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Map Species Parks Diving

Diving and snorkelling

Explore the world underwater

553 diving and snorkelling sites across 117 countries — from coral reefs to wrecks more than 404 metres deep.

553documented spots117countries404 mmetres of maximum depth

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Atlantic rocky reef

Cíes Islands

Spain

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m

Rocky reef/Cave

Berlengas Islands

Portugal

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m18 °C

Sesimbra

Portugal

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m18 °C

Volcanic/Reserve

Columbretes Islands

Spain

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Medes Islands

Spain

Hasta 45 m · Advanced

20 m

Cap de Creus

Spain

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m

Rocky reef/Wreck

L'Escala (Costa Brava)

Spain

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m

Volcanic marine reserve / Posidonia meadow / Wreck

Cabo de Gata-Níjar

Spain

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

Marine reserve/Wall

Port-Cros National Park

France

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

20 m19 °C

Wreck/Rocky reef

Isles of Scilly

United Kingdom

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

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Hammerhead sharks

Caves and cenotes

Snorkelling-friendly

Technical diving

16 °C

Octopus · conger eels · lobsters

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

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Groupers · conger eels · lobsters

Océano

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Groupers · octopus · conger eels

Océano

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20 °C

Groupers · red corals · occasional blue sharks

OcéanoIslasÁrea marina protegida

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19 °C

Large groupers · conger eels · deep-water corals

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

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19 °C

Red corals · groupers · conger eels

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

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19 °C

Groupers · conger eels · the Reggio Messina wreck

Océano

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Grouper · sea bream · snapper

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

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Groupers · corals · a marked underwater trail

Océano

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15 m

14 °C

Grey seals · lobsters · numerous historic shipwrecks

OcéanoIslas

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Rocky reef/Reserve

Lundy Island

United Kingdom

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m13 °C

Grey seals · lobsters · the first Marine Conservation Zone in the United Kingdom

Cold rocky reef

Farne Islands

United Kingdom

Hasta 20 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

Curious grey seals · lobsters

Wreck/Rocky reef

Plymouth Sound (pecios)

United Kingdom

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m13 °C

Lobsters · conger eels · several artificial wrecks

Cold rocky reef

St Abbs

United Kingdom

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m10 °C

Lobsters · spider crabs · plumose anemones

Atlantic rocky reef

Skellig Islands

Ireland

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m13 °C

Grey seals · basking sharks on passage · gannets

OcéanoPatrimonio Mundial

Wreck/Rocky reef

Malin Head

Ireland

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

15 m12 °C

Basking sharks on passage · lobsters · First World War wrecks

Portofino Marine Reserve

Italy

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m19 °C

Groupers · corals · red gorgonians

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Tavolara (Cerdeña)

Italy

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m20 °C

Groupers · lobsters · red corals

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Plemmirio Marine Reserve (Sicilia)

Italy

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

Corals · moray eels · lobsters

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Aegadian Islands (Favignana)

Italy

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · corals · Punic archaeological remains

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Wreck/Rocky reef

Elba Island

Italy

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m21 °C

Groupers · moray eels · the remains of historic wrecks

Volcanic/Reserve

Ustica Island

Italy

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

Dusky groupers · tuna · amberjack

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

El Hierro / La Restinga

Spain

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Angelsharks · occasional basking sharks · manta rays

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Rocky reef/Cave

Halkidiki

Greece

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m22 °C

Groupers · moray eels · seahorses

Rocky reef/Wreck

Rodas

Greece

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · the Italian Freighter wreck

Cave/Rocky reef

Symi

Greece

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

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

Tremiti Islands

Italy

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · red corals · lobsters

OcéanoIslasÁrea marina protegida

Amorgos (pecio Le Grand Bleu)

Greece

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m23 °C

Reef fish · moray eels

Kas

Türkiye

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m22 °C

Groupers · turtles · a submerged aircraft wreck

Santorini (Caldera volcánica)

Greece

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m22 °C

Reef fish · lava formations · an aircraft wreck

Fethiye

Türkiye

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · the Fethiye aircraft wreck

Rocky reef/Wreck

Marmaris

Türkiye

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · moray eels · merchant ship wrecks

Wreck/Rocky reef

Bodrum (aircraft wreck)

Türkiye

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Reef fish · octopus · ancient amphora remains

Underwater museum/Artificial reef

Museo Atlántico (Lanzarote)

Spain

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

15 m20 °C

Reef fish colonising the sculptures

Blue Cave of Biševo

Croatia

Hasta 10 m · Open Water / Snorkel

20 m22 °C

Reef fish

Vis Island (pecios)

Croatia

Hasta 50 m · Advanced

30 m22 °C

Reef fish · encrusting corals

Kornati Islands

Croatia

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Posidonia oceanica meadows · bottlenose dolphin · loggerhead turtle

OcéanoIslasÁrea marina protegida

Oceanic pelagic

Azores (Princess Alice Bank)

Portugal

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m23 °C

Manta rays · hammerhead sharks · blue sharks

Garajau Marine Reserve (Madeira)

Portugal

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m20 °C

Groupers · eagle rays · occasional turtles

Salt lake/Reserve

Mljet Island

Croatia

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · corals · two inland salt lakes

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Wreck/Rocky reef

Dubrovnik

Croatia

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · lobsters · minor wrecks

OcéanoPatrimonio Mundial

Malta (Blue Hole Gozo / Um El Faroud)

Malta

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m20 °C

Groupers · moray eels · octopus

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Cave/Rocky reef

Gozo (Cathedral Cave/Reqqa Point)

Malta

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m20 °C

Groupers · moray eels · encrusting corals

Cirkewwa (Malta)

Malta

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

30 m20 °C

Reef fish · two patrol boat wrecks

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Wreck (deep hold section)

Zenobia Wreck

Cyprus

Hasta 42 m · Technical

25 m20 °C

Large groupers · barracuda · moray eels

OcéanoPolarÁrea marina protegida

Cape Greco

Cyprus

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

Reef fish · moray eels · the nearby Zenobia wreck

Paphos (pecios)

Cyprus

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Reef fish · moray eels · the Achilleas tug wreck

OcéanoPatrimonio Mundial

Rocky reef/Cave

Ksamil

Albania

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · corals

Bay of Kotor

Montenegro

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m20 °C

Groupers · moray eels · Second World War wrecks

OcéanoPatrimonio Mundial

Rocky reef/Wreck

Piran

Slovenia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m19 °C

Reef fish · moray eels · the Baron Gautsch wreck

Cold-water pelagic

Lofoten (orcas)

Norway

Hasta 25 m · Advanced / drysuit

15 m6 °C

Orcas · humpback whales · herring

Cold-water coral reef

Trondheimsfjord (corales de agua fría)

Norway

Hasta 80 m · Technical

15 m7 °C

Cold-water Lophelia corals · lobsters · cod

Unique geothermal formation

Strýtan (chimenea hidrotermal)

Iceland

Hasta 70 m · Advanced Open Water (drysuit)

20 m5 °C

Limited wildlife; a unique mineral tufa chimney

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

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

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Raja Ampat

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

25 m29 °C

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Alor Archipelago

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Soft corals · occasional hammerhead sharks · macro life

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Layang Layang Atoll

Malaysia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Schooling hammerhead sharks · turtles · dolphins

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

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Panglao (Bohol)

Philippines

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Tarsier (on land) · turtles · sea snakes

Pinnacle / Soft coral reef

Misool (Boo Windows y Magic Mountain)

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Reef and oceanic manta rays · reef sharks · wobbegongs

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Nusa Penida (Manta Point / Crystal Bay)

Indonesia

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

Sipadan

Malaysia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

28 m28 °C

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Andaman Islands (Havelock)

India

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays

Reef/Muck diving

Puerto Galera

Philippines

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nudibranchs · seahorses · occasional reef sharks

Wreck/Muck diving

Sabang Bay

Philippines

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Nudibranchs · seahorses · mimic octopus

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

USAT Liberty (Tulamben)

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

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

Apo Reef Natural Park

Philippines

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · hammerheads · thresher shark

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Macro photography/Reef

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

Anambas Islands

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Turtles · Napoleon wrasse · soft corals

Riau Islands (Bintan)

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · Second World War wrecks

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

Karimunjawa

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

Widi Islands

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · pristine corals

Kepulauan Seribu

Indonesia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

8 m29 °C

Reef fish · recovering corals

Amed y Jemeluk Bay

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Clownfish · seahorses · mimic octopus

Koh Tao

Thailand

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m29 °C

Occasional whale sharks · turtles · groupers

Con Dao Islands

Vietnam

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Nesting green turtles · occasional dugongs

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)

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Bunutan

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Clownfish · seahorses · mimic octopus

Siquijor

Philippines

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals

Cape Kri

Indonesia

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m29 °C

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Pinnacle/Cleaning station

Blue Magic (Raja Ampat)

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Oceanic manta rays · reef sharks · shoals of trevally

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Hard coral reef

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Menjangan Island (Bali Barat)

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · Napoleon wrasse

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Banda Islands

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerhead sharks · sea snakes · mobula 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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Coron Bay (wrecks)

Philippines

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

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

Muck diving/Reef

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

Phu Quoc

Vietnam

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Seahorses · turtles · hard corals

Chumphon Pinnacle

Thailand

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · barracuda · giant groupers

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

Granite pinnacle

Perhentian Islands (Tokong Laut)

Malaysia

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · barracuda · turtles

Wakatobi Islands (Hoga)

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · macro life · pristine corals

Hin Daeng / Hin Muang

Thailand

Hasta 60 m · Advanced

25 m28 °C

Manta ray · occasional whale shark · grey reef shark

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Rowley Shoals

Australia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · giant groupers · Napoleon wrasse

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

Marovo Lagoon

Solomon Islands

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · 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

OcéanoAgua dulceIslas

Bali (Nusa Dua)

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · hard corals

Reef of the 17 islands

Riung Islands (Flores)

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · reef fish · fruit bats on a nearby island

SS Yongala

Australia

Hasta 28 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Olive sea snakes · very large turtles · groupers

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Kimbe Bay

Papua New Guinea

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

High coral diversity · reef sharks · manta rays

Lakshadweep (Bangaram)

India

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef sharks · dolphins · turtles

Tufi Fjords

Papua New Guinea

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Pygmy seahorses · reef sharks · muck diving

Rocky reef/Wreck

Grande Island (Goa)

India

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

8 m27 °C

Reef fish · a small wreck

Whitsunday Islands (Bahía Chalkies)

Australia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m25 °C

Turtles · reef fish · hard corals

OcéanoIslasPatrimonio Mundial

Madang

Papua New Guinea

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Second World War aircraft and ship wrecks · reef sharks

Osprey Reef (Coral Sea)

Australia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Grey reef sharks · silky sharks · giant corals

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Mafia Island (tiburón ballena)

Tanzania

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Whale shark · dolphins · turtles

Reef/Bioluminescent plankton

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

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Australia

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · manta rays · pristine corals

Pigeon Island

Sri Lanka

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · parrotfish

Reef/Tidal channel

Watamu Marine Park

Kenya

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Green turtles · moray eels · reef fish

Racha Yai

Thailand

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Clownfish · turtles · octopus

Reef/Bioluminescent plankton

Koh Ta Kiev

Cambodia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

10 m29 °C

Seahorses · bioluminescent plankton at night

Kerama Islands

Japan

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

30 m24 °C

Green turtles · hard corals of great diversity

Mayotte (laguna)

Mayotte

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · manta rays

Pelagic plateau / Shark encounter

Fuvahmulah (Tiger Harbour)

Maldives

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

Resident tiger sharks · thresher shark · silvertip shark

Lady Elliot Island

Australia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

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

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Solomon Islands (Mary Island)

Solomon Islands

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m29 °C

Reef sharks · Second World War wrecks · soft corals

Aldabra Atoll

Seychelles

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Mangroves · seagrass meadows · fringing reef; the world's largest population of giant tortoise

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Mergui Archipelago (Black Rock)

Myanmar

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nurse sharks · giant lobsters · underwater caves

Pemba Channel

Tanzania

Hasta 50 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Marlin · tuna · oceanic sharks

Reef/Archipelago

Quirimbas Islands

Mozambique

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Dugongs · whale sharks on passage · turtles

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

Reef/Underwater dune

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

Elphinstone Reef

Egypt

Hasta 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

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

Rock formation/Pelagic

Yonaguni Monument

Japan

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Migrating hammerhead sharks · enigmatic rock formations

Heron Island

Australia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

Nesting green and hawksbill turtles · manta rays · reef sharks

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

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

Brothers Islands (El Akhawein)

Egypt

Hasta 80 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m26 °C

Hammerhead · oceanic whitetip · thresher and grey reef sharks

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Fury Shoal

Egypt

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Turtles · occasional dugongs · dolphins

Marsa Shagra

Egypt

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Turtles · clownfish · moray eels

Private coral reserve

Chumbe Island

Tanzania

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Napoleon wrasse · green turtles · pristine corals

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Volcanic lagoon reef

Saint-Gilles (Reunión)

Réunion

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m25 °C

Turtles · reef fish

Agincourt Reefs

Australia

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m26 °C

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

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Norman Reef

Australia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · clownfish

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Flynn Reef

Australia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef sharks · giant groupers · turtles

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Bawe Island

Tanzania

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Dolphins · turtles · clownfish

Banco Chinchorro

Mexico

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · American crocodiles · sea turtles

Zabargad Island

Egypt

Hasta 50 m · Advanced, technical

30 m27 °C

Oceanic whitetip shark · grey reef shark · hammerheads

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

St John's Reef

Egypt

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Hammerheads · grey reef shark · oceanic whitetip

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Reef/Protected island

Wadi Gimal

Egypt

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Dugongs · turtles · whitetip reef sharks

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Marsa Nakari

Egypt

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Turtles · dolphins · clownfish

Kenting National Park

Taiwan

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Clownfish · moray eels · nudibranchs

Isolated oceanic reef / Wall

Daedalus Reef (Abu el Kizan)

Egypt

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

Hammerhead sharks · oceanic whitetip · thresher shark

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Ras Mohammed National Park

Egypt

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m26 °C

Barracuda · trevally · batfish

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Thistlegorm wreck

Egypt

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Barracuda · tuna · batfish

Sha'ab Rumi (Cousteau)

Sudan

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

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

Green Island (Lyudao)

Taiwan

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Green turtles · thermal warm-water corals

Nosy Be

Madagascar

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Whale sharks on passage · turtles · manta rays

Monterey Bay (Point Lobos)

United States

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

10 m13 °C

Sea otters · sea lions · octopus

Farasan Islands

Saudi Arabia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Dolphins · occasional whale sharks · dugongs

Jackson Reef

Egypt

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · barracuda · Napoleon wrasse

Wreck of the Louilla

Egypt

Hasta 26 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef fish · moray eels

Big Gubal Reef

Egypt

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Barracuda · reef sharks · moray eels

Careless Reef

Egypt

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Giant moray eels up to 2 m · dusky groupers · clownfish

Panorama Reef

Egypt

Hasta 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

Occasional oceanic sharks · barracuda · groupers

Giftun Islands

Egypt

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Forests of sea fans · moray eels · groupers

Sanganeb Atoll

Sudan

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks · grey reef sharks · barracuda

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Angarosh Reef

Sudan

Hasta 50 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks · tiger shark · silvertip shark

Moucha Island

Djibouti

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · hard corals

Veracruz (Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano)

Mexico

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Colonial wrecks · lobsters · reef fish

Abu Nuhas (Ghiannis D)

Egypt

Hasta 28 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Clouds of glassfish · giant moray eels · octopus

Molasses Reef

United States

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Nurse sharks · barracuda · turtles

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Flower Garden Banks

United States

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

Barrier reef/Blue Hole

Andros Barrier Reef

Bahamas

Hasta 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

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

OcéanoAgua dulce

Looe Key

United States

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · lobsters · reef fish

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Wreck / Maritime grave

Pecio Salem Express

Egypt

Hasta 32 m · Advanced Open Water; penetration prohibited

Grouper · crocodilefish · moray eels

Surface pelagic

Isla Mujeres (whale shark)

Mexico

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Whale shark · manta rays

Namena Marine Reserve

Fiji

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · manta rays · soft corals

Cold-water wreck

Block Island (Mohawk wreck)

United States

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m14 °C

Lobsters · black sea bass · bottom fish

Kwajalein Atoll

Marshall Islands

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m29 °C

Reef fish · Second World War wrecks

Nassau (buceo con tiburones)

Bahamas

Hasta 20 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Caribbean reef sharks · nurse sharks

Second World War wreck

Bell Island Wrecks

Canada

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m8 °C

Cold-water fish · rock lobsters

Rarotonga

Cook Islands

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · hard corals

Ulong Channel

Palau

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Isle of Pines (New Caledonia)

New Caledonia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m25 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · lagoon fish

Soft coral reef

Bligh Water

Fiji

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Soft corals · manta rays · reef sharks

Artificial reef/Memorial

Neptune Memorial Reef (Miami)

United States

Hasta 12 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef fish colonising the underwater memorial

Turneffe Atoll

Belize

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Bull sharks · groupers · turtles

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Jardines de la Reina

Cuba

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

35 m27 °C

Grey reef · silky · nurse

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Rainbow Reef

Fiji

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Multicoloured soft corals · reef sharks

Ambergris Caye

Belize

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · eagle rays · groupers

Samoa (arrecifes de coral)

Samoa

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m29 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · the John Williams wreck

San Blas Islands (Guna Yala)

Panama

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Lobsters · rays · reef fish

Nigali Passage

Fiji

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · occasional hammerhead sharks · barracuda

Nosy Tanikely

Madagascar

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · Napoleon wrasse · reef sharks

Morrocoy National Park

Venezuela

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish · lobsters · corals

Extreme tidal current

Bay of Fundy

Canada

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

Grey seals · lobsters · the highest tide in the world

Sinkhole (freediving)

Dean's Blue Hole

Bahamas

Hasta 202 m · Advanced / technical freediving

30 m26 °C

Limited wildlife; a world mecca of freediving

Kadavu

Fiji

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Manta rays · reef sharks · soft corals

Reef/Submerged statue

Christ of the Abyss (Key Largo)

United States

Hasta 8 m · Open Water / Snorkel

20 m26 °C

Reef fish · the bronze statue of Christ

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Soft coral pinnacle

Nusa Lava (Fiyi)

Fiji

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Multicoloured soft corals · reef sharks

Nananu-i-Ra

Fiji

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

Sandy bottom / Shark encounter

Bimini (gran tiburón martillo)

Bahamas

Hasta 12 m · Advanced (shark diving)

Great hammerhead · bull shark · Caribbean reef shark

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

SS President Coolidge

Vanuatu

Hasta 70 m · Advanced / technical

25 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · occasional sharks

Wreck/Volcanic reef

Cape Verde (Sal Island)

Cabo Verde

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Bull sharks (rare) · rays · turtles

Bocas del Toro

Panama

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Sloths in the nearby mangroves · rays · octopus

Los Roques

Venezuela

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Lobsters · turtles · parrotfish

Wreck (aircraft carrier)

USS Oriskany

United States

Hasta 65 m · Advanced / technical

25 m25 °C

Barracuda · goliath groupers · occasional sharks

Deception Bay (Efate)

Vanuatu

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Reef fish · octopus · lobsters

Mystery Island (Vanuatu)

Vanuatu

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef fish · hard corals

Guam (Blue Hole)

Guam

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef fish · occasional sharks

Pentecost Island

Vanuatu

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish · hard corals

Reef/Shallow cave

French Reef (Key Largo)

United States

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Moray eels · large snapper · groupers

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Reef cut/Reserve

Hol Chan Marine Reserve

Belize

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · eagle rays · groupers

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Rainbow Reef (Key Largo)

United States

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef fish · lobsters · soft corals

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Rota Island

Northern Mariana Islands

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Turtles · reef fish · the Betty Bomber aircraft wreck

Cave/Marine cenote

Saipan (Grotto)

Northern Mariana Islands

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · karst formations

USS Spiegel Grove

United States

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

More than 130 species of fish; algae · sponges

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Salt lake (snorkelling)

Jellyfish Lake

Palau

Hasta 5 m · Snorkel (scuba diving prohibited)

5 m32 °C

Golden jellyfish (Mastigias papua) and moon jellyfish · neither with an effective sting

OcéanoAgua dulcePatrimonio Mundial

Andrea Doria

United States

Hasta 70 m · Technical (Trimix)

10 m10 °C

Groupers · cold-water lobsters

SS Benwood (Key Largo)

United States

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Sharks · turtles · occasional dolphins

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Duane Wreck (Key Largo)

United States

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Barracuda · goliath groupers · occasional bull sharks

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Cayos Cochinos

Honduras

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Parrotfish · lobsters · nurse sharks

Chuuk Lagoon (Truk Lagoon)

Micronesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m29 °C

Hard and soft coral over every hull · lionfish · moray eels

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Guam (Second World War wrecks)

Guam

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef fish · turtles · occasional sharks

Fujikawa Maru (Chuuk)

Micronesia

Hasta 34 m · Advanced Open Water / technical

20 m29 °C

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Cozumel (Santa Rosa Wall)

Mexico

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m27 °C

Groupers · nurse sharks · giant lobsters

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Molasses Reef (Isla Mujeres)

Mexico

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Rays · lobsters · reef fish

Marine park reef

Chankanaab Reef (Cozumel)

Mexico

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · submerged statues

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Cocos Lagoon (Guam)

Guam

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef fish · hard corals

Second World War wreck

Apra Harbor (Guam)

Guam

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Japanese and American Second World War wrecks

Wreck (the only site spanning two wars)

SMS Cormoran (Guam)

Guam

Hasta 37 m · Advanced Open Water / technical

25 m28 °C

Reef fish · encrusting corals

Palancar Reef

Mexico

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Roatán Island

Honduras

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Whale sharks (on passage) · octopus · frogfish

Maria la Gorda

Cuba

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Groupers · lobsters · black corals

Punta Francés

Cuba

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · groupers · giant sponges

Barú Island (Rosario Islands)

Colombia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · lobsters · brain corals

Glover's Reef

Belize

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · groupers · lobsters

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Cold-water fjord

Saguenay Fjord (belugas)

Canada

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m4 °C

Belugas · seals · cold-water anemones

OcéanoAgua dulce

Volcanic marine reserve

Samoa Americana (Fagatele Bay)

American Samoa

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef fish · hard corals · turtles

Saona Island

Dominican Republic

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Starfish · occasional turtles

San Andrés

Colombia

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m28 °C

Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

Providencia

Colombia

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

30 m28 °C

The third largest barrier reef in the world · lobsters · groupers

Varadero

Cuba

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Reef fish · lobsters · minor wrecks

Tayrona Park (Santa Marta)

Colombia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Lobsters · moray eels · reef fish

Cold rocky reef/Wreck

Rügen (ámbar báltico)

Germany

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

5 m15 °C

Cold-water fish · fragments of Baltic amber

Little Corn Island

Nicaragua

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nurse sharks · lobsters · turtles

Big Corn Island

Nicaragua

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nurse sharks · lobsters · turtles

Sosúa

Dominican Republic

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Moray eels · lobsters · reef fish

Half Moon Caye Wall

Belize

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

A wall dropping more than 1 · 000 m; green · hawksbill and loggerhead turtles; sponges and sea fans

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Catalina Wall

Dominican Republic

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Seahorses · moray eels · lobsters

Buccoo Reef

Trinidad and Tobago

Hasta 10 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish · brain corals

Culebra Island

Puerto Rico

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · lobsters · parrotfish

Desecheo Island

Puerto Rico

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Groupers · lobsters · occasional sharks