Explore the world underwater

Panglao (Bohol)

Philippines

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Tarsier (on land) · turtles · sea snakes

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

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

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

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

Apo Reef Natural Park

Philippines

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · hammerheads · thresher shark

USAT Liberty (Tulamben)

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

More than 400 species of fish; bumphead parrotfish at dawn · trevally · barracuda

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

Anambas Islands

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Turtles · Napoleon wrasse · soft corals

Nusa Lembongan

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m22 °C

Sunfish (mola mola) · manta rays · turtles

Karimunjawa

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

Widi Islands

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · pristine corals

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

Moalboal (Sardine Run)

Philippines

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

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

Con Dao Islands

Vietnam

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Nesting green turtles · occasional dugongs

Redang Island

Malaysia

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green turtles · clownfish · soft corals

Con Son Island (North Con Dao)

Vietnam

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Occasional dugongs · nesting turtles · hard corals

Siquijor

Philippines

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals

Sangalaki Islands

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Green turtles nesting en masse · manta rays

Apo Island

Philippines

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Green turtles well used to divers · shoals of reef fish · dense hard coral

Menjangan Island (Bali Barat)

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · Napoleon wrasse

Banda Islands

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerhead sharks · sea snakes · mobula rays

Tenggol Island

Malaysia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

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

Perhentian Islands (Tokong Laut)

Malaysia

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · barracuda · turtles

Phu Quoc

Vietnam

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Seahorses · turtles · hard corals

Gili Trawangan

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green and hawksbill turtles · whitetip reef sharks

Camiguin Island

Philippines

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef fish · turtles · soft corals

Marovo Lagoon

Solomon Islands

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals

Camotes Islands

Philippines

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef fish · freshwater caves nearby

Bali (Nusa Dua)

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · hard corals

Riung Islands (Flores)

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · reef fish · fruit bats on a nearby island

SS Yongala

Australia

Up to 28 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Olive sea snakes · very large turtles · groupers

Whitsunday Islands (Chalkies Beach)

Australia

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m25 °C

Turtles · reef fish · hard corals

Lakshadweep (Bangaram)

India

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef sharks · dolphins · turtles

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

Ishigaki (Manta Scramble)

Japan

Up to 20 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Resident manta rays · turtles

Mafia Island (whale shark)

Tanzania

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Whale shark · dolphins · turtles

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

Racha Yai

Thailand

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Clownfish · turtles · octopus

Kerama Islands

Japan

Up to 30 m · Open Water

30 m24 °C

Green turtles · hard corals of great diversity

Mayotte (lagoon)

Mayotte

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · manta rays

Watamu Marine Park

Kenya

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Green turtles · moray eels · reef fish

Lady Elliot Island

Australia

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

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

Aldabra Atoll

Seychelles

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Mangroves · seagrass meadows · fringing reef; the world's largest population of giant tortoise

Quirimbas Islands

Mozambique

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Dugongs · whale sharks on passage · turtles

Daymaniyat Islands

Oman

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks

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

Hikkaduwa

Sri Lanka

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green turtles · clownfish · hard corals

Watamu Turtle Watch

Kenya

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Green turtles · moray eels · reef fish

Mnemba Atoll (Zanzibar)

Tanzania

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Dolphins · green turtles · Napoleon wrasse

Malindi Marine Park

Kenya

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · hard corals

Vamizi Island

Mozambique

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · high coral biodiversity

Heron Island

Australia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

Nesting green and hawksbill turtles · manta rays · reef sharks

Dibba Rock

United Arab Emirates

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Leopard sharks · turtles · occasional manta rays

Kisite-Mpunguti Marine Park

Kenya

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Resident dolphins · turtles · Napoleon wrasse

Norman Reef

Australia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · clownfish

La Digue

Seychelles

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · hawksbill turtles · manta rays

Marsa Shagra

Egypt

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Turtles · clownfish · moray eels

Fury Shoal

Egypt

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Bottlenose dolphins · hard coral in excellent condition · turtles

Chumbe Island

Tanzania

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Napoleon wrasse · green turtles · pristine corals

Saint-Gilles (Réunion)

Réunion

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m25 °C

Turtles · reef fish

Agincourt Reefs

Australia

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m26 °C

Hard and soft corals · turtles · reef sharks

Flynn Reef

Australia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef sharks · giant groupers · turtles

St John's Reef

Egypt

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Hammerheads · grey reef shark · oceanic whitetip

Bawe Island

Tanzania

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Dolphins · turtles · clownfish

Banco Chinchorro

Mexico

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · American crocodiles · sea turtles

Wadi Gimal

Egypt

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Dugongs · turtles · whitetip reef sharks

Marsa Nakari

Egypt

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Turtles · dolphins · clownfish

Daedalus Reef (Abu el Kizan)

Egypt

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

Hammerhead sharks · oceanic whitetip · thresher shark

Giftun Islands

Egypt

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Forests of sea fans · moray eels · groupers

Ras Mohammed National Park

Egypt

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m26 °C

Barracuda · trevally · batfish

Green Island (Lyudao)

Taiwan

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Green turtles · thermal warm-water corals

Nosy Be

Madagascar

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Whale sharks on passage · turtles · manta rays

Marsa Egla

Egypt

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Occasional dugongs · turtles · reef fish

Umluj (the Maldives of Saudi Arabia)

Saudi Arabia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · clownfish · soft corals

Abu Dabab (dugongs)

Egypt

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Resident dugongs · green turtles

Sanganeb Atoll

Sudan

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks · grey reef sharks · barracuda

Blue Hole Dahab

Egypt

Up to 130 m · Advanced / highly experienced

25 m26 °C

Clownfish · Napoleon wrasse · turtles

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

Molasses Reef

United States

Up to 15 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Turtles · vase sponges · snappers

Ulong Channel

Palau

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

Aitutaki

Cook Islands

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Humpback whales on passage · turtles · lagoon fish

Rarotonga

Cook Islands

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · hard corals

Isle of Pines (New Caledonia)

New Caledonia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m25 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · lagoon fish

Jardines de la Reina

Cuba

Up to 30 m · Open Water

35 m27 °C

Grey reef · silky · nurse

Nosy Tanikely

Madagascar

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · Napoleon wrasse · reef sharks

Turneffe Atoll

Belize

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Bull sharks · groupers · turtles

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

SS President Coolidge

Vanuatu

Up to 70 m · Advanced / technical

25 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · occasional sharks

Mystery Island (Vanuatu)

Vanuatu

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef fish · hard corals

Cape Verde (Sal Island)

Cabo Verde

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Bull sharks (rare) · rays · turtles

Los Roques

Venezuela

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Lobsters · turtles · parrotfish

Rota Island

Northern Mariana Islands

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Turtles · reef fish · the Betty Bomber aircraft wreck

Saipan (Grotto)

Northern Mariana Islands

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · karst formations

SS Benwood (Key Largo)

United States

Up to 15 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Sharks · turtles · occasional dolphins

Guam (Second World War wrecks)

Guam

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef fish · turtles · occasional sharks

Cozumel (Santa Rosa Wall)

Mexico

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m27 °C

Eagle rays · turtles · groupers

Cocos Lagoon (Guam)

Guam

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef fish · hard corals

Chankanaab Reef (Cozumel)

Mexico

Up to 15 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · submerged statues

American Samoa (Fagatele Bay)

American Samoa

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef fish · hard corals · turtles

Palancar Reef

Mexico

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

Fernando de Noronha

Brazil

Up to 30 m · Open Water

35 m27 °C

Resident spinner dolphin · turtles · reef and lemon sharks

San Andrés

Colombia

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m28 °C

Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

Saona Island

Dominican Republic

Up to 15 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Starfish · occasional turtles

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

Speyside

Trinidad and Tobago

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Giant oceanic manta rays · turtles

Media Luna (Los Roques)

Venezuela

Up to 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Lobsters · turtles · parrotfish

Half Moon Caye Wall

Belize

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

A wall dropping more than 1 · 000 m; green · hawksbill and loggerhead turtles; sponges and sea fans

Culebra Island

Puerto Rico

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · lobsters · parrotfish

Alligator Head (Ocean Ridge)

Jamaica

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · lobsters · reef fish

Pedro Bank

Jamaica

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Lobsters · reef sharks · turtles

Boa Vista

Cabo Verde

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Nesting loggerhead turtles · lemon sharks · rays

North Wall (Grand Cayman)

Cayman Islands

Up to 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Black coral · barrel sponges · sea fans

Bequia (Grenadines)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Hawksbill turtles · seahorses · the Wallblake wreck

Carlisle Bay (Barbados)

Barbados

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Hawksbill turtles · seahorses · reef fish

Providenciales (Grace Bay)

Turks and Caicos Islands

Up to 25 m · Open Water

30 m26 °C

Lobsters · turtles · groupers

Bloody Bay Wall

Cayman Islands

Up to 300 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m27 °C

Black coral · barrel sponges · sea fans

Curaçao (Reef Diving)

Curaçao

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Seahorses · turtles · groupers

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

Carlisle Bay

Antigua and Barbuda

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · rays · reef fish

Anse Chastanet

Saint Lucia

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Seahorses · turtles · groupers

Cane Garden Bay (Tortola)

British Virgin Islands

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · rays · reef fish

Cane Bay Wall

U.S. Virgin Islands

Up to 120 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Turtles · groupers · moray eels

Wolf Island

Ecuador

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m24 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerheads · whale shark · Galápagos shark

Revillagigedo Islands (Socorro)

Mexico

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m25 °C

Giant manta ray · bottlenose dolphin · hammerhead shark