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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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Water temperature (°C)3 °C – 29 °C

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Atlantic rocky reef

Cíes Islands

Spain

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m

Sesimbra

Portugal

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m18 °C

Rocky reef/Wreck

L'Escala (Costa Brava)

Spain

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m

Blue light cave

Cabrera (Cova Blava)

Spain

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

25 m

Marine reserve/Wall

Port-Cros National Park

France

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

20 m19 °C

Marine reserve/Wreck

Côte Bleue

France

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m19 °C

Submerged statue / Rocky wall

Cristo degli Abissi (San Fruttuoso)

Italy

Hasta 30 m · Open Water; also accessible freediving

Zakynthos (tortuga boba)

Greece

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m23 °C

Plemmirio Marine Reserve (Sicilia)

Italy

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

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Hammerhead sharks

Caves and cenotes

Snorkelling-friendly

Technical diving

16 °C

Octopus · conger eels · lobsters

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

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Groupers · octopus · conger eels

Océano

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19 °C

Groupers · conger eels · the Reggio Messina wreck

Océano

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20 °C

Reef fish · lobsters · the blue light effect

Área marina protegida

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Groupers · corals · a marked underwater trail

Océano

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Groupers · corals · archaeological remains

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

Área marina protegida

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Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) · groupers

Área marina protegida

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Corals · moray eels · lobsters

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

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Rocky reef/Pink beach

Elafonisi (Creta)

Greece

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Reef fish · corals · lobsters

Volcanic/Reserve

Ustica Island

Italy

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

Dusky groupers · tuna · amberjack

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Isle of Capri (Blue Grotto)

Italy

Hasta 15 m · Open Water / Snorkel

20 m20 °C

Reef fish · bioluminescent encrusting corals

Kastellorizo (Cueva Azul)

Greece

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

25 m24 °C

Reef fish · lobsters

Rocky reef/Cave

Halkidiki

Greece

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m22 °C

Groupers · moray eels · seahorses

Rocky reef/Wreck

Rodas

Greece

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · the Italian Freighter wreck

Cave/Rocky reef

Symi

Greece

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · lobsters · sponges (a historic sponge-diving tradition)

Milos

Greece

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m23 °C

Seahorses · lobsters · volcanic formations

Cave/Rocky reef

Corfú (Paleokastritsa)

Greece

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · lobsters

Fethiye

Türkiye

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · the Fethiye aircraft wreck

Rocky reef/Wreck

Marmaris

Türkiye

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · moray eels · merchant ship wrecks

Wreck/Rocky reef

Bodrum (aircraft wreck)

Türkiye

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Reef fish · octopus · ancient amphora remains

Underwater museum/Artificial reef

Museo Atlántico (Lanzarote)

Spain

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

15 m20 °C

Reef fish colonising the sculptures

Blue Cave of Biševo

Croatia

Hasta 10 m · Open Water / Snorkel

20 m22 °C

Reef fish

Lastovo Island

Croatia

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · lobsters · corals

Área marina protegida

Salt lake/Reserve

Mljet Island

Croatia

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · corals · two inland salt lakes

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Kornati Islands

Croatia

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Posidonia oceanica meadows · bottlenose dolphin · loggerhead turtle

OcéanoIslasÁrea marina protegida

Garajau Marine Reserve (Madeira)

Portugal

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m20 °C

Groupers · eagle rays · occasional turtles

Cirkewwa (Malta)

Malta

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

30 m20 °C

Reef fish · two patrol boat wrecks

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Comino (Laguna Azul y Cuevas)

Malta

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

30 m20 °C

Reef fish · the turquoise light effect

Cape Greco

Cyprus

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

Reef fish · moray eels · the nearby Zenobia wreck

Rocky reef/Cave

Ksamil

Albania

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · corals

Rocky reef/Wreck

Piran

Slovenia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m19 °C

Reef fish · moray eels · the Baron Gautsch wreck

Ningaloo Reef

Australia

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

Raja Ampat

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

25 m29 °C

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Jellyfish lake/Reef

Derawan Islands (Kakaban / Sangalaki)

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef manta rays all year round · green and hawksbill turtle · leopard shark

Agua dulceIslas

Wakatobi National Park

Indonesia

Hasta 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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Panglao (Bohol)

Philippines

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Tarsier (on land) · turtles · sea snakes

Coastal pelagic

Cenderawasih Bay (whale shark)

Indonesia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

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

Área marina protegida

Andaman Islands (Havelock)

India

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays

Reef/Muck diving

Puerto Galera

Philippines

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nudibranchs · seahorses · occasional reef sharks

Wreck/Muck diving

Sabang Bay

Philippines

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Nudibranchs · seahorses · mimic octopus

Togean Islands

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Stingless jellyfish · reef sharks · hard corals

Padang Bai (Blue Lagoon)

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Clownfish · octopus · occasional reef sharks

Riau Islands (Bintan)

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · Second World War wrecks

USAT Liberty (Tulamben)

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

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

Macro photography/Reef

Anilao

Philippines

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Nudibranchs in enormous variety · frogfish · octopus

Tioman Island

Malaysia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · nudibranchs

Anambas Islands

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Turtles · Napoleon wrasse · soft corals

Batam Islands

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · sunken commercial wrecks

Karimunjawa

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

Coastal pelagic

Ticao Island (Donsol, whale shark)

Philippines

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Whale shark on passage

Kepulauan Seribu

Indonesia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

8 m29 °C

Reef fish · recovering corals

Kri Island (Raja Ampat)

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Giant manta rays · tasselled wobbegongs beneath the table corals · Denise's pygmy seahorse (endemic to Raja Ampat)

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Ambon (Twilight Zone)

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

10 m28 °C

Psychedelic frogfish (endemic to Ambon) · Ambon scorpionfish · rhinopias

Cleaning station

Manta Ridge (Arborek)

Indonesia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Resident reef manta rays · cleaner wrasse

Área marina protegida

Hard coral reef

Surin Islands

Thailand

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

More than 260 species of reef fish · 68 of coral · 48 of nudibranch and 31 of shrimp recorded in the park

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Amed y Jemeluk Bay

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Clownfish · seahorses · mimic octopus

Muck diving/Reef

Mabul Island

Malaysia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m29 °C

Pygmy seahorses · frogfish · mimic octopus

Perhentian Islands

Malaysia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks

Koh Tao

Thailand

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m29 °C

Occasional whale sharks · turtles · groupers

Moalboal (Sardine Run)

Philippines

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Millions of sardines in bait balls · turtles · whitetip sharks

Área marina protegida

Con Dao Islands

Vietnam

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Nesting green turtles · occasional dugongs

Redang Island

Malaysia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green turtles · clownfish · soft corals

Con Son Island (North Con Dao)

Vietnam

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Occasional dugongs · nesting turtles · hard corals

Siquijor

Philippines

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals

Bunutan

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Clownfish · seahorses · mimic octopus

Granite rocky reef

Bangka Belitung

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · octopus · granite formations

Cape Kri

Indonesia

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m29 °C

Giant trevally of more than 20 kg · bigeye trevally · barracuda

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Cave/Karst lagoon

Sohoton Cove

Philippines

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish · karst formations

Turtle nesting reef

Sangalaki Islands

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Green turtles nesting en masse · manta rays

Apo Island

Philippines

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Green turtles well used to divers · shoals of reef fish · dense hard coral

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Sandy bottom (muck diving)

Lembeh Strait

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

10 m28 °C

Mimic octopus · blue-ringed octopus · hairy frogfish