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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)4 m – 300 m

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Hammerhead sharks

Caves and cenotes

Snorkelling-friendly

Technical diving

Chumphon Pinnacle

Thailand

59 speciesSee dive site

Muck diving/Reef

Halmahera (walking sharks)

Indonesia

59 speciesSee dive site

Banda Islands

Indonesia

59 speciesSee dive site

Ambergris Caye

Belize

44 speciesSee dive site

Rarotonga

Cook Islands

45 speciesSee dive site

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.

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

Scandola Reserve (Corsica)

France

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

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

Rocky reef/Cave

Cavalleria (Menorca)

Spain

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Formentera (Es Freus)

Spain

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Marine reserve/Cave

Balearic Islands (Cabrera)

Spain

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Blue light cave

Cabrera (Cova Blava)

Spain

Up to 20 m · Open Water

25 m20 °C

Rocky cove/Cave

Calanques of Marseille

France

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m18 °C

Marine reserve/Wall

Port-Cros National Park

France

Up to 40 m · Open Water

20 m19 °C

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

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

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

Cold rocky reef

St Abbs

United Kingdom

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m10 °C

Atlantic rocky reef

Skellig Islands

Ireland

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m

Wreck/Rocky reef

Malin Head

Ireland

Up to 40 m · Advanced

15 m12 °C

Portofino Marine Reserve

Italy

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m19 °C

Submerged statue / Rocky wall

Cristo degli Abissi (San Fruttuoso)

Italy

Up to 30 m · Open Water; also accessible freediving

Grouper · lobster · passing pelagics; walls with coral and deep crevices

Zakynthos (loggerhead turtle)

Greece

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m23 °C

Plemmirio Marine Reserve (Sicily)

Italy

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

Tavolara (Sardinia)

Italy

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m20 °C

Aegadian Islands (Favignana)

Italy

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Rocky reef/Pink beach

Elafonisi (Crete)

Greece

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Volcanic/Reserve

Ustica Island

Italy

Up to 20 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

Wreck/Rocky reef

Elba Island

Italy

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m21 °C

Isle of Capri (Blue Grotto)

Italy

Up to 15 m · Open Water / Snorkel

20 m20 °C

Actively volcanic

Aeolian Islands (Panarea/Stromboli)

Italy

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

El Hierro / La Restinga

Spain

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

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

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

Rocky reef/Wreck

Amalfi Coast

Italy

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m

Cave/Rocky reef

Ponza Island

Italy

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Sipadan

Malaysia

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

28 m28 °C

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

OceanMarine protected area

Atlantic rocky reef

Cíes Islands

Spain

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m16 °C

Octopus · conger eels · lobsters

OceanMarine protected area

Rocky reef/Cave

Berlengas Islands

Portugal

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m18 °C

Groupers · conger eels · lobsters

Atlantic rocky reef

Cliff Coast (Cape St Vincent)

Portugal

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m17 °C

Groupers · conger eels · lobsters

Sesimbra

Portugal

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m18 °C

Groupers · octopus · conger eels

Volcanic/Reserve

Alboran Island

Spain

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Groupers · occasional blue sharks · corals

Marine protected area

Marine reserve/Wreck

Cabo de Palos

Spain

Up to 45 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Large groupers · dentex · barracuda

Marine protected area

Volcanic/Reserve

Columbretes Islands

Spain

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Spiny lobster (Palinurus elephas) · groupers · barracudas

OceanIslandsMarine protected area

Chafarinas Islands

Spain

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m19 °C

Occasional monk seals · groupers · corals

Marine protected area

Cap de Creus

Spain

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m19 °C

Red corals · groupers · conger eels

OceanMarine protected area

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

21 °C

Groupers · corals · lobsters

World Heritage

See dive site

Groupers · conger eels · the Reggio Messina wreck

Ocean

See dive site

Large groupers · conger eels · deep-water corals

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Groupers · red corals · moray eels

Marine protected area

See dive site

22 °C

Groupers · moray eels · Posidonia meadows

World HeritageMarine protected area

See dive site

Groupers · ospreys · corals

See dive site

Reef fish · lobsters · the blue light effect

Marine protected area

See dive site

Groupers · red corals · moray eels

See dive site

Groupers · corals · a marked underwater trail

Ocean

See dive site

Groupers · corals · archaeological remains

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

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

Lobsters · spider crabs · plumose anemones

Ocean

See dive site

13 °C

Grey seals · basking sharks on passage · gannets

OceanWorld Heritage

See dive site

Basking sharks on passage · lobsters · First World War wrecks

Ocean

See dive site

Groupers · corals · red gorgonians

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Marine protected area

See dive site

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

Marine protected area

See dive site

Corals · moray eels · lobsters

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Groupers · lobsters · red corals

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Groupers · corals · Punic archaeological remains

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Reef fish · corals · lobsters

See dive site

Dusky groupers · tuna · amberjack

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Groupers · moray eels · the remains of historic wrecks

OceanIslands

See dive site

Reef fish · bioluminescent encrusting corals

See dive site

21 °C

Underwater fumaroles · groupers · thermal-water corals

IslandsWorld Heritage

See dive site

Angelsharks · occasional basking sharks · manta rays

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Marine protected area

See dive site

Groupers · red corals · lobsters

OceanIslandsMarine protected area

See dive site

Reef fish · lobsters

See dive site

Groupers · moray eels · seahorses

Ocean

See dive site

20 °C

Groupers · octopus · submerged Roman remains

World Heritage

See dive site

Groupers · lobsters · volcanic formations

See dive site