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Map Species Parks Diving

Diving and snorkelling

Explore the world underwater

553 diving and snorkelling sites across 117 countries — from coral reefs to wrecks more than 300 metres deep.

553documented dive sites117countries300metres maximum depth

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Depth (m)8 m – 300 m

Depth (m) — minimum valueDepth (m) — maximum value

Visibility (m)5 m – 35 m

Visibility (m) — minimum valueVisibility (m) — maximum value

Water temperature (°C)7 °C – 29 °C

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Atlantic rocky reef

Cíes Islands

Spain

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m16 °C

Rocky reef/Cave

Berlengas Islands

Portugal

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m18 °C

Atlantic rocky reef

Cliff Coast (Cape St Vincent)

Portugal

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m17 °C

Chafarinas Islands

Spain

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m19 °C

Rocky reef/Wreck

L'Escala (Costa Brava)

Spain

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m19 °C

Rocky reef/Cave

Cavalleria (Menorca)

Spain

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Wreck/Rocky reef

Isles of Scilly

United Kingdom

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m14 °C

Rocky reef/Reserve

Lundy Island

United Kingdom

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m13 °C

Cold rocky reef

Farne Islands

United Kingdom

Up to 20 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

Wreck/Rocky reef

Plymouth Sound (wrecks)

United Kingdom

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m13 °C

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About these dive sites

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.

Octopus · conger eels · lobsters

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Groupers · conger eels · lobsters

Ocean

See dive site

Groupers · conger eels · lobsters

See dive site

Occasional monk seals · groupers · corals

Marine protected area

See dive site

Groupers · conger eels · the Reggio Messina wreck

Ocean

See dive site

Groupers · red corals · moray eels

Marine protected area

See dive site

Grey seals · lobsters · numerous historic shipwrecks

OceanIslands

See dive site

Grey seals · lobsters · the first Marine Conservation Zone in the United Kingdom

Ocean

See dive site

Curious grey seals · lobsters

Ocean

See dive site

Lobsters · conger eels · several artificial wrecks

Ocean

See dive site

Cold rocky reef/Wreck

Farne Islands (Longstone)

United Kingdom

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

Grey seals · historic lighthouse wrecks

Cold rocky reef

St Abbs

United Kingdom

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m10 °C

Lobsters · spider crabs · plumose anemones

Atlantic rocky reef

Skellig Islands

Ireland

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m13 °C

Grey seals · basking sharks on passage · gannets

OceanWorld Heritage

Wreck/Rocky reef

Malin Head

Ireland

Up to 40 m · Advanced

15 m12 °C

Basking sharks on passage · lobsters · First World War wrecks

Zakynthos (loggerhead turtle)

Greece

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m23 °C

Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) · Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus)

Marine protected area

Plemmirio Marine Reserve (Sicily)

Italy

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

Corals · moray eels · lobsters

OceanMarine protected area

Rocky reef/Pink beach

Elafonisi (Crete)

Greece

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Reef fish · corals · lobsters

Wreck/Rocky reef

Elba Island

Italy

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m21 °C

Groupers · moray eels · the remains of historic wrecks

Rocky reef/Cave

Halkidiki

Greece

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m22 °C

Groupers · moray eels · seahorses

Rocky reef/Wreck

Amalfi Coast

Italy

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m20 °C

Groupers · octopus · submerged Roman remains

Cave/Rocky reef

Ponza Island

Italy

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Groupers · lobsters · volcanic formations

Rocky reef/Wreck

Rhodes

Greece

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · the Italian Freighter wreck

Cave/Rocky reef

Symi

Greece

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · lobsters · sponges (a historic sponge-diving tradition)

Cave/Rocky reef

Corfu (Paleokastritsa)

Greece

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · lobsters

Rocky reef/Wreck

Marmaris

Türkiye

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · moray eels · merchant ship wrecks

Wreck/Rocky reef

Bodrum (aircraft wreck)

Türkiye

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Reef fish · octopus · ancient amphora remains

Underwater museum/Artificial reef

Museo Atlántico (Lanzarote)

Spain

Up to 15 m · Open Water

15 m20 °C

Reef fish colonising the sculptures

Garajau Marine Reserve (Madeira)

Portugal

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m20 °C

Groupers · eagle rays · occasional turtles

Wreck/Rocky reef

Dubrovnik

Croatia

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · lobsters · minor wrecks

OceanWorld Heritage

Cirkewwa (Malta)

Malta

Up to 35 m · Open Water

30 m20 °C

Reef fish · two patrol boat wrecks

OceanMarine protected area

Cave/Rocky reef

Gozo (Cathedral Cave/Reqqa Point)

Malta

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m20 °C

Groupers · moray eels · encrusting corals

Rocky reef/Cave

Ksamil

Albania

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · corals

Rocky reef/Wreck

Piran

Slovenia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m19 °C

Reef fish · moray eels · the Baron Gautsch wreck

Cold-water coral reef

Trondheimsfjord (cold-water corals)

Norway

Up to 80 m · Technical

15 m7 °C

Cold-water Lophelia corals · lobsters · cod

Komodo National Park

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Advanced, strong currents

22 m26 °C

Reef manta rays all year round · grey reef sharks · thresher shark

World HeritageMarine protected area

Ningaloo Reef

Australia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

Between 300 and 500 whale sharks a year; giant manta rays · turtles · whales; more than 300 species of coral

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Raja Ampat

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Open Water

25 m29 °C

Reef and oceanic manta rays · tasselled wobbegongs · endemic walking sharks (Hemiscyllium)

OceanMarine protected area

Jellyfish lake/Reef

Derawan Islands (Kakaban / Sangalaki)

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef manta rays all year round · green and hawksbill turtle · leopard shark

FreshwaterIslands

Wakatobi National Park

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m28 °C

Close to 950 species of fish and some 400 of coral; mobula rays · short-finned pilot whales · six species of dolphin

OceanMarine protected area

Pinnacle / Soft coral reef

Misool (Boo Windows and Magic Mountain)

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Reef and oceanic manta rays · reef sharks · wobbegongs

OceanMarine protected area

Panglao (Bohol)

Philippines

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Tarsier (on land) · turtles · sea snakes

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

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Soft coral reef / Coastal pelagic

Triton Bay

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Whale sharks under the fishing platforms · "walking" sharks (Hemiscyllium) on night dives · dolphins

Andaman Islands (Havelock)

India

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays

Reef/Muck diving

Puerto Galera

Philippines

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nudibranchs · seahorses · occasional reef sharks

Togean Islands

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Stingless jellyfish · reef sharks · hard corals

Padang Bai (Blue Lagoon)

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Frogfish · rhinopias · mimic and blue-ringed octopus

Apo Reef Natural Park

Philippines

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · hammerheads · thresher shark

OceanMarine protected area

Riau Islands (Bintan)

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · Second World War wrecks

Macro photography/Reef

Anilao

Philippines

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Nudibranchs in enormous variety · frogfish · octopus

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

Batam Islands

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · sunken commercial wrecks

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

Kepulauan Seribu

Indonesia

Up to 20 m · Open Water

8 m29 °C

Reef fish · recovering corals

Widi Islands

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · pristine corals

Kri Island (Raja Ampat)

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Giant manta rays · tasselled wobbegongs beneath the table corals · Denise's pygmy seahorse (endemic to Raja Ampat)

OceanMarine protected area

Hard coral reef

Surin Islands

Thailand

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

More than 260 species of reef fish · 68 of coral · 48 of nudibranch and 31 of shrimp recorded in the park

OceanMarine protected area

Amed and Jemeluk Bay

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Clownfish · seahorses · mimic octopus

Muck diving/Reef

Mabul Island

Malaysia

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m29 °C

Pygmy seahorses · frogfish · mimic octopus

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

Marine protected area

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

Cold rocky reef

Batanes Islands

Philippines

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Subtropical fish · lobsters

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

Bunutan

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Clownfish · seahorses · mimic octopus

Granite rocky reef

Bangka Belitung

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · octopus · granite formations

Cape Kri

Indonesia

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m29 °C

Giant trevally of more than 20 kg · bigeye trevally · barracuda

OceanMarine protected area

Turtle nesting reef

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

OceanMarine protected area

Verde Island Passage

Philippines

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

More than 300 species of coral recorded; dense shoals of fish · passing pelagics · pygmy seahorses

Ogasawara Islands

Japan

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m24 °C

Sperm whales and humpback whales · dolphins at Futami (Chichijima) · more than 190 threatened bird species across the archipelago as a whole

IslandsWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Morotai (shark diving)

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · eagle rays

Muck diving/Reef

Halmahera (walking sharks)

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Walking sharks (Hemiscyllium) · spider crabs

Pulau Weh

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef sharks · manta rays · occasional hammerhead shark

Tenggol Island

Malaysia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

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

Reef/Endemic species

Banggai Islands

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Banggai cardinalfish (an endangered endemic species)

Ponta do Ouro

Mozambique

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Bull sharks · resident dolphins · manta rays

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

Cebu (Mactan Island)

Philippines

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef fish · the Kokusai Maru wreck

Camotes Islands

Philippines

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef fish · freshwater caves nearby

OceanFreshwaterIslands

Bali (Nusa Dua)

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · hard corals

Reef of the 17 islands

Riung Islands (Flores)

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · reef fish · fruit bats on a nearby island

Whitsunday Islands (Chalkies Beach)

Australia

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m25 °C

Turtles · reef fish · hard corals

OceanIslandsWorld Heritage

Tufi Fjords

Papua New Guinea

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Pygmy seahorses · reef sharks · muck diving

Kimbe Bay

Papua New Guinea

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

High coral diversity · reef sharks · manta rays

Tofo Beach

Mozambique

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Whale shark · reef and oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations · seasonal humpback whale

Rocky reef/Wreck

Grande Island (Goa)

India

Up to 20 m · Open Water

8 m27 °C

Reef fish · a small wreck

Madang

Papua New Guinea

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Second World War aircraft and ship wrecks · reef sharks

Mafia Island (whale shark)

Tanzania

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Whale shark · dolphins · turtles

Reef/Bioluminescent plankton

Koh Rong

Cambodia

Up to 20 m · Open Water

10 m29 °C

Seahorses · bioluminescent plankton at night

Koh Phi Phi

Thailand

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · blacktip reef sharks · barracuda

Nha Trang

Vietnam

Up to 25 m · Open Water

8 m27 °C

Nudibranchs · seahorses · clownfish

Reef/Bioluminescent plankton

Koh Ta Kiev

Cambodia

Up to 20 m · Open Water

10 m29 °C

Seahorses · bioluminescent plankton at night

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

Munda

Solomon Islands

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Second World War aircraft wrecks · reef sharks

Reef/Tidal channel

Watamu Marine Park

Kenya

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Green turtles · moray eels · reef fish

Miyako Island

Japan

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m25 °C

Reef fish · underwater karst formations

Lady Elliot Island

Australia

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

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

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Reef/Archipelago

Quirimbas Islands

Mozambique

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Dugongs · whale sharks on passage · turtles

Musandam Peninsula

Oman

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Whale sharks on passage · dolphins · manta rays

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

Reef/Tidal channel

Watamu Turtle Watch

Kenya

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Green turtles · moray eels · reef fish

Ari Atoll

Maldives

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whale shark · manta rays · grey reef sharks

Reef/Underwater dune

Bazaruto Archipelago

Mozambique

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Dugongs · manta rays · whale sharks

Mnemba Atoll (Zanzibar)

Tanzania

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Dolphins · green turtles · Napoleon wrasse

Mergui Archipelago

Myanmar

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · manta rays · occasional whale shark

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

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Elphinstone Reef

Egypt

Up to 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

Oceanic whitetip shark (longimanus) · hammerheads · grey reef shark

Dibba Rock

United Arab Emirates

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Leopard sharks · turtles · occasional manta rays

Weizhou Island

China

Up to 25 m · Open Water

10 m26 °C

Hard corals · reef fish · volcanic formations

Wuzhizhou Island

China

Up to 20 m · Open Water

10 m27 °C

Reef fish · hard corals

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

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Cod Hole

Australia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Large potato cod · thoroughly used to divers · Napoleon wrasse

World HeritageMarine protected area

La Digue

Seychelles

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · hawksbill turtles · manta rays

Blue Bay Marine Park

Mauritius

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Clownfish · parrotfish · sea cucumbers

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

Xcalak

Mexico

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Groupers · lobsters · nurse sharks

Volcanic lagoon reef

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

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

Flynn Reef

Australia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef sharks · giant groupers · turtles

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

St John's Reef

Egypt

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Hammerheads · grey reef shark · oceanic whitetip

OceanMarine protected area

Bawe Island

Tanzania

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Dolphins · turtles · clownfish

Reef/Protected island

Wadi Gimal

Egypt

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Dugongs · turtles · whitetip reef sharks

OceanMarine protected area

Marsa Nakari

Egypt

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Turtles · dolphins · clownfish

Jupiter (shark drift diving)

United States

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Bull sharks · lemon sharks · goliath groupers

Isolated oceanic reef / Wall

Daedalus Reef (Abu el Kizan)

Egypt

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

Hammerhead sharks · oceanic whitetip · thresher shark

OceanMarine protected area

Kenting National Park

Taiwan

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Clownfish · moray eels · nudibranchs

Giftun Islands

Egypt

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Forests of sea fans · moray eels · groupers

Dolphin House (Sha'ab Samadai)

Egypt

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Resident bottlenose dolphins

Sha'ab Rumi (Cousteau)

Sudan

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks (best in spring) · grey reef sharks · barracuda

Big Gubal Reef

Egypt

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Barracuda · reef sharks · moray eels

Volcanic reef/Pelagic

Orchid Island (Lanyu)

Taiwan

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m25 °C

Flying fish · occasional sharks · hard corals

Ras Mohammed National Park

Egypt

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m26 °C

Barracuda · trevally · batfish

OceanMarine protected area

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

Farasan Islands

Saudi Arabia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Dolphins · occasional whale sharks · dugongs

Jackson Reef

Egypt

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · barracuda · Napoleon wrasse

Contoy Island

Mexico

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whale shark (the Afuera aggregation) · mobula 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

Moucha Island

Djibouti

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · hard corals

Veracruz (Veracruz Reef System)

Mexico

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Colonial wrecks · lobsters · reef fish

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

OceanMarine protected area

Looe Key

United States

Up to 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · lobsters · reef fish

OceanMarine protected area

Molasses Reef

United States

Up to 15 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Turtles · vase sponges · snappers

OceanMarine protected area

Barrier reef/Blue Hole

Andros Barrier Reef

Bahamas

Up to 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

The third largest barrier reef in the world · reef sharks · inland blue holes

OceanFreshwater

Namena Marine Reserve

Fiji

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · manta rays · soft corals

Kwajalein Atoll

Marshall Islands

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m29 °C

Reef fish · Second World War wrecks

Rarotonga

Cook Islands

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · hard corals

Soft coral reef

Bligh Water

Fiji

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Soft corals · manta rays · reef sharks

Artificial reef/Memorial

Neptune Memorial Reef (Miami)

United States

Up to 12 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef fish colonising the underwater memorial

Jardines de la Reina

Cuba

Up to 30 m · Open Water

35 m27 °C

Grey reef · silky · nurse

OceanMarine protected area

Turneffe Atoll

Belize

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Bull sharks · groupers · turtles

OceanMarine protected area

Reef/Submerged statue

Christ of the Abyss (Key Largo)

United States

Up to 8 m · Open Water / Snorkel

20 m26 °C

Brain coral formations · grunts · snapper

OceanMarine protected area

Rainbow Reef

Fiji

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Multicoloured soft corals · reef sharks

Prony Bay

New Caledonia

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Humpback whales · reef sharks · nudibranchs

Ambergris Caye

Belize

Up to 25 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · eagle rays · groupers

San Blas Islands (Guna Yala)

Panama

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Lobsters · rays · reef fish

Morrocoy National Park

Venezuela

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish · lobsters · corals

Yasawa Islands

Fiji

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef sharks · seasonal manta rays · soft corals

Kadavu

Fiji

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Manta rays · reef sharks · soft corals

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

Reef/Underwater sculpture

Manchones Reef (Cancún)

Mexico

Up to 10 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish · sculptures of the Underwater Museum of Art

Reef cut/Reserve

Hol Chan Marine Reserve

Belize

Up to 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · eagle rays · groupers

OceanMarine protected area

Rainbow Reef (Key Largo)

United States

Up to 15 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef fish · lobsters · soft corals

OceanMarine protected area

Deception Bay (Efate)

Vanuatu

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Reef fish · octopus · lobsters

Mystery Island (Vanuatu)

Vanuatu

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef fish · hard corals

Reef/Shallow cave

French Reef (Key Largo)

United States

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Moray eels · large snapper · groupers

OceanMarine protected area

Bocas del Toro

Panama

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Sloths in the nearby mangroves · rays · octopus

Wreck/Volcanic reef

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

Pentecost Island

Vanuatu

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish · hard corals

Rota Island

Northern Mariana Islands

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Turtles · reef fish · the Betty Bomber aircraft wreck

Chuuk Lagoon (Truk Lagoon)

Micronesia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m29 °C

Hard and soft coral over every hull · lionfish · moray eels

OceanMarine protected area

Utila (whale shark)

Honduras

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whale shark · spinner dolphins

Cayos Cochinos

Honduras

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Parrotfish · lobsters · nurse sharks

Molasses Reef (Isla Mujeres)

Mexico

Up to 15 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Rays · lobsters · reef fish

Marine park reef

Chankanaab Reef (Cozumel)

Mexico

Up to 15 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · submerged statues

OceanMarine protected area

Palancar Reef

Mexico

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

OceanMarine protected area

Roatán Island

Honduras

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Whale sharks (on passage) · octopus · frogfish

Maria la Gorda

Cuba

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Groupers · lobsters · black corals

Barú Island (Rosario Islands)

Colombia

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · lobsters · brain corals