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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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Jellyfish lake/Reef

Derawan Islands (Kakaban / Sangalaki)

Indonesia

63 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Pinnacle / Soft coral reef

Misool (Boo Windows y Magic Mountain)

Indonesia

63 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Ocean wall

Layang Layang Atoll

Malaysia

63 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m

Wall

Bunaken Marine Park

Indonesia

63 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Coastal pelagic

Cenderawasih Bay (whale shark)

Indonesia

62 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Wall

Sipadan

Malaysia

62 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

28 m

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

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Nusa Penida (Manta Point / Crystal Bay)

Indonesia

62 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m22 °C

Reef/Wall

Andaman Islands (Havelock)

India

62 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

Reef/Muck diving

Puerto Galera

Philippines

62 species
Reef/Atoll

Togean Islands

Indonesia

62 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Cleaning station

Ticao Pass (mantarrayas)

Philippines

62 species
Pinnacle/Granite cave

Similan Islands

Thailand

62 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef/Wall

Apo Reef Natural Park

Philippines

61 species
Reef/Wreck

Tioman Island

Malaysia

61 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m

Wall/Reef

Kalimantan (Maratua)

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Coral reef

Karimunjawa

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Coastal pelagic

Ticao Island (Donsol, whale shark)

Philippines

61 species
Remote reef

Widi Islands

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Pinnacle/Cleaning station

Blue Magic (Raja Ampat)

Indonesia

60 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Shallow reef

Perhentian Islands

Malaysia

60 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m

Reef/Pinnacle

Koh Tao

Thailand

60 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m29 °C

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Malapascua (tiburón zorro)

Philippines

60 species
Reef/Wall

Moalboal (Sardine Run)

Philippines

60 species
Reef/Wall

Siquijor

Philippines

60 species
Sloping reef

Cape Kri

Indonesia

60 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m29 °C

Wall

Menjangan Island (Bali Barat)

Indonesia

59 species

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Volcanic wall

Banda Islands

Indonesia

59 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Pinnacle

Richelieu Rock

Thailand

59 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef/Pelagic

Morotai (buceo con tiburones)

Indonesia

59 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Muck diving/Reef

Halmahera (tiburones caminantes)

Indonesia

59 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Volcanic reef

Pulau Weh

Indonesia

59 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Pinnacle

Chumphon Pinnacle

Thailand

59 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef/Wreck

Tenggol Island

Malaysia

59 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m

Granite pinnacle

Perhentian Islands (Tokong Laut)

Malaysia

59 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m

Coral wall

Wakatobi Islands (Hoga)

Indonesia

59 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef/Pelagic

Ponta do Ouro

Mozambique

59 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Deep pinnacle

Hin Daeng / Hin Muang

Thailand

58 species

Hasta 60 m · Advanced

25 m28 °C

Remote atoll

Rowley Shoals

Australia

58 species
Reef/Wreck

Gili Trawangan

Indonesia

58 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Coral lagoon

Marovo Lagoon

Solomon Islands

58 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m

UNESCO
Wreck

SS Yongala

Australia

57 species
Fjord/Reef

Tufi Fjords

Papua New Guinea

57 species
Reef/Pinnacle

Kimbe Bay

Papua New Guinea

57 species
Reef/Pelagic

Tofo Beach

Mozambique

57 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Coral atoll

Lakshadweep (Bangaram)

India

57 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

Reef/War wreck

Madang

Papua New Guinea

57 species
Vertical oceanic wall / Cave

Isla de Navidad (Christmas Island)

Australia

56 species
Wall/Pelagic

Osprey Reef (Coral Sea)

Australia

56 species
Pelagic/Reef

Mafia Island (tiburón ballena)

Tanzania

56 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef/Pinnacle

Koh Phi Phi

Thailand

56 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Remote atoll

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Australia

56 species
Rocky islet

Netrani Island

India

56 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

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

Coastal reef

Pigeon Island

Sri Lanka

Coral reef

Koh Lipe

Thailand

55 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Coral lagoon

Mayotte (laguna)

Mayotte

55 species
Wreck/War reef

Munda

Solomon Islands

55 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m

Wall/Pelagic

Rasdhoo Atoll (Madivaru)

Maldives

55 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Feeding bay

Atolón de Baa (Hanifaru Bay)

Maldives

54 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

UNESCO
Coral reef

Lady Elliot Island

Australia

54 species
Ocean wall

Pemba Channel

Tanzania

54 species

Hasta 50 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef/Archipelago

Quirimbas Islands

Mozambique

54 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Rocky reef

Musandam Peninsula

Oman

54 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m

Reef/Reserve

Daymaniyat Islands

Oman

54 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m

Pinnacle/Wreck

Solomon Islands (Mary Island)

Solomon Islands

54 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m

Pinnacle/Wall

Vaavu Atoll (Fish Head)

Maldives

54 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Volcanic reef

Comoras (Mohéli)

Comoros

54 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m

Reef/Fjord

Bandar Khayran

Oman

54 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m

Cave/Wall

Koh Ha (Krabi)

Thailand

54 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Rocky pinnacle

Lima Rock

Oman

54 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m

Pinnacle/Cave

Mergui Archipelago (Black Rock)

Myanmar

54 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef/Pelagic

Atolón de Ari

Maldives

53 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef/Underwater dune

Archipiélago de Bazaruto

Mozambique

53 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m

Remote reef

Mergui Archipelago

Myanmar

53 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Cleaning station

North Male Atoll (HP Reef)

Maldives

53 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Pristine reef

Vamizi Island

Mozambique

53 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

UNESCO
Coral reef

Heron Island

Australia

52 species
Rock formation/Pelagic

Yonaguni Monument

Japan

52 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Reef/Wall

Elphinstone Reef

Egypt

52 species

Hasta 60 m · Advanced

30 m

Rocky reef

Dibba Rock

United Arab Emirates

52 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Wall/Wreck

Brothers Islands (El Akhawein)

Egypt

51 species

Hasta 80 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m

UNESCO
Platform reef

Norman Reef

Australia

51 species
Wall/Pelagic

Rocky Island

Egypt

51 species

Hasta 60 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m

UNESCO
Reef

Cod Hole

Australia

51 species
Granite reef

La Digue

Seychelles

51 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Reef/Wall

Xcalak

Mexico

51 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m

UNESCO
Outer reef

Agincourt Reefs

Australia

51 species
UNESCO
Platform reef

Flynn Reef

Australia

51 species
Reef/Cave

St John's Reef

Egypt

50 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m

Atoll/Wreck

Banco Chinchorro

Mexico

50 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m

Wall/Shipwreck

Zabargad Island

Egypt

50 species

Hasta 50 m · Advanced, technical

30 m

Reef/Protected island

Wadi Gimal

Egypt

50 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m

Drift reef

Jupiter (drift diving con tiburones)

United States

50 species
Open sandy bottom

Tiger Beach

Bahamas

49 species

Hasta 10 m · Advanced (shark diving)

28 m25 °C

Isolated oceanic reef / Wall

Daedalus Reef (Abu el Kizan)

Egypt

49 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

Pinnacle/Wall

Panorama Reef

Egypt

48 species

Hasta 60 m · Advanced

30 m

Reef/Wall

Sha'ab Rumi (Cousteau)

Sudan

48 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Reef/Wall

Big Gubal Reef

Egypt

48 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Volcanic reef/Pelagic

Orchid Island (Lanyu)

Taiwan

48 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m

Reef/Wall

Ras Mohammed National Park

Egypt

48 species

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m

Reef/Volcanic

Nosy Be

Madagascar

48 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Reef/Mangrove

Farasan Islands

Saudi Arabia

Reef/Wall

Jackson Reef

Egypt

48 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m

Reef/Pelagic

Contoy Island

Mexico

48 species

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Angarosh Reef

Sudan

47 species

Hasta 50 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

UNESCO
Atoll/Wall

Sanganeb Atoll

Sudan

47 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m

Coastal pelagic

Arta Beach (tiburón ballena)

Djibouti

47 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Reef/Cave

Moucha Island

Djibouti

47 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Salt dome/Reef

Flower Garden Banks

United States

46 species
Coral reef

Looe Key

United States

46 species
Barrier reef/Blue Hole

Andros Barrier Reef

Bahamas

46 species

Hasta 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

UNESCO
Wall/Current

Peleliu Wall

Palau

45 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m

UNESCO
Coral channel

Ulong Channel

Palau

45 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m

UNESCO
Wall/Current

Blue Corner

Palau

45 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, strong currents

25 m

Surface pelagic

Isla Mujeres (whale shark)

Mexico

45 species

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

20 m

Reef/Wall

Namena Marine Reserve

Fiji

45 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

UNESCO
Cleaning station

German Channel

Palau

45 species

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Shark feeding

Nassau (buceo con tiburones)

Bahamas

45 species

Hasta 20 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Coral lagoon

Isle of Pines (New Caledonia)

New Caledonia

45 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

Soft coral reef

Bligh Water

Fiji

45 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Reef/Wall

Turneffe Atoll

Belize

44 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m

Reef/Wall

Jardines de la Reina

Cuba

44 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

35 m

Current/Wall

Nigali Passage

Fiji

44 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Marine reserve

Nosy Tanikely

Madagascar

44 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Sandy bottom / Shark encounter

Bimini (gran tiburón martillo)

Bahamas

44 species

Hasta 12 m · Advanced (shark diving)

Reef/Current

Rainbow Reef

Fiji

44 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Reef/Pelagic

Prony Bay

New Caledonia

44 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Reef/Tunnel

Ambergris Caye

Belize

44 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

30 m

Barrier reef

Kadavu

Fiji

44 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

Reef/Cave

Yasawa Islands

Fiji

44 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

Soft coral pinnacle

Nusa Lava (Fiyi)

Fiji

44 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

Barrier reef

Nananu-i-Ra

Fiji

44 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

Reef/Wreck

Samoa (arrecifes de coral)

Samoa

44 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

Reef cut/Reserve

Hol Chan Marine Reserve

Belize

43 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

25 m

UNESCO
Deep wreck

Bikini Atoll

Marshall Islands

43 species

Hasta 55 m · Technical (Trimix)

Wreck

SS President Coolidge

Vanuatu

43 species

Hasta 70 m · Advanced / technical

Wreck/Volcanic reef

Cape Verde (Sal Island)

Cabo Verde

43 species
Shark feeding

Beqa Lagoon (Shark Dive)

Fiji

43 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Wreck (aircraft carrier)

USS Oriskany

United States

43 species
Sinkhole/Cave

Guam (Blue Hole)

Guam

43 species
Cave/Marine cenote

Saipan (Grotto)

Northern Mariana Islands

43 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m

Wreck

SS Benwood (Key Largo)

United States

42 species
Wreck

Duane Wreck (Key Largo)

United States

42 species
Pelagic/Reef

Utila (tiburón ballena)

Honduras

41 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m

Reef/Reserve

Cayos Cochinos

Honduras

41 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m

Wreck

Guam (Second World War wrecks)

Guam

41 species
UNESCO
Atoll

Glover's Reef

Belize

40 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

Wall reef

Palancar Reef

Mexico

40 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m

Reef/Wall

Roatán Island

Honduras

40 species

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m

Wall/Cave

Punta Francés

Cuba

40 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

UNESCO
Reef/Wall

Fernando de Noronha

Brazil

39 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

Wall/Wreck

San Andrés

Colombia

39 species

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m28 °C

Coral reef

Little Corn Island

Nicaragua

38 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m

Coral reef

Big Corn Island

Nicaragua

38 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m

Wall

Barracuda Point (Grand Cayman)

Cayman Islands

37 species
Secondary sinkhole

Blue Hole (Turneffe)

Belize

37 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

30 m

UNESCO
Sinkhole

Great Blue Hole

Belize

36 species

Hasta 124 m · Advanced

Reef/Wall

Desecheo Island

Puerto Rico

36 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Ocean wall

Mona Island

Puerto Rico

36 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Atoll pass/Current

Rangiroa (Paso de Tiputa)

French Polynesia

36 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

Remote coral bank

Pedro Bank

Jamaica

36 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m

Volcanic reef/Wreck

Sal Rei (Boa Vista)

Cabo Verde

36 species
Reef/Volcanic pelagic

Boa Vista

Cabo Verde

35 species
Wreck

Cayman Brac (Pecio MV Captain Keith Tibbetts)

Cayman Islands

34 species
Ocean wall

Turks Island Passage

Turks and Caicos Islands

34 species
Rocky reef/Wreck

Arraial do Cabo

Brazil

34 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m

Atoll pass/Pelagic

Fakarava (Muro de Tiburones)

French Polynesia

33 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

Wall

Grand Turk Wall

Turks and Caicos Islands

33 species
Wreck

Bianca C Wreck

Grenada

33 species
Barrier reef

Buck Island Reef National Monument

U.S. Virgin Islands

Reef/Wreck

Anegada Horseshoe Reef

British Virgin Islands

32 species
Lagoon/Reef

Bora Bora

French Polynesia

32 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m

Underwater canyon

Salt River Canyon

U.S. Virgin Islands

Remote atoll/Pelagic

Kiritimati (Isla Christmas)

Kiribati

31 species
Kelp forest/Canyon

La Jolla Cove

United States

29 species
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Darwin Island

Ecuador

28 species
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Wolf Island

Ecuador

28 species
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Cocos Island

Costa Rica

28 species

Hasta 45 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m

UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Revillagigedo Islands (Socorro)

Mexico

26 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

Kelp forest/Underwater park

Catalina Island (Casino Point)

United States

24 species
Reef/Pelagic

Machalilla / Isla de la Plata

Ecuador

23 species

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m

Reef/Wreck

Aqaba Marine Park

Jordan

23 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

22 m24 °C

Living coral reef

Cabo Pulmo National Park

Mexico

23 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m

UNESCO
Wall/Cleaning station

Cape Marshall

Ecuador

22 species
Rocky reef

Aliwal Shoal

South Africa

22 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m

Deep rocky reef

Protea Banks

South Africa

22 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

15 m

Temperate rocky reef

Esperance

Australia

22 species
Temperate rocky reef

Montague Island

Australia

22 species
UNESCO
Reef/Sardine Run

Cape Vidal

South Africa

21 species

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

UNESCO
Tropical reef

Sodwana Bay

South Africa

21 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

UNESCO
Pelagic/Rocky reef

Coiba National Park

Panama

21 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m

Pelagic/Cage

Neptune Islands

Australia

21 species
Pelagic/Rocky reef

Caño Island

Costa Rica

20 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m27 °C

Subtropical rocky reef

Julian Rocks (Byron Bay)

Australia

19 species
Pelagic/Cage

False Bay (tiburón blanco)

South Africa

19 species

Hasta 15 m · Advanced (certified cage)

8 m

Tropical-temperate transition reef

Solitary Islands

Australia

19 species
UNESCO
Pinnacle/Pelagic

Kicker Rock (León Dormido)

Ecuador

18 species
UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Malpelo Island

Colombia

18 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m

Outer crater wall

Molokini Crater

United States

17 species
UNESCO
Pinnacle/Current

Gordon Rocks

Ecuador

16 species
Cold-water kelp forest

Cape Town Kelp Forest

South Africa

16 species

Hasta 20 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m

Pelagic/Cage

Guadalupe Island (great white shark)

Mexico

13 species

Hasta 20 m · Advanced (certified cage)

30 m

Rock wall

Sombrero Island

Anguilla

Volcanic pinnacle

Wolf Rock

Australia

9 species
Subtropical rocky reef

Cook Island (Fingal Head)

Australia

9 species
Volcanic pinnacles

Saba Marine Park

Netherlands

8 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

28 m26 °C

Sloping reef

Karpata (Bonaire)

Netherlands

7 species

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Oceanic swim-through cave

Fish Rock Cave (South West Rocks)

Australia

4 species
Volcanic/Reserve

Alboran Island

Spain

131 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Groupers · occasional blue sharks · corals

Área marina protegida
View dive site
UNESCO
Atlantic rocky reef

Skellig Islands

Ireland

111 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m13 °C

Grey seals · basking sharks on passage · gannets

OcéanoPatrimonio Mundial
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Wreck/Rocky reef

Malin Head

Ireland

109 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

15 m12 °C

Basking sharks on passage · lobsters · First World War wrecks

Océano
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Volcanic/Wall

El Hierro / La Restinga

Spain

103 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Angelsharks · occasional basking sharks · manta rays

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Oceanic pelagic

Azores (Princess Alice Bank)

Portugal

94 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m23 °C

Manta rays · hammerhead sharks · blue sharks

Océano
View dive site
UNESCO
Reef/Pelagic

Komodo National Park

Indonesia

69 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, strong currents

22 m26 °C

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

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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UNESCO
Coastal reef

Ningaloo Reef

Australia

68 species

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/Wall

Raja Ampat

Indonesia

65 species

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

25 m29 °C

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Wall/Current

Alor Archipelago

Indonesia

65 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Soft corals · occasional hammerhead sharks · macro life

Océano
View dive site
UNESCO
Reef/Wall

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

Philippines

63 species

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

Agua dulceIslas
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Reef and oceanic manta rays · reef sharks · wobbegongs
OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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28 °C

Schooling hammerhead sharks · turtles · dolphins

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

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

Área marina protegida
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28 °C

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

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

Océano
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20 m
28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays

OcéanoIslas
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Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nudibranchs · seahorses · occasional reef sharks

Océano
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Stingless jellyfish · reef sharks · hard corals

OcéanoIslas
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Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m27 °C

Resident oceanic manta rays · whale sharks on passage

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

IslasÁrea marina protegida
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Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · hammerheads · thresher shark

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · nudibranchs

Océano
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Occasional hammerhead sharks · manta rays · turtles

Océano
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Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

OcéanoIslas
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Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Whale shark on passage

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Reef sharks · turtles · pristine corals

OcéanoIslas
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Oceanic manta rays · reef sharks · shoals of trevally

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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28 °C

Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks

Islas
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Occasional whale sharks · turtles · groupers

Océano
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Hasta 30 m · Advanced

20 m27 °C

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

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Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Millions of sardines in bait balls · turtles · whitetip sharks

Área marina protegida
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Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · Napoleon wrasse

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Schooling scalloped hammerhead sharks · sea snakes · mobula rays

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

Área marina protegida
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Blacktip reef sharks · eagle rays

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Walking sharks (Hemiscyllium) · spider crabs

Océano
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Reef sharks · manta rays · occasional hammerhead shark

Océano
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Leopard sharks · barracuda · giant groupers

Océano
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28 °C

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

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28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · barracuda · turtles

Océano
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Reef sharks · macro life · pristine corals

Océano
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Bull sharks · resident dolphins · manta rays

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Manta ray · occasional whale shark · grey reef shark

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Hasta 40 m · Advanced

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · giant groupers · Napoleon wrasse

Océano
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Green and hawksbill turtles · whitetip reef sharks

Océano
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28 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals

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 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Pygmy seahorses · reef sharks · muck diving

Océano
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Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

High coral diversity · reef sharks · manta rays

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

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25 m
28 °C

Reef sharks · dolphins · turtles

OcéanoIslas
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Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Second World War aircraft and ship wrecks · reef sharks

Océano
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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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Hasta 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Grey reef sharks · silky sharks · giant corals

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Whale shark · dolphins · turtles

Océano
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Leopard sharks · blacktip reef sharks · barracuda

OcéanoIslas
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Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · manta rays · pristine corals

Océano
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12 m
27 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · barracuda

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Resident tiger sharks · thresher shark · silvertip shark
Océano
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55 species

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · parrotfish

Océano
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Leopard sharks · turtles · seahorses

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Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · manta rays

Océano
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28 °C

Second World War aircraft wrecks · reef sharks

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Hammerhead sharks at dawn · grey reef sharks

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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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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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Marlin · tuna · oceanic sharks

Océano
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Dugongs · whale sharks on passage · turtles

OcéanoIslas
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26 °C

Whale sharks on passage · dolphins · manta rays

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27 °C

Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks

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29 °C

Reef sharks · Second World War wrecks · soft corals

OcéanoIslas
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Grey reef sharks · Napoleon wrasse

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27 °C

Nesting green turtles · dugongs · reef sharks

Islas
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26 °C

Turtles · whitetip reef sharks · dolphins

Océano
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Leopard sharks · barracuda · light caves

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26 °C

Leopard sharks · manta rays · barracuda

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Nurse sharks · giant lobsters · underwater caves

OcéanoIslas
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Whale shark · manta rays · grey reef sharks

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26 °C

Dugongs · manta rays · whale sharks

Océano
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Leopard sharks · manta rays · occasional whale shark

Océano
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Manta rays · grey reef sharks · Napoleon wrasse

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Reef sharks · turtles · high coral biodiversity

Océano
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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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Migrating hammerhead sharks · enigmatic rock formations

Océano
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26 °C

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

Océano
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Leopard sharks · turtles · occasional manta rays

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26 °C

Hammerhead · oceanic whitetip · thresher and grey reef sharks

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · clownfish

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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27 °C

Oceanic · hammerhead and pelagic thresher sharks

Área marina protegida
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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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Nurse sharks · hawksbill turtles · manta rays

Islas
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27 °C

Groupers · lobsters · nurse sharks

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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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Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef sharks · giant groupers · turtles

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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27 °C

Hammerheads · grey reef shark · oceanic whitetip

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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27 °C

Nurse sharks · American crocodiles · sea turtles

Océano
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27 °C

Oceanic whitetip shark · grey reef shark · hammerheads

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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26 °C

Dugongs · turtles · whitetip reef sharks

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Bull sharks · lemon sharks · goliath groupers

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Tiger shark · lemon shark · nurse shark

Área marina protegida
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Hammerhead sharks · oceanic whitetip · thresher shark
OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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26 °C

Occasional oceanic sharks · barracuda · groupers

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

Océano
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26 °C

Barracuda · reef sharks · moray eels

Océano
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25 °C

Flying fish · occasional sharks · hard corals

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26 °C

Barracuda · trevally · batfish

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Whale sharks on passage · turtles · manta rays

OcéanoIslas
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48 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Dolphins · occasional whale sharks · dugongs

OcéanoIslas
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26 °C

Grey reef sharks · barracuda · Napoleon wrasse

Océano
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28 °C

Whale shark (the Afuera aggregation) · mobula rays

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Hammerhead sharks · tiger shark · silvertip shark

Océano
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27 °C

Hammerhead sharks · grey reef sharks · barracuda

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Juvenile whale shark · dolphins

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Turtles · reef sharks · hard corals

Océano
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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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Hasta 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · lobsters · reef fish

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

OcéanoAgua dulce
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28 °C

Grey reef sharks · hammerhead sharks · barracuda tornadoes

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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28 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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28 °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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28 °C

Whale shark · manta rays

Océano
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25 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · manta rays · soft corals

Océano
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28 °C

Reef manta rays at cleaning stations · reef sharks · rays

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Caribbean reef sharks · nurse sharks

Océano
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25 m
25 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · lagoon fish

Océano
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25 m26 °C

Soft corals · manta rays · reef sharks

Océano
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27 °C

Bull sharks · groupers · turtles

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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27 °C

Grey reef · silky · nurse

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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25 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · occasional hammerhead sharks · barracuda

Océano
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Turtles · Napoleon wrasse · reef sharks

OcéanoIslas
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Great hammerhead · bull shark · Caribbean reef shark
OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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25 m26 °C

Multicoloured soft corals · reef sharks

Océano
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15 m
24 °C

Humpback whales · reef sharks · nudibranchs

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27 °C

Nurse sharks · eagle rays · groupers

Océano
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20 m26 °C

Manta rays · reef sharks · soft corals

OcéanoIslas
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20 m26 °C

Reef sharks · seasonal manta rays · soft corals

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25 m26 °C

Multicoloured soft corals · reef sharks

Océano
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20 m26 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

Océano
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15 m
29 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · the John Williams wreck

Océano
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27 °C

Nurse sharks · eagle rays · groupers

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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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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Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Bull sharks (rare) · rays · turtles

Océano
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20 m27 °C

Tiger sharks · bull sharks · grey reef sharks

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Hasta 65 m · Advanced / technical

25 m25 °C

Barracuda · goliath groupers · occasional sharks

Océano
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Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef fish · occasional sharks

Océano
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28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · karst formations

Océano
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Hasta 15 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Sharks · turtles · occasional dolphins

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Barracuda · goliath groupers · occasional bull sharks

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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28 °C

Whale shark · spinner dolphins

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27 °C

Parrotfish · lobsters · nurse sharks

Océano
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Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef fish · turtles · occasional sharks

Océano
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30 m
27 °C

Reef sharks · groupers · lobsters

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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27 °C

Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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27 °C

Whale sharks (on passage) · octopus · frogfish

Océano
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Reef sharks · groupers · giant sponges

Océano
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35 m
27 °C

Resident spinner dolphin · turtles · reef and lemon sharks

IslasPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

Océano
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28 °C

Nurse sharks · lobsters · turtles

Océano
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28 °C

Nurse sharks · lobsters · turtles

Océano
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Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Large shoals of barracuda · reef sharks

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27 °C

Reef sharks · groupers

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30 m
27 °C

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

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Groupers · lobsters · occasional sharks

Océano
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Occasional bull sharks · giant groupers · lobsters

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30 m
27 °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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27 °C

Lobsters · reef sharks · turtles

Océano
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Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Bull sharks · fishing boat wrecks · rays

Océano
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Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Nesting loggerhead turtles · lemon sharks · rays

Océano
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Hasta 30 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef fish · nurse sharks

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Hasta 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Humpback whales on passage · occasional oceanic sharks

Océano
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20 °C

Groupers · occasional reef sharks · wrecks

Océano
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30 m
27 °C

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

Área marina protegida
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Hasta 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Humpback whales on passage · sharks · dolphins

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Hasta 50 m · Advanced / technical

20 m27 °C

Barracuda · groupers · nurse sharks

Océano
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32 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Hawksbill turtles · blacktip reef sharks · eagle rays

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Lobsters · nurse sharks · numerous historic wrecks

Océano
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27 °C

Lagoon manta rays · blacktip reef sharks · lemon sharks

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31 species

Hasta 50 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Reef sharks · manta rays · black corals

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef sharks · giant trevally · manta rays

Océano
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Hasta 25 m · Open Water

10 m16 °C

Sea lions · leopard sharks · rays

Océano
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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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Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m24 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerheads · whale shark · Galápagos shark

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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27 °C

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

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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25 m25 °C

Giant manta ray · bottlenose dolphin · hammerhead shark

IslasPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Hasta 25 m · Open Water

10 m17 °C

Garibaldi · lobsters · occasional leopard sharks

Océano
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22 °C

Humpback whales on passage · manta rays · whitetip reef sharks

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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26 °C

Bull sharks · giant groupers · manta rays

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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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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23 °C

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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22 °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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Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m18 °C

Sea lions · lobsters · occasional white sharks

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Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m20 °C

Australian sea lions · grey nurse sharks

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15 m22 °C

Dolphins · sharks and seabirds during the Sardine Run

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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15 m24 °C

Tiger sharks · manta rays · ridley and loggerhead turtles

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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27 °C

Bull sharks · hammerhead sharks · humpback whales

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Hasta 20 m · Advanced (certified cage)

15 m17 °C

Great white shark · Australian sea lion

Océano
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Whitetip reef sharks · manta rays · dolphins

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Hasta 18 m · Open Water

15 m22 °C

Bull sharks · leopard sharks · turtles

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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16 °C

Great white shark

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Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m21 °C

Grey nurse sharks · tropical and temperate fish mixed together

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Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m23 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · sea lions · eagle rays

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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26 °C

Shoals of scalloped hammerhead · silky shark · whale shark

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Hasta 50 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m25 °C

38 species of coral · butterflyfish · Moorish idols

Área marina protegida
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Hasta 30 m · Advanced, drift diving

15 m22 °C

Hammerhead sharks · mobula rays · sea lions

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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12 °C

Octopus · pyjama sharks · rock lobsters

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20 °C

Great white shark

Océano
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9 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Reef sharks · lobsters · groupers

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Hasta 32 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m22 °C

Grey nurse sharks · eagle rays

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Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m22 °C

Grey nurse sharks · turtles · clownfish

Océano
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Reef sharks · groupers · lobsters

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Turtles · occasional reef sharks · groupers

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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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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