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Map Species Parks Diving

Diving and snorkelling

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

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Depth (m)15 m – 60 m

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

Visibility (m)8 m – 30 m

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

Water temperature (°C)6 °C – 28 °C

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553documented dive sites117countries300metres maximum depth

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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.

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Pinnacle/Pelagic

Malapascua (thresher shark)

Philippines

Up to 30 m · Advanced

20 m27 °C

Ogasawara Islands

Japan

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Morotai (shark diving)

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Ponta do Ouro

Mozambique

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Tofo Beach

Mozambique

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Coastal pelagic

Kalpitiya

Sri Lanka

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Osprey Reef (Coral Sea)

Australia

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Mafia Island (whale shark)

Tanzania

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Rasdhoo Atoll (Madivaru)

Maldives

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Ari Atoll

Maldives

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Rock formation/Pelagic

Yonaguni Monument

Japan

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Rocky Island

Egypt

Up to 60 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Volcanic reef/Pelagic

Orchid Island (Lanyu)

Taiwan

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m25 °C

Contoy Island

Mexico

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Angarosh Reef

Sudan

Up to 50 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Coastal pelagic

Arta Beach (whale shark)

Djibouti

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Surface pelagic

Isla Mujeres (whale shark)

Mexico

Up to 15 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Aitutaki

Cook Islands

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Prony Bay

New Caledonia

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Surface pelagic

Tonga (swimming with whales)

Tonga

Up to 15 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Utila (whale shark)

Honduras

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Surface pelagic

Silver Bank (humpback whales)

Dominican Republic

Up to 15 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef/Volcanic pelagic

Boa Vista

Cabo Verde

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Atoll pass/Pelagic

Fakarava (Shark Wall)

French Polynesia

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Remote atoll/Pelagic

Kiritimati (Christmas Island)

Kiribati

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef/Coastal pelagic

Baía dos Golfinhos

Brazil

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Darwin Island

Ecuador

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m

Wolf Island

Ecuador

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m

Cocos Island

Costa Rica

Up to 45 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m

Revillagigedo Islands (Socorro)

Mexico

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m

Loreto Bay National Park

Mexico

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Machalilla / Isla de la Plata

Ecuador

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m22 °C

Pelagic/Rocky reef

Coiba National Park

Panama

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m

Neptune Islands

Australia

Up to 20 m · Advanced (certified cage)

15 m17 °C

Pelagic/Rocky reef

Caño Island

Costa Rica

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m27 °C

False Bay (great white shark)

South Africa

Up to 15 m · Advanced (certified cage)

8 m16 °C

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Kicker Rock (León Dormido)

Ecuador

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m

Malpelo Island

Colombia

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m

Puerto Madryn (Valdés Peninsula)

Argentina

Up to 20 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m14 °C

Oceanic pelagic

Azores (Princess Alice Bank)

Portugal

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m23 °C

Manta rays · hammerhead sharks · blue sharks

Cold-water pelagic

Lofoten (orcas)

Norway

Up to 25 m · Advanced / drysuit

15 m6 °C

Orcas · humpback whales · herring

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

Oceanic pelagic

Solor / Lembata (blue whales)

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Migrating blue whales · sperm whales

Coastal pelagic

Cenderawasih Bay (whale shark)

Indonesia

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Resident whale shark · more than 35 endemic fish species · hard coral gardens

Marine 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

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Nusa Penida (Manta Point / Crystal Bay)

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m22 °C

Reef manta rays all year round at Manta Point; sunfish (Mola alexandrini) in the cold season; turtles · reef sharks

Nusa Lembongan

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m22 °C

Sunfish (mola mola) · manta rays · turtles

Coastal pelagic

Ticao Island (Donsol, whale shark)

Philippines

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Whale shark on passage

Pelagic thresher shark · occasional manta and mobula rays · whitetip sharks at Gato Island

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24 °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

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Blacktip reef sharks · eagle rays

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Bull sharks · resident dolphins · manta rays

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

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Resident dolphins · whales on passage

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Grey reef and silvertip sharks · hammerheads · pelagics

OceanMarine protected area

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Whale shark · dolphins · turtles

Ocean

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Hammerhead sharks at dawn · grey reef sharks

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Whale shark · manta rays · grey reef sharks

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Migrating hammerhead sharks · enigmatic rock formations

Ocean

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Feeding sharks · giant barracuda · large shoals

Marine protected area

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Flying fish · occasional sharks · hard corals

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Whale shark (the Afuera aggregation) · mobula rays

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Hammerhead sharks · tiger shark · silvertip shark

Ocean

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Juvenile whale shark · dolphins

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Whale shark · manta rays

Ocean

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Humpback whales on passage · turtles · lagoon fish

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Humpback whales · reef sharks · nudibranchs

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Humpback whale mothers and calves

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Whale shark · spinner dolphins

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North Atlantic humpback whales · with mothers and calves

Marine protected area

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Nesting loggerhead turtles · lemon sharks · rays

Ocean

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More than three hundred grey reef sharks forming the "wall"; lemon · blacktip · whitetip

Marine protected area

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Reef sharks · giant trevally · manta rays

Ocean

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Resident spinner dolphins

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24 °C

Enormous shoals of scalloped hammerhead · whale shark (June-November) · Galápagos shark

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

See dive site

24 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerheads · whale shark · Galápagos shark

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

See dive site

27 °C

Shoals of scalloped hammerhead · whitetip reef shark in enormous numbers · whale shark

World HeritageMarine protected area

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25 °C

Giant manta ray · bottlenose dolphin · hammerhead shark

IslandsWorld HeritageMarine protected area

See dive site

Sea lions · manta rays · dolphins

Ocean

See dive site

Humpback whales on passage · manta rays · whitetip reef sharks

Marine protected area

See dive site

27 °C

Whitetip reef shark · whale shark · manta rays

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

See dive site

Great white shark · Australian sea lion

Ocean

See dive site

Whitetip reef sharks · manta rays · dolphins

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Great white shark

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23 °C

Galápagos shark · hammerheads · whitetip reef shark

World HeritageMarine protected area

See dive site

26 °C

Shoals of scalloped hammerhead · silky shark · whale shark

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

See dive site

Southern right whales · sea lions · orcas

Ocean

See dive site