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 · historic lighthouse wrecks
Lobsters · spider crabs · plumose anemones
Grey seals · basking sharks on passage · gannets
Basking sharks on passage · lobsters · First World War wrecks
Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) · Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus)
Corals · moray eels · lobsters
Reef fish · corals · lobsters
Groupers · moray eels · the remains of historic wrecks
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)
Groupers · octopus · lobsters
Groupers · moray eels · merchant ship wrecks
Reef fish · octopus · ancient amphora remains
Reef fish colonising the sculptures
Groupers · eagle rays · occasional turtles
Groupers · lobsters · minor wrecks
Reef fish · two patrol boat wrecks
Groupers · moray eels · encrusting corals
Groupers · octopus · corals
Reef fish · moray eels · the Baron Gautsch wreck
Cold-water Lophelia corals · lobsters · cod
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)
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
Tarsier (on land) · turtles · sea snakes
More than 350 species of coral and close to 500 of fish; hammerheads · thresher shark · eagle rays
Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays
Nudibranchs · seahorses · occasional reef sharks
Stingless jellyfish · reef sharks · hard corals
Frogfish · rhinopias · mimic and blue-ringed octopus
Reef sharks · hammerheads · thresher shark
Reef fish · Second World War wrecks
Nudibranchs in enormous variety · frogfish · octopus
Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · nudibranchs
Occasional hammerhead sharks · manta rays · turtles
Reef fish · sunken commercial wrecks
Sunfish (mola mola) · manta rays · turtles
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)
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
Pygmy seahorses · frogfish · mimic octopus
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
Subtropical fish · lobsters
Occasional dugongs · nesting turtles · hard corals
Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals
Clownfish · seahorses · mimic octopus
Reef fish · octopus · granite formations
Giant trevally of more than 20 kg · bigeye trevally · barracuda
Green turtles nesting en masse · manta rays
Green turtles well used to divers · shoals of reef fish · dense hard coral
More than 300 species of coral recorded; dense shoals of fish · passing pelagics · pygmy seahorses
Sperm whales and humpback whales · dolphins at Futami (Chichijima) · more than 190 threatened bird species across the archipelago as a whole
Blacktip reef sharks · eagle rays
Walking sharks (Hemiscyllium) · spider crabs
Reef sharks · manta rays · occasional hammerhead shark
Turtles · reef sharks · the nearby HMS Prince of Wales wreck
Banggai cardinalfish (an endangered endemic species)
Bull sharks · resident dolphins · manta rays
Seahorses · turtles · hard corals
Green and hawksbill turtles · whitetip reef sharks
Reef fish · turtles · 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
Turtles · reef fish · hard corals
Pygmy seahorses · reef sharks · muck diving
High coral diversity · reef sharks · manta rays
Whale shark · reef and oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations · seasonal humpback whale
Reef fish · a small wreck
Second World War aircraft and ship wrecks · reef sharks
Whale shark · dolphins · turtles
Seahorses · bioluminescent plankton at night
Leopard sharks · blacktip reef sharks · barracuda
Nudibranchs · seahorses · clownfish
Seahorses · bioluminescent plankton at night
Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · parrotfish
Leopard sharks · turtles · seahorses
Clownfish · turtles · octopus
Green turtles · hard corals of great diversity
Second World War aircraft wrecks · reef sharks
Green turtles · moray eels · reef fish
Reef fish · underwater karst formations
Reef manta rays for much of the year · turtles · leopard sharks
Dugongs · whale sharks on passage · turtles
Whale sharks on passage · dolphins · manta rays
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
Whale shark · manta rays · grey reef sharks
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
Oceanic whitetip shark (longimanus) · hammerheads · grey reef shark
Leopard sharks · turtles · occasional manta rays
Hard corals · reef fish · volcanic formations
Reef fish · hard corals
Resident dolphins · turtles · Napoleon wrasse
Reef sharks · turtles · clownfish
Large potato cod · thoroughly used to divers · Napoleon wrasse
Nurse sharks · hawksbill turtles · manta rays
Clownfish · parrotfish · sea cucumbers
Turtles · clownfish · moray eels
Bottlenose dolphins · hard coral in excellent condition · turtles
Groupers · lobsters · nurse sharks
Turtles · reef fish
Hard and soft corals · turtles · reef sharks
Reef sharks · giant groupers · turtles
Hammerheads · grey reef shark · oceanic whitetip
Dolphins · turtles · clownfish
Dugongs · turtles · whitetip reef sharks
Turtles · dolphins · clownfish
Bull sharks · lemon sharks · goliath groupers
Clownfish · moray eels · nudibranchs
Forests of sea fans · moray eels · groupers
Resident bottlenose dolphins
Hammerhead sharks (best in spring) · grey reef sharks · barracuda
Barracuda · reef sharks · moray eels
Flying fish · occasional sharks · hard corals
Barracuda · trevally · batfish
Green turtles · thermal warm-water corals
Whale sharks on passage · turtles · manta rays
Dolphins · occasional whale sharks · dugongs
Grey reef sharks · barracuda · Napoleon wrasse
Whale shark (the Afuera aggregation) · mobula rays
Occasional dugongs · turtles · reef fish
Turtles · clownfish · soft corals
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
Grey reef sharks · manta rays · soft corals
Reef fish · Second World War wrecks
Reef fish · turtles · hard corals
Soft corals · manta rays · reef sharks
Reef fish colonising the underwater memorial
Grey reef · silky · nurse
Bull sharks · groupers · turtles
Brain coral formations · grunts · snapper
Multicoloured soft corals · reef sharks
Humpback whales · reef sharks · nudibranchs
Nurse sharks · eagle rays · groupers
Lobsters · rays · reef fish
Reef fish · lobsters · corals
Reef sharks · seasonal manta rays · soft corals
Manta rays · reef sharks · soft corals
Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals
Turtles · reef sharks · the John Williams wreck
Reef fish · sculptures of the Underwater Museum of Art
Nurse sharks · eagle rays · groupers
Reef fish · lobsters · soft corals
Reef fish · octopus · lobsters
Turtles · reef fish · hard corals
Moray eels · large snapper · groupers
Sloths in the nearby mangroves · rays · octopus
Bull sharks (rare) · rays · turtles
Lobsters · turtles · parrotfish
Reef fish · hard corals
Turtles · reef fish · the Betty Bomber aircraft wreck
Hard and soft coral over every hull · lionfish · moray eels
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