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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 404 metres deep.

553documented spots117countries404 mmetres of maximum depth

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Depth (m)15 m – 40 m

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Visibility (m)8 m – 30 m

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Water temperature (°C)16 °C – 28 °C

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Ningaloo Reef

Australia

Rowley Shoals

Australia

SS Yongala

Australia

Whitsunday Islands (Bahía Chalkies)

Australia

Military pier/Macro

Navy Pier (Exmouth)

Australia

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Hammerhead sharks

Caves and cenotes

Snorkelling-friendly

Technical diving

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

Between 300 and 500 whale sharks a year; giant manta rays · turtles · whales; more than 300 species of coral

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

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Hasta 40 m · Advanced

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · giant groupers · Napoleon wrasse

Océano

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Hasta 28 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Olive sea snakes · very large turtles · groupers

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

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Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m25 °C

Turtles · reef fish · hard corals

OcéanoIslasPatrimonio Mundial

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Hasta 15 m · Open Water

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Vertical oceanic wall / Cave

Isla de Navidad (Christmas Island)

Australia

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

Whale sharks · manta rays · spinner dolphins all year round

Área marina protegida

Osprey Reef (Coral Sea)

Australia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Grey reef sharks · silky sharks · giant corals

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Australia

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · manta rays · pristine corals

Lady Elliot Island

Australia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Reef manta rays for much of the year · turtles · leopard sharks

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Heron Island

Australia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

Nesting green and hawksbill turtles · manta rays · reef sharks

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Norman Reef

Australia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · clownfish

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Cod Hole

Australia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Large potato cod · thoroughly used to divers · Napoleon wrasse

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Agincourt Reefs

Australia

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m26 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · groupers · more than 16 distinct dive sites

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Flynn Reef

Australia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef sharks · giant groupers · turtles

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Temperate rocky reef

Esperance

Australia

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m18 °C

Sea lions · lobsters · occasional white sharks

Temperate reef/Wreck

Rottnest Island

Australia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m20 °C

Sea lions · tropical and temperate fish mixed together

Temperate rocky reef

Montague Island

Australia

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m20 °C

Australian sea lions · grey nurse sharks

Neptune Islands

Australia

Hasta 20 m · Advanced (certified cage)

15 m17 °C

Great white shark · Australian sea lion

Subtropical rocky reef

Julian Rocks (Byron Bay)

Australia

Hasta 18 m · Open Water

15 m22 °C

Bull sharks · leopard sharks · turtles

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Tropical-temperate transition reef

Solitary Islands

Australia

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m21 °C

Grey nurse sharks · tropical and temperate fish mixed together

Temperate bay/Pier

Port Phillip Bay (dragón de mar frondoso)

Australia

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

8 m16 °C

Weedy seadragon · seahorses

Volcanic pinnacle

Wolf Rock

Australia

Hasta 32 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m22 °C

Grey nurse sharks · eagle rays

Subtropical rocky reef

Cook Island (Fingal Head)

Australia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m22 °C

Grey nurse sharks · turtles · clownfish

Oceanic swim-through cave

Fish Rock Cave (South West Rocks)

Australia

Hasta 24 m · Advanced Open Water; operators recommend at least 20 dives for the cave

Grey nurse sharks in aggregations of up to thirty · a resident black cod · large wobbegongs

Área marina protegida

Temperate coral reef

Abrolhos Islands

Australia

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m22 °C

Rock lobsters · sea lions · southern-limit corals

Subtropical coral reef

Lord Howe Island

Australia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

Freshwater limestone sinkhole

Kilsby Sinkhole

Australia

Hasta 40 m · Open Water in the areas with no overhead; Cave Diver for the enclosed environments

the appeal is the clarity and the play of light