Reef
down to 20 m
Michaelmas Cay
Great Barrier Reef (Cairns & Port Douglas), Australia
A sand cay where first-time divers can walk in off the beach into shallow water with green turtles and giant clams.
- Open Water
- Turtles
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Reef
down to 30 m
Middle Garden
Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed, Egypt
A shallow hard-coral wall plateauing at about 10 m beside a sandy road where stingrays rest, usually dived from a fixed mooring.
- Open Water
- Stingrays
Drift
down to 24 m
Minerva Ledge
Andaman Islands (Havelock & Neil), India
A large coral plateau that takes more than one dive, visited by Napoleon wrasse, eagle rays and whitetip sharks.
- Advanced
- Tiger sharks
Wreck
down to 24 m
Monkey Beach
Puerto Galera, Philippines
A 5–24 m coral slope with a sailboat wreck, mantis shrimp and fusiliers.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Rock formations
down to 35 m
Mononaftis
Crete, Greece
A huge rock off Agia Pelagia where divers regularly meet large schools of barracudas along the reef at 30 m.
- Open Water
- Stingrays
Macro
down to 18 m
Moray Beach
Nha Trang, Vietnam
A sandy slope with coral bommies down to 18 m, popular for training dives, where giant morays, frogfish and ribbon eels live.
- Open Water
- Frogfish
Reef
down to 18 m
North Seymour
Galápagos, Ecuador
A rocky reef sloping to sand at 16-18 m where black and whitetip reef sharks, turtles and spotted eagle rays are regulars.
- Advanced
- Blacktip reef sharks
Reef
down to 30 m
Ogden Point Breakwater
Salish Sea (Vancouver, Victoria & Nanaimo), Canada
Victoria's most popular shore dive, day and night: tiers of stacked stone blocks stepping down to 21 m, with wolf eels and nudibranchs.
- Open Water
- Nudibranchs
Reef
down to 40 m
Osaki Hanagoi Reef
Okinawa & Yonaguni, Japan
Shallow, current-free reef off Sakieda where schools of yellowfin goatfish and snapper gather; a classic for beginners and photographers.
- Advanced
- Snappers
Rock formations
down to 40 m
Paglugaban
El Nido, Philippines
Boulder field near Miniloc with some of El Nido's best rock formations and swim-throughs above a shallow coral garden.
- Experienced
- Turtles
Drift
down to 30 m
Paradise
Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed, Egypt
A sloping coral garden from 10 m to a 25 m drop-off with Porites, Acropora and pinnacles packed with soft corals and sea fans.
- Advanced
- Manta rays
Rock formations
down to 17 m
Pedras Secas
Fernando de Noronha, Brazil
Rock corridors, canyons and arches around 15 m, with barracudas, rays, turtles and lobsters.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Wall
down to 27 m
Pengah Kecil
Komodo, Indonesia
Slope and wall with turtles, morays, eagle rays and bumphead parrotfish, plus pygmy seahorses and whip-coral shrimp.
- Advanced
- Whitetip reef sharks
Reef
down to 8 m
Periwinkle Reef
Bahamas
Shallow coral garden (max 8 m) off New Providence with sea fans, sponges, stingrays and passing reef sharks, ideal for beginners.
- Open Water
- Reef sharks
Wall
down to 20 m
Petaj Mooring
Great Barrier Reef (Cairns & Port Douglas), Australia
Milln Reef wall and swim-throughs to 20 m with resident turtles and white-tipped reef sharks.
- Open Water
- Whitetip reef sharks
Macro
down to 25 m
Pink Beach (Pantai Merah)
Komodo, Indonesia
A healthy shallow reef off Komodo's Red Beach, home to frogfish and mantis shrimps on a slope down to 25 m.
- Open Water
- Frogfish
Reef
down to 30 m
Playa Porto Mari
Curaçao
A shore-entry double reef with depth options from 5 to 25 m, known for sea turtle sightings.
- Open Water
- Nurse sharks
Reef
down to 8 m
Pompano Ledge
Southeast Florida (Palm Beach to Miami), United States
A shallow 5–8 m ledge on the Pompano Drop-off with 34 moorings, rated great for beginners; look for sailfin blennies and yellowhead jawfish.
- Open Water
Pinnacle
down to 32 m
Popolkan (Underwater Forest)
El Nido, Philippines
A labyrinth of pinnacles, the 'underwater forest' to 30 m, with schools of yellow snappers and barracuda.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Reef
down to 12 m
Porto Sole Bay (house reef)
Istria, Croatia
Shallow 2-12 m house reef in Vrsar, entered 25 m from the dive centre, with cuttlefish, conger eels, nudibranchs and scorpionfish.
- Open Water
- Cuttlefish
Drift
down to 21 m
Punta Negra
Cancún & Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Drift reef off Isla Mujeres where Carey Dive Center lists eagle rays, reef sharks and stingrays.
- Advanced
- Reef sharks
Drift
down to 37 m
Punta Tunich
Cozumel, Mexico
Strong, turbulent current along a vertical wall where eagle rays, barracuda, splendid toadfish and seahorses are seen.
- Experienced
- Nurse sharks
Wall
down to 40 m
Raggedy Cay
Utila, Honduras
Reef crest at 7.5 m dropping to a 40 m wall, with turtles and nurse sharks resting on the sand at its base.
- Advanced
- Nurse sharks
Reef
down to 30 m
Ras Bob
Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed, Egypt
A coral-encrusted wall to about 16 m hiding swim-throughs, a glassfish-filled table coral and a vast eel garden on the sand below.
- Open Water
- Octopus