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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
Visibility (m)5 m – 35 m
Water temperature (°C)12 °C – 29 °C

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Walls
Large pelagics
Snorkelling-friendly
Beginners
Technical diving
Reef/Atoll

Togean Islands

Indonesia

62 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Coral lagoon

Anambas Islands

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Reef/Wreck

Riau Islands (Bintan)

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Coral reef

Karimunjawa

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Remote reef

Widi Islands

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Urban reef

Kepulauan Seribu

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

8 m29 °C

Shallow reef

Perhentian Islands

Malaysia

60 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m

Coral reef

Con Dao Islands

Vietnam

60 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Coral reef

Redang Island

Malaysia

60 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m

Cold rocky reef

Batanes Islands

Philippines

60 species
Reef/Reserve

Con Son Island (North Con Dao)

Vietnam

60 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Turtle nesting reef

Sangalaki Islands

Indonesia

60 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Volcanic wall

Banda Islands

Indonesia

59 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

UNESCO
Pelagic/Reef

Ogasawara Islands

Japan

59 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Reef/Cave

Camotes Islands

Philippines

58 species
Coral atoll

Lakshadweep (Bangaram)

India

57 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

UNESCO
Coral reef

Whitsunday Islands (Bahía Chalkies)

Australia

57 species
Cleaning station

Ishigaki (Manta Scramble)

Japan

56 species

Hasta 20 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Reef/Pinnacle

Koh Phi Phi

Thailand

56 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Pinnacle/Wreck

Solomon Islands (Mary Island)

Solomon Islands

54 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m

Volcanic reef

Comoras (Mohéli)

Comoros

54 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m

Pinnacle/Cave

Mergui Archipelago (Black Rock)

Myanmar

54 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef/Archipelago

Quirimbas Islands

Mozambique

54 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m26 °C

Granite reef

La Digue

Seychelles

51 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Reef/Volcanic

Nosy Be

Madagascar

48 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Reef/Mangrove

Farasan Islands

Saudi Arabia

Reef/Lagoon

Umluj (Maldivas de Arabia Saudita)

Saudi Arabia

Barrier reef

Rarotonga

Cook Islands

45 species
Lagoon reef

San Blas Islands (Guna Yala)

Panama

44 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m

Marine reserve

Nosy Tanikely

Madagascar

44 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Barrier reef

Kadavu

Fiji

44 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

Reef/Mangrove

Bocas del Toro

Panama

43 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m

Lagoon reef

Los Roques

Venezuela

43 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

25 m

Coral reef

Barú Island (Rosario Islands)

Colombia

40 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

UNESCO
Reef/Wall

Fernando de Noronha

Brazil

39 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

UNESCO
Wall/Pelagic

Revillagigedo Islands (Socorro)

Mexico

26 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

Mangrove reef/Estuary

Bijagós Islands

Guinea-Bissau

22 species

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

5 m26 °C

Volcanic rock/Wall

Robinson Crusoe Island (Juan Fernández)

Chile

11 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m16 °C

Volcanic/Reserve

Columbretes Islands

Spain

127 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Groupers · red corals · occasional blue sharks

OcéanoIslasÁrea marina protegida
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Wreck/Rocky reef

Isles of Scilly

United Kingdom

114 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m14 °C

Grey seals · lobsters · numerous historic shipwrecks

OcéanoIslas
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Cold rocky reef/Wreck

Farne Islands (Longstone)

United Kingdom

112 species

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m12 °C

Grey seals · historic lighthouse wrecks

Islas
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Wreck/Rocky reef

Elba Island

Italy

104 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m21 °C

Groupers · moray eels · the remains of historic wrecks

OcéanoIslas
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UNESCO
Actively volcanic

Aeolian Islands (Panarea/Stromboli)

Italy

104 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Underwater fumaroles · groupers · thermal-water corals

IslasPatrimonio Mundial
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Wall/Cave

Tremiti Islands

Italy

103 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · red corals · lobsters

OcéanoIslasÁrea marina protegida
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Wall/Cave

Kornati Islands

Croatia

94 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Posidonia oceanica meadows · bottlenose dolphin · loggerhead turtle

OcéanoIslasÁrea marina protegida
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Jellyfish lake/Reef

Derawan Islands (Kakaban / Sangalaki)

Indonesia

63 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

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

Agua dulceIslas
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Pinnacle/Granite cave

Similan Islands

Thailand

62 species

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
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Reef/Wall

Andaman Islands (Havelock)

India

62 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays

OcéanoIslas
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Stingless jellyfish · reef sharks · hard corals

OcéanoIslas
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Turtles · Napoleon wrasse · soft corals

OcéanoIslas
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Reef fish · Second World War wrecks

OcéanoIslas
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Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

OcéanoIslas
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Reef sharks · turtles · pristine corals

OcéanoIslas
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Reef fish · recovering corals

OcéanoIslas
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28 °C

Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks

Islas
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Nesting green turtles · occasional dugongs

OcéanoIslas
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28 °C

Green turtles · clownfish · soft corals

Islas
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Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Subtropical fish · lobsters

Islas
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Occasional dugongs · nesting turtles · hard corals

Islas
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Green turtles nesting en masse · manta rays

Islas
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Schooling scalloped hammerhead sharks · sea snakes · mobula rays

OcéanoIslas
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24 °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
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Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef fish · freshwater caves nearby

OcéanoAgua dulceIslas
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25 m
28 °C

Reef sharks · dolphins · turtles

OcéanoIslas
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Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m25 °C

Turtles · reef fish · hard corals

OcéanoIslasPatrimonio Mundial
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Resident manta rays · turtles

Islas
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Leopard sharks · blacktip reef sharks · barracuda

OcéanoIslas
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29 °C

Reef sharks · Second World War wrecks · soft corals

OcéanoIslas
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27 °C

Nesting green turtles · dugongs · reef sharks

Islas
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Nurse sharks · giant lobsters · underwater caves

OcéanoIslas
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Dugongs · whale sharks on passage · turtles

OcéanoIslas
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Nurse sharks · hawksbill turtles · manta rays

Islas
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Whale sharks on passage · turtles · manta rays

OcéanoIslas
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48 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Dolphins · occasional whale sharks · dugongs

OcéanoIslas
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48 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Turtles · clownfish · soft corals

Islas
View dive site

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m27 °C

Reef fish · turtles · hard corals

OcéanoIslas
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28 °C

Lobsters · rays · reef fish

OcéanoIslas
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Turtles · Napoleon wrasse · reef sharks

OcéanoIslas
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20 m26 °C

Manta rays · reef sharks · soft corals

OcéanoIslas
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28 °C

Sloths in the nearby mangroves · rays · octopus

OcéanoIslas
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27 °C

Lobsters · turtles · parrotfish

OcéanoIslas
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Reef fish · lobsters · brain corals

OcéanoIslas
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35 m
27 °C

Resident spinner dolphin · turtles · reef and lemon sharks

IslasPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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25 m25 °C

Giant manta ray · bottlenose dolphin · hammerhead shark

IslasPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Marine hippopotamuses · green turtles · dolphins

OcéanoIslas
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Juan Fernández fur seals · endemic lobsters

OcéanoIslas
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