Diving with a species
Where to dive with Short-beaked Common Dolphin
- 8 dive sites
- 6 countries
- 1 species
The eight sites for the common dolphin run from the Black Sea to New Zealand, and visibility separates them better than geography does: 5 metres at Nesebar in Bulgaria against 30 at the Princess Alice Bank in the Azores. Nesebar is also World Heritage. White Island is dived over an active volcano and False Bay from a certified cage.
Where
Places come from reviewed species-place links; the species shown at each place are only those in this group.
Oceanic pelagic
Azores (Princess Alice Bank)
Portugal
PortugalUp to 40 m · Advanced, drift diving
30 m23 °C
Short-beaked Common Dolphin
See dive siteWreck/Temperate reef
Bay of Islands
New Zealand
New ZealandUp to 30 m · Advanced Open Water
15 m19 °C
Short-beaked Common Dolphin
See dive siteAtlantic rocky reef
Cliff Coast (Cape St Vincent)
Portugal
Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water
12 m17 °C
Short-beaked Common Dolphin
See dive sitePelagic/Cage
False Bay (great white shark)
South Africa
South AfricaUp to 15 m · Advanced (certified cage)
8 m16 °C
Short-beaked Common Dolphin
See dive siteWreck/Rocky reef
Isles of Scilly
United Kingdom
United KingdomUp to 35 m · Advanced Open Water
15 m14 °C
Short-beaked Common Dolphin
See dive siteReef/Pelagic
Loreto Bay National Park
Mexico
MexicoUp to 30 m · Open Water
20 m24 °C
Short-beaked Common Dolphin
See dive siteUNESCO
Rocky reef/Wreck
Nessebar (Black Sea)
Bulgaria
BulgariaUp to 25 m · Open Water
5 m18 °C
Actively volcanic/Fumaroles
White Island (Whakaari)
New Zealand
Up to 25 m · Advanced Open Water
15 m19 °C
Short-beaked Common Dolphin
See dive site