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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)8 m – 300 m
Visibility (m)5 m – 35 m
Water temperature (°C)7 °C – 29 °C

273 dive sites found

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Atlantic rocky reef

Cíes Islands

Spain

142 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m

Rocky reef/Cave

Berlengas Islands

Portugal

138 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m18 °C

Atlantic rocky reef

Cliff Coast (Cape St Vincent)

Portugal

137 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m17 °C

Reef/Reserve

Chafarinas Islands

Spain

124 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m

Rocky reef/Wreck

L'Escala (Costa Brava)

Spain

122 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m

Rocky reef/Cave

Cavalleria (Menorca)

Spain

121 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m

Wreck/Rocky reef

Isles of Scilly

United Kingdom

114 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

Rocky reef/Reserve

Lundy Island

United Kingdom

114 species

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

Cold rocky reef

Farne Islands

United Kingdom

112 species

Hasta 20 m · Advanced Open Water

Wreck/Rocky reef

Plymouth Sound (pecios)

United Kingdom

112 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

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

Occasional monk seals · groupers · corals

Área marina protegida
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19 °C

Groupers · conger eels · the Reggio Messina wreck

Océano
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20 °C

Groupers · red corals · moray eels

Área marina protegida
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15 m
14 °C

Grey seals · lobsters · numerous historic shipwrecks

OcéanoIslas
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10 m
13 °C

Grey seals · lobsters · the first Marine Conservation Zone in the United Kingdom

Océano
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8 m
12 °C

Curious grey seals · lobsters

Océano
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10 m
13 °C

Lobsters · conger eels · several artificial wrecks

Océano
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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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Cold rocky reef

St Abbs

United Kingdom

111 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

8 m10 °C

Lobsters · spider crabs · plumose anemones

Océano
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UNESCO
Atlantic rocky reef

Skellig Islands

Ireland

111 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

12 m13 °C

Grey seals · basking sharks on passage · gannets

OcéanoPatrimonio Mundial
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Wreck/Rocky reef

Malin Head

Ireland

109 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

15 m12 °C

Basking sharks on passage · lobsters · First World War wrecks

Océano
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Reef/Reserve

Zakynthos (tortuga boba)

Greece

105 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m23 °C

Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) · groupers

Área marina protegida
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Cave/Reef

Plemmirio Marine Reserve (Sicilia)

Italy

105 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m22 °C

Corals · moray eels · lobsters

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Rocky reef/Pink beach

Elafonisi (Creta)

Greece

105 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Reef fish · corals · lobsters

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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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Rocky reef/Cave

Halkidiki

Greece

103 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m22 °C

Groupers · moray eels · seahorses

Océano
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UNESCO
Rocky reef/Wreck

Costa Amalfitana

Italy

103 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m20 °C

Groupers · octopus · submerged Roman remains

Patrimonio Mundial
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Cave/Rocky reef

Ponza Island

Italy

103 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m20 °C

Groupers · lobsters · volcanic formations

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Rocky reef/Wreck

Rodas

Greece

103 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · the Italian Freighter wreck

Océano
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Cave/Rocky reef

Symi

Greece

103 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · lobsters · sponges (a historic sponge-diving tradition)

Océano
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Cave/Rocky reef

Corfú (Paleokastritsa)

Greece

102 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · lobsters

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Rocky reef/Wreck

Marmaris

Türkiye

101 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · moray eels · merchant ship wrecks

Océano
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Wreck/Rocky reef

Bodrum (aircraft wreck)

Türkiye

99 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Reef fish · octopus · ancient amphora remains

Océano
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Underwater museum/Artificial reef

Museo Atlántico (Lanzarote)

Spain

98 species

Hasta 15 m · Open Water

15 m20 °C

Reef fish colonising the sculptures

Océano
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Volcanic reef

Garajau Marine Reserve (Madeira)

Portugal

94 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m20 °C

Groupers · eagle rays · occasional turtles

Océano
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UNESCO
Wreck/Rocky reef

Dubrovnik

Croatia

94 species

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · lobsters · minor wrecks

OcéanoPatrimonio Mundial
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Wreck/Reef

Cirkewwa (Malta)

Malta

92 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

30 m20 °C

Reef fish · two patrol boat wrecks

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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Cave/Rocky reef

Gozo (Cathedral Cave/Reqqa Point)

Malta

92 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m20 °C

Groupers · moray eels · encrusting corals

Océano
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Rocky reef/Cave

Ksamil

Albania

90 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m23 °C

Groupers · octopus · corals

Océano
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Rocky reef/Wreck

Piran

Slovenia

89 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m19 °C

Reef fish · moray eels · the Baron Gautsch wreck

Océano
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Cold-water coral reef

Trondheimsfjord (corales de agua fría)

Norway

84 species

Hasta 80 m · Technical

15 m7 °C

Cold-water Lophelia corals · lobsters · cod

Océano
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UNESCO
Reef/Pelagic

Komodo National Park

Indonesia

69 species

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, strong currents

22 m26 °C

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

Patrimonio MundialÁrea marina protegida
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UNESCO
Coastal reef

Ningaloo Reef

Australia

68 species

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
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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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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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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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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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Pinnacle / Soft coral reef

Misool (Boo Windows y Magic Mountain)

Indonesia

63 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Reef and oceanic manta rays · reef sharks · wobbegongs

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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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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Soft coral reef / Coastal pelagic

Triton Bay

Indonesia

62 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Whale sharks under the fishing platforms · 'walking' sharks (Hemiscyllium) on night dives · dolphins

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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/Muck diving

Puerto Galera

Philippines

62 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Nudibranchs · seahorses · occasional reef sharks

Océano
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Reef/Atoll

Togean Islands

Indonesia

62 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Stingless jellyfish · reef sharks · hard corals

OcéanoIslas
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Bay reef

Padang Bai (Blue Lagoon)

Indonesia

62 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Clownfish · octopus · occasional reef sharks

Océano
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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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Reef/Wreck

Riau Islands (Bintan)

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · Second World War wrecks

OcéanoIslas
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Macro photography/Reef

Anilao

Philippines

61 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Nudibranchs in enormous variety · frogfish · octopus

Océano
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Reef/Wreck

Tioman Island

Malaysia

61 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · nudibranchs

Océano
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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/Wreck

Batam Islands

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · sunken commercial wrecks

Océano
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Reef/Pelagic

Nusa Lembongan

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m22 °C

Sunfish (mola mola) · manta rays · turtles

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Coral reef

Karimunjawa

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · hard corals

OcéanoIslas
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Urban reef

Kepulauan Seribu

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

8 m29 °C

Reef fish · recovering corals

OcéanoIslas
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Remote reef

Widi Islands

Indonesia

61 species

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Reef sharks · turtles · pristine corals

OcéanoIslas
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Bommie reef

Kri Island (Raja Ampat)

Indonesia

60 species

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
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Hard coral reef

Surin Islands

Thailand

60 species

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
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Sloping reef

Amed y Jemeluk Bay

Indonesia

60 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Clownfish · seahorses · mimic octopus

Océano
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Muck diving/Reef

Mabul Island

Malaysia

60 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m29 °C

Pygmy seahorses · frogfish · mimic octopus

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Shallow reef

Perhentian Islands

Malaysia

60 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green turtles · blacktip reef sharks

Islas
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Reef/Pinnacle

Koh Tao

Thailand

60 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m29 °C

Occasional whale sharks · turtles · groupers

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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Coral reef

Con Dao Islands

Vietnam

60 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Nesting green turtles · occasional dugongs

OcéanoIslas
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Coral reef

Redang Island

Malaysia

60 species

Hasta 20 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Green turtles · clownfish · soft corals

Islas
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Cold rocky reef

Batanes Islands

Philippines

60 species

Hasta 25 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m24 °C

Subtropical fish · lobsters

Islas
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Reef/Reserve

Con Son Island (North Con Dao)

Vietnam

60 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m27 °C

Occasional dugongs · nesting turtles · hard corals

Islas
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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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Sloping reef

Bunutan

Indonesia

60 species

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Clownfish · seahorses · mimic octopus

Océano
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Granite rocky reef

Bangka Belitung

Indonesia

60 species

Hasta 25 m · Open Water

15 m28 °C

Reef fish · octopus · granite formations

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Sloping reef

Cape Kri

Indonesia

60 species

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m29 °C

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

OcéanoÁrea marina protegida
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