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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)20 m – 404 m

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Scapa Flow

United Kingdom

Hasta 45 m · Advanced / technical

Wreck (deep hold section)

Zenobia Wreck

Cyprus

Extreme tidal current

Saltstraumen

Norway

Hasta 30 m · Technical / highly advanced

15 m8 °C

Cold-water coral reef

Trondheimsfjord (corales de agua fría)

Norway

Hasta 80 m · Technical

15 m7 °C

Deep wreck (aircraft carrier)

Pecio HMS Hermes

Sri Lanka

Zabargad Island

Egypt

Hasta 50 m · Advanced, technical

30 m

Deep Second World War wreck

Pecio Rosalie Möller

Egypt

Hasta 50 m · Advanced / technical

Sinkhole (freediving)

Dean's Blue Hole

Bahamas

Hasta 202 m · Advanced / technical freediving

30 m26 °C

Bikini Atoll

Marshall Islands

Hasta 55 m · Technical (Trimix)

SS President Coolidge

Vanuatu

Hasta 70 m · Advanced / technical

Dive in and explore

Hammerhead sharks

Caves and cenotes

Snorkelling-friendly

Technical diving

10 m

10 °C

Plumose anemones · conger eels · scallops; typical cold-water fauna of the North Atlantic

Área marina protegida

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91 species

Hasta 42 m · Technical

25 m20 °C

Large groupers · barracuda · moray eels

OcéanoPolarÁrea marina protegida

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Cod · lobsters · giant anemones

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Cold-water Lophelia corals · lobsters · cod

Océano

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50 species

Hasta 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

Área marina protegida

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27 °C

Oceanic whitetip shark · grey reef shark · hammerheads

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

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Clouds of glassfish · grouper · trevally

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Limited wildlife; a world mecca of freediving

Océano

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30 m

29 °C

Reef fish · grey reef sharks

Patrimonio Mundial

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25 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · occasional sharks

Océano

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Wreck (aircraft carrier)

USS Oriskany

United States

Hasta 65 m · Advanced / technical

25 m25 °C

Barracuda · goliath groupers · occasional sharks

Andrea Doria

United States

Hasta 70 m · Technical (Trimix)

10 m10 °C

Groupers · cold-water lobsters

Wreck (the only site spanning two wars)

SMS Cormoran (Guam)

Guam

Hasta 37 m · Advanced Open Water / technical

25 m28 °C

Reef fish · encrusting corals

Fujikawa Maru (Chuuk)

Micronesia

Hasta 34 m · Advanced Open Water / technical

20 m29 °C

Intact anti-aircraft guns · Zero aircraft engines in the hold

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Bianca C Wreck

Grenada

Hasta 50 m · Advanced / technical

20 m27 °C

Barracuda · groupers · nurse sharks

Cold-water wreck

Gdansk (pecios bálticos)

Poland

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water / technical

8 m10 °C

Cold-water fish · numerous well-preserved war wrecks

Svalbard (buceo bajo hielo)

Norway

Hasta 20 m · Technical (Ice Diving)

25 m-1 °C

Ringed seals · occasional walruses

Historic wreck (18th century)

Vrouw Maria wreck

Finland

Hasta 41 m · Technical (restricted access)

8 m6 °C

Cold-water fish · the historic cargo still intact

Subantarctic/Kelp

South Georgia

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

Hasta 25 m · Advanced / technical (polar water)

20 m2 °C

Weddell seals · king penguins · giant kelp

Deception Island

Antarctica

Hasta 20 m · Advanced / technical (polar water)

20 m0 °C

Antarctic benthic fauna; fur seals and penguins at the surface

Puerto Paraíso

Antarctica

Hasta 25 m · Advanced / technical (polar water)

25 m-1 °C

Leopard seals · humpback whales · gentoo penguins

Historic wreck (Civil War)

USS Monitor (Graveyard of the Atlantic)

United States

Hasta 70 m · Technical (authorised research only)

15 m20 °C

Bottom fish · cold-water lobsters

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Cave (one of the longest in the world)

Sistema Ox Bel Ha

Mexico

Hasta 25 m · Technical (Cave Diver)

30 m25 °C

Stygobitic fauna adapted to caves; pumas · jaguars and deer have been recorded at the surface cenotes

Cave (the longest system in the world)

Sistema Sac Actun

Mexico

Hasta 20 m · Technical (Cave Diver)

30 m25 °C

Blind cave fish · bats · troglobitic fauna

Cenote/Halocline

Cenote Angelita

Mexico

Hasta 60 m · Advanced / technical

40 m24 °C

Limited wildlife

Freshwater lake under ice

Lake Baikal

Russia

Hasta 40 m · Technical (Ice Diving)

40 m4 °C

Endemic nerpa seal · endemic sculpins

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

Underwater thermal cave

Cueva Molnár János

Hungary

Hasta 40 m · Technical (Cave Diver); only with a guide from the local operator

a thermal system with no notable fauna

Underwater gypsum cave

Cueva de Orda (Ordinskaya)

Russia

Hasta 40 m · Technical (Cave Diver, cold water and drysuit)

a gypsum karst system with no notable fauna

Cave/Sinkhole (the deepest in Europe)

Hranická Propast

Czechia

Hasta 404 m · Advanced technical (heavily restricted access)

15 m9 °C

Limited wildlife