Pinnacle
down to 30 m
Maaya Thila
Maldives
North Ari pinnacle from 6 m to beyond 30 m; at slack-current night dives, vast numbers of fusiliers arrive on the crown to feed.
- Advanced
- Whitetip reef sharks
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Wall
down to 40 m
Mabini Point
Mactan (Cebu), Philippines
An Olango drop-off around 35 m where sharks, including hammerheads and the occasional whale shark, can be seen.
- Experienced
- Whale sharks
Muck
down to 28 m
Madidir
Lembeh Strait, Indonesia
Southern muck site: a 2-3 m sand flat dropping to a moon-like cratered slope where seahorses and mimic octopus are listed.
- Advanced
- Octopus
Wreck
down to 30 m
Mahi Wreck
Oahu, United States
A former naval minesweeper sunk off Waiʻanae, with schools of pufferfish, eagle rays, octopus and whitetip reef sharks.
- Advanced
- Whitetip reef sharks
Wall
down to 55 m
Malabea East
Wakatobi, Indonesia
A steep wall of overhangs, canyons and crevasses covered in soft corals, sea fans and sponges, rated by the resort as perfect for macro photography.
- Advanced
Wall
down to 50 m
Malabea West
Wakatobi, Indonesia
Gentle wall of gorgonian fans and massive barrel sponges where schools of batfish and mackerel feed on plankton.
- Advanced
- Batfish
Reef
down to 25 m
Manta Bay
Bali & Nusa Penida, Indonesia
A shallow bay with a manta cleaning station at 13 m, where Dive Concepts quotes a 95% chance of mantas year-round.
- Open Water
- Manta rays
Reef
down to 15 m
Manta City Point
Okinawa & Yonaguni, Japan
Shallow manta spot near Kabira Bay, around 10 m deep, where even beginners can watch manta rays glide past.
- Advanced
- Manta rays
Reef
down to 40 m
Manta Point (Lankanfinolhu)
Maldives
A manta cleaning station near Lankanfushi, busiest in the southwest monsoon (May–September) when mantas move east with the plankton.
- Advanced
- Manta rays
Reef
down to 24 m
Manta Point (Sunset Reef)
Gili Islands, Indonesia
Gently sloping staghorn coral gardens off south Gili Trawangan: a relaxed, slow dive with reef sharks, turtles and batfish in the shallows.
- Open Water
- Manta rays
Reef
down to 40 m
Manta Ridge
Raja Ampat, Indonesia
Divers reef-hook onto a ridge between 6 and 17 m to watch mantas feeding and being cleaned.
- Advanced
- Manta rays
Reef
down to 24 m
Manta Sandy
Raja Ampat, Indonesia
A manta cleaning station at about 16 m where reef, oceanic and black mantas are frequently spotted.
- Open Water
- Manta rays
Pinnacle
down to 30 m
Manta Valley
Cancún & Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Offshore seamounts north of Cancún where mantas visit a cleaning station; the operator says late September–October is best.
- Experienced
- Manta rays
Rock formations
down to 19 m
Marble Arch
Tofo, Mozambique
A shallow sandy bowl ringed by walls and two archways, with green turtles under the overhangs and a chance of a passing whale shark.
- Advanced
- Whale sharks
Macro
down to 25 m
Marsa Egla
Marsa Alam & the Brothers, Egypt
A seagrass bay where macro hunters look for seahorses and ghost pipefish while turtles, large rays and possibly dugongs pass by.
- Open Water
- Dugong
Reef
down to 30 m
Marsa Nakari
Marsa Alam & the Brothers, Egypt
A sheltered shore-diving bay of seagrass beds and coral patches frequented by turtles and occasionally dugongs.
- Open Water
- Whitetip reef sharks
Reef
down to 40 m
Marsa Shagra House Reef
Marsa Alam & the Brothers, Egypt
A bay with an easy sandy entrance leading to north and south reef dives, where dolphins can turn up on early-morning dives.
- Open Water
- Dolphins
Wall
down to 44 m
Medicare
Southern Leyte (Sogod Bay), Philippines
A steep wall that local divers call the best bet to see the elusive frogfish.
- Advanced
- Frogfish
Muck
down to 20 m
Melasti (Amed)
Bali & Nusa Penida, Indonesia
Shallow beach-entry muck dive in Amed (average 6 m) with frogfish, ghost pipefish, wonderpus, harlequin shrimp and mimic octopus.
- Open Water
- Frogfish
Wall
down to 40 m
Mike's Point
Raja Ampat, Indonesia
A Dampier Strait islet, by local lore bombed in WWII as a mistaken warship, with a soft-coral wall dropping past 40 m.
- Experienced
- Reef sharks
Reef
down to 18 m
Moore Reef Pontoon (Sunlover)
Great Barrier Reef (Cairns & Port Douglas), Australia
Try-dive or certified dives to 18 m from a permanently moored outer-reef pontoon, with 5–12 m of water beside it.
- Open Water
Drift
down to 25 m
Mosquera Islet
Galápagos, Ecuador
A gentle drift between Seymour and Baltra over a 15-18 m sandy floor, where hammerheads, curious sea lions and turtles pass by.
- Open Water
- Hammerhead sharks
Artificial reef
down to 15 m
Museo Atlántico
Canary Islands (Lanzarote & Fuerteventura), Spain
Europe's first underwater museum: over 300 sculptures by Jason deCaires Taylor off Lanzarote.
- Open Water
- Angel shark
Wreck
down to 26 m
MV Robert
Lundy Island, United Kingdom
Lundy's only intact wreck: a 50 m coaster on her side in 18-25 m, draped in plumose anemones with resident congers.
- Advanced
- Pollack