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks

Islands
See dive site
Reef/Pinnacle

Koh Tao

Thailand

60 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m29 °C

Occasional whale sharks · turtles · groupers

Ocean
See dive site
Pinnacle/Pelagic

Malapascua (thresher shark)

Philippines

60 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced

20 m27 °C

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

See dive site
Reef/Wall

Moalboal (Sardine Run)

Philippines

60 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

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

Marine protected area
See dive site
Reef/Wall

Siquijor

Philippines

60 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals

Ocean
See dive site
Sloping reef

Cape Kri

Indonesia

60 species

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m29 °C

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

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Wall

Menjangan Island (Bali Barat)

Indonesia

59 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · Napoleon wrasse

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
Pinnacle

Richelieu Rock

Thailand

59 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

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

Marine protected area
See dive site
Reef/Pelagic

Morotai (shark diving)

Indonesia

59 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · eagle rays

See dive site
Muck diving/Reef

Halmahera (walking sharks)

Indonesia

59 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Walking sharks (Hemiscyllium) · spider crabs

Ocean
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
Pinnacle

Chumphon Pinnacle

Thailand

59 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · barracuda · giant groupers

Ocean
See dive site
Reef/Wreck

Tenggol Island

Malaysia

59 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

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

See dive site
Coral wall

Wakatobi Islands (Hoga)

Indonesia

59 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · macro life · pristine corals

Ocean
See dive site
Granite pinnacle

Perhentian Islands (Tokong Laut)

Malaysia

59 species

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · barracuda · turtles

Ocean
See dive site
Reef/Pelagic

Ponta do Ouro

Mozambique

59 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Bull sharks · resident dolphins · manta rays

See dive site
Deep pinnacle

Hin Daeng / Hin Muang

Thailand

58 species

Up to 60 m · Advanced

25 m28 °C

Manta ray · occasional whale shark · grey reef shark

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Remote atoll

Rowley Shoals

Australia

58 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · giant groupers · Napoleon wrasse

Ocean
See dive site
Reef/Wreck

Gili Trawangan

Indonesia

58 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green and hawksbill turtles · whitetip reef sharks

Ocean
See dive site
Coral lagoon

Marovo Lagoon

Solomon Islands

58 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals

Ocean
See dive site
UNESCO
Wreck

SS Yongala

Australia

57 species

Up to 28 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Olive sea snakes · very large turtles · groupers

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
Fjord/Reef

Tufi Fjords

Papua New Guinea

57 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Pygmy seahorses · reef sharks · muck diving

Ocean
See dive site
Reef/Pinnacle

Kimbe Bay

Papua New Guinea

57 species

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

High coral diversity · reef sharks · manta rays

Ocean
See dive site
Reef/Pelagic

Tofo Beach

Mozambique

57 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

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

See dive site
Coral atoll

Lakshadweep (Bangaram)

India

57 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef sharks · dolphins · turtles

OceanIslands
See dive site
Reef/War wreck

Madang

Papua New Guinea

57 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Second World War aircraft and ship wrecks · reef sharks

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
Pelagic/Reef

Mafia Island (whale shark)

Tanzania

56 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Whale shark · dolphins · turtles

Ocean
See dive site
Reef/Pinnacle

Koh Phi Phi

Thailand

56 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · blacktip reef sharks · barracuda

OceanIslands
See dive site
Remote atoll

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Australia

56 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · manta rays · pristine corals

Ocean
See dive site
Rocky islet

Netrani Island

India

56 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

12 m27 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · barracuda

See dive site
Coastal reef

Pigeon Island

Sri Lanka

55 species

Up to 15 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · parrotfish

Ocean
See dive site
Coral reef

Koh Lipe

Thailand

55 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · turtles · seahorses

See dive site
Coral lagoon

Mayotte (lagoon)

Mayotte

55 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · manta rays

Ocean
See dive site
Wreck/War reef

Munda

Solomon Islands

55 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Second World War aircraft wrecks · reef sharks

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
Feeding bay

Baa Atoll (Hanifaru Bay)

Maldives

54 species

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
See dive site
UNESCO
Coral reef

Lady Elliot Island

Australia

54 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

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

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
Ocean wall

Pemba Channel

Tanzania

54 species

Up to 50 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Marlin · tuna · oceanic sharks

Ocean
See dive site
Reef/Archipelago

Quirimbas Islands

Mozambique

54 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Dugongs · whale sharks on passage · turtles

OceanIslands
See dive site
Rocky reef

Musandam Peninsula

Oman

54 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Whale sharks on passage · dolphins · manta rays

See dive site
Reef/Reserve

Daymaniyat Islands

Oman

54 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks

See dive site
Pinnacle/Wreck

Solomon Islands (Mary Island)

Solomon Islands

54 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m29 °C

Reef sharks · Second World War wrecks · soft corals

OceanIslands
See dive site
Pinnacle/Wall

Vaavu Atoll (Fish Head)

Maldives

54 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Grey reef sharks · Napoleon wrasse

See dive site
Volcanic reef

Comoros (Mohéli)

Comoros

54 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Nesting green turtles · dugongs · reef sharks

Islands
See dive site
Reef/Fjord

Bandar Khayran

Oman

54 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Turtles · whitetip reef sharks · dolphins

Ocean
See dive site
Cave/Wall

Koh Ha (Krabi)

Thailand

54 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · barracuda · light caves

See dive site
Rocky pinnacle

Lima Rock

Oman

54 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Leopard sharks · manta rays · barracuda

See dive site
Pinnacle/Cave

Mergui Archipelago (Black Rock)

Myanmar

54 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nurse sharks · giant lobsters · underwater caves

OceanIslands
See dive site
Reef/Pelagic

Ari Atoll

Maldives

53 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whale shark · manta rays · grey reef sharks

See dive site
Reef/Underwater dune

Bazaruto Archipelago

Mozambique

53 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Dugongs · manta rays · whale sharks

Ocean
See dive site
Remote reef

Mergui Archipelago

Myanmar

53 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · manta rays · occasional whale shark

Ocean
See dive site
Pristine reef

Vamizi Island

Mozambique

53 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · high coral biodiversity

Ocean
See dive site
Cleaning station

North Male Atoll (HP Reef)

Maldives

53 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Manta rays · grey reef sharks · Napoleon wrasse

See dive site
UNESCO
Coral reef

Heron Island

Australia

52 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

Nesting green and hawksbill turtles · manta rays · reef sharks

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
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
Rocky reef

Dibba Rock

United Arab Emirates

52 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Leopard sharks · turtles · occasional manta rays

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
UNESCO
Platform reef

Norman Reef

Australia

51 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · clownfish

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
UNESCO
Reef

Cod Hole

Australia

51 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Large potato cod · thoroughly used to divers · Napoleon wrasse

World HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
Granite reef

La Digue

Seychelles

51 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · hawksbill turtles · manta rays

Islands
See dive site
Wall/Pelagic

Rocky Island

Egypt

51 species

Up to 60 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Feeding sharks · giant barracuda · large shoals

Marine protected area
See dive site
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