Explore the world underwater

Tremiti Islands

Italy

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · red corals · lobsters

Kas

Türkiye

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m22 °C

Groupers · turtles · a submerged aircraft wreck

Lastovo Island

Croatia

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Spiny lobsters · European lobsters · octopus

Kornati Islands

Croatia

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Posidonia oceanica meadows · bottlenose dolphin · loggerhead turtle

Croatia (Sušac Island)

Croatia

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · lobsters · corals

Raja Ampat

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Open Water

25 m29 °C

Reef and oceanic manta rays · tasselled wobbegongs · endemic walking sharks (Hemiscyllium)

Alor Archipelago

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Soft corals · occasional hammerhead sharks · macro life

Wakatobi National Park

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m28 °C

Close to 950 species of fish and some 400 of coral; mobula rays · short-finned pilot whales · six species of dolphin

Layang Layang Atoll

Malaysia

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Schooling hammerhead sharks · turtles · dolphins

Panglao (Bohol)

Philippines

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Tarsier (on land) · turtles · sea snakes

Bunaken Marine Park

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Green and hawksbill turtles on almost every dive · eagle rays · reef sharks

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

Philippines

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

More than 350 species of coral and close to 500 of fish; hammerheads · thresher shark · eagle rays

Andaman Islands (Havelock)

India

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays

Apo Reef Natural Park

Philippines

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · hammerheads · thresher shark

Kalimantan (Maratua)

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Occasional hammerhead sharks · manta rays · turtles

Moalboal (Sardine Run)

Philippines

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Millions of sardines in bait balls · turtles · whitetip reef sharks

Siquijor

Philippines

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals

Menjangan Island (Bali Barat)

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · Napoleon wrasse

Banda Islands

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerhead sharks · sea snakes · mobula rays

Wakatobi Islands (Hoga)

Indonesia

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · macro life · pristine corals

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

Osprey Reef (Coral Sea)

Australia

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Grey reef and silvertip sharks · hammerheads · pelagics

Rasdhoo Atoll (Madivaru)

Maldives

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Hammerhead sharks at dawn · grey reef sharks

Pemba Channel

Tanzania

Up to 50 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Marlin · tuna · oceanic sharks

Vaavu Atoll (Fish Head)

Maldives

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Grey reef sharks · Napoleon wrasse

Koh Ha (Krabi)

Thailand

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · barracuda · light caves

Elphinstone Reef

Egypt

Up to 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

Oceanic whitetip shark (longimanus) · hammerheads · grey reef shark

Brothers Islands (El Akhawein)

Egypt

Up to 80 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m26 °C

Hammerhead · oceanic whitetip · thresher and grey reef sharks

Rocky Island

Egypt

Up to 60 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Feeding sharks · giant barracuda · large shoals

Xcalak

Mexico

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Groupers · lobsters · nurse sharks

Zabargad Island

Egypt

Up to 50 m · Advanced, technical

30 m27 °C

Oceanic whitetip shark · grey reef shark · hammerheads

Daedalus Reef (Abu el Kizan)

Egypt

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

Hammerhead sharks · oceanic whitetip · thresher shark

Panorama Reef

Egypt

Up to 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

Occasional oceanic sharks · barracuda · groupers

Sha'ab Rumi (Cousteau)

Sudan

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks (best in spring) · grey reef sharks · barracuda

Big Gubal Reef

Egypt

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Barracuda · reef sharks · moray eels

Ras Mohammed National Park

Egypt

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m26 °C

Barracuda · trevally · batfish

Jackson Reef

Egypt

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · barracuda · Napoleon wrasse

Sanganeb Atoll

Sudan

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks · grey reef sharks · barracuda

Blue Hole Dahab

Egypt

Up to 130 m · Advanced / highly experienced

25 m26 °C

Clownfish · Napoleon wrasse · turtles

Peleliu Wall

Palau

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m28 °C

Grey reef sharks · hammerhead sharks · barracuda tornadoes

Blue Corner

Palau

Up to 40 m · Advanced, strong currents

25 m28 °C

Grey reef sharks in groups of 10 to 30 · huge Napoleon wrasse · barracuda in tornado formation

Namena Marine Reserve

Fiji

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · manta rays · soft corals

Jardines de la Reina

Cuba

Up to 30 m · Open Water

35 m27 °C

Grey reef · silky · nurse

Nigali Passage

Fiji

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · occasional hammerhead sharks · barracuda

Turneffe Atoll

Belize

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Bull sharks · groupers · turtles

Chuuk Lagoon (Truk Lagoon)

Micronesia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m29 °C

Hard and soft coral over every hull · lionfish · moray eels

Cozumel (Santa Rosa Wall)

Mexico

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m27 °C

Eagle rays · turtles · groupers

Palancar Reef

Mexico

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

Roatán Island

Honduras

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Whale sharks (on passage) · octopus · frogfish

Maria la Gorda

Cuba

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Groupers · lobsters · black corals

Punta Francés

Cuba

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · groupers · giant sponges

Fernando de Noronha

Brazil

Up to 30 m · Open Water

35 m27 °C

Resident spinner dolphin · turtles · reef and lemon sharks

San Andrés

Colombia

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m28 °C

Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

Providencia

Colombia

Up to 35 m · Open Water

30 m28 °C

The third largest barrier reef in the world · lobsters · groupers

Barracuda Point (Grand Cayman)

Cayman Islands

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Large shoals of barracuda · reef sharks

Sosúa

Dominican Republic

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Moray eels · lobsters · reef fish

Catalina Wall

Dominican Republic

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Seahorses · moray eels · lobsters

Half Moon Caye Wall

Belize

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

A wall dropping more than 1 · 000 m; green · hawksbill and loggerhead turtles; sponges and sea fans

Desecheo Island

Puerto Rico

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Groupers · lobsters · occasional sharks

Mona Island

Puerto Rico

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Occasional bull sharks · giant groupers · lobsters

Trinity Caves (Grand Cayman)

Cayman Islands

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Giant barrel sponges · groupers · lobsters

North Wall (Grand Cayman)

Cayman Islands

Up to 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Black coral · barrel sponges · sea fans