Diving in Palau

1 destination and 12 documented dive sites. The strip under each destination shows its season, month by month.

Where to dive in Palau

Palau

Best Dec–Apr

2 Open Water, 5 Advanced, 5 Experienced+

Palau

Hook in above the wall and watch resident grey and whitetip reef sharks, tuna and barracuda work the current.

Palau

Ride the channel current past lettuce coral grown 15–20 feet from the bottom, with grey reef sharks and batfish at the mouth.

Palau

Drop through four reef-top holes into a large light-filled cavern, then swim 7–10 minutes on to Blue Corner.

Palau

A vertical wall dropping to 900 feet, where hawksbill turtles feed and rest on the reef top.

Palau

An upright WWII Japanese fleet oiler, torpedoed then sunk by aircraft in 1944, with its deck at 28 m and forward tower rising to 8 m.

Palau

A 90 m tunnel open at both ends at 35–40 m, with grey reef sharks at the entrance and whitetips resting on the floor.

Photo credits

Aerial view of Palau's Rock Islands, Luka Peternel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Blue Corner (Palau) dive site, Palau, Matt Kieffer from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sea star on the bottom of Ulong Channel, Palau, LuxTonnerre, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Blue Holes Palau dive site, Palau, w:en:Aquaimages (talk | contribs), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Anemonefish on the Big Drop Off reef, Palau, Matt Kieffer from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Anemonefish on the wreck of the tanker Iro, Palau, w:en:Aquaimages (talk | contribs), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Divers inside Siaes Tunnel, Palau, LuxTonnerre, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons