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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)5 m – 300 m

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Sipadan

Malaysia

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

28 m28 °C

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

Sesimbra

Portugal

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m18 °C

Volcanic/Reserve

Columbretes Islands

Spain

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Cap de Creus

Spain

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m19 °C

Rocky reef/Wreck

L'Escala (Costa Brava)

Spain

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m19 °C

Medes Islands

Spain

Up to 45 m · Advanced

20 m19 °C

Volcanic marine reserve / Posidonia meadow / Wreck

Cabo de Gata-Níjar

Spain

Up to 42 m · Open Water; the El Arna wreck requires an advanced level

Grouper · sea bream · snapper

Marine reserve/Wall

Port-Cros National Park

France

Up to 40 m · Open Water

20 m19 °C

Dive in and explore

Hammerhead sharks

Caves and cenotes

Snorkelling-friendly

Technical diving

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.

Chevron barracuda in tornado formation · green and hawksbill turtles · whitetip sharks

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Octopus · conger eels · lobsters

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Groupers · conger eels · lobsters

Ocean

See dive site

Groupers · octopus · conger eels

Ocean

See dive site

Spiny lobster (Palinurus elephas) · groupers · barracudas

OceanIslandsMarine protected area

See dive site

Red corals · groupers · conger eels

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Groupers · conger eels · the Reggio Messina wreck

Ocean

See dive site

Groupers · brown meagre · dentex

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Groupers · corals · a marked underwater trail

Ocean

See dive site

Wreck/Rocky reef

Isles of Scilly

United Kingdom

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m14 °C

Grey seals · lobsters · numerous historic shipwrecks

Rocky reef/Reserve

Lundy Island

United Kingdom

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m13 °C

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

Cold rocky reef

Farne Islands

United Kingdom

Up to 20 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

Curious grey seals · lobsters

Wreck/Rocky reef

Plymouth Sound (wrecks)

United Kingdom

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m13 °C

Lobsters · conger eels · several artificial 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

Portofino Marine Reserve

Italy

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m19 °C

Groupers · corals · red gorgonians

OceanMarine protected area

Plemmirio Marine Reserve (Sicily)

Italy

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

Corals · moray eels · lobsters

OceanMarine protected area

Tavolara (Sardinia)

Italy

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m20 °C

Groupers · lobsters · red corals

OceanMarine protected area

Aegadian Islands (Favignana)

Italy

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · corals · Punic archaeological remains

OceanMarine protected area

Volcanic/Reserve

Ustica Island

Italy

Up to 20 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

Dusky groupers · tuna · amberjack

OceanMarine protected area

Wreck/Rocky reef

Elba Island

Italy

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m21 °C

Groupers · moray eels · the remains of historic wrecks

El Hierro / La Restinga

Spain

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Angelsharks · occasional basking sharks · manta rays

OceanMarine protected area

Tremiti Islands

Italy

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · red corals · lobsters

OceanIslandsMarine protected area

Rocky reef/Cave

Halkidiki

Greece

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m22 °C

Groupers · moray eels · seahorses

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)

Amorgos (Le Grand Bleu wreck)

Greece

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m23 °C

Reef fish · moray eels

Kas

Türkiye

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m22 °C

Groupers · turtles · a submerged aircraft wreck

Fethiye

Türkiye

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · the Fethiye aircraft wreck

Rocky reef/Wreck

Marmaris

Türkiye

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · moray eels · merchant ship wrecks

Santorini (volcanic caldera)

Greece

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m22 °C

Reef fish · lava formations · an aircraft wreck

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

Blue Cave of Biševo

Croatia

Up to 10 m · Open Water / Snorkel

20 m22 °C

Reef fish

Salt lake/Reserve

Mljet Island

Croatia

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · corals · two inland salt lakes

OceanMarine protected area

Kornati Islands

Croatia

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Posidonia oceanica meadows · bottlenose dolphin · loggerhead turtle

OceanIslandsMarine protected area

Vis Island (wrecks)

Croatia

Up to 50 m · Advanced

30 m22 °C

Reef fish · encrusting corals

Oceanic pelagic

Azores (Princess Alice Bank)

Portugal

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m23 °C

Manta rays · hammerhead sharks · blue sharks

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

Malta (Blue Hole Gozo / Um El Faroud)

Malta

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m20 °C

Groupers · moray eels · octopus

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

Wreck (deep hold section)

Zenobia Wreck

Cyprus

Up to 42 m · Technical

25 m20 °C

Large groupers · barracuda · moray eels

OceanPolarMarine protected area

Paphos (wrecks)

Cyprus

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Reef fish · moray eels · the Achilleas tug wreck

OceanWorld Heritage

Cape Greco

Cyprus

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

Reef fish · moray eels · the nearby Zenobia wreck