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