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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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Depth (m)8 m – 300 m

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Water temperature (°C)7 °C – 29 °C

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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

Atlantic rocky reef

Cliff Coast (Cape St Vincent)

Portugal

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m17 °C

Chafarinas Islands

Spain

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m

Rocky reef/Wreck

L'Escala (Costa Brava)

Spain

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m

Rocky reef/Cave

Cavalleria (Menorca)

Spain

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Wreck/Rocky reef

Isles of Scilly

United Kingdom

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

Rocky reef/Reserve

Lundy Island

United Kingdom

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

Cold rocky reef

Farne Islands

United Kingdom

Hasta 20 m · Advanced Open Water

Wreck/Rocky reef

Plymouth Sound (pecios)

United Kingdom

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Dive in and explore

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 · conger eels · lobsters

View dive site

19 °C

Occasional monk seals · groupers · corals

Área marina protegida

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19 °C

Groupers · conger eels · the Reggio Messina wreck

Océano

View dive site

20 °C

Groupers · red corals · moray eels

Área marina protegida

View dive site

15 m

14 °C

Grey seals · lobsters · numerous historic shipwrecks

OcéanoIslas

View dive site

10 m

13 °C

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

Océano

View dive site

8 m

12 °C

Curious grey seals · lobsters

Océano

View dive site

10 m

13 °C

Lobsters · conger eels · several artificial wrecks

Océano

View dive site

Cold rocky reef/Wreck

Farne Islands (Longstone)

United Kingdom

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

Grey seals · historic lighthouse 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

Zakynthos (tortuga boba)

Greece

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m23 °C

Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) · groupers

Área marina protegida

Plemmirio Marine Reserve (Sicilia)

Italy

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

Corals · moray eels · lobsters

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Rocky reef/Pink beach

Elafonisi (Creta)

Greece

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Reef fish · corals · lobsters

Wreck/Rocky reef

Elba Island

Italy

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m21 °C

Groupers · moray eels · the remains of historic wrecks

Rocky reef/Cave

Halkidiki

Greece

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m22 °C

Groupers · moray eels · seahorses

Rocky reef/Wreck

Costa Amalfitana

Italy

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m20 °C

Groupers · octopus · submerged Roman remains

Patrimonio Mundial

Cave/Rocky reef

Ponza Island

Italy

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Groupers · lobsters · volcanic formations

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)

Cave/Rocky reef

Corfú (Paleokastritsa)

Greece

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · lobsters

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

Garajau Marine Reserve (Madeira)

Portugal

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m20 °C

Groupers · eagle rays · occasional turtles

Wreck/Rocky reef

Dubrovnik

Croatia

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · lobsters · minor wrecks

OcéanoPatrimonio Mundial

Cirkewwa (Malta)

Malta

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

30 m20 °C

Reef fish · two patrol boat wrecks

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

Rocky reef/Cave

Ksamil

Albania

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · corals

Rocky reef/Wreck

Piran

Slovenia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m19 °C

Reef fish · moray eels · the Baron Gautsch wreck

Cold-water coral reef

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

Patrimonio MundialÁrea 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

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

Jellyfish lake/Reef

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

Agua dulceIslas

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

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

Panglao (Bohol)

Philippines

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Tarsier (on land) · turtles · sea snakes

Soft coral reef / Coastal pelagic

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

Reef/Muck diving

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Riau Islands (Bintan)

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · Second World War wrecks

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

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)

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

Amed y Jemeluk Bay

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Clownfish · seahorses · mimic octopus

Muck diving/Reef

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

Área marina protegida

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

Cold rocky reef

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

Granite rocky reef

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Turtle nesting reef

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

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

IslasPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Morotai (buceo con tiburones)

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · eagle rays

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

Tenggol Island

Malaysia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

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

Reef/Endemic species

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

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

Whitsunday Islands (Bahía Chalkies)

Australia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m25 °C

Turtles · reef fish · hard corals

OcéanoIslasPatrimonio Mundial

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

Rocky reef/Wreck

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

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

Reef/Bioluminescent plankton

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

Reef/Tidal channel

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

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Reef/Archipelago

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

Reef/Tidal channel

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

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

Heron Island

Australia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

Nesting green and hawksbill turtles · manta rays · reef sharks

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

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

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Cod Hole

Australia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Large potato cod · thoroughly used to divers · Napoleon wrasse

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

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

Marsa Shagra

Egypt

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Turtles · clownfish · moray eels

Fury Shoal

Egypt

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Turtles · occasional dugongs · dolphins

Xcalak

Mexico

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Groupers · lobsters · nurse sharks

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

Flynn Reef

Australia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef sharks · giant groupers · turtles

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea 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

Bawe Island

Tanzania

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Dolphins · turtles · clownfish

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

Jupiter (drift diving con tiburones)

United States

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Bull sharks · lemon sharks · goliath groupers

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

Kenting National Park

Taiwan

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Clownfish · moray eels · nudibranchs

Giftun Islands

Egypt

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Forests of sea fans · moray eels · groupers

Dolphin House (Sha'ab Samadai)

Egypt

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Resident bottlenose dolphins

Sha'ab Rumi (Cousteau)

Sudan

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

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

Big Gubal Reef

Egypt

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Barracuda · reef sharks · moray eels

Volcanic reef/Pelagic

Orchid Island (Lanyu)

Taiwan

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m25 °C

Flying fish · occasional sharks · hard corals

Ras Mohammed National Park

Egypt

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m26 °C

Barracuda · trevally · batfish

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

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

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

Contoy Island

Mexico

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whale shark (the Afuera aggregation) · mobula rays

Marsa Egla

Egypt

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Occasional dugongs · turtles · reef fish

Umluj (Maldivas de Arabia Saudita)

Saudi Arabia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · clownfish · soft corals

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

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

Looe Key

United States

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · lobsters · reef fish

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Molasses Reef

United States

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Nurse sharks · barracuda · 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

Namena Marine Reserve

Fiji

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · manta rays · soft corals

Kwajalein Atoll

Marshall Islands

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m29 °C

Reef fish · Second World War wrecks

Rarotonga

Cook Islands

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · hard corals

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

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

Rainbow Reef

Fiji

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Multicoloured soft corals · reef sharks

Prony Bay

New Caledonia

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Humpback whales · reef sharks · nudibranchs

Ambergris Caye

Belize

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · eagle rays · groupers

San Blas Islands (Guna Yala)

Panama

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Lobsters · rays · reef fish

Morrocoy National Park

Venezuela

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish · lobsters · corals

Kadavu

Fiji

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Manta rays · reef sharks · soft corals

Yasawa Islands

Fiji

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef sharks · seasonal manta rays · soft corals

Nananu-i-Ra

Fiji

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

Samoa (arrecifes de coral)

Samoa

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m29 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · the John Williams wreck

Reef/Underwater sculpture

Manchones Reef (Cancún)

Mexico

Hasta 10 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish · sculptures of the Underwater Museum of Art

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

Deception Bay (Efate)

Vanuatu

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Reef fish · octopus · lobsters

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

Mystery Island (Vanuatu)

Vanuatu

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef fish · hard corals

Bocas del Toro

Panama

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Sloths in the nearby mangroves · rays · octopus

Wreck/Volcanic reef

Cape Verde (Sal Island)

Cabo Verde

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Bull sharks (rare) · rays · turtles

Los Roques

Venezuela

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Lobsters · turtles · parrotfish

Pentecost Island

Vanuatu

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish · hard corals

Rota Island

Northern Mariana Islands

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Turtles · reef fish · the Betty Bomber aircraft wreck

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

Utila (tiburón ballena)

Honduras

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whale shark · spinner dolphins

Cayos Cochinos

Honduras

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Parrotfish · lobsters · nurse sharks

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

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

Barú Island (Rosario Islands)

Colombia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · lobsters · brain corals

Fernando de Noronha

Brazil

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

35 m27 °C

Resident spinner dolphin · turtles · reef and lemon sharks

IslasPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Cold rocky reef/Wreck

Rügen (ámbar báltico)

Germany

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

5 m15 °C

Cold-water fish · fragments of Baltic amber

Saona Island

Dominican Republic

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Starfish · occasional turtles

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

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

Speyside

Trinidad and Tobago

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Giant oceanic manta rays · turtles

Media Luna (Los Roques)

Venezuela

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Lobsters · turtles · parrotfish

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

Alligator Head (Ocean Ridge)

Jamaica

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · lobsters · reef fish

Volcanic reef/Wreck

Sal Rei (Boa Vista)

Cabo Verde

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Bull sharks · fishing boat wrecks · rays

Negril (aircraft wreck)

Jamaica

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Reef fish · an artificially sunk aircraft wreck

Montego Bay Marine Park

Jamaica

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish · lobsters · hard corals

Reef/Volcanic pelagic

Boa Vista

Cabo Verde

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Nesting loggerhead turtles · lemon sharks · rays

Bequia (Grenadinas)

Saint Vincent and Grenadines

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Hawksbill turtles · seahorses · the Wallblake wreck

Carlisle Bay (Barbados)

Barbados

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Hawksbill turtles · seahorses · reef fish

Providenciales (Grace Bay)

Turks and Caicos Islands

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

30 m26 °C

Lobsters · turtles · groupers

Rocky reef/Wreck

Arraial do Cabo

Brazil

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m20 °C

Groupers · occasional reef sharks · wrecks

Curazao (Reef Diving)

Curaçao

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Seahorses · turtles · groupers

Buck Island Reef National Monument

U.S. Virgin Islands

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Hawksbill turtles · blacktip reef sharks · eagle rays

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Artificial reef

Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park

Grenada

Hasta 10 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish colonising the sculptures

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Anegada Horseshoe Reef

British Virgin Islands

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Lobsters · nurse sharks · numerous historic wrecks

Carlisle Bay

Antigua and Barbuda

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · rays · reef fish

Volcanic slope reef

Anse Chastanet

Saint Lucia

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Seahorses · turtles · groupers

OcéanoPatrimonio Mundial

Bora Bora

French Polynesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Lagoon manta rays · blacktip reef sharks · lemon sharks

Cane Garden Bay (Tortola)

British Virgin Islands

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · rays · reef fish

Ilha Grande

Brazil

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

10 m23 °C

Parrotfish · rays · octopus

Cold rocky reef/Wreck

Archipiélago de Turku

Finland

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

Cold-water fish · numerous historic wrecks

Natural rock pool reef

Recife / Porto de Galinhas

Brazil

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

10 m27 °C

Reef fish · starfish · corals

Subtropical rocky reef

Ilha do Mel

Brazil

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

8 m20 °C

Octopus · reef fish · cold-water corals

Reef/Coastal pelagic

Baía dos Golfinhos

Brazil

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Resident spinner dolphins

Coral Reserve de Eilat

Israel

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

18 m23 °C

Clownfish · lionfish · octopus

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Loreto Bay National Park

Mexico

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m24 °C

Sea lions · manta rays · dolphins

Temperate reef/Muck

Sagami Bay

Japan

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

10 m19 °C

Rare deep-water fish · nudibranchs · pygmy seahorses

Machalilla / Isla de la Plata

Ecuador

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m22 °C

Humpback whales on passage · manta rays · whitetip reef sharks

Área marina protegida

Aqaba Marine Park

Jordan

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

22 m24 °C

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Living coral reef

Cabo Pulmo National Park

Mexico

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Bull sharks · giant groupers · manta rays

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Aliwal Shoal

South Africa

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m23 °C

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Deep rocky reef

Protea Banks

South Africa

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

15 m22 °C

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Temperate rocky reef

Esperance

Australia

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m18 °C

Sea lions · lobsters · occasional white sharks

Temperate reef/Wreck

Rottnest Island

Australia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m20 °C

Sea lions · tropical and temperate fish mixed together

Temperate rocky reef

Montague Island

Australia

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m20 °C

Australian sea lions · grey nurse sharks

Mangrove reef/Estuary

Bijagós Islands

Guinea-Bissau

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

5 m26 °C

Marine hippopotamuses · green turtles · dolphins

Reef/Sardine Run

Cape Vidal

South Africa

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m22 °C

Dolphins · sharks and seabirds during the Sardine Run

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Sodwana Bay

South Africa

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m24 °C

Tiger sharks · manta rays · ridley and loggerhead turtles

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Pelagic/Rocky reef

Coiba National Park

Panama

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Bull sharks · hammerhead sharks · humpback whales

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Rocky reef/Wreck

Nesebar (Mar Negro)

Bulgaria

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

5 m18 °C

Brackish-water fish · mussels · ancient wrecks

OcéanoPatrimonio Mundial

Pelagic/Rocky reef

Caño Island

Costa Rica

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m27 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · manta rays · dolphins

Saint Martin Island

Bangladesh

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

10 m27 °C

Reef fish · hard corals

Subtropical rocky reef

Julian Rocks (Byron Bay)

Australia

Hasta 18 m · Open Water

15 m22 °C

Bull sharks · leopard sharks · turtles

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Tropical-temperate transition reef

Solitary Islands

Australia

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m21 °C

Grey nurse sharks · tropical and temperate fish mixed together

Cold rocky reef

Punta de Choros

Chile

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m15 °C

Marine otters · dolphins · Humboldt penguins

Wreck/Temperate reef

Bay of Islands

New Zealand

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m19 °C

Subtropical fish · dolphins · the Rainbow Warrior wreck

Cold rocky reef

Ballestas Islands

Peru

Hasta 20 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m17 °C

Sea lions · Humboldt penguins

Rocky reef/Reserve

Gray's Reef

United States

Hasta 20 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m20 °C

Loggerhead turtle and more than 200 species of reef fish

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Tropical rocky reef

Máncora

Peru

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

10 m24 °C

Turtles · rays · tropical fish

Cold rocky reef

Jeju Island

South Korea

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

10 m18 °C

Cold-water soft corals · lobsters · groupers

Cousteau Reserve (Guadeloupe)

France

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · groupers · lobsters

Temperate rocky reef

Goat Island Marine Reserve

New Zealand

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

10 m18 °C

Hāpuku groper · lobsters · snapper

Cave/Rocky reef

Cathedral Cove

New Zealand

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m19 °C

Eagle rays · snapper · lobsters

Subtropical rocky reef

Cook Island (Fingal Head)

Australia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m22 °C

Grey nurse sharks · turtles · clownfish

1000 Steps (Bonaire)

Netherlands

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Grey · French and queen angelfish · squirrelfish

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Wreck / Artificial reef

Pecio Rainbow Warrior

New Zealand

Hasta 26 m · Advanced Open Water

Jewel anemones in intense colours · golden snapper · kingfish

Klein Bonaire

Netherlands

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Hawksbill turtles · parrotfish · seahorses

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Karpata (Bonaire)

Netherlands

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Turtles · occasional reef sharks · groupers

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Industrial wreck/Reef

Salt Pier (Bonaire)

Netherlands

Hasta 20 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Shoals of trevally and grunts · barracuda · moray eels

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Angel City (Bonaire)

Netherlands

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Eagle rays · turtles · shoals of fusiliers

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Temperate coral reef

Abrolhos Islands

Australia

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m22 °C

Rock lobsters · sea lions · southern-limit corals

Subtropical coral reef

Lord Howe Island

Australia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water