
Diving and snorkelling
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.
Tarsier (on land) · turtles · sea snakes
Green and hawksbill turtles on almost every dive · eagle rays · reef sharks
More than 350 species of coral and close to 500 of fish; hammerheads · thresher shark · eagle rays
Reef manta rays all year round at Manta Point; sunfish (Mola alexandrini) in the cold season; turtles · reef sharks
Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays
Manta rays at the cleaning stations of Koh Bon and Koh Tachai · turtles · leopard sharks
Reef sharks · hammerheads · thresher shark
More than 400 species of fish; bumphead parrotfish at dawn · trevally · barracuda
Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · nudibranchs
Occasional hammerhead sharks · manta rays · turtles
Turtles · Napoleon wrasse · soft corals
Sunfish (mola mola) · manta rays · turtles
Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals
Reef sharks · turtles · pristine corals
Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks
Occasional whale sharks · turtles · groupers
Millions of sardines in bait balls · turtles · whitetip reef sharks
Nesting green turtles · occasional dugongs
Green turtles · clownfish · soft corals
Occasional dugongs · nesting turtles · hard corals
Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals
Green turtles nesting en masse · manta rays
Green turtles well used to divers · shoals of reef fish · dense hard coral
Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · Napoleon wrasse
Schooling scalloped hammerhead sharks · sea snakes · mobula rays
Turtles · reef sharks · the nearby HMS Prince of Wales wreck
Blacktip reef sharks · barracuda · turtles
Seahorses · turtles · hard corals
Green and hawksbill turtles · whitetip reef sharks
Reef fish · turtles · soft corals
Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals
Turtles · reef fish · freshwater caves nearby
Reef fish · turtles · hard corals
Turtles · reef fish · fruit bats on a nearby island
Olive sea snakes · very large turtles · groupers
Turtles · reef fish · hard corals
Reef sharks · dolphins · turtles
Resident manta rays · turtles
Whale shark · dolphins · turtles
Reef sharks · turtles · barracuda
Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · parrotfish
Leopard sharks · turtles · seahorses
Clownfish · turtles · octopus
Green turtles · hard corals of great diversity
Turtles · reef sharks · manta rays
Green turtles · moray eels · reef fish
Reef manta rays for much of the year · turtles · leopard sharks
Mangroves · seagrass meadows · fringing reef; the world's largest population of giant tortoise
Dugongs · whale sharks on passage · turtles
Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks
Nesting green turtles · dugongs · reef sharks
Turtles · whitetip reef sharks · dolphins
Green turtles · clownfish · hard corals
Green turtles · moray eels · reef fish
Dolphins · green turtles · Napoleon wrasse
Reef fish · turtles · hard corals
Reef sharks · turtles · high coral biodiversity
Nesting green and hawksbill turtles · manta rays · reef sharks
Leopard sharks · turtles · occasional manta rays
Resident dolphins · turtles · Napoleon wrasse
Reef sharks · turtles · clownfish
Nurse sharks · hawksbill turtles · manta rays
Turtles · clownfish · moray eels
Turtles · occasional dugongs · dolphins
Napoleon wrasse · green turtles · pristine corals
Turtles · reef fish
Whitetip reef sharks · groupers · more than 16 distinct dive sites
Reef sharks · giant groupers · turtles
Hammerheads · grey reef shark · oceanic whitetip
Dolphins · turtles · clownfish
Nurse sharks · American crocodiles · sea turtles
Dugongs · turtles · whitetip reef sharks
Turtles · dolphins · clownfish
Forests of sea fans · moray eels · groupers
Barracuda · trevally · batfish
Green turtles · thermal warm-water corals
Whale sharks on passage · turtles · manta rays
Occasional dugongs · turtles · reef fish
Turtles · clownfish · soft corals
Resident dugongs · green turtles
Hammerhead sharks · grey reef sharks · barracuda
Clownfish · Napoleon wrasse · turtles
Turtles · reef sharks · hard corals
Almost 300 species of fish and more than 20 of coral; manta rays · sharks · turtles
Turtles · vase sponges · snappers
Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · hard corals
Humpback whales on passage · turtles · lagoon fish
Reef fish · turtles · hard corals
Turtles · reef sharks · lagoon fish
Grey reef · silky · nurse
Turtles · Napoleon wrasse · reef sharks
Bull sharks · groupers · turtles
Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals
Turtles · reef sharks · the John Williams wreck
Reef fish · turtles · occasional sharks
Turtles · reef fish · hard corals
Bull sharks (rare) · rays · turtles
Lobsters · turtles · parrotfish
Turtles · reef fish · the Betty Bomber aircraft wreck
Reef sharks · turtles · karst formations
Sharks · turtles · occasional dolphins
Reef fish · turtles · occasional sharks
Groupers · nurse sharks · giant lobsters
Turtles · reef fish · hard corals
Reef fish · turtles · submerged statues
Reef fish · hard corals · turtles
Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers
Resident spinner dolphin · turtles · reef and lemon sharks