Diving and snorkelling
553 diving and snorkelling sites across 117 countries — from coral reefs to wrecks more than 404 metres deep.
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273 dive sites found
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Grey seals · historic lighthouse wrecks
Lobsters · spider crabs · plumose anemones
Grey seals · basking sharks on passage · gannets
Basking sharks on passage · lobsters · First World War wrecks
Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) · groupers
Corals · moray eels · lobsters
Reef fish · corals · lobsters
Groupers · moray eels · the remains of historic wrecks
Groupers · moray eels · seahorses
Groupers · octopus · submerged Roman remains
Groupers · lobsters · volcanic formations
Groupers · octopus · the Italian Freighter wreck
Groupers · lobsters · sponges (a historic sponge-diving tradition)
Groupers · octopus · lobsters
Groupers · moray eels · merchant ship wrecks
Reef fish · octopus · ancient amphora remains
Reef fish colonising the sculptures
Groupers · eagle rays · occasional turtles
Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water
25 m21 °C
Groupers · lobsters · minor wrecks
Reef fish · two patrol boat wrecks
Groupers · moray eels · encrusting corals
Groupers · octopus · corals
Hasta 30 m · Open Water
15 m19 °C
Reef fish · moray eels · the Baron Gautsch wreck
Cold-water Lophelia corals · lobsters · cod
Reef manta rays all year round · grey reef sharks · thresher shark
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
Reef and oceanic manta rays · tasselled wobbegongs · endemic walking sharks (Hemiscyllium)
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
Reef manta rays all year round · green and hawksbill turtle · leopard shark
Close to 950 species of fish and some 400 of coral; mobula rays · short-finned pilot whales · six species of dolphin
Hasta 35 m · Open Water
25 m28 °C
Tarsier (on land) · turtles · sea snakes
Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays
Hasta 30 m · Open Water
20 m28 °C
Nudibranchs · seahorses · occasional reef sharks
Stingless jellyfish · reef sharks · hard corals
Clownfish · octopus · occasional reef sharks
Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water
30 m27 °C
Reef sharks · hammerheads · thresher shark
Reef fish · Second World War wrecks
Hasta 25 m · Open Water
15 m27 °C
Nudibranchs in enormous variety · frogfish · octopus
Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · nudibranchs
Occasional hammerhead sharks · manta rays · turtles
Reef fish · sunken commercial wrecks
Sunfish (mola mola) · manta rays · turtles
Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals
Reef fish · recovering corals
Reef sharks · turtles · pristine corals
Giant manta rays · tasselled wobbegongs beneath the table corals · Denise's pygmy seahorse (endemic to Raja Ampat)
More than 260 species of reef fish · 68 of coral · 48 of nudibranch and 31 of shrimp recorded in the park
Clownfish · seahorses · mimic octopus
Pygmy seahorses · frogfish · mimic octopus
Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks
Occasional whale sharks · turtles · groupers
Hasta 30 m · Open Water
20 m28 °C
Millions of sardines in bait balls · turtles · whitetip sharks
Nesting green turtles · occasional dugongs
Green turtles · clownfish · soft corals
Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water
15 m24 °C
Subtropical fish · lobsters
Occasional dugongs · nesting turtles · hard corals
Hasta 30 m · Open Water
20 m28 °C
Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals
Clownfish · seahorses · mimic octopus
Reef fish · octopus · granite formations
Giant trevally of more than 20 kg · bigeye trevally · barracuda
Green turtles nesting en masse · manta rays
Hasta 25 m · Open Water
25 m27 °C
Green turtles well used to divers · shoals of reef fish · dense hard coral
Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water
20 m27 °C
More than 300 species of coral recorded; dense shoals of fish · passing pelagics · pygmy seahorses
Sperm whales and humpback whales · dolphins at Futami (Chichijima) · more than 190 threatened bird species across the archipelago as a whole
Blacktip reef sharks · eagle rays
Walking sharks (Hemiscyllium) · spider crabs
Reef sharks · manta rays · occasional hammerhead shark
Turtles · reef sharks · the nearby HMS Prince of Wales wreck
Banggai cardinalfish (an endangered endemic species)
Seahorses · turtles · hard corals
Bull sharks · resident dolphins · manta rays
Green and hawksbill turtles · whitetip reef sharks
Hasta 30 m · Open Water
20 m28 °C
Reef fish · turtles · soft corals
Hasta 30 m · Open Water
20 m28 °C
Reef fish · the Kokusai Maru wreck
Hasta 25 m · Open Water
20 m28 °C
Turtles · reef fish · freshwater caves nearby
Reef fish · turtles · hard corals
Turtles · reef fish · fruit bats on a nearby island
Hasta 20 m · Open Water
15 m25 °C
Turtles · reef fish · hard corals
Hasta 30 m · Open Water
15 m28 °C
Pygmy seahorses · reef sharks · muck diving
Hasta 35 m · Open Water
25 m28 °C
High coral diversity · reef sharks · manta rays
Whale shark · reef and oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations · seasonal humpback whale
Reef fish · a small wreck
Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water
20 m28 °C
Second World War aircraft and ship wrecks · reef sharks
Whale shark · dolphins · turtles
Seahorses · bioluminescent plankton at night
Leopard sharks · blacktip reef sharks · barracuda
Nudibranchs · seahorses · clownfish
Seahorses · bioluminescent plankton at night
Hasta 15 m · Open Water
15 m28 °C
Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · parrotfish
Leopard sharks · turtles · seahorses
Clownfish · turtles · octopus
Green turtles · hard corals of great diversity
Second World War aircraft wrecks · reef sharks
Green turtles · moray eels · reef fish
Reef fish · underwater karst formations
Hasta 20 m · Open Water
20 m24 °C
Reef manta rays for much of the year · turtles · leopard sharks
Dugongs · whale sharks on passage · turtles
Whale sharks on passage · dolphins · manta rays
Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks
Nesting green turtles · dugongs · reef sharks
Turtles · whitetip reef sharks · dolphins
Hasta 20 m · Open Water
15 m28 °C
Green turtles · clownfish · hard corals
Green turtles · moray eels · reef fish
Whale shark · manta rays · grey reef sharks
Dugongs · manta rays · whale sharks
Dolphins · green turtles · Napoleon wrasse
Leopard sharks · manta rays · occasional whale shark
Reef fish · turtles · hard corals
Reef sharks · turtles · high coral biodiversity
Hasta 30 m · Open Water
20 m25 °C
Nesting green and hawksbill turtles · manta rays · reef sharks
Oceanic whitetip shark (longimanus) · hammerheads · grey reef shark
Leopard sharks · turtles · occasional manta rays
Hard corals · reef fish · volcanic formations
Reef fish · hard corals
Resident dolphins · turtles · Napoleon wrasse
Hasta 25 m · Open Water
25 m26 °C
Reef sharks · turtles · clownfish
Hasta 25 m · Open Water
25 m26 °C
Large potato cod · thoroughly used to divers · Napoleon wrasse
Nurse sharks · hawksbill turtles · manta rays
Clownfish · parrotfish · sea cucumbers
Turtles · clownfish · moray eels
Turtles · occasional dugongs · dolphins
Groupers · lobsters · nurse sharks
Turtles · reef fish
Hasta 40 m · Open Water
30 m26 °C
Whitetip reef sharks · groupers · more than 16 distinct dive sites
Hasta 30 m · Open Water
25 m26 °C
Reef sharks · giant groupers · turtles
Hammerheads · grey reef shark · oceanic whitetip
Dolphins · turtles · clownfish
Dugongs · turtles · whitetip reef sharks
Turtles · dolphins · clownfish
Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water
25 m26 °C
Bull sharks · lemon sharks · goliath groupers
Clownfish · moray eels · nudibranchs
Forests of sea fans · moray eels · groupers
Resident bottlenose dolphins
Hammerhead sharks (best in spring) · grey reef sharks · barracuda
Barracuda · reef sharks · moray eels
Flying fish · occasional sharks · hard corals
Barracuda · trevally · batfish
Green turtles · thermal warm-water corals
Whale sharks on passage · turtles · manta rays
Hasta 30 m · Open Water
20 m28 °C
Dolphins · occasional whale sharks · dugongs
Grey reef sharks · barracuda · Napoleon wrasse
Whale shark (the Afuera aggregation) · mobula rays
Occasional dugongs · turtles · reef fish
Hasta 25 m · Open Water
20 m27 °C
Turtles · clownfish · soft corals
Turtles · reef sharks · hard corals
Colonial wrecks · lobsters · reef fish
Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water
30 m24 °C
Almost 300 species of fish and more than 20 of coral; manta rays · sharks · turtles
Hasta 20 m · Open Water
25 m27 °C
Nurse sharks · lobsters · reef fish
Hasta 15 m · Open Water
25 m26 °C
Nurse sharks · barracuda · turtles
The third largest barrier reef in the world · reef sharks · inland blue holes
25 m26 °C
Grey reef sharks · manta rays · soft corals
Reef fish · Second World War wrecks
Hasta 30 m · Open Water
20 m27 °C
Reef fish · turtles · hard corals
25 m26 °C
Soft corals · manta rays · reef sharks
Hasta 12 m · Open Water
20 m26 °C
Reef fish colonising the underwater memorial
Bull sharks · groupers · turtles
Grey reef · silky · nurse
Hasta 8 m · Open Water / Snorkel
20 m26 °C
Reef fish · the bronze statue of Christ
25 m26 °C
Multicoloured soft corals · reef sharks
Humpback whales · reef sharks · nudibranchs
Nurse sharks · eagle rays · groupers
Lobsters · rays · reef fish
Reef fish · lobsters · corals
20 m26 °C
Manta rays · reef sharks · soft corals
20 m26 °C
Reef sharks · seasonal manta rays · soft corals
20 m26 °C
Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals
Turtles · reef sharks · the John Williams wreck
Reef fish · sculptures of the Underwater Museum of Art
Nurse sharks · eagle rays · groupers
Hasta 15 m · Open Water
20 m26 °C
Reef fish · lobsters · soft corals
20 m27 °C
Reef fish · octopus · lobsters
Hasta 20 m · Open Water
20 m26 °C
Moray eels · large snapper · groupers
Hasta 20 m · Open Water
20 m28 °C
Turtles · reef fish · hard corals
Sloths in the nearby mangroves · rays · octopus
Hasta 30 m · Open Water
20 m24 °C
Bull sharks (rare) · rays · turtles
Lobsters · turtles · parrotfish
15 m27 °C
Reef fish · hard corals
Turtles · reef fish · the Betty Bomber aircraft wreck
Hard and soft coral over every hull · lionfish · moray eels
Whale shark · spinner dolphins
Parrotfish · lobsters · nurse sharks
Rays · lobsters · reef fish
Reef fish · turtles · submerged statues
Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers
Whale sharks (on passage) · octopus · frogfish
Groupers · lobsters · black corals
Reef fish · lobsters · brain corals
Resident spinner dolphin · turtles · reef and lemon sharks
Cold-water fish · fragments of Baltic amber
Starfish · occasional turtles
The third largest barrier reef in the world · lobsters · groupers
Reef fish · lobsters · minor wrecks
Lobsters · moray eels · reef fish
Nurse sharks · lobsters · turtles
Nurse sharks · lobsters · turtles
Giant oceanic manta rays · turtles
Lobsters · turtles · parrotfish
Reef fish · brain corals
Turtles · lobsters · parrotfish
Groupers · lobsters · occasional sharks
Turtles · lobsters · reef fish
Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water
20 m24 °C
Bull sharks · fishing boat wrecks · rays
Reef fish · an artificially sunk aircraft wreck
Reef fish · lobsters · hard corals
Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water
20 m24 °C
Nesting loggerhead turtles · lemon sharks · rays
Hawksbill turtles · seahorses · the Wallblake wreck
Hawksbill turtles · seahorses · reef fish
Hasta 25 m · Open Water
30 m26 °C
Lobsters · turtles · groupers
Groupers · occasional reef sharks · wrecks
Seahorses · turtles · groupers
Hasta 20 m · Open Water
25 m27 °C
Hawksbill turtles · blacktip reef sharks · eagle rays
Hasta 10 m · Open Water
15 m27 °C
Reef fish colonising the sculptures
Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water
20 m27 °C
Lobsters · nurse sharks · numerous historic wrecks
Turtles · rays · reef fish
Seahorses · turtles · groupers
Lagoon manta rays · blacktip reef sharks · lemon sharks
Hasta 20 m · Open Water
20 m27 °C
Turtles · rays · reef fish
Parrotfish · rays · octopus
Cold-water fish · numerous historic wrecks
Reef fish · starfish · corals
Octopus · reef fish · cold-water corals
Resident spinner dolphins
Clownfish · lionfish · octopus
Sea lions · manta rays · dolphins
Rare deep-water fish · nudibranchs · pygmy seahorses
Humpback whales on passage · manta rays · whitetip reef sharks
300 species of hard and soft coral · 512 species of fish · seagrass meadows; hawksbill turtles
Bull sharks · giant groupers · manta rays
Grey nurse shark (raggie) in breeding aggregations · oceanic blacktip shark all year round · tiger shark
Seven species of shark aggregate here · among them hammerheads · grey nurse shark and giant guitarfish; Zambezi (bull) shark
Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water
15 m18 °C
Sea lions · lobsters · occasional white sharks
Hasta 25 m · Open Water
15 m20 °C
Sea lions · tropical and temperate fish mixed together
Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water
15 m20 °C
Australian sea lions · grey nurse sharks
Marine hippopotamuses · green turtles · dolphins
15 m22 °C
Dolphins · sharks and seabirds during the Sardine Run
15 m24 °C
Tiger sharks · manta rays · ridley and loggerhead turtles
Bull sharks · hammerhead sharks · humpback whales
Brackish-water fish · mussels · ancient wrecks
Whitetip reef sharks · manta rays · dolphins
Reef fish · hard corals
Hasta 18 m · Open Water
15 m22 °C
Bull sharks · leopard sharks · turtles
Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water
15 m21 °C
Grey nurse sharks · tropical and temperate fish mixed together
Marine otters · dolphins · Humboldt penguins
Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water
15 m19 °C
Subtropical fish · dolphins · the Rainbow Warrior wreck
Hasta 20 m · Advanced Open Water
8 m17 °C
Sea lions · Humboldt penguins
Hasta 20 m · Advanced Open Water
8 m20 °C
Loggerhead turtle and more than 200 species of reef fish
Hasta 20 m · Open Water
10 m24 °C
Turtles · rays · tropical fish
Cold-water soft corals · lobsters · groupers
Turtles · groupers · lobsters
Hasta 20 m · Open Water
10 m18 °C
Hāpuku groper · lobsters · snapper
Hasta 25 m · Open Water
15 m19 °C
Eagle rays · snapper · lobsters
Hasta 20 m · Open Water
15 m22 °C
Grey nurse sharks · turtles · clownfish
Grey · French and queen angelfish · squirrelfish
Hasta 26 m · Advanced Open Water
Jewel anemones in intense colours · golden snapper · kingfish
Hawksbill turtles · parrotfish · seahorses
Turtles · occasional reef sharks · groupers
Shoals of trevally and grunts · barracuda · moray eels
Eagle rays · turtles · shoals of fusiliers
Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water
20 m22 °C
Rock lobsters · sea lions · southern-limit corals
Hasta 30 m · Open Water