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.
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
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
Corals · moray eels · lobsters
Groupers · lobsters · red corals
Groupers · corals · Punic archaeological remains
Dusky groupers · tuna · amberjack
Groupers · moray eels · the remains of historic wrecks
Angelsharks · occasional basking sharks · manta rays
Groupers · red corals · lobsters
Groupers · moray eels · seahorses
Groupers · octopus · the Italian Freighter wreck
Groupers · lobsters · sponges (a historic sponge-diving tradition)
Reef fish · moray eels
Groupers · turtles · a submerged aircraft wreck
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
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
Reef fish · two patrol boat wrecks
Groupers · moray eels · octopus
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
Limited wildlife; a unique mineral tufa chimney
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
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
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
Nudibranchs · seahorses · occasional reef sharks
Nudibranchs · seahorses · mimic octopus
Stingless jellyfish · reef sharks · hard corals
Frogfish · rhinopias · mimic and blue-ringed octopus
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
Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals
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)
Oceanic manta rays · reef sharks · shoals of trevally
More than 260 species of reef fish · 68 of coral · 48 of nudibranch and 31 of shrimp recorded in the park
Clownfish · seahorses · mimic octopus
Occasional whale sharks · turtles · groupers
Nesting green turtles · occasional dugongs
Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals
Clownfish · seahorses · mimic octopus
Giant trevally of more than 20 kg · bigeye trevally · barracuda
Green turtles well used to divers · shoals of reef fish · dense hard coral
Coral and invertebrates over the whole hull · mandarinfish · abundant macro life
More than 300 species of coral recorded; dense shoals of fish · passing pelagics · pygmy seahorses
Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · Napoleon wrasse
Schooling scalloped hammerhead sharks · sea snakes · mobula rays
Walking sharks (Hemiscyllium) · spider crabs
Reef sharks · manta rays · occasional hammerhead shark
Leopard sharks · barracuda · giant groupers
Reef sharks · macro life · pristine corals
Blacktip reef sharks · barracuda · turtles
Seahorses · turtles · hard corals
Manta ray · occasional whale shark · grey reef shark
Reef sharks · giant groupers · Napoleon wrasse
Green and hawksbill turtles · whitetip reef sharks
Reef fish · turtles · soft corals
Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals
Reef fish · the Kokusai Maru wreck
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
Pygmy seahorses · reef sharks · muck diving
High coral diversity · reef sharks · manta rays
Reef sharks · dolphins · turtles
Reef fish · a small wreck
Second World War aircraft and ship wrecks · reef sharks
Grey reef and silvertip sharks · hammerheads · pelagics
Whale shark · dolphins · turtles
Seahorses · bioluminescent plankton at night
Leopard sharks · blacktip reef sharks · barracuda
Nudibranchs · seahorses · clownfish
Reef sharks · manta rays · pristine corals
Seahorses · bioluminescent plankton at night
Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · parrotfish
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
Marlin · tuna · oceanic sharks
Mangroves · seagrass meadows · fringing reef; the world's largest population of giant tortoise
Dugongs · whale sharks on passage · turtles
Reef sharks · Second World War wrecks · soft corals
Turtles · whitetip reef sharks · dolphins
Green turtles · clownfish · hard corals
Nurse sharks · giant lobsters · underwater caves
Dugongs · manta rays · whale sharks
Dolphins · green turtles · Napoleon wrasse
Leopard sharks · manta rays · occasional whale shark
Reef fish · turtles · hard corals
Reef sharks · turtles · high coral biodiversity
Nesting green and hawksbill turtles · manta rays · reef sharks
Migrating hammerhead sharks · enigmatic rock formations
Oceanic whitetip shark (longimanus) · hammerheads · grey reef shark
Hard corals · reef fish · volcanic formations
Reef fish · hard corals
Resident dolphins · turtles · Napoleon wrasse
Hammerhead · oceanic whitetip · thresher and grey reef sharks
Reef sharks · turtles · clownfish
Turtles · clownfish · moray eels
Bottlenose dolphins · hard coral in excellent condition · turtles
Napoleon wrasse · green turtles · pristine corals
Turtles · reef fish
Hard and soft corals · turtles · reef sharks
Reef sharks · giant groupers · turtles
Hammerheads · grey reef shark · oceanic whitetip
Dolphins · turtles · clownfish
Nurse sharks · American crocodiles · sea turtles
Oceanic whitetip shark · grey reef shark · hammerheads
Dugongs · turtles · whitetip reef sharks
Turtles · dolphins · clownfish
Clownfish · moray eels · nudibranchs
Forests of sea fans · moray eels · groupers
Occasional oceanic sharks · barracuda · groupers
Hammerhead sharks (best in spring) · grey reef sharks · barracuda
Barracuda · reef sharks · moray eels
Barracuda · tuna · batfish
Barracuda · trevally · batfish
Green turtles · thermal warm-water corals
Whale sharks on passage · turtles · manta rays
Sea otters · sea lions · octopus
Dolphins · occasional whale sharks · dugongs
Grey reef sharks · barracuda · Napoleon wrasse
Reef fish · moray eels
Giant moray eels up to 2 m · dusky groupers · clownfish
Hammerhead sharks · tiger shark · silvertip shark
Clouds of glassfish · giant moray eels · octopus
Hammerhead sharks · grey reef sharks · barracuda
Turtles · reef sharks · hard corals
Colonial wrecks · lobsters · reef fish
Almost 300 species of fish and more than 20 of coral; manta rays · sharks · turtles
Nurse sharks · lobsters · reef fish
Turtles · vase sponges · snappers
The third largest barrier reef in the world · reef sharks · inland blue holes
Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · hard corals
Whale shark · manta rays
Grey reef sharks · manta rays · soft corals
Lobsters · black sea bass · bottom fish
Reef fish · Second World War wrecks
Caribbean reef sharks · nurse sharks
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