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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)15 m – 60 m
Visibility (m)8 m – 30 m
Water temperature (°C)6 °C – 28 °C
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Oceanic pelagic

Azores (Princess Alice Bank)

Portugal

93 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m23 °C

Cold-water pelagic

Lofoten (orcas)

Norway

86 species

Up to 25 m · Advanced / drysuit

15 m6 °C

UNESCO
Reef/Pelagic

Komodo National Park

Indonesia

69 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, strong currents

22 m

Oceanic pelagic

Solor / Lembata (blue whales)

Indonesia

63 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Coastal pelagic

Cenderawasih Bay (whale shark)

Indonesia

62 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Soft coral reef / Coastal pelagic

Triton Bay

Indonesia

62 species

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

62 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m22 °C

Reef/Pelagic

Nusa Lembongan

Indonesia

61 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m22 °C

Coastal pelagic

Ticao Island (Donsol, whale shark)

Philippines

61 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Sharks
Hammerhead sharks
Manta rays
Turtles
Reefs
Wrecks
Caves and cenotes
Walls
Large pelagics
Snorkelling-friendly
Beginners
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.

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Manta rays · hammerhead sharks · blue sharks

Ocean
See dive site

Orcas · humpback whales · herring

OceanPolar
See dive site
26 °C

Reef manta rays all year round · grey reef sharks · thresher shark

World HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site

Migrating blue whales · sperm whales

See dive site

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

Marine protected area
See dive site
See dive site

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

Ocean
See dive site

Sunfish (mola mola) · manta rays · turtles

See dive site

Whale shark on passage

See dive site
Pinnacle/Pelagic

Malapascua (thresher shark)

Philippines

60 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced

20 m27 °C

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

See dive site
UNESCO
Pelagic/Reef

Ogasawara Islands

Japan

59 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m24 °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
See dive site
Reef/Pelagic

Morotai (shark diving)

Indonesia

59 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · eagle rays

See dive site
Reef/Pelagic

Ponta do Ouro

Mozambique

59 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Bull sharks · resident dolphins · manta rays

See dive site
Reef/Pelagic

Tofo Beach

Mozambique

57 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

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

See dive site
Coastal pelagic

Kalpitiya

Sri Lanka

57 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Resident dolphins · whales on passage

See dive site
Wall/Pelagic

Osprey Reef (Coral Sea)

Australia

56 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Grey reef and silvertip sharks · hammerheads · pelagics

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Pelagic/Reef

Mafia Island (whale shark)

Tanzania

56 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Whale shark · dolphins · turtles

Ocean
See dive site
Wall/Pelagic

Rasdhoo Atoll (Madivaru)

Maldives

55 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Hammerhead sharks at dawn · grey reef sharks

See dive site
Reef/Pelagic

Ari Atoll

Maldives

53 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whale shark · manta rays · grey reef sharks

See dive site
Rock formation/Pelagic

Yonaguni Monument

Japan

52 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Migrating hammerhead sharks · enigmatic rock formations

Ocean
See dive site
Wall/Pelagic

Rocky Island

Egypt

51 species

Up to 60 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Feeding sharks · giant barracuda · large shoals

Marine protected area
See dive site
Volcanic reef/Pelagic

Orchid Island (Lanyu)

Taiwan

48 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m25 °C

Flying fish · occasional sharks · hard corals

See dive site
Reef/Pelagic

Contoy Island

Mexico

48 species

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whale shark (the Afuera aggregation) · mobula rays

See dive site
Pinnacle/Pelagic

Angarosh Reef

Sudan

47 species

Up to 50 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks · tiger shark · silvertip shark

Ocean
See dive site
Coastal pelagic

Arta Beach (whale shark)

Djibouti

47 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Juvenile whale shark · dolphins

See dive site
Surface pelagic

Isla Mujeres (whale shark)

Mexico

45 species

Up to 15 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Whale shark · manta rays

Ocean
See dive site
Lagoon/Pelagic

Aitutaki

Cook Islands

45 species

Up to 25 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Humpback whales on passage · turtles · lagoon fish

See dive site
Reef/Pelagic

Prony Bay

New Caledonia

44 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Humpback whales · reef sharks · nudibranchs

See dive site
Surface pelagic

Tonga (swimming with whales)

Tonga

43 species

Up to 15 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Humpback whale mothers and calves

See dive site
Pelagic/Reef

Utila (whale shark)

Honduras

41 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whale shark · spinner dolphins

See dive site
Surface pelagic

Silver Bank (humpback whales)

Dominican Republic

37 species

Up to 15 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

North Atlantic humpback whales · with mothers and calves

Marine protected area
See dive site
Reef/Volcanic pelagic

Boa Vista

Cabo Verde

35 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Nesting loggerhead turtles · lemon sharks · rays

Ocean
See dive site
Atoll pass/Pelagic

Fakarava (Shark Wall)

French Polynesia

33 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

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

Marine protected area
See dive site
Remote atoll/Pelagic

Kiritimati (Christmas Island)

Kiribati

31 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef sharks · giant trevally · manta rays

Ocean
See dive site
Reef/Coastal pelagic

Baía dos Golfinhos

Brazil

29 species

Up to 20 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Resident spinner dolphins

See dive site
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Darwin Island

Ecuador

28 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m24 °C

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

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Wolf Island

Ecuador

28 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m24 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerheads · whale shark · Galápagos shark

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Cocos Island

Costa Rica

28 species

Up to 45 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m27 °C

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

World HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Revillagigedo Islands (Socorro)

Mexico

26 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m25 °C

Giant manta ray · bottlenose dolphin · hammerhead shark

IslandsWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
Reef/Pelagic

Loreto Bay National Park

Mexico

24 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Sea lions · manta rays · dolphins

Ocean
See dive site
Reef/Pelagic

Machalilla / Isla de la Plata

Ecuador

23 species

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m22 °C

Humpback whales on passage · manta rays · whitetip reef sharks

Marine protected area
See dive site
UNESCO
Pelagic/Rocky reef

Coiba National Park

Panama

21 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Whitetip reef shark · whale shark · manta rays

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
Pelagic/Cage

Neptune Islands

Australia

21 species

Up to 20 m · Advanced (certified cage)

15 m17 °C

Great white shark · Australian sea lion

Ocean
See dive site
Pelagic/Rocky reef

Caño Island

Costa Rica

20 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m27 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · manta rays · dolphins

See dive site
Pelagic/Cage

False Bay (great white shark)

South Africa

19 species

Up to 15 m · Advanced (certified cage)

8 m16 °C

Great white shark

See dive site
UNESCO
Pinnacle/Pelagic

Kicker Rock (León Dormido)

Ecuador

18 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m23 °C

Galápagos shark · hammerheads · whitetip reef shark

World HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Malpelo Island

Colombia

18 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m26 °C

Shoals of scalloped hammerhead · silky shark · whale shark

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
Cold pelagic

Puerto Madryn (Valdés Peninsula)

Argentina

16 species

Up to 20 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m14 °C

Southern right whales · sea lions · orcas

Ocean
See dive site
Cold pelagic/Seabird colony

Puerto Deseado (penguins)

Argentina

15 species

Up to 20 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m12 °C

Magellanic penguins · sea lions · dolphins

Ocean
See dive site
Pelagic/Cage

Guadalupe Island (great white shark)

Mexico

13 species

Up to 20 m · Advanced (certified cage)

30 m20 °C

Great white shark

Ocean
See dive site