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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)15 m – 80 m

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

Visibility (m)5 m – 35 m

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

Water temperature (°C)6 °C – 29 °C

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106 dive sites found

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Marine reserve/Wreck

Cabo de Palos

Spain

Up to 45 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Rocky reef/Wreck

L'Escala (Costa Brava)

Spain

Up to 35 m · Open Water

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/Wreck

Côte Bleue

France

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m19 °C

Wreck/Rocky reef

Isles of Scilly

United Kingdom

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m14 °C

Wreck/Rocky reef

Plymouth Sound (wrecks)

United Kingdom

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m13 °C

Cold rocky reef/Wreck

Farne Islands (Longstone)

United Kingdom

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

Scapa Flow

United Kingdom

Up to 45 m · Advanced / technical

10 m10 °C

Wreck/Rocky reef

Malin Head

Ireland

Up to 40 m · Advanced

15 m12 °C

Wreck/Rocky reef

Elba Island

Italy

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m21 °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.

Large groupers · dentex · barracuda

Marine protected area

See dive site

Groupers · conger eels · the Reggio Messina wreck

Ocean

See dive site

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Groupers · corals · archaeological remains

See dive site

Grey seals · lobsters · numerous historic shipwrecks

OceanIslands

See dive site

Lobsters · conger eels · several artificial wrecks

Ocean

See dive site

Grey seals · historic lighthouse wrecks

Islands

See dive site

Plumose anemones · conger eels · scallops; typical cold-water fauna of the North Atlantic

Marine protected area

See dive site

Basking sharks on passage · lobsters · First World War wrecks

Ocean

See dive site

Groupers · moray eels · the remains of historic wrecks

OceanIslands

See dive site

Rocky reef/Wreck

Amalfi Coast

Italy

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m20 °C

Groupers · octopus · submerged Roman remains

Rocky reef/Wreck

Rhodes

Greece

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · the Italian Freighter wreck

Amorgos (Le Grand Bleu wreck)

Greece

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m23 °C

Reef fish · moray eels

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

Classical-period archaeological wreck

Peristera wreck (Alonnisos Underwater Museum)

Greece

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water; only with an authorised guide

Mediterranean reef life; the park protects the Mediterranean monk seal

Marine protected area

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

Vis Island (wrecks)

Croatia

Up to 50 m · Advanced

30 m22 °C

Reef fish · encrusting corals

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

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

Bay of Kotor

Montenegro

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m20 °C

Groupers · moray eels · Second World War wrecks

OceanWorld Heritage

Rocky reef/Wreck

Piran

Slovenia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m19 °C

Reef fish · moray eels · the Baron Gautsch wreck

Wreck/Muck diving

Sabang Bay

Philippines

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Nudibranchs · seahorses · mimic octopus

Riau Islands (Bintan)

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · Second World War wrecks

USAT Liberty (Tulamben)

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

More than 400 species of fish; bumphead parrotfish at dawn · trevally · barracuda

Tioman Island

Malaysia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · nudibranchs

Batam Islands

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · sunken commercial wrecks

Coron Bay (wrecks)

Philippines

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Coral and invertebrates over the whole hull · mandarinfish · abundant macro life

Tenggol Island

Malaysia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

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

Gili Trawangan

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green and hawksbill turtles · whitetip reef sharks

Cebu (Mactan Island)

Philippines

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef fish · the Kokusai Maru wreck

SS Yongala

Australia

Up to 28 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Olive sea snakes · very large turtles · groupers

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

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

Munda

Solomon Islands

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Second World War aircraft wrecks · reef sharks

Solomon Islands (Mary Island)

Solomon Islands

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m29 °C

Reef sharks · Second World War wrecks · soft corals

Brothers Islands (El Akhawein)

Egypt

Up to 80 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m26 °C

Hammerhead · oceanic whitetip · thresher and grey reef sharks

OceanMarine protected area

Deep wreck (aircraft carrier)

HMS Hermes wreck

Sri Lanka

Up to 55 m · Technical (mandatory decompression)

Large tuna · big grouper · trevally; the absence of fishing and of diving pressure has left an exceptional density of fish

Marine protected area

Banco Chinchorro

Mexico

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · American crocodiles · sea turtles

Thistlegorm wreck

Egypt

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Barracuda · tuna · batfish

Wreck of the Louilla

Egypt

Up to 26 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef fish · moray eels

Abu Nuhas (Ghiannis D)

Egypt

Up to 28 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Clouds of glassfish · giant moray eels · octopus

Veracruz (Veracruz Reef System)

Mexico

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Colonial wrecks · lobsters · reef fish