Drift
down to 30 m
Anemone City
Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed, Egypt
Plateau of hundreds of sea anemones with clownfish, sloping 5–25 m before a drift into the blue toward Shark Reef.
- Advanced
- Clownfish
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Pinnacle
down to 30 m
Anemone Reef
Phuket & Koh Lanta, Thailand
A reef rising from 30 m to 5 m below the surface, with clownfish, snappers and large groupers, plus tuna and barracuda in the blue.
- Experienced
- Leopard (zebra) sharks
Reef
down to 40 m
Anita's Reef
Similan Islands & Khao Lak, Thailand
Gentle sandy slope with coral bommies, garden eels and Kuhl's stingrays, an ideal check-out dive on a Similan liveaboard.
- Open Water
- Turtles
Wall
down to 20 m
Apo Island East
Apo Reef, Philippines
An easy white-sand slope with mild current, good for spotting turtles, with whitetip sharks circling.
- Advanced
- Whitetip reef sharks
Reef
down to 25 m
Apo Island Marine Sanctuary
Dumaguete, Dauin & Apo Island, Philippines
Gentle slope of hard corals and anemones in the protected sanctuary, where a turtle, banded sea krait or school of jacks is rarely far off.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Reef
down to 14 m
Aquarium (Havelock)
Andaman Islands (Havelock & Neil), India
A shallow reef off Havelock, 14 m at most, where nudibranchs, humphead parrotfish and Jenkins rays are logged.
- Open Water
- Stingrays
Drift
down to 25 m
Around the Bend
Great Barrier Reef (Cairns & Port Douglas), Australia
Osprey Reef drift to a manta cleaning station where divers hold a line at 20-25 m as mantas hover in the current.
- Advanced
- Manta rays
Muck
down to 20 m
Bantigi
Malapascua, Philippines
Muck dive where a shallow reef turns to sandy bottom at 12 m; some divers compare it favourably with Lembeh.
- Open Water
Reef
down to 30 m
Bari Reef
Bonaire
Named #1 in the entire Caribbean for fish diversity, with over 300 species surveyed here through REEF.
- Open Water
- Tarpon
Reef
down to 30 m
Barracuda
Wakatobi, Indonesia
The far extension of the house reef: a casual dive with critters on the sandy patches between corals.
- Open Water
- Turtles
Reef
down to 10 m
Barracuda Shoals
Bahamas
Shallow (10 m), low-current Exuma patch reef with schooling barracuda, goliath grouper, turtles, nurse sharks and southern stingrays.
- Open Water
- Nurse sharks
Drift
down to 40 m
Batu Mulapan
Bali & Nusa Penida, Indonesia
A drift along a sloping coral reef on Penida's north-east with tuna, barracuda, trevally and turtles, and Mola Mola in season.
- Advanced
- Thresher sharks
Reef
down to 40 m
Bays 1 and 2 (Racha Yai)
Phuket & Koh Lanta, Thailand
Sandy bays on north-east Racha Yai sloping from a few metres, with Kuhl's rays, peacock flounder and several moray species.
- Open Water
- Manta rays
Wreck
down to 15 m
Benwood
Florida Keys, United States
A leisurely shallow wreck dive, max about 40 ft, with schools of porkfish, goatfish and schoolmaster snapper.
- Open Water
- Snappers
Pinnacle
down to 55 m
Blade
Wakatobi, Indonesia
A chain of small seamounts in clear open water shaped like a serrated knife blade, covered in giant sponges, sea fans and crinoids.
- Advanced
Rock formations
down to 40 m
Bomb Rock
Netrani Island (Murudeshwar), India
A rocky ridge from 10 m to 40 m, the remnant of past Indian Navy military exercises.
- Experienced
Drift
down to 18 m
Breakers Reef
Southeast Florida (Palm Beach to Miami), United States
Miles of continuous coral ledges, undercuts and patch reefs at 13–18 m off the Breakers Hotel, drift-dived past turtles, rays and eels.
- Advanced
- Tiger sharks
Reef
down to 30 m
Breakfast Bend
Similan Islands & Khao Lak, Thailand
Healthy hard coral and abundant fish life, where leopard sharks are common on the reef.
- Advanced
- Leopard (zebra) sharks
Macro
down to 10 m
Broad Craig (training pool)
Farne Islands & St Abbs, United Kingdom
St Abbs' sheltered 'training pool' beside the harbour, its floor alive with hundreds of hermit crabs.
- Open Water
Reef
down to 32 m
Carrick Castle
Argyll Sea Lochs (Loch Fyne & Loch Long), United Kingdom
A training shore dive below Carrick Castle on Loch Goil: a 30-degree slope with rocky outcrops toward the pier.
- Advanced
Rock formations
down to 32 m
Chapeirão Atlântida
Abrolhos Marine Park, Brazil
A rarely visited chapeirão in the Abrolhos region, 8–32 m, cut by passages and channels.
- Experienced
Cavern
down to 25 m
Chapeirão Faca Cega
Abrolhos Marine Park, Brazil
The best-known chapeirão of Abrolhos: a 35 m coral tower with an interior room you can dive, among endemic Bahia brain coral.
- Advanced
Wreck
down to 18 m
Chesil Cove
Dorset (Portland & Swanage), United Kingdom
Shore dive down ledges from 3 to 18 m off Chesil's pebble bank, with cuttlefish, wrasse, pipefish and the remains of a landing craft and the Royal Adelaide.
- Open Water
- Rays
Rock formations
down to 35 m
Christmas Point
Similan Islands & Khao Lak, Thailand
Boulders, soft corals, arches and passages spread over a huge area, with whitetip sharks often seen in the deeper sand.
- Advanced
- Whitetip reef sharks