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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.

553documented spots117countries404 mmetres of maximum depth

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Depth (m)15 m – 80 m
Visibility (m)5 m – 35 m
Water temperature (°C)6 °C – 29 °C

106 dive sites found

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Sharks
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Manta rays
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Reefs
Wrecks
Caves and cenotes
Walls
Large pelagics
Snorkelling-friendly
Beginners
Technical diving
UNESCO
Rocky reef/Wreck

Costa Amalfitana

Italy

103 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m

Rocky reef/Wreck

Rodas

Greece

103 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Classical-period archaeological wreck

Pecio de Peristera (Museo Subacuático de Alonnisos)

Greece

102 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water; only with an authorised guide

Wreck

Amorgos (pecio Le Grand Bleu)

Greece

102 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m23 °C

Volcanic/Wreck

Santorini (Caldera volcánica)

Greece

101 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m22 °C

Cave/Wreck

Fethiye

Türkiye

101 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m

Rocky reef/Wreck

Marmaris

Türkiye

101 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m

Wreck/Rocky reef

Bodrum (aircraft wreck)

Türkiye

99 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m

Wreck

Vis Island (pecios)

Croatia

94 species
UNESCO
Wreck/Rocky reef

Dubrovnik

Croatia

94 species
Wreck/Reef

Cirkewwa (Malta)

Malta

92 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

30 m

Wreck/Cave

Malta (Blue Hole Gozo / Um El Faroud)

Malta

92 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m

Wreck (deep hold section)

Zenobia Wreck

Cyprus

Cave/Wreck

Cape Greco

Cyprus

UNESCO
Wreck/Cave

Paphos (pecios)

Cyprus

UNESCO
Fjord/Wreck

Bay of Kotor

Montenegro

Rocky reef/Wreck

Piran

Slovenia

89 species
Wreck/Muck diving

Sabang Bay

Philippines

62 species
Reef/Wreck

Riau Islands (Bintan)

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Wreck

USAT Liberty (Tulamben)

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef/Wreck

Tioman Island

Malaysia

61 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m

Reef/Wreck

Batam Islands

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Wreck

Coron Bay (wrecks)

Philippines

59 species
Reef/Wreck

Tenggol Island

Malaysia

59 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m

Reef/Wreck

Gili Trawangan

Indonesia

58 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef/Wreck

Cebú (Mactan Island)

Philippines

58 species
UNESCO
Wreck

SS Yongala

Australia

57 species
Rocky reef/Wreck

Grande Island (Goa)

India

57 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

Reef/War wreck

Madang

Papua New Guinea

57 species
Wreck/War reef

Munda

Solomon Islands

55 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m

Pinnacle/Wreck

Solomon Islands (Mary Island)

Solomon Islands

54 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m

Wall/Wreck

Brothers Islands (El Akhawein)

Egypt

51 species

Hasta 80 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m

Deep wreck (aircraft carrier)

Pecio HMS Hermes

Sri Lanka

Atoll/Wreck

Banco Chinchorro

Mexico

50 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m

Wreck

Thistlegorm wreck

Egypt

48 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Wreck

Wreck of the Louilla

Egypt

48 species

Hasta 26 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Wreck

Abu Nuhas (Ghiannis D)

Egypt

47 species

Hasta 28 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m

Reef/Wreck

Veracruz (Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano)

Mexico

47 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m

Deep Second World War wreck

Pecio Rosalie Möller

Egypt

46 species

Hasta 50 m · Advanced / technical

Wreck / Maritime grave

Pecio Salem Express

Egypt

46 species

Hasta 32 m · Advanced Open Water; penetration prohibited

Second World War wreck

Bell Island Wrecks

Canada

45 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m8 °C

Cold-water wreck

Block Island (Mohawk wreck)

United States

45 species
Wreck/Reef

Kwajalein Atoll

Marshall Islands

45 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Wreck

Pecio Umbria (Wingate Reef)

Sudan

44 species

Hasta 36 m · Open Water; penetration only with a wreck qualification

Reef/Wreck

Samoa (arrecifes de coral)

Samoa

44 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

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

Reef/Wreck

Deception Bay (Efate)

Vanuatu

43 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

Wreck/Volcanic reef

Cape Verde (Sal Island)

Cabo Verde

43 species
Wreck (aircraft carrier)

USS Oriskany

United States

43 species
Reef/Wreck

Rota Island

Northern Mariana Islands

43 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m

Wreck

USS Spiegel Grove

United States

42 species
Deep wreck

Andrea Doria

United States

42 species
Wreck

SS Benwood (Key Largo)

United States

42 species
Wreck

Duane Wreck (Key Largo)

United States

42 species
Wreck (the only site spanning two wars)

SMS Cormoran (Guam)

Guam

41 species
Wreck

Guam (Second World War wrecks)

Guam

41 species
Wreck

Fujikawa Maru (Chuuk)

Micronesia

41 species

Hasta 34 m · Advanced Open Water / technical

20 m

Second World War wreck

Apra Harbor (Guam)

Guam

41 species
Wall/Wreck

San Andrés

Colombia

39 species

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m28 °C

Cold rocky reef/Wreck

Rügen (ámbar báltico)

Germany

39 species

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

5 m15 °C

Wreck/Reef

Varadero

Cuba

39 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Volcanic reef/Wreck

Sal Rei (Boa Vista)

Cabo Verde

36 species
Wreck/Reef

Negril (aircraft wreck)

Jamaica

36 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m

Wreck

Pecio Cristóbal Colón (Bermudas)

Bermuda

35 species
Historic wreck (paddle steamer)

Pecio Mary Celestia (Bermudas)

Bermuda

35 species
Wreck

Antilla Wreck

Aruba

35 species

Hasta 18 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Wreck

Cayman Brac (Pecio MV Captain Keith Tibbetts)

Cayman Islands

34 species
Wreck

USS Kittiwake wreck

Cayman Islands

34 species
Reef/Wreck

Bequia (Grenadinas)

Saint Vincent and Grenadines

34 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m

Wreck

Wreck Alley (Aruba)

Aruba

34 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Wreck/Reef

Carlisle Bay (Barbados)

Barbados

34 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

20 m

Wreck

Doc Poulson Wreck (Grand Cayman)

Cayman Islands

34 species
Rocky reef/Wreck

Arraial do Cabo

Brazil

34 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m

Wreck

Bianca C Wreck

Grenada

33 species
Wreck

RMS Rhone

British Virgin Islands

32 species
Reef/Wreck

Anegada Horseshoe Reef

British Virgin Islands

32 species
Reef/Wreck

Carlisle Bay

Antigua and Barbuda

32 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m

Cold-water wreck

Gdansk (pecios bálticos)

Poland

32 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water / technical

8 m10 °C

Cold rocky reef/Wreck

Archipiélago de Turku

Finland

31 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

Wreck

HMCS Nanaimo Wreck

Canada

24 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m10 °C

Reef/Wreck

Aqaba Marine Park

Jordan

23 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

22 m24 °C

Cold-water wreck

Wreck Alley (San Diego)

United States

23 species
Kelp forest/Wreck

Coronado Islands

Mexico

23 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m

Temperate reef/Wreck

Rottnest Island

Australia

22 species
Cold freshwater wreck

Isle Royale National Park

United States

21 species
UNESCO
Rocky reef/Wreck

Nesebar (Mar Negro)

Bulgaria

21 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

5 m

Freshwater wreck

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

United States

20 species
Historic wreck (18th century)

Vrouw Maria wreck

Finland

20 species

Hasta 41 m · Technical (restricted access)

8 m6 °C

Wreck/Cold water

Fathom Five National Marine Park (Tobermory)

Canada

18 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m

Wreck/Temperate reef

Bay of Islands

New Zealand

14 species
Historic wreck (Civil War)

USS Monitor (Graveyard of the Atlantic)

United States

10 species
Cold-water wreck

Pecio Mikhail Lermontov

New Zealand

8 species
Wreck / Artificial reef

Pecio Rainbow Warrior

New Zealand

7 species
Wreck

Hilma Hooker (Bonaire)

Netherlands

6 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Industrial wreck/Reef

Salt Pier (Bonaire)

Netherlands

6 species

Hasta 20 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Marine reserve/Wreck

Cabo de Palos

Spain

130 species

Hasta 45 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Large groupers · dentex · barracuda

Área marina protegida
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Volcanic marine reserve / Posidonia meadow / Wreck

Cabo de Gata-Níjar

Spain

122 species

Hasta 42 m · Open Water; the El Arna wreck requires an advanced level

Grouper · sea bream · snapper

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Rocky reef/Wreck

L'Escala (Costa Brava)

Spain

122 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m19 °C

Groupers · conger eels · the Reggio Messina wreck

Océano
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Marine reserve/Wreck

Côte Bleue

France

116 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m19 °C

Groupers · corals · archaeological remains

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Wreck/Rocky reef

Isles of Scilly

United Kingdom

114 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m14 °C

Grey seals · lobsters · numerous historic shipwrecks

OcéanoIslas
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Wreck/Rocky reef

Plymouth Sound (pecios)

United Kingdom

112 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m13 °C

Lobsters · conger eels · several artificial wrecks

Océano
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Cold rocky reef/Wreck

Farne Islands (Longstone)

United Kingdom

112 species

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

Grey seals · historic lighthouse wrecks

Islas
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Wreck

Scapa Flow

United Kingdom

111 species

Hasta 45 m · Advanced / technical

10 m10 °C

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

Área marina protegida
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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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Wreck/Rocky reef

Elba Island

Italy

104 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m21 °C

Groupers · moray eels · the remains of historic wrecks

OcéanoIslas
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20 °C

Groupers · octopus · submerged Roman remains

Patrimonio Mundial
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Groupers · octopus · the Italian Freighter wreck

Océano
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Mediterranean reef life; the park protects the Mediterranean monk seal
Área marina protegida
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Reef fish · moray eels

Océano
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Reef fish · lava formations · an aircraft wreck

Océano
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23 °C

Groupers · octopus · the Fethiye aircraft wreck

Océano
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23 °C

Groupers · moray eels · merchant ship wrecks

Océano
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23 °C

Reef fish · octopus · ancient amphora remains

Océano
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Hasta 50 m · Advanced

30 m22 °C

Reef fish · encrusting corals

Océano
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Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · lobsters · minor wrecks

OcéanoPatrimonio Mundial
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20 °C

Reef fish · two patrol boat wrecks

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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20 °C

Groupers · moray eels · octopus

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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91 species

Hasta 42 m · Technical

25 m20 °C

Large groupers · barracuda · moray eels

OcéanoPolarÁrea marina protegida
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91 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

Reef fish · moray eels · the nearby Zenobia wreck

Océano
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91 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Reef fish · moray eels · the Achilleas tug wreck

OcéanoPatrimonio Mundial
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89 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m20 °C

Groupers · moray eels · Second World War wrecks

OcéanoPatrimonio Mundial
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Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m19 °C

Reef fish · moray eels · the Baron Gautsch wreck

Océano
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Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Nudibranchs · seahorses · mimic octopus

Océano
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Reef fish · Second World War wrecks

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

Océano
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28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · nudibranchs

Océano
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Reef fish · sunken commercial wrecks

Océano
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Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Coral and invertebrates over the whole hull · mandarinfish · abundant macro life

Océano
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28 °C

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

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Green and hawksbill turtles · whitetip reef sharks

Océano
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Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef fish · the Kokusai Maru wreck

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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8 m
27 °C

Reef fish · a small wreck

Océano
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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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28 °C

Second World War aircraft wrecks · reef sharks

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29 °C

Reef sharks · Second World War wrecks · soft corals

OcéanoIslas
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26 °C

Hammerhead · oceanic whitetip · thresher and grey reef sharks

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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50 species

Hasta 55 m · Technical (mandatory decompression)

Large tuna · big grouper · trevally; the absence of fishing and of diving pressure has left an exceptional density of fish

Área marina protegida
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27 °C

Nurse sharks · American crocodiles · sea turtles

Océano
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26 °C

Barracuda · tuna · batfish

Océano
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26 °C

Reef fish · moray eels

Océano
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26 °C

Clouds of glassfish · giant moray eels · octopus

Océano
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26 °C

Colonial wrecks · lobsters · reef fish

Océano
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Clouds of glassfish · grouper · trevally
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Grouper · crocodilefish · moray eels
Océano
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Cold-water fish · rock lobsters

Océano
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Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m14 °C

Lobsters · black sea bass · bottom fish

Océano
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29 °C

Reef fish · Second World War wrecks

Océano
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Sponges · encrusting corals · crinoids
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15 m
29 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · the John Williams wreck

Océano
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30 m
29 °C

Reef fish · grey reef sharks

Patrimonio Mundial
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25 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · occasional sharks

Océano
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20 m27 °C

Reef fish · octopus · lobsters

Océano
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Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Bull sharks (rare) · rays · turtles

Océano
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Hasta 65 m · Advanced / technical

25 m25 °C

Barracuda · goliath groupers · occasional sharks

Océano
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28 °C

Turtles · reef fish · the Betty Bomber aircraft wreck

Océano
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Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

More than 130 species of fish; algae · sponges

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Hasta 70 m · Technical (Trimix)

10 m10 °C

Groupers · cold-water lobsters

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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Hasta 37 m · Advanced Open Water / technical

25 m28 °C

Reef fish · encrusting corals

Océano
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Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef fish · turtles · occasional sharks

Océano
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29 °C

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Japanese and American Second World War wrecks

Océano
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Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

Océano
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Cold-water fish · fragments of Baltic amber

Océano
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Reef fish · lobsters · minor wrecks

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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27 °C

Reef fish · an artificially sunk aircraft wreck

Océano
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Hasta 18 m · Open Water

Trumpetfish · blue angelfish · lobsters

Océano
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Hasta 17 m · Open Water

Océano
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Reef fish · moray eels

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 20 m · Open Water

28 m27 °C

Parrotfish · barracuda · moray eels

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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27 °C

Hawksbill turtles · seahorses · the Wallblake wreck

Océano
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Reef fish · moray eels · lobsters

Océano
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27 °C

Hawksbill turtles · seahorses · reef fish

Océano
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Hasta 17 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Groupers · moray eels · reef fish

Océano
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20 °C

Groupers · occasional reef sharks · wrecks

Océano
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Hasta 50 m · Advanced / technical

20 m27 °C

Barracuda · groupers · nurse sharks

Océano
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Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Hard and soft coral over the hull · lobsters · moray eels

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

Turtles · rays · reef fish

Océano
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Cold-water fish · numerous well-preserved war wrecks

Océano
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Cold-water fish · numerous historic wrecks

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Octopus · crabs · rock lobsters

Océano
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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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Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m15 °C

California lobsters · rockfish · sea lions

Océano
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16 °C

Sea lions · lobsters · rockfish

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Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m20 °C

Sea lions · tropical and temperate fish mixed together

Polar
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Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m8 °C

Freshwater fish · more than 10 historic wrecks

Agua dulce
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18 °C

Brackish-water fish · mussels · ancient wrecks

OcéanoPatrimonio Mundial
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Hasta 50 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m10 °C

Freshwater fish · lake sturgeon

Área marina protegida
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Cold-water fish · the historic cargo still intact

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10 °C

Freshwater fish · sturgeon

Agua dulce
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Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m19 °C

Subtropical fish · dolphins · the Rainbow Warrior wreck

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Hasta 70 m · Technical (authorised research only)

15 m20 °C

Bottom fish · cold-water lobsters

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Hasta 38 m · Advanced; penetration only with specific training

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Hasta 26 m · Advanced Open Water

Jewel anemones in intense colours · golden snapper · kingfish

Océano
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Reef fish · tarpon · sea fans over the hull

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Shoals of trevally and grunts · barracuda · moray eels

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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