Explore the world underwater

Cabrera (Cova Blava)

Spain

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

25 m20 °C

Reef fish · lobsters · the blue light effect

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

Portofino Marine Reserve

Italy

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m19 °C

Groupers · corals · red gorgonians

Cristo degli Abissi (San Fruttuoso)

Italy

Hasta 30 m · Open Water; also accessible freediving

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

Zakynthos (tortuga boba)

Greece

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m23 °C

Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) · groupers

Tavolara (Cerdeña)

Italy

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m20 °C

Groupers · lobsters · red corals

Plemmirio Marine Reserve (Sicilia)

Italy

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

Corals · moray eels · lobsters

Aegadian Islands (Favignana)

Italy

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · corals · Punic archaeological remains

Ustica Island

Italy

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

Dusky groupers · tuna · amberjack

El Hierro / La Restinga

Spain

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Angelsharks · occasional basking sharks · manta rays

Tremiti Islands

Italy

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · red corals · lobsters

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

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

Kornati Islands

Croatia

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Posidonia oceanica meadows · bottlenose dolphin · loggerhead turtle

Lastovo Island

Croatia

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · lobsters · corals

Mljet Island

Croatia

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · corals · two inland salt lakes

Malta (Blue Hole Gozo / Um El Faroud)

Malta

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m20 °C

Groupers · moray eels · octopus

Cirkewwa (Malta)

Malta

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

30 m20 °C

Reef fish · two patrol boat wrecks

Zenobia Wreck

Cyprus

Hasta 42 m · Technical

25 m20 °C

Large groupers · barracuda · moray eels

Strýtan (chimenea hidrotermal)

Iceland

Hasta 70 m · Advanced Open Water (drysuit)

20 m5 °C

Limited wildlife; a unique mineral tufa chimney

Komodo National Park

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, strong currents

22 m26 °C

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

Ningaloo Reef

Australia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m25 °C

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

Raja Ampat

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

25 m29 °C

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

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

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

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

Misool (Boo Windows y Magic Mountain)

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Reef and oceanic manta rays · reef sharks · wobbegongs

Sipadan

Malaysia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

28 m28 °C

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

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

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

Apo Reef Natural Park

Philippines

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · hammerheads · thresher shark

Moalboal (Sardine Run)

Philippines

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Millions of sardines in bait balls · turtles · whitetip sharks

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)

Cape Kri

Indonesia

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m29 °C

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

Blue Magic (Raja Ampat)

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Oceanic manta rays · reef sharks · shoals of trevally

Manta Ridge (Arborek)

Indonesia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Resident reef manta rays · cleaner wrasse

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

Menjangan Island (Bali Barat)

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · Napoleon wrasse