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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.

553documented dive sites117countries300metres maximum depth

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Depth (m)15 m – 80 m

Depth (m) — minimum valueDepth (m) — maximum value

Visibility (m)5 m – 35 m

Visibility (m) — minimum valueVisibility (m) — maximum value

Water temperature (°C)6 °C – 29 °C

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Caves and cenotes

Snorkelling-friendly

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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.

Rocky reef/Wreck

Amalfi Coast

Italy

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m

Rocky reef/Wreck

Rhodes

Greece

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Amorgos (Le Grand Bleu wreck)

Greece

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m23 °C

Fethiye

Türkiye

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Rocky reef/Wreck

Marmaris

Türkiye

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Classical-period archaeological wreck

Peristera wreck (Alonnisos Underwater Museum)

Greece

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water; only with an authorised guide

Santorini (volcanic caldera)

Greece

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m22 °C

Wreck/Rocky reef

Bodrum (aircraft wreck)

Türkiye

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Vis Island (wrecks)

Croatia

Up to 50 m · Advanced

30 m22 °C

Wreck/Rocky reef

Dubrovnik

Croatia

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Cirkewwa (Malta)

Malta

Up to 35 m · Open Water

30 m20 °C

Malta (Blue Hole Gozo / Um El Faroud)

Malta

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m20 °C

Wreck (deep hold section)

Zenobia Wreck

Cyprus

Up to 42 m · Technical

25 m20 °C

Paphos (wrecks)

Cyprus

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Cape Greco

Cyprus

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

Bay of Kotor

Montenegro

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m

Rocky reef/Wreck

Piran

Slovenia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m19 °C

Wreck/Muck diving

Sabang Bay

Philippines

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Riau Islands (Bintan)

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

USAT Liberty (Tulamben)

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Tioman Island

Malaysia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Batam Islands

Indonesia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Coron Bay (wrecks)

Philippines

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Tenggol Island

Malaysia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Gili Trawangan

Indonesia

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Cebu (Mactan Island)

Philippines

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

SS Yongala

Australia

Up to 28 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m

Rocky reef/Wreck

Grande Island (Goa)

India

Up to 20 m · Open Water

8 m27 °C

Madang

Papua New Guinea

Up to 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Munda

Solomon Islands

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Solomon Islands (Mary Island)

Solomon Islands

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m29 °C

Brothers Islands (El Akhawein)

Egypt

Up to 80 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m26 °C

Deep wreck (aircraft carrier)

HMS Hermes wreck

Sri Lanka

Up to 55 m · Technical (mandatory decompression)

Large tuna · big grouper · trevally; the absence of fishing and of diving pressure has left an exceptional density of fish

Banco Chinchorro

Mexico

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Thistlegorm wreck

Egypt

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Wreck of the Louilla

Egypt

Up to 26 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Abu Nuhas (Ghiannis D)

Egypt

Up to 28 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Veracruz (Veracruz Reef System)

Mexico

Up to 30 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Deep Second World War wreck

Rosalie Möller wreck

Egypt

Up to 50 m · Advanced / technical

Clouds of glassfish · grouper · trevally

Wreck / Maritime grave

Salem Express wreck

Egypt

Up to 32 m · Advanced Open Water; penetration prohibited

Grouper · crocodilefish · moray eels

Cold-water wreck

Block Island (Mohawk wreck)

United States

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m14 °C

Kwajalein Atoll

Marshall Islands

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m29 °C

Second World War wreck

Bell Island Wrecks

Canada

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m8 °C

Umbria wreck (Wingate Reef)

Sudan

Up to 36 m · Open Water; penetration only with a wreck qualification

Sponges · encrusting corals · crinoids

Samoa (coral reefs)

Samoa

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m29 °C

Bikini Atoll

Marshall Islands

Up to 55 m · Technical (Trimix)

30 m

SS President Coolidge

Vanuatu

Up to 70 m · Advanced / technical

25 m27 °C

Deception Bay (Efate)

Vanuatu

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Wreck/Volcanic reef

Cape Verde (Sal Island)

Cabo Verde

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Rota Island

Northern Mariana Islands

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Wreck (aircraft carrier)

USS Oriskany

United States

Up to 65 m · Advanced / technical

25 m25 °C

USS Spiegel Grove

United States

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Andrea Doria

United States

Up to 70 m · Technical (Trimix)

10 m10 °C

SS Benwood (Key Largo)

United States

Up to 15 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Duane Wreck (Key Largo)

United States

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Wreck (the only site spanning two wars)

SMS Cormoran (Guam)

Guam

Up to 37 m · Advanced Open Water / technical

25 m28 °C

Guam (Second World War wrecks)

Guam

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Fujikawa Maru (Chuuk)

Micronesia

Up to 34 m · Advanced Open Water / technical

20 m29 °C

Second World War wreck

Apra Harbor (Guam)

Guam

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

San Andrés

Colombia

Up to 40 m · Open Water

30 m28 °C

Cold rocky reef/Wreck

Rügen (Baltic amber)

Germany

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

5 m15 °C

Varadero

Cuba

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Volcanic reef/Wreck

Sal Rei (Boa Vista)

Cabo Verde

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Negril (aircraft wreck)

Jamaica

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Cristóbal Colón wreck (Bermuda)

Bermuda

Up to 18 m · Open Water

Trumpetfish · blue angelfish · lobsters

Historic wreck (paddle steamer)

Mary Celestia wreck (Bermuda)

Bermuda

Up to 17 m · Open Water

Antilla Wreck

Aruba

Up to 18 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Cayman Brac (MV Captain Keith Tibbetts wreck)

Cayman Islands

Up to 30 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

USS Kittiwake wreck

Cayman Islands

Up to 20 m · Open Water

28 m27 °C

Bequia (Grenadines)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Up to 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Wreck Alley (Aruba)

Aruba

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Carlisle Bay (Barbados)

Barbados

Up to 20 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Doc Poulson Wreck (Grand Cayman)

Cayman Islands

Up to 17 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Rocky reef/Wreck

Arraial do Cabo

Brazil

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m20 °C

Bianca C Wreck

Grenada

Up to 50 m · Advanced / technical

20 m27 °C

Anegada Horseshoe Reef

British Virgin Islands

Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Carlisle Bay

Antigua and Barbuda

Up to 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Cold-water wreck

Gdańsk (Baltic wrecks)

Poland

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water / technical

8 m10 °C

RMS Rhone

British Virgin Islands

Up to 30 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Cold rocky reef/Wreck

Turku Archipelago

Finland

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

HMCS Nanaimo Wreck

Canada

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m10 °C

Aqaba Marine Park

Jordan

Up to 30 m · Open Water

22 m24 °C

Kelp forest/Wreck

Coronado Islands

Mexico

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m16 °C

Cold-water wreck

Wreck Alley (San Diego)

United States

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m15 °C

Temperate reef/Wreck

Rottnest Island

Australia

Up to 25 m · Open Water

15 m20 °C

Cold freshwater wreck

Isle Royale National Park

United States

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m8 °C

Marine reserve/Wreck

Cabo de Palos

Spain

Up to 45 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Large groupers · dentex · barracuda

Marine protected area

Rocky reef/Wreck

L'Escala (Costa Brava)

Spain

Up to 35 m · Open Water

20 m19 °C

Groupers · conger eels · the Reggio Messina wreck

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

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

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

Wreck/Rocky reef

Malin Head

Ireland

Up to 40 m · Advanced

15 m12 °C

Basking sharks on passage · lobsters · First World War wrecks

Wreck/Rocky reef

Elba Island

Italy

Up to 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m21 °C

Groupers · moray eels · the remains of historic wrecks

20 °C

Groupers · octopus · submerged Roman remains

World Heritage

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Groupers · octopus · the Italian Freighter wreck

Ocean

See dive site

Reef fish · moray eels

Ocean

See dive site

Groupers · octopus · the Fethiye aircraft wreck

Ocean

See dive site

Groupers · moray eels · merchant ship wrecks

Ocean

See dive site

Mediterranean reef life; the park protects the Mediterranean monk seal

Marine protected area

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Reef fish · lava formations · an aircraft wreck

Ocean

See dive site

Reef fish · octopus · ancient amphora remains

Ocean

See dive site

Reef fish · encrusting corals

Ocean

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21 °C

Groupers · lobsters · minor wrecks

OceanWorld Heritage

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Reef fish · two patrol boat wrecks

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Groupers · moray eels · octopus

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Large groupers · barracuda · moray eels

OceanPolarMarine protected area

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21 °C

Reef fish · moray eels · the Achilleas tug wreck

OceanWorld Heritage

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Reef fish · moray eels · the nearby Zenobia wreck

Ocean

See dive site

20 °C

Groupers · moray eels · Second World War wrecks

OceanWorld Heritage

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Reef fish · moray eels · the Baron Gautsch wreck

Ocean

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Nudibranchs · seahorses · mimic octopus

Ocean

See dive site

Reef fish · Second World War wrecks

OceanIslands

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More than 400 species of fish; bumphead parrotfish at dawn · trevally · barracuda

Ocean

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Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · nudibranchs

Ocean

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Reef fish · sunken commercial wrecks

Ocean

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Coral and invertebrates over the whole hull · mandarinfish · abundant macro life

Ocean

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Turtles · reef sharks · the nearby HMS Prince of Wales wreck

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Green and hawksbill turtles · whitetip reef sharks

Ocean

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Reef fish · the Kokusai Maru wreck

Ocean

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26 °C

Olive sea snakes · very large turtles · groupers

OceanWorld HeritageMarine protected area

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Reef fish · a small wreck

Ocean

See dive site

Second World War aircraft and ship wrecks · reef sharks

Ocean

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Second World War aircraft wrecks · reef sharks

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Reef sharks · Second World War wrecks · soft corals

OceanIslands

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Hammerhead · oceanic whitetip · thresher and grey reef sharks

OceanMarine protected area

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Marine protected area

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Nurse sharks · American crocodiles · sea turtles

Ocean

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Barracuda · tuna · batfish

Ocean

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Reef fish · moray eels

Ocean

See dive site

Clouds of glassfish · giant moray eels · octopus

Ocean

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Colonial wrecks · lobsters · reef fish

Ocean

See dive site

See dive site

Ocean

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Lobsters · black sea bass · bottom fish

Ocean

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Reef fish · Second World War wrecks

Ocean

See dive site

Cold-water fish · lobsters

Ocean

See dive site

See dive site

Turtles · reef sharks · the John Williams wreck

Ocean

See dive site

29 °C

Reef fish · grey reef sharks

World Heritage

See dive site

Reef fish · turtles · occasional sharks

Ocean

See dive site

Reef fish · octopus · lobsters

Ocean

See dive site

Bull sharks (rare) · rays · turtles

Ocean

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Turtles · reef fish · the Betty Bomber aircraft wreck

Ocean

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Barracuda · goliath groupers · occasional sharks

Ocean

See dive site

More than 130 species of fish; algae · sponges

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Groupers · cold-water lobsters

Ocean

See dive site

Sharks · turtles · occasional dolphins

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Shoals of snapper · barracuda · amberjack

OceanMarine protected area

See dive site

Reef fish · encrusting corals

Ocean

See dive site

Reef fish · turtles · occasional sharks

Ocean

See dive site

Coral and sea fans on the superstructure · lionfish · moray eels

OceanMarine protected area

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Japanese and American Second World War wrecks

Ocean

See dive site

Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

Ocean

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Cold-water fish · fragments of Baltic amber

Ocean

See dive site

Reef fish · lobsters · minor wrecks

Ocean

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Bull sharks · fishing boat wrecks · rays

Ocean

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Reef fish · an artificially sunk aircraft wreck

Ocean

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Ocean

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Reef fish · moray eels

Ocean

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Reef fish · nurse sharks

OceanMarine protected area

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Rays on the sand flats around the hull · reef fish

OceanMarine protected area

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Hawksbill turtles · seahorses · the Wallblake wreck

Ocean

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Reef fish · moray eels · lobsters

Ocean

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Hawksbill turtles · seahorses · reef fish

Ocean

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Groupers · moray eels · reef fish

Ocean

See dive site

Groupers · occasional reef sharks · wrecks

Ocean

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Barracuda · groupers · nurse sharks

Ocean

See dive site

Lobsters · nurse sharks · numerous historic wrecks

Ocean

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Turtles · rays · reef fish

Ocean

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Cold-water fish · numerous well-preserved war wrecks

Ocean

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Hard and soft coral over the hull · lobsters · moray eels

OceanMarine protected area

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Cold-water fish · numerous historic wrecks

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Octopus · crabs

Ocean

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300 species of hard and soft coral · 512 species of fish · seagrass meadows; hawksbill turtles

OceanMarine protected area

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Sea lions · lobsters · rockfish

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California lobsters · rockfish · sea lions

Ocean

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Sea lions · tropical and temperate fish mixed together

Polar

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Freshwater fish · more than 10 historic wrecks

Freshwater

See dive site