Explore the world underwater

Farne Islands (Longstone)

United Kingdom

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

Grey seals · historic lighthouse wrecks

St Abbs

United Kingdom

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m10 °C

Lobsters · spider crabs · plumose anemones

Skellig Islands

Ireland

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m13 °C

Grey seals · basking sharks on passage · gannets

Malin Head

Ireland

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

15 m12 °C

Basking sharks on passage · lobsters · First World War wrecks

Zakynthos (tortuga boba)

Greece

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m23 °C

Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) · groupers

Plemmirio Marine Reserve (Sicilia)

Italy

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

Corals · moray eels · lobsters

Elafonisi (Creta)

Greece

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Reef fish · corals · lobsters

Elba Island

Italy

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m21 °C

Groupers · moray eels · the remains of historic wrecks

Halkidiki

Greece

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m22 °C

Groupers · moray eels · seahorses

Costa Amalfitana

Italy

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m20 °C

Groupers · octopus · submerged Roman remains

Ponza Island

Italy

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Groupers · lobsters · volcanic formations

Rodas

Greece

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · the Italian Freighter wreck

Symi

Greece

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

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

Corfú (Paleokastritsa)

Greece

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · lobsters

Marmaris

Türkiye

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · moray eels · merchant ship wrecks

Bodrum (aircraft wreck)

Türkiye

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Reef fish · octopus · ancient amphora remains

Museo Atlántico (Lanzarote)

Spain

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

15 m20 °C

Reef fish colonising the sculptures

Garajau Marine Reserve (Madeira)

Portugal

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m20 °C

Groupers · eagle rays · occasional turtles

Dubrovnik

Croatia

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · lobsters · minor wrecks

Cirkewwa (Malta)

Malta

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

30 m20 °C

Reef fish · two patrol boat wrecks

Gozo (Cathedral Cave/Reqqa Point)

Malta

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m20 °C

Groupers · moray eels · encrusting corals

Ksamil

Albania

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · corals

Piran

Slovenia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m19 °C

Reef fish · moray eels · the Baron Gautsch wreck

Trondheimsfjord (corales de agua fría)

Norway

Hasta 80 m · Technical

15 m7 °C

Cold-water Lophelia corals · lobsters · cod

Komodo National Park

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, strong currents

22 m26 °C

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

Ningaloo Reef

Australia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

Between 300 and 500 whale sharks a year; giant manta rays · turtles · whales; more than 300 species of coral

Raja Ampat

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

25 m29 °C

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

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

Philippines

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

Derawan Islands (Kakaban / Sangalaki)

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

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

Wakatobi National Park

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m28 °C

Close to 950 species of fish and some 400 of coral; mobula rays · short-finned pilot whales · six species of dolphin

Misool (Boo Windows y Magic Mountain)

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Reef and oceanic manta rays · reef sharks · wobbegongs

Panglao (Bohol)

Philippines

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Tarsier (on land) · turtles · sea snakes

Triton Bay

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

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

Andaman Islands (Havelock)

India

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays

Puerto Galera

Philippines

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nudibranchs · seahorses · occasional reef sharks

Togean Islands

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Stingless jellyfish · reef sharks · hard corals

Padang Bai (Blue Lagoon)

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Clownfish · octopus · occasional reef sharks

Apo Reef Natural Park

Philippines

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · hammerheads · thresher shark

Riau Islands (Bintan)

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · Second World War wrecks

Anilao

Philippines

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Nudibranchs in enormous variety · frogfish · octopus

Tioman Island

Malaysia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · nudibranchs

Kalimantan (Maratua)

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Occasional hammerhead sharks · manta rays · turtles

Batam Islands

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · sunken commercial wrecks

Nusa Lembongan

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m22 °C

Sunfish (mola mola) · manta rays · turtles

Karimunjawa

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

Kepulauan Seribu

Indonesia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

8 m29 °C

Reef fish · recovering corals

Widi Islands

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · pristine corals

Kri Island (Raja Ampat)

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

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

Surin Islands

Thailand

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

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

Amed y Jemeluk Bay

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Clownfish · seahorses · mimic octopus

Mabul Island

Malaysia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m29 °C

Pygmy seahorses · frogfish · mimic octopus

Perhentian Islands

Malaysia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks

Koh Tao

Thailand

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m29 °C

Occasional whale sharks · turtles · groupers

Moalboal (Sardine Run)

Philippines

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Millions of sardines in bait balls · turtles · whitetip sharks

Con Dao Islands

Vietnam

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Nesting green turtles · occasional dugongs

Redang Island

Malaysia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green turtles · clownfish · soft corals

Batanes Islands

Philippines

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Subtropical fish · lobsters

Con Son Island (North Con Dao)

Vietnam

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Occasional dugongs · nesting turtles · hard corals

Siquijor

Philippines

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals

Bunutan

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Clownfish · seahorses · mimic octopus

Bangka Belitung

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · octopus · granite formations

Cape Kri

Indonesia

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m29 °C

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

Sangalaki Islands

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Green turtles nesting en masse · manta rays

Apo Island

Philippines

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

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

Verde Island Passage

Philippines

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

More than 300 species of coral recorded; dense shoals of fish · passing pelagics · pygmy seahorses

Ogasawara Islands

Japan

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m24 °C

Sperm whales and humpback whales · dolphins at Futami (Chichijima) · more than 190 threatened bird species across the archipelago as a whole

Morotai (buceo con tiburones)

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · eagle rays

Halmahera (tiburones caminantes)

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Walking sharks (Hemiscyllium) · spider crabs

Pulau Weh

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef sharks · manta rays · occasional hammerhead shark

Tenggol Island

Malaysia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

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

Banggai Islands

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Banggai cardinalfish (an endangered endemic species)

Phu Quoc

Vietnam

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Seahorses · turtles · hard corals

Ponta do Ouro

Mozambique

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Bull sharks · resident dolphins · manta rays

Gili Trawangan

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green and hawksbill turtles · whitetip reef sharks

Camiguin Island

Philippines

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef fish · turtles · soft corals

Cebú (Mactan Island)

Philippines

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef fish · the Kokusai Maru wreck

Camotes Islands

Philippines

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef fish · freshwater caves nearby

Bali (Nusa Dua)

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · hard corals

Riung Islands (Flores)

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · reef fish · fruit bats on a nearby island

Whitsunday Islands (Bahía Chalkies)

Australia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m25 °C

Turtles · reef fish · hard corals

Tufi Fjords

Papua New Guinea

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Pygmy seahorses · reef sharks · muck diving

Kimbe Bay

Papua New Guinea

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

High coral diversity · reef sharks · manta rays

Tofo Beach

Mozambique

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

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

Grande Island (Goa)

India

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

8 m27 °C

Reef fish · a small wreck

Madang

Papua New Guinea

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Second World War aircraft and ship wrecks · reef sharks

Mafia Island (tiburón ballena)

Tanzania

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Whale shark · dolphins · turtles

Koh Rong

Cambodia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

10 m29 °C

Seahorses · bioluminescent plankton at night

Koh Phi Phi

Thailand

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · blacktip reef sharks · barracuda

Nha Trang

Vietnam

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

8 m27 °C

Nudibranchs · seahorses · clownfish

Koh Ta Kiev

Cambodia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

10 m29 °C

Seahorses · bioluminescent plankton at night

Pigeon Island

Sri Lanka

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · parrotfish

Koh Lipe

Thailand

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · turtles · seahorses

Racha Yai

Thailand

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Clownfish · turtles · octopus

Kerama Islands

Japan

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

30 m24 °C

Green turtles · hard corals of great diversity

Munda

Solomon Islands

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Second World War aircraft wrecks · reef sharks

Watamu Marine Park

Kenya

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Green turtles · moray eels · reef fish

Miyako Island

Japan

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m25 °C

Reef fish · underwater karst formations

Lady Elliot Island

Australia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

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

Quirimbas Islands

Mozambique

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Dugongs · whale sharks on passage · turtles

Musandam Peninsula

Oman

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Whale sharks on passage · dolphins · manta rays

Daymaniyat Islands

Oman

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks

Comoras (Mohéli)

Comoros

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Nesting green turtles · dugongs · reef sharks

Bandar Khayran

Oman

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Turtles · whitetip reef sharks · dolphins

Hikkaduwa

Sri Lanka

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green turtles · clownfish · hard corals

Watamu Turtle Watch

Kenya

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Green turtles · moray eels · reef fish

Atolón de Ari

Maldives

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whale shark · manta rays · grey reef sharks

Archipiélago de Bazaruto

Mozambique

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Dugongs · manta rays · whale sharks

Mnemba Atoll (Zanzíbar)

Tanzania

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Dolphins · green turtles · Napoleon wrasse

Mergui Archipelago

Myanmar

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · manta rays · occasional whale shark

Malindi Marine Park

Kenya

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · hard corals

Vamizi Island

Mozambique

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · high coral biodiversity

Heron Island

Australia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

Nesting green and hawksbill turtles · manta rays · reef sharks

Elphinstone Reef

Egypt

Hasta 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

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

Dibba Rock

United Arab Emirates

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Leopard sharks · turtles · occasional manta rays

Weizhou Island

China

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

10 m26 °C

Hard corals · reef fish · volcanic formations

Wuzhizhou Island

China

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

10 m27 °C

Reef fish · hard corals

Kisite-Mpunguti Marine Park

Kenya

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Resident dolphins · turtles · Napoleon wrasse

Norman Reef

Australia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · clownfish

Cod Hole

Australia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Large potato cod · thoroughly used to divers · Napoleon wrasse

La Digue

Seychelles

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · hawksbill turtles · manta rays

Blue Bay Marine Park

Mauritius

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Clownfish · parrotfish · sea cucumbers