Explore the world underwater

Tremiti Islands

Italy

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · red corals · lobsters

Kas

Türkiye

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m22 °C

Groupers · turtles · a submerged aircraft wreck

Lastovo Island

Croatia

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · lobsters · corals

Kornati Islands

Croatia

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m21 °C

Posidonia oceanica meadows · bottlenose dolphin · loggerhead turtle

Croacia (Isla de Susac)

Croatia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m21 °C

Groupers · lobsters · corals

Raja Ampat

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

25 m29 °C

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

Alor Archipelago

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m26 °C

Soft corals · occasional hammerhead sharks · macro life

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

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

Layang Layang Atoll

Malaysia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Schooling hammerhead sharks · turtles · dolphins

Panglao (Bohol)

Philippines

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m28 °C

Tarsier (on land) · turtles · sea snakes

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

Sipadan

Malaysia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

28 m28 °C

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

Andaman Islands (Havelock)

India

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Blacktip reef sharks · turtles · manta rays

Apo Reef Natural Park

Philippines

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · hammerheads · thresher shark

Kalimantan (Maratua)

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Occasional hammerhead sharks · manta rays · turtles

Moalboal (Sardine Run)

Philippines

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Millions of sardines in bait balls · turtles · whitetip sharks

Siquijor

Philippines

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m28 °C

Turtles · reef sharks · soft corals

Menjangan Island (Bali Barat)

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Whitetip reef sharks · turtles · Napoleon wrasse

Banda Islands

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerhead sharks · sea snakes · mobula rays

Wakatobi Islands (Hoga)

Indonesia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m28 °C

Reef sharks · macro life · pristine corals

Isla de Navidad (Christmas Island)

Australia

Hasta 40 m · Open Water on the shallow reefs; advanced on Perpendicular Wall

Whale sharks · manta rays · spinner dolphins all year round

Osprey Reef (Coral Sea)

Australia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

Grey reef sharks · silky sharks · giant corals

Rasdhoo Atoll (Madivaru)

Maldives

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Hammerhead sharks at dawn · grey reef sharks

Pemba Channel

Tanzania

Hasta 50 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Marlin · tuna · oceanic sharks

Vaavu Atoll (Fish Head)

Maldives

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m28 °C

Grey reef sharks · Napoleon wrasse

Koh Ha (Krabi)

Thailand

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m28 °C

Leopard sharks · barracuda · light caves

Elphinstone Reef

Egypt

Hasta 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

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

Brothers Islands (El Akhawein)

Egypt

Hasta 80 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m26 °C

Hammerhead · oceanic whitetip · thresher and grey reef sharks

Rocky Island

Egypt

Hasta 60 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m27 °C

Oceanic · hammerhead and pelagic thresher sharks

Xcalak

Mexico

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Groupers · lobsters · nurse sharks

Zabargad Island

Egypt

Hasta 50 m · Advanced, technical

30 m27 °C

Oceanic whitetip shark · grey reef shark · hammerheads

Daedalus Reef (Abu el Kizan)

Egypt

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

Hammerhead sharks · oceanic whitetip · thresher shark

Panorama Reef

Egypt

Hasta 60 m · Advanced

30 m26 °C

Occasional oceanic sharks · barracuda · groupers

Sha'ab Rumi (Cousteau)

Sudan

Hasta 40 m · Advanced

30 m27 °C

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

Big Gubal Reef

Egypt

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Barracuda · reef sharks · moray eels

Ras Mohammed National Park

Egypt

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m26 °C

Barracuda · trevally · batfish

Jackson Reef

Egypt

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · barracuda · Napoleon wrasse

Sanganeb Atoll

Sudan

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks · grey reef sharks · barracuda

Blue Hole Dahab

Egypt

Hasta 130 m · Advanced / highly experienced

25 m26 °C

Clownfish · Napoleon wrasse · turtles

Peleliu Wall

Palau

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

30 m28 °C

Grey reef sharks · hammerhead sharks · barracuda tornadoes

Blue Corner

Palau

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, strong currents

25 m28 °C

Grey reef sharks in groups of 10 to 30 · huge Napoleon wrasse · barracuda in tornado formation

Namena Marine Reserve

Fiji

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · manta rays · soft corals

Turneffe Atoll

Belize

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Bull sharks · groupers · turtles

Jardines de la Reina

Cuba

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

35 m27 °C

Grey reef · silky · nurse

Nigali Passage

Fiji

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m26 °C

Grey reef sharks · occasional hammerhead sharks · barracuda

Chuuk Lagoon (Truk Lagoon)

Micronesia

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

20 m29 °C

Hard and soft coral over every hull · lionfish · moray eels

Cozumel (Santa Rosa Wall)

Mexico

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m27 °C

Groupers · nurse sharks · giant lobsters

Palancar Reef

Mexico

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m27 °C

Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

Roatán Island

Honduras

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Whale sharks (on passage) · octopus · frogfish

Maria la Gorda

Cuba

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Groupers · lobsters · black corals

Punta Francés

Cuba

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Reef sharks · groupers · giant sponges

Fernando de Noronha

Brazil

Hasta 30 m · Open Water

35 m27 °C

Resident spinner dolphin · turtles · reef and lemon sharks

San Andrés

Colombia

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m28 °C

Nurse sharks · turtles · groupers

Providencia

Colombia

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

30 m28 °C

The third largest barrier reef in the world · lobsters · groupers

Barracuda Point (Grand Cayman)

Cayman Islands

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Large shoals of barracuda · reef sharks

Sosúa

Dominican Republic

Hasta 35 m · Open Water

25 m27 °C

Moray eels · lobsters · reef fish

Catalina Wall

Dominican Republic

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Seahorses · moray eels · lobsters

Half Moon Caye Wall

Belize

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

A wall dropping more than 1 · 000 m; green · hawksbill and loggerhead turtles; sponges and sea fans

Desecheo Island

Puerto Rico

Hasta 35 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Groupers · lobsters · occasional sharks

Mona Island

Puerto Rico

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Occasional bull sharks · giant groupers · lobsters

Trinity Caves (Grand Cayman)

Cayman Islands

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Giant barrel sponges · groupers · lobsters

North Wall (Gran Caimán)

Cayman Islands

Hasta 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m27 °C

Black coral · barrel sponges · sea fans

Turks Island Passage

Turks and Caicos Islands

Hasta 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Humpback whales on passage · occasional oceanic sharks

Grand Turk Wall

Turks and Caicos Islands

Hasta 300 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m26 °C

Humpback whales on passage · sharks · dolphins

Bloody Bay Wall

Cayman Islands

Hasta 300 m · Advanced Open Water

35 m27 °C

Hammerhead sharks · giant groupers · turtles

Cane Bay Wall

U.S. Virgin Islands

Hasta 120 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Turtles · groupers · moray eels

Neah Bay

United States

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m10 °C

Giant Pacific octopus · giant anemones · rock lobsters

Darwin Island

Ecuador

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m24 °C

Enormous shoals of scalloped hammerhead · whale shark (June-November) · Galápagos shark

Wolf Island

Ecuador

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

20 m24 °C

Schooling scalloped hammerheads · whale shark · Galápagos shark

Cocos Island

Costa Rica

Hasta 45 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m27 °C

Shoals of scalloped hammerhead · whitetip reef shark in enormous numbers · whale shark

Browning Pass (Isla de Vancouver)

Canada

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m10 °C

Giant Pacific octopus · giant anemones

Revillagigedo Islands (Socorro)

Mexico

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m25 °C

Giant manta ray · bottlenose dolphin · hammerhead shark

Cape Marshall

Ecuador

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

15 m21 °C

Oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations · turtles · reef sharks

Malpelo Island

Colombia

Hasta 40 m · Advanced, drift diving

25 m26 °C

Shoals of scalloped hammerhead · silky shark · whale shark

Molokini Crater

United States

Hasta 50 m · Advanced Open Water

30 m25 °C

38 species of coral · butterflyfish · Moorish idols

Robinson Crusoe Island (Juan Fernández)

Chile

Hasta 30 m · Advanced Open Water

20 m16 °C

Juan Fernández fur seals · endemic lobsters

Sombrero Island

Anguilla

Hasta 40 m · Advanced Open Water

25 m27 °C

Reef sharks · lobsters · groupers

Klein Bonaire

Netherlands

Hasta 40 m · Open Water

30 m27 °C

Hawksbill turtles · parrotfish · seahorses