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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.

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Depth (m)4 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

Atlantic rocky reef

Cliff Coast (Cape St Vincent)

Portugal

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m17 °C

Sesimbra

Portugal

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m18 °C

Volcanic/Reserve

Alboran Island

Spain

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Marine reserve/Wreck

Cabo de Palos

Spain

Up to 45 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Volcanic/Reserve

Columbretes Islands

Spain

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Chafarinas Islands

Spain

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m19 °C

Cap de Creus

Spain

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m19 °C

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Hammerhead sharks

Caves and cenotes

Snorkelling-friendly

Technical diving

Pelagic/Rocky reef

Coiba National Park

Panama

21 speciesSee dive site

Rocky reef/Wreck

Nessebar (Black Sea)

Bulgaria

21 speciesSee dive site

Sodwana Bay

South Africa

21 speciesSee dive site

Volcanic reef/Pelagic

Orchid Island (Lanyu)

Taiwan

48 speciesSee dive site

Nosy Be

Madagascar

48 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.

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 · conger eels · lobsters

See dive site

Groupers · octopus · conger eels

Ocean

See dive site

Groupers · occasional blue sharks · corals

Marine protected area

See dive site

Large groupers · dentex · barracuda

Marine protected area

See dive site

Spiny lobster (Palinurus elephas) · groupers · barracudas

OceanIslandsMarine protected area

See dive site

Occasional monk seals · groupers · corals

Marine protected area

See dive site

Red corals · groupers · conger eels

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Scandola Reserve (Corsica)

France

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · corals · lobsters

Rocky reef/Wreck

L'Escala (Costa Brava)

Spain

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m19 °C

Groupers · conger eels · the Reggio Messina wreck

Medes Islands

Spain

Up to 45 m · Advanced

20 m19 °C

Groupers · brown meagre · dentex

OceanMarine protected area

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

OceanMarine protected area

Rocky reef/Cave

Cavalleria (Menorca)

Spain

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Groupers · red corals · moray eels

Marine protected area

Formentera (Es Freus)

Spain

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m22 °C

Posidonia oceanica meadows · barracuda · groupers

World HeritageMarine protected area

Marine reserve/Cave

Balearic Islands (Cabrera)

Spain

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Groupers · eagle rays · 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

Marine reserve/Wall

Port-Cros National Park

France

Up to 40 m · Open Water

20 m19 °C

Groupers · corals · a marked underwater trail

Marine reserve/Wreck

Côte Bleue

France

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m19 °C

Groupers · corals · archaeological remains

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/Wreck

Farne Islands (Longstone)

United Kingdom

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

Grey seals · historic lighthouse wrecks

Scapa Flow

United Kingdom

Up to 45 m · Advanced / technical

10 m10 °C

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

Marine protected area

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

Submerged statue / Rocky wall

Cristo degli Abissi (San Fruttuoso)

Italy

Up to 30 m · Open Water; also accessible by freediving

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

Marine protected area

Zakynthos (loggerhead turtle)

Greece

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m23 °C

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

Marine 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

Rocky reef/Pink beach

Elafonisi (Crete)

Greece

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Reef fish · corals · lobsters

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

Isle of Capri (Blue Grotto)

Italy

Up to 15 m · Open Water / Snorkel

20 m20 °C

Reef fish · bioluminescent encrusting corals

Actively volcanic

Aeolian Islands (Panarea/Stromboli)

Italy

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Underwater fumaroles · groupers · thermal-water corals

IslandsWorld Heritage

El Hierro / La Restinga

Spain

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Angelsharks · occasional basking sharks · manta rays

OceanMarine protected area

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

Tremiti Islands

Italy

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · red corals · lobsters

OceanIslandsMarine protected area

Kastellorizo (Blue Cave)

Greece

Up to 20 m · Open Water

25 m24 °C

Reef fish · lobsters

Rocky reef/Cave

Halkidiki

Greece

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m22 °C

Groupers · moray eels · seahorses

Rocky reef/Wreck

Amalfi Coast

Italy

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m20 °C

Groupers · octopus · submerged Roman remains

Cave/Rocky reef

Ponza Island

Italy

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Groupers · lobsters · volcanic formations

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)

Actively volcanic/Fumaroles

Aeolian Islands (Vulcano)

Italy

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m22 °C

Underwater sulphur fumaroles · reef fish

Milos

Greece

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m23 °C

Seahorses · lobsters · volcanic formations

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

Cave/Rocky reef

Corfu (Paleokastritsa)

Greece

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · lobsters

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

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

Lastovo Island

Croatia

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Spiny lobsters · European lobsters · octopus

Marine protected area

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

Remote rock wall

Croatia (Sušac Island)

Croatia

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · lobsters · corals

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