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.
Groupers · corals · lobsters
Groupers · conger eels · the Reggio Messina wreck
Groupers · brown meagre · dentex
Groupers · red corals · moray eels
Posidonia oceanica meadows · barracuda · groupers
Groupers · eagle rays · corals
Reef fish · lobsters · the blue light effect
Groupers · red corals · moray eels
Groupers · corals · a marked underwater trail
Groupers · corals · archaeological remains
Grey seals · lobsters · numerous historic shipwrecks
Grey seals · lobsters · the first Marine Conservation Zone in the United Kingdom
Curious grey seals · lobsters
Lobsters · conger eels · several artificial wrecks
Grey seals · historic lighthouse wrecks
Plumose anemones · conger eels · scallops; typical cold-water fauna of the North Atlantic
Lobsters · spider crabs · plumose anemones
Grey seals · basking sharks on passage · gannets
Basking sharks on passage · lobsters · First World War wrecks
Groupers · corals · red gorgonians
Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) · Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus)
Corals · moray eels · lobsters
Groupers · lobsters · red corals
Groupers · corals · Punic archaeological remains
Reef fish · corals · lobsters
Dusky groupers · tuna · amberjack
Groupers · moray eels · the remains of historic wrecks
Reef fish · bioluminescent encrusting corals
Underwater fumaroles · groupers · thermal-water corals
Angelsharks · occasional basking sharks · manta rays
Groupers · red corals · lobsters
Reef fish · lobsters
Groupers · moray eels · seahorses
Groupers · octopus · submerged Roman remains
Groupers · lobsters · volcanic formations
Groupers · octopus · the Italian Freighter wreck
Groupers · lobsters · sponges (a historic sponge-diving tradition)
Underwater sulphur fumaroles · reef fish
Seahorses · lobsters · volcanic formations
Reef fish · moray eels
Groupers · turtles · a submerged aircraft wreck
Groupers · octopus · lobsters
Groupers · octopus · the Fethiye aircraft wreck
Groupers · moray eels · merchant ship wrecks
Reef fish · lava formations · an aircraft wreck
Reef fish · octopus · ancient amphora remains
Reef fish colonising the sculptures
Reef fish
Spiny lobsters · European lobsters · octopus
Groupers · corals · two inland salt lakes
Posidonia oceanica meadows · bottlenose dolphin · loggerhead turtle
Reef fish · encrusting corals
Manta rays · hammerhead sharks · blue sharks
Groupers · eagle rays · occasional turtles
Groupers · lobsters · minor wrecks
Groupers · lobsters · corals
Reef fish · two patrol boat wrecks
Groupers · moray eels · octopus
Reef fish · the turquoise light effect
Groupers · moray eels · encrusting corals
Large groupers · barracuda · moray eels
Reef fish · moray eels · the Achilleas tug wreck
Reef fish · moray eels · the nearby Zenobia wreck
Groupers · octopus · corals
Groupers · moray eels · Second World War wrecks
Reef fish · moray eels · the Baron Gautsch wreck
Orcas · humpback whales · herring
Cold-water Lophelia corals · lobsters · cod
Cod · lobsters · giant anemones
Limited wildlife; a unique mineral tufa chimney
Reef manta rays all year round · grey reef sharks · thresher shark
Between 300 and 500 whale sharks a year; giant manta rays · turtles · whales; more than 300 species of coral
Reef and oceanic manta rays · tasselled wobbegongs · endemic walking sharks (Hemiscyllium)
Soft corals · occasional hammerhead sharks · macro life
Reef manta rays all year round · green and hawksbill turtle · leopard shark
Close to 950 species of fish and some 400 of coral; mobula rays · short-finned pilot whales · six species of dolphin
Schooling hammerhead sharks · turtles · dolphins
Tarsier (on land) · turtles · sea snakes
Migrating blue whales · sperm whales
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
Resident whale shark · more than 35 endemic fish species · hard coral gardens
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
Nudibranchs · seahorses · occasional reef sharks
Nudibranchs · seahorses · mimic octopus
Stingless jellyfish · reef sharks · hard corals
Frogfish · rhinopias · mimic and blue-ringed octopus
Reef manta ray · whale shark · occasional hammerheads and tiger shark
Manta rays at the cleaning stations of Koh Bon and Koh Tachai · turtles · leopard sharks
Reef sharks · hammerheads · thresher shark
Reef fish · Second World War wrecks
More than 400 species of fish; bumphead parrotfish at dawn · trevally · barracuda
Nudibranchs in enormous variety · frogfish · octopus
Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · nudibranchs
Occasional hammerhead sharks · manta rays · turtles
Turtles · Napoleon wrasse · soft corals
Reef fish · sunken commercial wrecks
Sunfish (mola mola) · manta rays · turtles
Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals
Whale shark on passage
Reef fish · recovering corals
Reef sharks · turtles · pristine corals
Giant manta rays · tasselled wobbegongs beneath the table corals · Denise's pygmy seahorse (endemic to Raja Ampat)
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