Pinnacle
down to 42 m
Fish Head (Mushimasmingili Thila)
Maldives
A protected North Ari pinnacle where grey reef sharks are the main players, alongside schools of batfish and vast schools of fusiliers.
- Experienced
- Grey reef sharks
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1274 dive sites
Pinnacle
down to 42 m
Maldives
A protected North Ari pinnacle where grey reef sharks are the main players, alongside schools of batfish and vast schools of fusiliers.
Rock formations
down to 60 m
Azores, Portugal
Offshore marine reserve reef with 25 m+ visibility, schools of jacks, tunas and barracudas, and big groupers that come close.
Pelagic
down to 60 m
Azores, Portugal
Remote reefs north of the Formigas Islets, a marine reserve where large migratory pelagics such as tunas, wahoos and barracudas pass.
Rock formations
down to 60 m
Azores, Portugal
Formigas Islets reserve dive where smooth hammerheads, Galapagos sharks, devil rays and giant mantas are possible.
Reef
down to 20 m
Anilao, Philippines
A reef a short boat ride from the resorts, averaging 10 m deep and listed as suitable for all divers.
Muck
down to 25 m
Bali & Nusa Penida, Indonesia
Easy shore muck dive in Amed with minimal current, known for ghost pipefish, frogfish, coconut octopus and abundant nudibranchs.
Cavern
down to 15 m
Florida Springs, United States
Pull up to the Ballroom's welded grate at 50 ft and feel the force of 35 million gallons of spring water a day.
Reef
down to 30 m
Dahab, Egypt
Easy shore dive named for two pinnacles reaching the surface covered in golden anthias, with a large gorgonian fan at about 22 m.
Drift
down to 35 m
Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed, Egypt
Tiran reef where the Louilla ran aground in 1981, with barracuda, tuna and jackfish in its southern 'Shark Pool'.
Reef
down to 15 m
Okinawa & Yonaguni, Japan
Beach dive in northern Okinawa named after a shoreline rock shaped like a gorilla's karate chop, with plenty of coral and colourful fish.
Wreck
down to 34 m
Bohol & Panglao, Philippines
A purposely sunk pontoon off south-west Panglao, encrusted with soft corals and visited by schools of snapper, batfish and sweetlips.
Drift
down to 40 m
Gili Islands, Indonesia
Coral bommies on a 5-15 m platform off north Gili Trawangan, with juvenile white-tip reef sharks in small caves and humphead parrotfish.
Wreck
down to 35 m
Roatán & Bay Islands, Honduras
A wreck sunk off Utila, lying at 24–35 m; a macro and photography site with fireworms, arrow crabs and pipefish.
Wreck
down to 18 m
Marsa Alam & the Brothers, Egypt
A 65 m coaster lying on its starboard side at 15 m, reached from the shore, with an intact propeller and holds to look into.
Wreck
down to 40 m
Canary Islands (Lanzarote & Fuerteventura), Spain
Several wrecks just outside Puerto del Carmen's old harbour, with barracuda, rays and angel sharks.
Reef
down to 20 m
El Nido, Philippines
Coral gardens and sand at 5-20 m where all seven Bacuit Bay anemonefish species live and green and hawksbill turtles are a highlight.
Wreck
down to 44 m
Salish Sea (Vancouver, Victoria & Nanaimo), Canada
Recognized as the world's largest artificial upright reef, HMCS Cape Breton is a dive off Nanaimo.
Wreck
down to 40 m
Salish Sea (Vancouver, Victoria & Nanaimo), Canada
A 366-foot Mackenzie-class destroyer scuttled off Snake Island in 1997 that still has her forward and aft guns, home to cloud sponges, plumose anemones, wolf eels and octopus.
Wreck
down to 55 m
Trincomalee & East Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
The world's first purpose-designed aircraft carrier, lying 40-53 m off Batticaloa and a designated war grave.
Wreck
down to 24 m
Plymouth & South Cornwall, United Kingdom
A 113 m Leander-class frigate placed on the seabed in 2004 as an artificial reef, now well colonised and home to sea fans.
Rock formations
down to 30 m
Tofo, Mozambique
Two big cleaning stations on the reef top serve giant and reef mantas, and the dive ends through a huge swim-through.
Cavern
down to 39 m
Roatán & Bay Islands, Honduras
Descend a sloping tunnel through the reef and exit onto the wall at 33 m, then ascend through canyons and swim-throughs.
Reef
down to 25 m
Côn Đảo, Vietnam
Calm beginner reef off the archipelago's main turtle-nesting island, with branching coral on one side and table coral on the other.
Reef
down to 12 m
Nha Trang, Vietnam
Shallow corals at 2–6 m attract many varieties of reef fish, on a boat dive that suits beginners and advanced divers alike.