Batu Bolong
Komodo, Indonesia
Tiny Central Komodo rock pinnacle with clouds of anthias, bigeye trevally and sweetlips, whitetips on the deeper slopes and common hawksbill turtles.
- Advanced
- Pinnacle
- Whitetip reef sharks
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Coral Cave Gozo
Malta, Gozo & Comino, Malta
A large open cavern at Dwejra from 17 m to a 28-30 m seabed, its walls and ceiling covered in corals with slipper lobsters.
- Advanced
- Cavern
Great Blue Hole
Belize
A deep dive to about 30-40 m among stalactites under the overhangs, watching for nurse, Caribbean reef and blacktip sharks on the ascent.
- Experienced
- Blue hole
- Blacktip shark
Hilma Hooker
Bonaire
A 1984 cargo-ship wreck lying on its starboard side on a 30 m sandy plateau, its holds reachable through large openings.
- Advanced
- Wreck
- Barracuda
Imperial Eagle Wreck & Jesus Statue
Malta, Gozo & Comino, Malta
A former Malta-Gozo ferry scuttled in 1999 off Qawra, upright at 42 m with the Statue of Christ standing in the valley in front.
- Experienced
- Wreck
Inland Sea & Tunnel (Dwejra)
Malta, Gozo & Comino, Malta
An 80 m tunnel leads from Dwejra's enclosed lagoon to the open sea, deepening from 3 m to 26 m at the seaward end.
- Advanced
- Rock formations
- Eagle rays
Jackfish Alley
Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed, Egypt
Ras Mohammed drift with sunlit swim-throughs at 5 and 15 m, then an alley of jackfish and whitetip reef sharks.
- Advanced
- Cavern
- Whitetip reef sharks
Manta Point
Bali & Nusa Penida, Indonesia
Mantas visit the cleaning stations here all year, sometimes in courtship 'manta trains' of up to 30.
- Advanced
- Rock formations
- Manta rays
Monad Shoal
Malapascua, Philippines
A plateau where thresher sharks rise at dawn to visit cleaning stations.
- Advanced
- Pinnacle
- Bull sharks
MV Karwela
Malta, Gozo & Comino, Malta
A 50 m passenger ferry scuttled in 2006 off Gozo, with three decks and a photogenic staircase lit by portholes.
- Experienced
- Wreck
P31 (Comino)
Malta, Gozo & Comino, Malta
A patrol boat scuttled off Comino in 2009, almost upright on sand at 18-20 m, which divers can swim through from stern to bow.
- Advanced
- Wreck
Richelieu Rock
Similan Islands & Khao Lak, Thailand
Schools of chevron barracuda overhead while tigertail seahorses, harlequin shrimps and ghost pipefish hide in fields of soft coral.
- Advanced
- Wall
- Whale sharks
Silfra Fissure
Iceland – Þingvellir, Iceland
Glacial meltwater between two tectonic plates, with visibility that can pass 100 m.
- Open Water
- Fissure
SS Thistlegorm
Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed, Egypt
WWII supply ship bombed on 6 October 1941; holds still carry Bedford trucks and Norton and BSA motorcycles.
- Advanced
- Wreck
- Turtles
SS Yongala
SS Yongala (Townsville), Australia
Sunk by a cyclone in March 1911, the wreck lies on a 30 m seabed with its upper parts at 16 m; penetration diving is prohibited by law.
- Advanced
- Wreck
- Reef sharks
The Canyon
Dahab, Egypt
Descend between narrowing walls from 18 to 30 m in a cave with an open ceiling, where a swarm of glassfish lives at the old exit.
- Advanced
- Cavern
- Anthias
Um El Faroud Wreck
Malta, Gozo & Comino, Malta
Called the best recreational wreck dive in Malta, it sits upright off Wied iż-Żurrieq from 15 m at the funnel to 36 m at the propeller.
- Experienced
- Wreck
- Barracuda
Andrea II
Bonaire
Shore-dive coral garden with large shallow coral formations and Reef Renewal Foundation coral trees planted to help restore the reef.
- Open Water
- Reef
- Turtles
Barracuda Point
Sipadan & Semporna, Malaysia
On Sipadan's north coast, divers can end up in the middle of a swirling vortex of chevron or blacktail barracuda.
- Advanced
- Wall
- Grey reef sharks
Bells to Blue Hole
Dahab, Egypt
Drop through the Bells chimney to a wall at about 25 m, then follow the wall to cross the 7 m saddle into the Blue Hole.
- Advanced
- Blue hole
- Manta rays
Blue Corner (Palau)
Palau
Hook in above the wall and watch resident grey and whitetip reef sharks, tuna and barracuda work the current.
- Experienced
- Wall
- Whale sharks
Blue Hole (Dwejra)
Malta, Gozo & Comino, Malta
A limestone sinkhole whose underwater window at 9 m opens onto the open sea, its walls covered in tubeworms and sponges.
- Advanced
- Cavern
Boesmansgat (Bushman's Hole)
Boesmansgat, South Africa
Gomes dived this Northern Cape cave to 282.6 m in 1996, setting the record for the deepest scuba dive in a freshwater cave.
- Technical
- Cave
Hidden gem
Bonne Terre Mine
Bonne Terre Mine, United States
Guided trail dives in a flooded mine lit by over 500,000 watts, in constant 58°F water with about 100-foot visibility.
- Advanced
- Flooded mine
Photo credits
- Batu Bolong dive site, Komodo, Indonesia, Alexander Vasenin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Coral Cave Gozo dive site, Malta / Gozo / Comino, Pstraudo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Great Blue Hole dive site, Belize, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hilma Hooker dive site, Bonaire, Kris Mikael Krister, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Imperial Eagle Wreck & Jesus Statue dive site, Malta / Gozo / Comino, Pstraudo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Inland Sea Gozo dive site, Malta / Gozo / Comino, Bellina 09, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Jackfish Alley dive site, Ras Mohammed, Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Manta Point Nusa Penida dive site, Bali / Nusa Penida, Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Monad Shoal dive site, Malapascua, Jun V Lao, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- MV Karwela Wreck dive site, Malta / Gozo / Comino, Mrcrycrash, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- P31 Wreck dive site, Malta / Gozo / Comino, Wittylama, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Richelieu Rock dive site, Similan / Surin, Mr.CMBurns, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Silfra Fissure dive site, Iceland, Thomei08 ich bin ein Kiwi / Thomei08 at German Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- SS Thistlegorm dive site, Northern Red Sea Wrecks, Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Yongala dive site, Australia, Orin Optiglot, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- The Canyon Dahab dive site, Dahab, Tim Sheerman-Chase, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Um El Faroud Wreck dive site, Malta / Gozo / Comino, Pstraudo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Andrea II dive site, Bonaire, LASZLO ILYES from Cleveland, Ohio, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Barracuda Point dive site, Sipadan / Semporna, Chen Wu from Shanghai, China, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Shore entry to The Bells, Dahab, Tim Sheerman-Chase, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Blue Corner (Palau) dive site, Palau, Matt Kieffer from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Blue Hole Gozo dive site, Malta / Gozo / Comino, Mrcrycrash, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Boesmansgat dive site, South Africa, Andreshirley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bonne Terre Mine dive site, Missouri, Serge Melki from Indianapolis, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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