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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.

553documented dive sites117countries300metres maximum depth

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Depth (m)30 m – 300 m
Visibility (m)15 m – 35 m
Water temperature (°C)10 °C – 29 °C

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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.

Wall/Cave

Tremiti Islands

Italy

102 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Wall/Cave

Kas

Türkiye

101 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m22 °C

Wall/Cave

Lastovo Island

Croatia

93 species

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Wall/Cave

Kornati Islands

Croatia

93 species

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Remote rock wall

Croatia (Sušac Island)

Croatia

93 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Reef/Wall

Raja Ampat

Indonesia

65 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water

25 m29 °C

Wall/Current

Alor Archipelago

Indonesia

65 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef/Wall

Wakatobi National Park

Indonesia

63 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m28 °C

Ocean wall

Layang Layang Atoll

Malaysia

63 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef/Wall

Panglao (Bohol)

Philippines

63 species

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Wall

Bunaken Marine Park

Indonesia

63 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

UNESCO
Reef/Wall

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

Philippines

63 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m

Reef/Wall

Andaman Islands (Havelock)

India

62 species

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef/Wall

Apo Reef Natural Park

Philippines

61 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Wall/Reef

Kalimantan (Maratua)

Indonesia

61 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef/Wall

Moalboal (Sardine Run)

Philippines

60 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef/Wall

Siquijor

Philippines

60 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Wall

Menjangan Island (Bali Barat)

Indonesia

59 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Volcanic wall

Banda Islands

Indonesia

59 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Coral wall

Wakatobi Islands (Hoga)

Indonesia

59 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Vertical oceanic wall / Cave

Christmas Island

Australia

56 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water on the shallow reefs; advanced on Perpendicular Wall

Whale sharks · manta rays · spinner dolphins all year round

Wall/Pelagic

Osprey Reef (Coral Sea)

Australia

56 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Wall/Pelagic

Rasdhoo Atoll (Madivaru)

Maldives

55 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Ocean wall

Pemba Channel

Tanzania

54 species

Up to 50 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Pinnacle/Wall

Vaavu Atoll (Fish Head)

Maldives

54 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Cave/Wall

Koh Ha (Krabi)

Thailand

54 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef/Wall

Elphinstone Reef

Egypt

52 species

Up to 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

Wall/Wreck

Brothers Islands (El Akhawein)

Egypt

51 species

Up to 80 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m26 °C

Wall/Pelagic

Rocky Island

Egypt

51 species

Up to 60 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Reef/Wall

Xcalak

Mexico

51 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Wall/Shipwreck

Zabargad Island

Egypt

50 species

Up to 50 m · Advanced, technical

30 m27 °C

Isolated oceanic reef / Wall

Daedalus Reef (Abu el Kizan)

Egypt

49 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

Hammerhead sharks · oceanic whitetip · thresher shark

Pinnacle/Wall

Panorama Reef

Egypt

48 species

Up to 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

Reef/Wall

Sha'ab Rumi (Cousteau)

Sudan

48 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Reef/Wall

Big Gubal Reef

Egypt

48 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef/Wall

Ras Mohammed National Park

Egypt

48 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m26 °C

Reef/Wall

Jackson Reef

Egypt

48 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

UNESCO
Atoll/Wall

Sanganeb Atoll

Sudan

47 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m

Sinkhole/Wall

Blue Hole Dahab

Egypt

47 species

Up to 130 m · Advanced / highly experienced

25 m26 °C

UNESCO
Wall/Current

Peleliu Wall

Palau

45 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m

UNESCO
Wall/Current

Blue Corner

Palau

45 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, strong currents

25 m

Reef/Wall

Namena Marine Reserve

Fiji

45 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef/Wall

Jardines de la Reina

Cuba

44 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

35 m27 °C

Current/Wall

Nigali Passage

Fiji

44 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef/Wall

Turneffe Atoll

Belize

44 species

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Reef/Wall

Chuuk Lagoon (Truk Lagoon)

Micronesia

41 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m29 °C

Drift wall

Cozumel (Santa Rosa Wall)

Mexico

41 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m27 °C

Wall reef

Palancar Reef

Mexico

40 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m27 °C

Reef/Wall

Roatán Island

Honduras

40 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Wall/Reef

Maria la Gorda

Cuba

40 species

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Wall/Cave

Punta Francés

Cuba

40 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

UNESCO
Reef/Wall

Fernando de Noronha

Brazil

39 species

Up to 30 m · Open Water

35 m

Wall/Wreck

San Andrés

Colombia

39 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef/Wall

Providencia

Colombia

39 species

Up to 35 m · Open Water

30 m28 °C

Wall

Barracuda Point (Grand Cayman)

Cayman Islands

37 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Wall/Cave

Sosúa

Dominican Republic

37 species

Up to 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Wall

Catalina Wall

Dominican Republic

36 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

UNESCO
Wall

Half Moon Caye Wall

Belize

36 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m

Reef/Wall

Desecheo Island

Puerto Rico

36 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Ocean wall

Mona Island

Puerto Rico

36 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Cave/Wall

Trinity Caves (Grand Cayman)

Cayman Islands

35 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Vertical wall

North Wall (Grand Cayman)

Cayman Islands

34 species

Up to 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Ocean wall

Turks Island Passage

Turks and Caicos Islands

34 species

Up to 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Wall

Grand Turk Wall

Turks and Caicos Islands

33 species

Up to 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Vertical wall

Bloody Bay Wall

Cayman Islands

33 species

Up to 300 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m27 °C

Wall

Cane Bay Wall

U.S. Virgin Islands

31 species

Up to 120 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Cold-water wall

Neah Bay

United States

30 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m10 °C

UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Darwin Island

Ecuador

28 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m

UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Wolf Island

Ecuador

28 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m

UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Cocos Island

Costa Rica

28 species

Up to 45 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m

Cold-water wall

Browning Pass (Vancouver Island)

Canada

27 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m10 °C

UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Revillagigedo Islands (Socorro)

Mexico

26 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m

UNESCO
Wall/Cleaning station

Cape Marshall

Ecuador

22 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m

UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Malpelo Island

Colombia

18 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m

Outer crater wall

Molokini Crater

United States

17 species

Up to 50 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m25 °C

Volcanic rock/Wall

Robinson Crusoe Island (Juan Fernández)

Chile

11 species

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m16 °C

Rock wall

Sombrero Island

Anguilla

9 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Wall reef

Klein Bonaire

Netherlands

7 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Wall

Sipadan

Malaysia

62 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

28 m28 °C

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

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Rock wall

Cap de Creus

Spain

121 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m19 °C

Red corals · groupers · conger eels

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
UNESCO
Wall/Reserve

Scandola Reserve (Corsica)

France

121 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · corals · lobsters

World Heritage
See dive site
UNESCO
Rock wall

Formentera (Es Freus)

Spain

120 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m22 °C

Posidonia oceanica meadows · barracuda · groupers

World HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
Marine reserve/Wall

Port-Cros National Park

France

115 species

Up to 40 m · Open Water

20 m19 °C

Groupers · corals · a marked underwater trail

Ocean
See dive site
Rock wall

Portofino Marine Reserve

Italy

106 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m19 °C

Groupers · corals · red gorgonians

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Submerged statue / Rocky wall

Cristo degli Abissi (San Fruttuoso)

Italy

105 species

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

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

Marine protected area
See dive site
Wall/Cave

Tavolara (Sardinia)

Italy

104 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m20 °C

Groupers · lobsters · red corals

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Cave/Wall

Aegadian Islands (Favignana)

Italy

104 species

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · corals · Punic archaeological remains

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
Volcanic/Wall

El Hierro / La Restinga

Spain

102 species

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Angelsharks · occasional basking sharks · manta rays

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Groupers · red corals · lobsters

OceanIslandsMarine protected area
See dive site

Groupers · turtles · a submerged aircraft wreck

Ocean
See dive site

Spiny lobsters · European lobsters · octopus

Marine protected area
See dive site

Posidonia oceanica meadows · bottlenose dolphin · loggerhead turtle

OceanIslandsMarine protected area
See dive site

Groupers · lobsters · corals

See dive site

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

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Soft corals · occasional hammerhead sharks · macro life

Ocean
See dive site

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

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Schooling hammerhead sharks · turtles · dolphins

Ocean
See dive site

Tarsier (on land) · turtles · sea snakes

Ocean
See dive site

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

Marine protected area
See dive site
27 °C

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

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays

OceanIslands
See dive site

Reef sharks · hammerheads · thresher shark

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Occasional hammerhead sharks · manta rays · turtles

Ocean
See dive site

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

Marine protected area
See dive site

Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals

Ocean
See dive site

Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · Napoleon wrasse

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Schooling scalloped hammerhead sharks · sea snakes · mobula rays

OceanIslands
See dive site

Reef sharks · macro life · pristine corals

Ocean
See dive site
Marine protected area
See dive site

Grey reef and silvertip sharks · hammerheads · pelagics

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Hammerhead sharks at dawn · grey reef sharks

See dive site

Marlin · tuna · oceanic sharks

Ocean
See dive site

Grey reef sharks · Napoleon wrasse

See dive site

Leopard sharks · barracuda · light caves

See dive site

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

Ocean
See dive site

Hammerhead · oceanic whitetip · thresher and grey reef sharks

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Feeding sharks · giant barracuda · large shoals

Marine protected area
See dive site

Groupers · lobsters · nurse sharks

See dive site

Oceanic whitetip shark · grey reef shark · hammerheads

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site
OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Occasional oceanic sharks · barracuda · groupers

Ocean
See dive site

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

Ocean
See dive site

Barracuda · reef sharks · moray eels

Ocean
See dive site

Barracuda · trevally · batfish

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Grey reef sharks · barracuda · Napoleon wrasse

Ocean
See dive site
27 °C

Hammerhead sharks · grey reef sharks · barracuda

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site

Clownfish · Napoleon wrasse · turtles

See dive site
28 °C

Grey reef sharks · hammerhead sharks · barracuda tornadoes

World HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
28 °C

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

World HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site

Grey reef sharks · manta rays · soft corals

Ocean
See dive site

Grey reef · silky · nurse

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Grey reef sharks · occasional hammerhead sharks · barracuda

Ocean
See dive site

Bull sharks · groupers · turtles

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

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

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Eagle rays · turtles · groupers

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Whale sharks (on passage) · octopus · frogfish

Ocean
See dive site

Groupers · lobsters · black corals

Ocean
See dive site

Reef sharks · groupers · giant sponges

Ocean
See dive site
27 °C

Resident spinner dolphin · turtles · reef and lemon sharks

IslandsWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site

Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

Ocean
See dive site

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

Ocean
See dive site

Large shoals of barracuda · reef sharks

See dive site

Moray eels · lobsters · reef fish

Ocean
See dive site

Seahorses · moray eels · lobsters

Ocean
See dive site
27 °C

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

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site

Groupers · lobsters · occasional sharks

Ocean
See dive site

Occasional bull sharks · giant groupers · lobsters

See dive site

Giant barrel sponges · groupers · lobsters

See dive site

Black coral · barrel sponges · sea fans

Marine protected area
See dive site

Humpback whales on passage · occasional oceanic sharks

Ocean
See dive site

Humpback whales on passage · sharks · dolphins

See dive site

Black coral · barrel sponges · sea fans

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site

Turtles · groupers · moray eels

Ocean
See dive site

Giant Pacific octopus · giant anemones

See dive site
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
See dive site

Giant Pacific octopus · giant anemones

See dive site
25 °C

Giant manta ray · bottlenose dolphin · hammerhead shark

IslandsWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
21 °C

Oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations · turtles · reef sharks

World HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site
26 °C

Shoals of scalloped hammerhead · silky shark · whale shark

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area
See dive site

38 species of coral · butterflyfish · Moorish idols

Marine protected area
See dive site

Juan Fernández fur seals · endemic lobsters

OceanIslands
See dive site

Reef sharks · lobsters · groupers

See dive site

A reef in better condition than that of the main west coast

OceanMarine protected area
See dive site