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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)30 m – 300 m
Visibility (m)15 m – 35 m
Water temperature (°C)10 °C – 29 °C

88 dive sites found

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Rock wall

Cap de Creus

Spain

122 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m

UNESCO
Wall/Reserve

Scandola Reserve (Corsica)

France

122 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

UNESCO
Rock wall

Formentera (Es Freus)

Spain

121 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

Marine reserve/Wall

Port-Cros National Park

France

116 species

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

20 m19 °C

Rock wall

Portofino Marine Reserve

Italy

107 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m19 °C

Submerged statue / Rocky wall

Cristo degli Abissi (San Fruttuoso)

Italy

106 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water; also accessible freediving

Wall/Cave

Tavolara (Cerdeña)

Italy

105 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m20 °C

Cave/Wall

Aegadian Islands (Favignana)

Italy

105 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Volcanic/Wall

El Hierro / La Restinga

Spain

103 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

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Sharks
Hammerhead sharks
Manta rays
Turtles
Reefs
Wrecks
Caves and cenotes
Walls
Large pelagics
Snorkelling-friendly
Beginners
Technical diving
19 °C

Red corals · groupers · conger eels

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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21 °C

Groupers · corals · lobsters

Patrimonio Mundial
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25 m22 °C

Groupers · moray eels · Posidonia meadows

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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Groupers · corals · a marked underwater trail

Océano
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Groupers · corals · red gorgonians

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Grouper · lobster · passing pelagics; walls with coral and deep crevices
Área marina protegida
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Groupers · lobsters · red corals

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Groupers · corals · Punic archaeological remains

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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21 °C

Angelsharks · occasional basking sharks · manta rays

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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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

Kas

Türkiye

101 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m22 °C

Groupers · turtles · a submerged aircraft wreck

Océano
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Wall/Cave

Lastovo Island

Croatia

94 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · lobsters · corals

Área 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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Remote rock wall

Croacia (Isla de Susac)

Croatia

94 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · lobsters · corals

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Reef/Wall

Raja Ampat

Indonesia

65 species

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

25 m29 °C

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Wall/Current

Alor Archipelago

Indonesia

65 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Soft corals · occasional hammerhead sharks · macro life

Océano
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UNESCO
Reef/Wall

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

Philippines

63 species

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
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Reef/Wall

Wakatobi National Park

Indonesia

63 species

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
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Ocean wall

Layang Layang Atoll

Malaysia

63 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Schooling hammerhead sharks · turtles · dolphins

Océano
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Reef/Wall

Panglao (Bohol)

Philippines

63 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Tarsier (on land) · turtles · sea snakes

Océano
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Wall

Bunaken Marine Park

Indonesia

63 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

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

Área marina protegida
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Wall

Sipadan

Malaysia

62 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

28 m28 °C

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

OcéanoÁrea 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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Reef/Wall

Apo Reef Natural Park

Philippines

61 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · hammerheads · thresher shark

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Wall/Reef

Kalimantan (Maratua)

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Occasional hammerhead sharks · manta rays · turtles

Océano
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Reef/Wall

Moalboal (Sardine Run)

Philippines

60 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Millions of sardines in bait balls · turtles · whitetip sharks

Área marina protegida
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Reef/Wall

Siquijor

Philippines

60 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals

Océano
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Wall

Menjangan Island (Bali Barat)

Indonesia

59 species

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · Napoleon wrasse

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Volcanic wall

Banda Islands

Indonesia

59 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerhead sharks · sea snakes · mobula rays

OcéanoIslas
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Coral wall

Wakatobi Islands (Hoga)

Indonesia

59 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · macro life · pristine corals

Océano
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Vertical oceanic wall / Cave

Isla de Navidad (Christmas Island)

Australia

56 species

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
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Wall/Pelagic

Osprey Reef (Coral Sea)

Australia

56 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Grey reef sharks · silky sharks · giant corals

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Wall/Pelagic

Rasdhoo Atoll (Madivaru)

Maldives

55 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Hammerhead sharks at dawn · grey reef sharks

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Ocean wall

Pemba Channel

Tanzania

54 species

Hasta 50 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Marlin · tuna · oceanic sharks

Océano
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Pinnacle/Wall

Vaavu Atoll (Fish Head)

Maldives

54 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Grey reef sharks · Napoleon wrasse

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Cave/Wall

Koh Ha (Krabi)

Thailand

54 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · barracuda · light caves

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Reef/Wall

Elphinstone Reef

Egypt

52 species

Hasta 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

Oceanic whitetip shark (longimanus) · hammerheads · grey reef shark

Océano
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Wall/Wreck

Brothers Islands (El Akhawein)

Egypt

51 species

Hasta 80 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m26 °C

Hammerhead · oceanic whitetip · thresher and grey reef sharks

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Wall/Pelagic

Rocky Island

Egypt

51 species

Hasta 60 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Oceanic · hammerhead and pelagic thresher sharks

Área marina protegida
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Reef/Wall

Xcalak

Mexico

51 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Groupers · lobsters · nurse sharks

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Wall/Shipwreck

Zabargad Island

Egypt

50 species

Hasta 50 m · Advanced, technical

30 m27 °C

Oceanic whitetip shark · grey reef shark · hammerheads

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Isolated oceanic reef / Wall

Daedalus Reef (Abu el Kizan)

Egypt

49 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

Hammerhead sharks · oceanic whitetip · thresher shark

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Pinnacle/Wall

Panorama Reef

Egypt

48 species

Hasta 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

Occasional oceanic sharks · barracuda · groupers

Océano
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Reef/Wall

Sha'ab Rumi (Cousteau)

Sudan

48 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks (best in spring) · grey reef sharks · barracuda

Océano
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Reef/Wall

Big Gubal Reef

Egypt

48 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Barracuda · reef sharks · moray eels

Océano
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Reef/Wall

Ras Mohammed National Park

Egypt

48 species

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m26 °C

Barracuda · trevally · batfish

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Reef/Wall

Jackson Reef

Egypt

48 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · barracuda · Napoleon wrasse

Océano
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UNESCO
Atoll/Wall

Sanganeb Atoll

Sudan

47 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks · grey reef sharks · barracuda

OcéanoPatrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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