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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)10 m – 300 m

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

Visibility (m)10 m – 90 m

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

Water temperature (°C)9 °C – 28 °C

Water temperature (°C) — minimum valueWater temperature (°C) — maximum value

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Hammerhead sharks

Caves and cenotes

Snorkelling-friendly

Technical diving

Tremiti Islands

Italy

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Kastellorizo (Blue Cave)

Greece

Up to 20 m · Open Water

25 m24 °C

Rocky reef/Cave

Halkidiki

Greece

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m22 °C

Cave/Rocky reef

Ponza Island

Italy

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Cave/Rocky reef

Symi

Greece

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Milos

Greece

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m23 °C

Kas

Türkiye

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m22 °C

Cave/Rocky reef

Corfu (Paleokastritsa)

Greece

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Fethiye

Türkiye

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Blue Cave of Biševo

Croatia

Up to 10 m · Open Water / Snorkel

20 m22 °C

Lastovo Island

Croatia

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Kornati Islands

Croatia

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Malta (Blue Hole Gozo / Um El Faroud)

Malta

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m20 °C

Comino (Blue Lagoon and Caves)

Malta

Up to 20 m · Open Water

30 m20 °C

Cave/Rocky reef

Gozo (Cathedral Cave/Reqqa Point)

Malta

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m20 °C

Cape Greco

Cyprus

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

Paphos (wrecks)

Cyprus

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Rocky reef/Cave

Ksamil

Albania

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Pinnacle/Granite cave

Similan Islands

Thailand

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Cave/Karst lagoon

Sohoton Cove

Philippines

Up to 15 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Camotes Islands

Philippines

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Vertical oceanic wall / Cave

Christmas Island

Australia

Up to 40 m · Open Water on the shallow reefs; advanced on Perpendicular Wall

Whale sharks · manta rays · spinner dolphins all year round

Miyako Island

Japan

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m25 °C

Koh Ha (Krabi)

Thailand

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Mergui Archipelago (Black Rock)

Myanmar

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

St John's Reef

Egypt

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Blue Hole Dahab

Egypt

Up to 130 m · Advanced / highly experienced

25 m26 °C

Moucha Island

Djibouti

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Barrier reef/Blue Hole

Andros Barrier Reef

Bahamas

Up to 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Sinkhole (freediving)

Dean's Blue Hole

Bahamas

Up to 202 m · Advanced / technical freediving

30 m26 °C

Yasawa Islands

Fiji

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef/Shallow cave

French Reef (Key Largo)

United States

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Guam (Blue Hole)

Guam

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Cave/Marine cenote

Saipan (Grotto)

Northern Mariana Islands

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Punta Francés

Cuba

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Sosúa

Dominican Republic

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Secondary sinkhole

Blue Hole (Turneffe)

Belize

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Great Blue Hole

Belize

Up to 124 m · Advanced

30 m

Rocky reef/Cave

Berlengas Islands

Portugal

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m18 °C

Groupers · conger eels · lobsters

Rocky reef/Cave

Cavalleria (Menorca)

Spain

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Groupers · red corals · moray eels

Marine protected area

Marine reserve/Cave

Balearic Islands (Cabrera)

Spain

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Groupers · ospreys · corals

Blue light cave

Cabrera (Cova Blava)

Spain

Up to 20 m · Open Water

25 m20 °C

Reef fish · lobsters · the blue light effect

Marine protected area

Rocky cove/Cave

Calanques of Marseille

France

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m18 °C

Groupers · red corals · moray eels

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

Isle of Capri (Blue Grotto)

Italy

Up to 15 m · Open Water / Snorkel

20 m20 °C

Reef fish · bioluminescent encrusting corals

Grotta di Nereo (Nereo Cave)

Italy

Up to 33 m · Advanced Open Water; the narrow tunnels require a cave qualification

Red coral (Corallium rubrum) · spiny lobsters · European lobsters

Marine protected area

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Groupers · red corals · lobsters

OceanIslandsMarine protected area

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Reef fish · lobsters

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Groupers · moray eels · seahorses

Ocean

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Groupers · lobsters · volcanic formations

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

Ocean

See dive site

Seahorses · lobsters · volcanic formations

See dive site

Groupers · turtles · a submerged aircraft wreck

Ocean

See dive site

Groupers · octopus · lobsters

See dive site

Groupers · octopus · the Fethiye aircraft wreck

Ocean

See dive site

Reef fish

Ocean

See dive site

Groupers · lobsters · corals

Marine protected area

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Posidonia oceanica meadows · bottlenose dolphin · loggerhead turtle

OceanIslandsMarine protected area

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Groupers · moray eels · octopus

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Reef fish · the turquoise light effect

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Groupers · moray eels · encrusting corals

Ocean

See dive site

Reef fish · moray eels · the nearby Zenobia wreck

Ocean

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21 °C

Reef fish · moray eels · the Achilleas tug wreck

OceanWorld Heritage

See dive site

Groupers · octopus · corals

Ocean

See dive site

Manta rays at the cleaning stations of Koh Bon and Koh Tachai · turtles · leopard sharks

IslandsMarine protected area

See dive site

Reef fish · karst formations

Freshwater

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Turtles · reef fish · freshwater caves nearby

OceanFreshwaterIslands

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Marine protected area

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Reef fish · underwater karst formations

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Leopard sharks · barracuda · light caves

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Nurse sharks · giant lobsters · underwater caves

OceanIslands

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Hammerheads · grey reef shark · oceanic whitetip

OceanMarine protected area

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Clownfish · Napoleon wrasse · turtles

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Turtles · reef sharks · hard corals

Ocean

See dive site

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

OceanFreshwater

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Limited wildlife; a world mecca of freediving

Ocean

See dive site

Reef sharks · seasonal manta rays · soft corals

See dive site

Moray eels · large snapper · groupers

OceanMarine protected area

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Reef fish · occasional sharks

Ocean

See dive site

Reef sharks · turtles · karst formations

Ocean

See dive site

Reef sharks · groupers · giant sponges

Ocean

See dive site

Moray eels · lobsters · reef fish

Ocean

See dive site

Reef sharks · groupers

See dive site

27 °C

the appeal is geological. Reef and nurse sharks at the entrance

World HeritageMarine protected area

See dive site