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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 404 metres deep.

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Depth (m)4 m – 404 m
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553documented spots117countries404 mmetres of maximum depth

219 dive sites match «tiburon»

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Volcanic/Reserve

Alboran Island

Spain

131 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

UNESCO
Atlantic rocky reef

Skellig Islands

Ireland

111 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m

Wreck/Rocky reef

Malin Head

Ireland

109 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

15 m12 °C

Volcanic/Wall

El Hierro / La Restinga

Spain

103 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Oceanic pelagic

Azores (Princess Alice Bank)

Portugal

94 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m23 °C

UNESCO
Reef/Pelagic

Komodo National Park

Indonesia

69 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, strong currents

22 m

UNESCO
Coastal reef

Ningaloo Reef

Australia

68 species
Reef/Wall

Raja Ampat

Indonesia

65 species

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

25 m29 °C

Wall/Current

Alor Archipelago

Indonesia

65 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

UNESCO
Reef/Wall

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

Philippines

63 species
Sharks
Hammerhead sharks
Manta rays
Turtles
Reefs
Wrecks
Caves and cenotes
Walls
Large pelagics
Snorkelling-friendly
Beginners
Technical diving
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20 °C

Groupers · occasional blue sharks · corals

Área marina protegida
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13 °C

Grey seals · basking sharks on passage · gannets

OcéanoPatrimonio Mundial
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Basking sharks on passage · lobsters · First World War wrecks

Océano
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21 °C

Angelsharks · occasional basking sharks · manta rays

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Manta rays · hammerhead sharks · blue sharks

Océano
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26 °C

Reef manta rays all year round · grey reef sharks · thresher shark

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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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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Reef and oceanic manta rays · tasselled wobbegongs · endemic walking sharks (Hemiscyllium)

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Soft corals · occasional hammerhead sharks · macro life

Océano
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Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

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

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Jellyfish lake/Reef

Derawan Islands (Kakaban / Sangalaki)

Indonesia

63 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

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

Agua dulceIslas
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Pinnacle / Soft coral reef

Misool (Boo Windows y Magic Mountain)

Indonesia

63 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Reef and oceanic manta rays · reef sharks · wobbegongs

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Ocean wall

Layang Layang Atoll

Malaysia

63 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Schooling hammerhead sharks · turtles · dolphins

Océano
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Wall

Bunaken Marine Park

Indonesia

63 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

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

Área marina protegida
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Coastal pelagic

Cenderawasih Bay (whale shark)

Indonesia

62 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

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

Área marina protegida
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Wall

Sipadan

Malaysia

62 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

28 m28 °C

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Soft coral reef / Coastal pelagic

Triton Bay

Indonesia

62 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Whale sharks under the fishing platforms · 'walking' sharks (Hemiscyllium) on night dives · dolphins

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Pinnacle/Pelagic

Nusa Penida (Manta Point / Crystal Bay)

Indonesia

62 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m22 °C

Reef manta rays all year round at Manta Point; sunfish (Mola alexandrini) in the cold season; turtles · reef sharks

Océano
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Reef/Wall

Andaman Islands (Havelock)

India

62 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays

OcéanoIslas
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Reef/Muck diving

Puerto Galera

Philippines

62 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nudibranchs · seahorses · occasional reef sharks

Océano
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Reef/Atoll

Togean Islands

Indonesia

62 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Stingless jellyfish · reef sharks · hard corals

OcéanoIslas
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Cleaning station

Ticao Pass (mantarrayas)

Philippines

62 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m27 °C

Resident oceanic manta rays · whale sharks on passage

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Pinnacle/Granite cave

Similan Islands

Thailand

62 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Manta rays at the cleaning stations of Koh Bon and Koh Tachai · turtles · leopard sharks

IslasÁrea marina protegida
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Reef/Wall

Apo Reef Natural Park

Philippines

61 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · hammerheads · thresher shark

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Reef/Wreck

Tioman Island

Malaysia

61 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · nudibranchs

Océano
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Wall/Reef

Kalimantan (Maratua)

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Occasional hammerhead sharks · manta rays · turtles

Océano
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Coral reef

Karimunjawa

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

OcéanoIslas
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Coastal pelagic

Ticao Island (Donsol, whale shark)

Philippines

61 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Whale shark on passage

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Remote reef

Widi Islands

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · pristine corals

OcéanoIslas
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Pinnacle/Cleaning station

Blue Magic (Raja Ampat)

Indonesia

60 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Oceanic manta rays · reef sharks · shoals of trevally

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Shallow reef

Perhentian Islands

Malaysia

60 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks

Islas
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Reef/Pinnacle

Koh Tao

Thailand

60 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m29 °C

Occasional whale sharks · turtles · groupers

Océano
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Pinnacle/Pelagic

Malapascua (tiburón zorro)

Philippines

60 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced

20 m27 °C

Pelagic thresher shark · occasional manta and mobula rays · whitetip sharks at Gato Island

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Reef/Wall

Moalboal (Sardine Run)

Philippines

60 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Millions of sardines in bait balls · turtles · whitetip sharks

Área marina protegida
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Reef/Wall

Siquijor

Philippines

60 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals

Océano
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Sloping reef

Cape Kri

Indonesia

60 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m29 °C

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Wall

Menjangan Island (Bali Barat)

Indonesia

59 species

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · Napoleon wrasse

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Volcanic wall

Banda Islands

Indonesia

59 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerhead sharks · sea snakes · mobula rays

OcéanoIslas
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Pinnacle

Richelieu Rock

Thailand

59 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Occasional whale shark and manta ray · schooling mackerel and barracuda · frogfish

Área marina protegida
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Reef/Pelagic

Morotai (buceo con tiburones)

Indonesia

59 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · eagle rays

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Muck diving/Reef

Halmahera (tiburones caminantes)

Indonesia

59 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Walking sharks (Hemiscyllium) · spider crabs

Océano
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Volcanic reef

Pulau Weh

Indonesia

59 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef sharks · manta rays · occasional hammerhead shark

Océano
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Pinnacle

Chumphon Pinnacle

Thailand

59 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · barracuda · giant groupers

Océano
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Reef/Wreck

Tenggol Island

Malaysia

59 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

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

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Granite pinnacle

Perhentian Islands (Tokong Laut)

Malaysia

59 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · barracuda · turtles

Océano
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Coral wall

Wakatobi Islands (Hoga)

Indonesia

59 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · macro life · pristine corals

Océano
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Reef/Pelagic

Ponta do Ouro

Mozambique

59 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Bull sharks · resident dolphins · manta rays

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Deep pinnacle

Hin Daeng / Hin Muang

Thailand

58 species

Hasta 60 m · Advanced

25 m28 °C

Manta ray · occasional whale shark · grey reef shark

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Remote atoll

Rowley Shoals

Australia

58 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · giant groupers · Napoleon wrasse

Océano
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Reef/Wreck

Gili Trawangan

Indonesia

58 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green and hawksbill turtles · whitetip reef sharks

Océano
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Coral lagoon

Marovo Lagoon

Solomon Islands

58 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals

Océano
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UNESCO
Wreck

SS Yongala

Australia

57 species

Hasta 28 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Olive sea snakes · very large turtles · groupers

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Fjord/Reef

Tufi Fjords

Papua New Guinea

57 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Pygmy seahorses · reef sharks · muck diving

Océano
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Reef/Pinnacle

Kimbe Bay

Papua New Guinea

57 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

High coral diversity · reef sharks · manta rays

Océano
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Reef/Pelagic

Tofo Beach

Mozambique

57 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Whale shark · reef and oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations · seasonal humpback whale

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Coral atoll

Lakshadweep (Bangaram)

India

57 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef sharks · dolphins · turtles

OcéanoIslas
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Reef/War wreck

Madang

Papua New Guinea

57 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Second World War aircraft and ship wrecks · reef sharks

Océano
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Vertical oceanic wall / Cave

Isla de Navidad (Christmas Island)

Australia

56 species

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
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Wall/Pelagic

Osprey Reef (Coral Sea)

Australia

56 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Grey reef sharks · silky sharks · giant corals

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Pelagic/Reef

Mafia Island (tiburón ballena)

Tanzania

56 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Whale shark · dolphins · turtles

Océano
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Reef/Pinnacle

Koh Phi Phi

Thailand

56 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · blacktip reef sharks · barracuda

OcéanoIslas
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Remote atoll

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Australia

56 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · manta rays · pristine corals

Océano
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Rocky islet

Netrani Island

India

56 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

12 m27 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · barracuda

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Pelagic plateau / Shark encounter

Fuvahmulah (Tiger Harbour)

Maldives

55 species

Hasta 40 m · Open Water for the tiger shark site; advanced for the deep plateaus

Resident tiger sharks · thresher shark · silvertip shark

Océano
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Coastal reef

Pigeon Island

Sri Lanka

55 species

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · parrotfish

Océano
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Coral reef

Koh Lipe

Thailand

55 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · turtles · seahorses

View dive site
Coral lagoon

Mayotte (laguna)

Mayotte

55 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · manta rays

Océano
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Wreck/War reef

Munda

Solomon Islands

55 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Second World War aircraft wrecks · reef sharks

View dive site
Wall/Pelagic

Rasdhoo Atoll (Madivaru)

Maldives

55 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Hammerhead sharks at dawn · grey reef sharks

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Feeding bay

Atolón de Baa (Hanifaru Bay)

Maldives

54 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Up to 200 reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi) at once · the largest known aggregation in the world; whale shark

Área marina protegida
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UNESCO
Coral reef

Lady Elliot Island

Australia

54 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

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

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Ocean wall

Pemba Channel

Tanzania

54 species

Hasta 50 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Marlin · tuna · oceanic sharks

Océano
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Reef/Archipelago

Quirimbas Islands

Mozambique

54 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Dugongs · whale sharks on passage · turtles

OcéanoIslas
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Rocky reef

Musandam Peninsula

Oman

54 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Whale sharks on passage · dolphins · manta rays

View dive site
Reef/Reserve

Daymaniyat Islands

Oman

54 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks

View dive site
Pinnacle/Wreck

Solomon Islands (Mary Island)

Solomon Islands

54 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m29 °C

Reef sharks · Second World War wrecks · soft corals

OcéanoIslas
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Pinnacle/Wall

Vaavu Atoll (Fish Head)

Maldives

54 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Grey reef sharks · Napoleon wrasse

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Volcanic reef

Comoras (Mohéli)

Comoros

54 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Nesting green turtles · dugongs · reef sharks

Islas
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Reef/Fjord

Bandar Khayran

Oman

54 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Turtles · whitetip reef sharks · dolphins

Océano
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Cave/Wall

Koh Ha (Krabi)

Thailand

54 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · barracuda · light caves

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Rocky pinnacle

Lima Rock

Oman

54 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Leopard sharks · manta rays · barracuda

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Pinnacle/Cave

Mergui Archipelago (Black Rock)

Myanmar

54 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nurse sharks · giant lobsters · underwater caves

OcéanoIslas
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Reef/Pelagic

Atolón de Ari

Maldives

53 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whale shark · manta rays · grey reef sharks

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Reef/Underwater dune

Archipiélago de Bazaruto

Mozambique

53 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Dugongs · manta rays · whale sharks

Océano
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Remote reef

Mergui Archipelago

Myanmar

53 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · manta rays · occasional whale shark

Océano
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Cleaning station

North Male Atoll (HP Reef)

Maldives

53 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Manta rays · grey reef sharks · Napoleon wrasse

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Pristine reef

Vamizi Island

Mozambique

53 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · high coral biodiversity

Océano
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UNESCO
Coral reef

Heron Island

Australia

52 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

Nesting green and hawksbill turtles · manta rays · reef sharks

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Rock formation/Pelagic

Yonaguni Monument

Japan

52 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Migrating hammerhead sharks · enigmatic rock formations

Océano
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Reef/Wall

Elphinstone Reef

Egypt

52 species

Hasta 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

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

Océano
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Rocky reef

Dibba Rock

United Arab Emirates

52 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Leopard sharks · turtles · occasional manta rays

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Wall/Wreck

Brothers Islands (El Akhawein)

Egypt

51 species

Hasta 80 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m26 °C

Hammerhead · oceanic whitetip · thresher and grey reef sharks

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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UNESCO
Platform reef

Norman Reef

Australia

51 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · clownfish

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Wall/Pelagic

Rocky Island

Egypt

51 species

Hasta 60 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Oceanic · hammerhead and pelagic thresher sharks

Área marina protegida
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UNESCO
Reef

Cod Hole

Australia

51 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Large potato cod · thoroughly used to divers · Napoleon wrasse

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Granite reef

La Digue

Seychelles

51 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · hawksbill turtles · manta rays

Islas
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Reef/Wall

Xcalak

Mexico

51 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Groupers · lobsters · nurse sharks

View dive site
UNESCO
Outer reef

Agincourt Reefs

Australia

51 species

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m26 °C

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

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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UNESCO
Platform reef

Flynn Reef

Australia

51 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef sharks · giant groupers · turtles

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Reef/Cave

St John's Reef

Egypt

50 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Hammerheads · grey reef shark · oceanic whitetip

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Atoll/Wreck

Banco Chinchorro

Mexico

50 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · American crocodiles · sea turtles

Océano
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Wall/Shipwreck

Zabargad Island

Egypt

50 species

Hasta 50 m · Advanced, technical

30 m27 °C

Oceanic whitetip shark · grey reef shark · hammerheads

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Reef/Protected island

Wadi Gimal

Egypt

50 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Dugongs · turtles · whitetip reef sharks

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Drift reef

Jupiter (drift diving con tiburones)

United States

50 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Bull sharks · lemon sharks · goliath groupers

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Open sandy bottom

Tiger Beach

Bahamas

49 species

Hasta 10 m · Advanced (shark diving)

28 m25 °C

Tiger shark · lemon shark · nurse shark

Área marina protegida
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Isolated oceanic reef / Wall

Daedalus Reef (Abu el Kizan)

Egypt

49 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

Hammerhead sharks · oceanic whitetip · thresher shark

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Pinnacle/Wall

Panorama Reef

Egypt

48 species

Hasta 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

Occasional oceanic sharks · barracuda · groupers

Océano
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Reef/Wall

Sha'ab Rumi (Cousteau)

Sudan

48 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

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

Océano
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Reef/Wall

Big Gubal Reef

Egypt

48 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Barracuda · reef sharks · moray eels

Océano
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Volcanic reef/Pelagic

Orchid Island (Lanyu)

Taiwan

48 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m25 °C

Flying fish · occasional sharks · hard corals

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Reef/Wall

Ras Mohammed National Park

Egypt

48 species

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m26 °C

Barracuda · trevally · batfish

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Reef/Volcanic

Nosy Be

Madagascar

48 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Whale sharks on passage · turtles · manta rays

OcéanoIslas
View dive site
Reef/Mangrove

Farasan Islands

Saudi Arabia

48 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Dolphins · occasional whale sharks · dugongs

OcéanoIslas
View dive site
Reef/Wall

Jackson Reef

Egypt

48 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · barracuda · Napoleon wrasse

Océano
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Reef/Pelagic

Contoy Island

Mexico

48 species

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whale shark (the Afuera aggregation) · mobula rays

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Pinnacle/Pelagic

Angarosh Reef

Sudan

47 species

Hasta 50 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks · tiger shark · silvertip shark

Océano
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UNESCO
Atoll/Wall

Sanganeb Atoll

Sudan

47 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks · grey reef sharks · barracuda

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Coastal pelagic

Arta Beach (tiburón ballena)

Djibouti

47 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Juvenile whale shark · dolphins

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Reef/Cave

Moucha Island

Djibouti

47 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · hard corals

Océano
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Salt dome/Reef

Flower Garden Banks

United States

46 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m24 °C

Almost 300 species of fish and more than 20 of coral; manta rays · sharks · turtles

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Coral reef

Looe Key

United States

46 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · lobsters · reef fish

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Barrier reef/Blue Hole

Andros Barrier Reef

Bahamas

46 species

Hasta 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

The third largest barrier reef in the world · reef sharks · inland blue holes

OcéanoAgua dulce
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UNESCO
Wall/Current

Peleliu Wall

Palau

45 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m28 °C

Grey reef sharks · hammerhead sharks · barracuda tornadoes

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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UNESCO
Coral channel

Ulong Channel

Palau

45 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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UNESCO
Wall/Current

Blue Corner

Palau

45 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, strong currents

25 m28 °C

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

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Surface pelagic

Isla Mujeres (whale shark)

Mexico

45 species

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Whale shark · manta rays

Océano
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Reef/Wall

Namena Marine Reserve

Fiji

45 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · manta rays · soft corals

Océano
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UNESCO
Cleaning station

German Channel

Palau

45 species

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef manta rays at cleaning stations · reef sharks · rays

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Shark feeding

Nassau (buceo con tiburones)

Bahamas

45 species

Hasta 20 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Caribbean reef sharks · nurse sharks

Océano
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Coral lagoon

Isle of Pines (New Caledonia)

New Caledonia

45 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m25 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · lagoon fish

Océano
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Soft coral reef

Bligh Water

Fiji

45 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Soft corals · manta rays · reef sharks

Océano
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Reef/Wall

Turneffe Atoll

Belize

44 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Bull sharks · groupers · turtles

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Reef/Wall

Jardines de la Reina

Cuba

44 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

35 m27 °C

Grey reef · silky · nurse

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Current/Wall

Nigali Passage

Fiji

44 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · occasional hammerhead sharks · barracuda

Océano
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Marine reserve

Nosy Tanikely

Madagascar

44 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · Napoleon wrasse · reef sharks

OcéanoIslas
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Sandy bottom / Shark encounter

Bimini (gran tiburón martillo)

Bahamas

44 species

Hasta 12 m · Advanced (shark diving)

Great hammerhead · bull shark · Caribbean reef shark

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Reef/Current

Rainbow Reef

Fiji

44 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Multicoloured soft corals · reef sharks

Océano
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Reef/Pelagic

Prony Bay

New Caledonia

44 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Humpback whales · reef sharks · nudibranchs

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Reef/Tunnel

Ambergris Caye

Belize

44 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · eagle rays · groupers

Océano
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Barrier reef

Kadavu

Fiji

44 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Manta rays · reef sharks · soft corals

OcéanoIslas
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Reef/Cave

Yasawa Islands

Fiji

44 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef sharks · seasonal manta rays · soft corals

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Soft coral pinnacle

Nusa Lava (Fiyi)

Fiji

44 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Multicoloured soft corals · reef sharks

Océano
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Barrier reef

Nananu-i-Ra

Fiji

44 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

Océano
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Reef/Wreck

Samoa (arrecifes de coral)

Samoa

44 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m29 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · the John Williams wreck

Océano
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Reef cut/Reserve

Hol Chan Marine Reserve

Belize

43 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · eagle rays · groupers

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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UNESCO
Deep wreck

Bikini Atoll

Marshall Islands

43 species

Hasta 55 m · Technical (Trimix)

30 m29 °C

Reef fish · grey reef sharks

Patrimonio Mundial
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Wreck

SS President Coolidge

Vanuatu

43 species

Hasta 70 m · Advanced / technical

25 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · occasional sharks

Océano
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Wreck/Volcanic reef

Cape Verde (Sal Island)

Cabo Verde

43 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Bull sharks (rare) · rays · turtles

Océano
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Shark feeding

Beqa Lagoon (Shark Dive)

Fiji

43 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Tiger sharks · bull sharks · grey reef sharks

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Wreck (aircraft carrier)

USS Oriskany

United States

43 species

Hasta 65 m · Advanced / technical

25 m25 °C

Barracuda · goliath groupers · occasional sharks

Océano
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Sinkhole/Cave

Guam (Blue Hole)

Guam

43 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef fish · occasional sharks

Océano
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Cave/Marine cenote

Saipan (Grotto)

Northern Mariana Islands

43 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · karst formations

Océano
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Wreck

SS Benwood (Key Largo)

United States

42 species

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Sharks · turtles · occasional dolphins

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Wreck

Duane Wreck (Key Largo)

United States

42 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Barracuda · goliath groupers · occasional bull sharks

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Pelagic/Reef

Utila (tiburón ballena)

Honduras

41 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whale shark · spinner dolphins

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Reef/Reserve

Cayos Cochinos

Honduras

41 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Parrotfish · lobsters · nurse sharks

Océano
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Wreck

Guam (Second World War wrecks)

Guam

41 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef fish · turtles · occasional sharks

Océano
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UNESCO
Atoll

Glover's Reef

Belize

40 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · groupers · lobsters

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Wall reef

Palancar Reef

Mexico

40 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Reef/Wall

Roatán Island

Honduras

40 species

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Whale sharks (on passage) · octopus · frogfish

Océano
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Wall/Cave

Punta Francés

Cuba

40 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · groupers · giant sponges

Océano
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UNESCO
Reef/Wall

Fernando de Noronha

Brazil

39 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

35 m27 °C

Resident spinner dolphin · turtles · reef and lemon sharks

IslasPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Wall/Wreck

San Andrés

Colombia

39 species

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m28 °C

Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

Océano
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Coral reef

Little Corn Island

Nicaragua

38 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nurse sharks · lobsters · turtles

Océano
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Coral reef

Big Corn Island

Nicaragua

38 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nurse sharks · lobsters · turtles

Océano
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Wall

Barracuda Point (Grand Cayman)

Cayman Islands

37 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Large shoals of barracuda · reef sharks

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Secondary sinkhole

Blue Hole (Turneffe)

Belize

37 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · groupers

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UNESCO
Sinkhole

Great Blue Hole

Belize

36 species

Hasta 124 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

the appeal is geological. Reef and nurse sharks at the entrance

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Reef/Wall

Desecheo Island

Puerto Rico

36 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Groupers · lobsters · occasional sharks

Océano
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Ocean wall

Mona Island

Puerto Rico

36 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Occasional bull sharks · giant groupers · lobsters

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Atoll pass/Current

Rangiroa (Paso de Tiputa)

French Polynesia

36 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

A wall of grey reef sharks · resident bottlenose dolphins · great hammerhead (a threatened species studied by the Mokarran Protection Society)

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Remote coral bank

Pedro Bank

Jamaica

36 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Lobsters · reef sharks · turtles

Océano
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Volcanic reef/Wreck

Sal Rei (Boa Vista)

Cabo Verde

36 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Bull sharks · fishing boat wrecks · rays

Océano
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Reef/Volcanic pelagic

Boa Vista

Cabo Verde

35 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Nesting loggerhead turtles · lemon sharks · rays

Océano
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Wreck

Cayman Brac (Pecio MV Captain Keith Tibbetts)

Cayman Islands

34 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef fish · nurse sharks

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Ocean wall

Turks Island Passage

Turks and Caicos Islands

34 species

Hasta 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Humpback whales on passage · occasional oceanic sharks

Océano
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Rocky reef/Wreck

Arraial do Cabo

Brazil

34 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m20 °C

Groupers · occasional reef sharks · wrecks

Océano
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Atoll pass/Pelagic

Fakarava (Muro de Tiburones)

French Polynesia

33 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

More than three hundred grey reef sharks forming the 'wall'; lemon · blacktip · whitetip

Área marina protegida
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Wall

Grand Turk Wall

Turks and Caicos Islands

33 species

Hasta 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Humpback whales on passage · sharks · dolphins

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Wreck

Bianca C Wreck

Grenada

33 species

Hasta 50 m · Advanced / technical

20 m27 °C

Barracuda · groupers · nurse sharks

Océano
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Barrier reef

Buck Island Reef National Monument

U.S. Virgin Islands

32 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Hawksbill turtles · blacktip reef sharks · eagle rays

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Reef/Wreck

Anegada Horseshoe Reef

British Virgin Islands

32 species

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Lobsters · nurse sharks · numerous historic wrecks

Océano
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Lagoon/Reef

Bora Bora

French Polynesia

32 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Lagoon manta rays · blacktip reef sharks · lemon sharks

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Underwater canyon

Salt River Canyon

U.S. Virgin Islands

31 species

Hasta 50 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Reef sharks · manta rays · black corals

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Remote atoll/Pelagic

Kiritimati (Isla Christmas)

Kiribati

31 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef sharks · giant trevally · manta rays

Océano
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Kelp forest/Canyon

La Jolla Cove

United States

29 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

10 m16 °C

Sea lions · leopard sharks · rays

Océano
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UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Darwin Island

Ecuador

28 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m24 °C

Enormous shoals of scalloped hammerhead · whale shark (June-November) · Galápagos shark

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Wolf Island

Ecuador

28 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m24 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerheads · whale shark · Galápagos shark

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Cocos Island

Costa Rica

28 species

Hasta 45 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m27 °C

Shoals of scalloped hammerhead · whitetip reef shark in enormous numbers · whale shark

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Revillagigedo Islands (Socorro)

Mexico

26 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m25 °C

Giant manta ray · bottlenose dolphin · hammerhead shark

IslasPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Kelp forest/Underwater park

Catalina Island (Casino Point)

United States

24 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

10 m17 °C

Garibaldi · lobsters · occasional leopard sharks

Océano
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Reef/Pelagic

Machalilla / Isla de la Plata

Ecuador

23 species

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m22 °C

Humpback whales on passage · manta rays · whitetip reef sharks

Área marina protegida
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Reef/Wreck

Aqaba Marine Park

Jordan

23 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

22 m24 °C

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Living coral reef

Cabo Pulmo National Park

Mexico

23 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Bull sharks · giant groupers · manta rays

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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UNESCO
Wall/Cleaning station

Cape Marshall

Ecuador

22 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m21 °C

Oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations · turtles · reef sharks

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Rocky reef

Aliwal Shoal

South Africa

22 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m23 °C

Grey nurse shark (raggie) in breeding aggregations · oceanic blacktip shark all year round · tiger shark

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Deep rocky reef

Protea Banks

South Africa

22 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

15 m22 °C

Seven species of shark aggregate here · among them hammerheads · grey nurse shark and giant guitarfish; Zambezi (bull) shark

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Temperate rocky reef

Esperance

Australia

22 species

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m18 °C

Sea lions · lobsters · occasional white sharks

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Temperate rocky reef

Montague Island

Australia

22 species

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m20 °C

Australian sea lions · grey nurse sharks

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UNESCO
Reef/Sardine Run

Cape Vidal

South Africa

21 species

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m22 °C

Dolphins · sharks and seabirds during the Sardine Run

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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UNESCO
Tropical reef

Sodwana Bay

South Africa

21 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m24 °C

Tiger sharks · manta rays · ridley and loggerhead turtles

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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UNESCO
Pelagic/Rocky reef

Coiba National Park

Panama

21 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Bull sharks · hammerhead sharks · humpback whales

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Pelagic/Cage

Neptune Islands

Australia

21 species

Hasta 20 m · Advanced (certified cage)

15 m17 °C

Great white shark · Australian sea lion

Océano
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Pelagic/Rocky reef

Caño Island

Costa Rica

20 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m27 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · manta rays · dolphins

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Subtropical rocky reef

Julian Rocks (Byron Bay)

Australia

19 species

Hasta 18 m · Open Water

15 m22 °C

Bull sharks · leopard sharks · turtles

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Pelagic/Cage

False Bay (tiburón blanco)

South Africa

19 species

Hasta 15 m · Advanced (certified cage)

8 m16 °C

Great white shark

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Tropical-temperate transition reef

Solitary Islands

Australia

19 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m21 °C

Grey nurse sharks · tropical and temperate fish mixed together

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UNESCO
Pinnacle/Pelagic

Kicker Rock (León Dormido)

Ecuador

18 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m23 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · sea lions · eagle rays

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Malpelo Island

Colombia

18 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m26 °C

Shoals of scalloped hammerhead · silky shark · whale shark

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Outer crater wall

Molokini Crater

United States

17 species

Hasta 50 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m25 °C

38 species of coral · butterflyfish · Moorish idols

Área marina protegida
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UNESCO
Pinnacle/Current

Gordon Rocks

Ecuador

16 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced, drift diving

15 m22 °C

Hammerhead sharks · mobula rays · sea lions

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Cold-water kelp forest

Cape Town Kelp Forest

South Africa

16 species

Hasta 20 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

Octopus · pyjama sharks · rock lobsters

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Pelagic/Cage

Guadalupe Island (great white shark)

Mexico

13 species

Hasta 20 m · Advanced (certified cage)

30 m20 °C

Great white shark

Océano
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Rock wall

Sombrero Island

Anguilla

9 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Reef sharks · lobsters · groupers

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Volcanic pinnacle

Wolf Rock

Australia

9 species

Hasta 32 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m22 °C

Grey nurse sharks · eagle rays

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Subtropical rocky reef

Cook Island (Fingal Head)

Australia

9 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m22 °C

Grey nurse sharks · turtles · clownfish

Océano
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Volcanic pinnacles

Saba Marine Park

Netherlands

8 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

28 m26 °C

Reef sharks · groupers · lobsters

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Sloping reef

Karpata (Bonaire)

Netherlands

7 species

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Turtles · occasional reef sharks · groupers

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Oceanic swim-through cave

Fish Rock Cave (South West Rocks)

Australia

4 species

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
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