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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

Atlantic rocky reef

Cliff Coast (Cape St Vincent)

Portugal

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m17 °C

Sesimbra

Portugal

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m18 °C

Volcanic/Reserve

Alboran Island

Spain

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Marine reserve/Wreck

Cabo de Palos

Spain

Hasta 45 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Volcanic/Reserve

Columbretes Islands

Spain

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Chafarinas Islands

Spain

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m

Cap de Creus

Spain

Hasta 35 m · Advanced 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

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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 · conger eels · lobsters

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Groupers · octopus · conger eels

Océano

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20 °C

Groupers · occasional blue sharks · corals

Área marina protegida

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20 °C

Large groupers · dentex · barracuda

Área marina protegida

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20 °C

Groupers · red corals · occasional blue sharks

OcéanoIslasÁrea marina protegida

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19 °C

Occasional monk seals · groupers · corals

Área marina protegida

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19 °C

Red corals · groupers · conger eels

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

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Grouper · sea bream · snapper

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

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Scandola Reserve (Corsica)

France

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · corals · lobsters

Patrimonio Mundial

Rocky reef/Wreck

L'Escala (Costa Brava)

Spain

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m19 °C

Groupers · conger eels · the Reggio Messina wreck

Medes Islands

Spain

Hasta 45 m · Advanced

20 m19 °C

Large groupers · conger eels · deep-water corals

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Rocky reef/Cave

Cavalleria (Menorca)

Spain

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Groupers · red corals · moray eels

Área marina protegida

Marine reserve/Cave

Balearic Islands (Cabrera)

Spain

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Groupers · ospreys · corals

Formentera (Es Freus)

Spain

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m22 °C

Groupers · moray eels · Posidonia meadows

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Blue light cave

Cabrera (Cova Blava)

Spain

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

25 m20 °C

Reef fish · lobsters · the blue light effect

Área marina protegida

Rocky cove/Cave

Calanques de Marsella

France

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m18 °C

Groupers · red corals · moray eels

Marine reserve/Wall

Port-Cros National Park

France

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

20 m19 °C

Groupers · corals · a marked underwater trail

Marine reserve/Wreck

Côte Bleue

France

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m19 °C

Groupers · corals · archaeological remains

Wreck/Rocky reef

Isles of Scilly

United Kingdom

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m14 °C

Grey seals · lobsters · numerous historic shipwrecks

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/Wreck

Farne Islands (Longstone)

United Kingdom

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

Grey seals · historic lighthouse wrecks

Scapa Flow

United Kingdom

Hasta 45 m · Advanced / technical

10 m10 °C

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

Área marina protegida

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

Submerged statue / Rocky wall

Cristo degli Abissi (San Fruttuoso)

Italy

Hasta 30 m · Open Water; also accessible freediving

Grouper · lobster · passing pelagics; walls with coral and deep crevices

Área marina protegida

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

Tavolara (Cerdeña)

Italy

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m20 °C

Groupers · lobsters · red corals

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Aegadian Islands (Favignana)

Italy

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · corals · Punic archaeological remains

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Rocky reef/Pink beach

Elafonisi (Creta)

Greece

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Reef fish · corals · lobsters

Volcanic/Reserve

Ustica Island

Italy

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

Dusky groupers · tuna · amberjack

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

Isle of Capri (Blue Grotto)

Italy

Hasta 15 m · Open Water / Snorkel

20 m20 °C

Reef fish · bioluminescent encrusting corals

Actively volcanic

Aeolian Islands (Panarea/Stromboli)

Italy

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Underwater fumaroles · groupers · thermal-water corals

IslasPatrimonio Mundial

El Hierro / La Restinga

Spain

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Angelsharks · occasional basking sharks · manta rays

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Grotta di Nereo (Cueva de Nereo)

Italy

Hasta 33 m · Advanced Open Water; the narrow tunnels require a cave qualification

Red coral (Corallium rubrum) · spiny lobsters · European lobsters

Área marina protegida

Tremiti Islands

Italy

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · red corals · lobsters

OcéanoIslasÁrea marina protegida

Kastellorizo (Cueva Azul)

Greece

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

25 m24 °C

Reef fish · lobsters

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)

Actively volcanic/Fumaroles

Aeolian Islands (Vulcano)

Italy

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m22 °C

Underwater sulphur fumaroles · reef fish

Milos

Greece

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m23 °C

Seahorses · lobsters · volcanic formations

Classical-period archaeological wreck

Pecio de Peristera (Museo Subacuático de Alonnisos)

Greece

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

Mediterranean reef life; the park protects the Mediterranean monk seal

Área marina protegida

Amorgos (pecio Le Grand Bleu)

Greece

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m23 °C

Reef fish · moray eels

Cave/Rocky reef

Corfú (Paleokastritsa)

Greece

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · lobsters

Santorini (Caldera volcánica)

Greece

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m22 °C

Reef fish · lava formations · an aircraft wreck

Kas

Türkiye

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m22 °C

Groupers · turtles · a submerged 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

Lastovo Island

Croatia

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · lobsters · corals

Área marina protegida

Salt lake/Reserve

Mljet Island

Croatia

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · corals · two inland salt lakes

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Kornati Islands

Croatia

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Posidonia oceanica meadows · bottlenose dolphin · loggerhead turtle

OcéanoIslasÁrea marina protegida

Vis Island (pecios)

Croatia

Hasta 50 m · Advanced

30 m22 °C

Reef fish · encrusting corals

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

Wreck/Rocky reef

Dubrovnik

Croatia

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · lobsters · minor wrecks

OcéanoPatrimonio Mundial

Remote rock wall

Croacia (Isla de Susac)

Croatia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · lobsters · corals

Cirkewwa (Malta)

Malta

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

30 m20 °C

Reef fish · two patrol boat wrecks

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Malta (Blue Hole Gozo / Um El Faroud)

Malta

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m20 °C

Groupers · moray eels · octopus

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

Comino (Laguna Azul y Cuevas)

Malta

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

30 m20 °C

Reef fish · the turquoise light effect

Cave/Rocky reef

Gozo (Cathedral Cave/Reqqa Point)

Malta

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m20 °C

Groupers · moray eels · encrusting corals

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

Extreme tidal current

Saltstraumen

Norway

Hasta 30 m · Technical / highly advanced

15 m8 °C

Cod · lobsters · giant anemones

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

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

Alor Archipelago

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Soft corals · occasional hammerhead sharks · macro life

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

Layang Layang Atoll

Malaysia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Schooling hammerhead sharks · turtles · dolphins

Panglao (Bohol)

Philippines

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Tarsier (on land) · turtles · sea snakes

Oceanic pelagic

Solor / Lembata (ballenas azules)

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Migrating blue whales · sperm whales

Bunaken Marine Park

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Green and hawksbill turtles on almost every dive · eagle rays · reef sharks

Área marina protegida

Coastal pelagic

Cenderawasih Bay (whale shark)

Indonesia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Resident whale shark · more than 35 endemic fish species · hard coral gardens

Área marina protegida

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

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

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

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

Cleaning station

Ticao Pass (mantarrayas)

Philippines

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m27 °C

Resident oceanic manta rays · whale sharks on passage

Pinnacle/Granite cave

Similan Islands

Thailand

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Manta rays at the cleaning stations of Koh Bon and Koh Tachai · turtles · leopard sharks

IslasÁrea marina protegida

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

USAT Liberty (Tulamben)

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

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

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

Anambas Islands

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Turtles · Napoleon wrasse · soft corals

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

Coastal pelagic

Ticao Island (Donsol, whale shark)

Philippines

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Whale shark on passage

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

Ambon (Twilight Zone)

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

10 m28 °C

Psychedelic frogfish (endemic to Ambon) · Ambon scorpionfish · rhinopias

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

Cleaning station

Manta Ridge (Arborek)

Indonesia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Resident reef manta rays · cleaner wrasse

Área 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

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Malapascua (tiburón zorro)

Philippines

Hasta 30 m · Advanced

20 m27 °C

Pelagic thresher shark · occasional manta and mobula rays · whitetip sharks at Gato Island

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

Cave/Karst lagoon

Sohoton Cove

Philippines

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Reef fish · karst formations

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

Coron Bay (wrecks)

Philippines

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

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

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

Sandy bottom (muck diving)

Lembeh Strait

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

10 m28 °C

Mimic octopus · blue-ringed octopus · hairy frogfish

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

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

Richelieu Rock

Thailand

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Occasional whale shark and manta ray · schooling mackerel and barracuda · frogfish

Área 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

Milne Bay

Papua New Guinea

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Pygmy seahorses · frogfish · mimic octopus

Chumphon Pinnacle

Thailand

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · barracuda · giant groupers

Tenggol Island

Malaysia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

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

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

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

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

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

Lakshadweep (Bangaram)

India

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef sharks · dolphins · turtles

Rocky reef/Wreck

Grande Island (Goa)

India

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

8 m27 °C

Reef fish · a small wreck

Coastal pelagic

Kalpitiya

Sri Lanka

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Resident dolphins · whales on passage

Madang

Papua New Guinea

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Second World War aircraft and ship wrecks · reef sharks

Military pier/Macro

Navy Pier (Exmouth)

Australia

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

Vertical oceanic wall / Cave

Isla de Navidad (Christmas Island)

Australia

Hasta 40 m · Open Water on the shallow reefs; advanced on Perpendicular Wall

Whale sharks · manta rays · spinner dolphins all year round

Área marina protegida

Cleaning station

Ishigaki (Manta Scramble)

Japan

Hasta 20 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Resident manta rays · turtles

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

Netrani Island

India

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

12 m27 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · barracuda

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

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

Mayotte (laguna)

Mayotte

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · manta rays

Munda

Solomon Islands

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Second World War aircraft wrecks · reef sharks

Rasdhoo Atoll (Madivaru)

Maldives

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Hammerhead sharks at dawn · grey 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

Atolón de Baa (Hanifaru Bay)

Maldives

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Up to 200 reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi) at once · the largest known aggregation in the world; whale shark

Área marina protegida

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

Pemba Channel

Tanzania

Hasta 50 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Marlin · tuna · oceanic sharks

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

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

Solomon Islands (Mary Island)

Solomon Islands

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m29 °C

Reef sharks · Second World War wrecks · soft corals

Vaavu Atoll (Fish Head)

Maldives

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Grey reef sharks · Napoleon wrasse

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

Koh Ha (Krabi)

Thailand

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · barracuda · light caves

Hikkaduwa

Sri Lanka

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green turtles · clownfish · hard corals

Lima Rock

Oman

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m26 °C

Leopard sharks · manta rays · barracuda

Mergui Archipelago (Black Rock)

Myanmar

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nurse sharks · giant lobsters · underwater caves

Coastal muck diving

Blue Heron Bridge

United States

Hasta 8 m · Open Water

5 m26 °C

Seahorses · octopus · frogfish

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

Cleaning station

North Male Atoll (HP Reef)

Maldives

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Manta rays · grey reef sharks · Napoleon wrasse

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

Rock formation/Pelagic

Yonaguni Monument

Japan

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m24 °C

Migrating hammerhead sharks · enigmatic rock formations

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

Bioluminescence phenomenon

Vaadhoo (mareas bioluminiscentes)

Maldives

Hasta 10 m · Open Water / Snorkel

15 m28 °C

Bioluminescent plankton (dinoflagellate phytoplankton)

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

Norman Reef

Australia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · clownfish

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Rocky Island

Egypt

Hasta 60 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Oceanic · hammerhead and pelagic thresher sharks

Área 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

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

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

Deep wreck (aircraft carrier)

Pecio HMS Hermes

Sri Lanka

Hasta 55 m · Technical (mandatory decompression)

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

Área marina protegida

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

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

Open sandy bottom

Tiger Beach

Bahamas

Hasta 10 m · Advanced (shark diving)

28 m25 °C

Tiger shark · lemon shark · nurse shark

Área marina protegida

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

Satayah Reef (delfines)

Egypt

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Bottlenose dolphins in great numbers

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

Panorama Reef

Egypt

Hasta 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

Occasional oceanic sharks · barracuda · groupers

Careless Reef

Egypt

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

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

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

Thistlegorm wreck

Egypt

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Barracuda · tuna · batfish

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

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

Seagrass meadow

Abu Dabab (dugongos)

Egypt

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Resident dugongs · green turtles

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

Wreck of the Louilla

Egypt

Hasta 26 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Reef fish · moray eels

Umluj (Maldivas de Arabia Saudita)

Saudi Arabia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · clownfish · soft corals

Pinnacle/Pelagic

Angarosh Reef

Sudan

Hasta 50 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks · tiger shark · silvertip shark

Abu Nuhas (Ghiannis D)

Egypt

Hasta 28 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Clouds of glassfish · giant moray eels · octopus

Sanganeb Atoll

Sudan

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks · grey reef sharks · barracuda

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Blue Hole Dahab

Egypt

Hasta 130 m · Advanced / highly experienced

25 m26 °C

Clownfish · Napoleon wrasse · turtles

Coastal pelagic

Arta Beach (tiburón ballena)

Djibouti

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m26 °C

Juvenile whale shark · dolphins

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

Deep Second World War wreck

Pecio Rosalie Möller

Egypt

Hasta 50 m · Advanced / technical

Clouds of glassfish · grouper · trevally

Wreck / Maritime grave

Pecio Salem Express

Egypt

Hasta 32 m · Advanced Open Water; penetration prohibited

Grouper · crocodilefish · moray eels

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

Peleliu Wall

Palau

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m28 °C

Grey reef sharks · hammerhead sharks · barracuda tornadoes

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Ulong Channel

Palau

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Blue Corner

Palau

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, strong currents

25 m28 °C

Grey reef sharks in groups of 10 to 30 · huge Napoleon wrasse · barracuda in tornado formation

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Second World War wreck

Bell Island Wrecks

Canada

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m8 °C

Cold-water fish · rock lobsters

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

Cleaning station

German Channel

Palau

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef manta rays at cleaning stations · reef sharks · rays

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

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

Aitutaki

Cook Islands

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Humpback whales on passage · turtles · lagoon fish

Rarotonga

Cook Islands

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · hard corals

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

Cleaning station

Yap (mantarrayas residentes)

Micronesia

Hasta 20 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Resident reef manta rays

Jardines de la Reina

Cuba

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

35 m27 °C

Grey reef · silky · nurse

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida

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

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

Pecio Umbria (Wingate Reef)

Sudan

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

Sponges · encrusting corals · crinoids

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