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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)15 m – 40 m

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Visibility (m)5 m – 35 m

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Water temperature (°C)12 °C – 29 °C

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Volcanic/Reserve

Columbretes Islands

Spain

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Wreck/Rocky reef

Isles of Scilly

United Kingdom

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

Cold rocky reef/Wreck

Farne Islands (Longstone)

United Kingdom

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

Wreck/Rocky reef

Elba Island

Italy

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m21 °C

Actively volcanic

Aeolian Islands (Panarea/Stromboli)

Italy

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Tremiti Islands

Italy

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Kornati Islands

Croatia

Jellyfish lake/Reef

Derawan Islands (Kakaban / Sangalaki)

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Pinnacle/Granite cave

Similan Islands

Thailand

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Andaman Islands (Havelock)

India

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

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Hammerhead sharks

Caves and cenotes

Snorkelling-friendly

Technical diving

20 °C

Groupers · red corals · occasional blue sharks

OcéanoIslasÁrea marina protegida

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15 m

14 °C

Grey seals · lobsters · numerous historic shipwrecks

OcéanoIslas

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8 m

12 °C

Grey seals · historic lighthouse wrecks

Islas

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Groupers · moray eels · the remains of historic wrecks

OcéanoIslas

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21 °C

Underwater fumaroles · groupers · thermal-water corals

IslasPatrimonio Mundial

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Groupers · red corals · lobsters

OcéanoIslasÁrea marina protegida

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Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Posidonia oceanica meadows · bottlenose dolphin · loggerhead turtle

OcéanoIslasÁrea marina protegida

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Reef manta rays all year round · green and hawksbill turtle · leopard shark

Agua dulceIslas

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

IslasÁrea marina protegida

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20 m

28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays

OcéanoIslas

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Togean Islands

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Stingless jellyfish · reef sharks · hard corals

Anambas Islands

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Turtles · Napoleon wrasse · soft corals

Riau Islands (Bintan)

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · Second World War wrecks

Karimunjawa

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

Widi Islands

Indonesia

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · pristine corals

Kepulauan Seribu

Indonesia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

8 m29 °C

Reef fish · recovering corals

Perhentian Islands

Malaysia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks

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

Turtle nesting reef

Sangalaki Islands

Indonesia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Green turtles nesting en masse · manta rays

Banda Islands

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerhead sharks · sea snakes · mobula rays

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

Camotes Islands

Philippines

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef fish · freshwater caves nearby

OcéanoAgua dulceIslas

Lakshadweep (Bangaram)

India

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef sharks · dolphins · turtles

Whitsunday Islands (Bahía Chalkies)

Australia

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m25 °C

Turtles · reef fish · hard corals

OcéanoIslasPatrimonio Mundial

Cleaning station

Ishigaki (Manta Scramble)

Japan

Hasta 20 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Resident manta rays · turtles

Koh Phi Phi

Thailand

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · blacktip reef sharks · barracuda

Solomon Islands (Mary Island)

Solomon Islands

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m29 °C

Reef sharks · Second World War wrecks · soft corals

Comoras (Mohéli)

Comoros

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Nesting green turtles · dugongs · reef sharks

Mergui Archipelago (Black Rock)

Myanmar

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nurse sharks · giant lobsters · underwater caves

Reef/Archipelago

Quirimbas Islands

Mozambique

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Dugongs · whale sharks on passage · turtles

La Digue

Seychelles

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · hawksbill turtles · manta rays

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

Umluj (Maldivas de Arabia Saudita)

Saudi Arabia

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · clownfish · soft corals

Rarotonga

Cook Islands

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · hard corals

San Blas Islands (Guna Yala)

Panama

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Lobsters · rays · reef fish

Nosy Tanikely

Madagascar

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · Napoleon wrasse · reef sharks

Kadavu

Fiji

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Manta rays · reef sharks · soft corals

Bocas del Toro

Panama

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Sloths in the nearby mangroves · rays · octopus

Los Roques

Venezuela

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Lobsters · turtles · parrotfish

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

Revillagigedo Islands (Socorro)

Mexico

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m25 °C

Giant manta ray · bottlenose dolphin · hammerhead shark

IslasPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida

Mangrove reef/Estuary

Bijagós Islands

Guinea-Bissau

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

5 m26 °C

Marine hippopotamuses · green turtles · dolphins

Volcanic rock/Wall

Robinson Crusoe Island (Juan Fernández)

Chile

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m16 °C

Juan Fernández fur seals · endemic lobsters