Spring
down to 20 m
Taketomi Island Submarine Hot Spring
Okinawa & Yonaguni, Japan
Warm thermal water gushes from a seabed spring off Taketomi, letting divers see a submarine geyser up close.
- Open Water
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Muck
down to 25 m
Tandurusa
Lembeh Strait, Indonesia
Gentle sand and rubble slope named after the nearby village ('deer horns'), with hispid frogfish and robust ghost pipefish listed.
- Advanced
- Frogfish
Cavern
down to 30 m
Tapiutan
El Nido, Philippines
Remote site at the edge of Bacuit Bay with boulders, swim-throughs and small caverns to 30 m, plus turtles and barracuda.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Reef
down to 60 m
Teluk Maya
Wakatobi, Indonesia
On the north side of Lintea Island, shallow coral formations down to 12 m border a sandy bay on a gentle slope.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Pinnacle
down to 20 m
Temple
Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed, Egypt
Coral pinnacles in a flat 10–18 m bay; the main pinnacle has a crack from the 1995 earthquake and swim-throughs.
- Open Water
- Stingrays
Drift
down to 35 m
The Cauldron (Shotgun)
Komodo, Indonesia
Channel drift between Gili Lawa Laut and Darat: drop into a giant bowl, then ride the current through a small rocky channel with mantas and reef sharks.
- Experienced
- Manta rays
Spring
down to 20 m
The Crater at Homestead
Utah inland dives (Bonneville Seabase & Homestead Crater), United States
A geothermal spring where dives reach about 65 feet in water that stays between 90 and 96°F in every season.
- Advanced
Wall
down to 37 m
The Elbow
Belize
Groups of up to 50 eagle rays and occasional hammerheads over dramatic drop-offs on an advanced, strong-current dive at Turneffe.
- Advanced
- Hammerhead sharks
Rock formations
down to 20 m
The Islands
Dahab, Egypt
Shallow 9-20 m reef where you can find shoals of blackfin barracuda and even the odd lone great barracuda.
- Advanced
- Stingrays
Reef
down to 34 m
The Junction (Neil)
Andaman Islands (Havelock & Neil), India
Rock formations covered in coloured soft corals at 28–34 m, swept by strong eastward currents.
- Experienced
- Manta rays
Wreck
down to 42 m
The Lucy
Pembrokeshire & Skomer, United Kingdom
An intact Dutch coaster lost in 1967 off Skomer, its bows covered in plumose and daisy anemones.
- Experienced
- Anemones
down to 12 m
The Nursery
Netrani Island (Murudeshwar), India
A beginner site that starts at about 6 m, with juveniles of many fish species.
- Open Water
Macro
down to 30 m
The Zoo
Wakatobi, Indonesia
A patch reef near the resort named for its plethora of critters, one of the true macro dives of Wakatobi.
- Open Water
Macro
down to 25 m
Three P House Reef (Salvo Beach)
Romblon, Philippines
Beach-entry house reef of sand, seagrass and coral blocks where divers can spot mandarin fish, tiger shrimp and marble shrimp.
- Open Water
- Mandarinfish
Reef
down to 20 m
Three Pools
Dahab, Egypt
Enter through three sandy lagoons linked by coral saddles, then follow a sandy alley to a pinnacle garden patrolled by a resident turtle.
- Open Water
- Turtles
Wall
down to 40 m
Turkey Beach
Wakatobi, Indonesia
Shallow wall at the resort's southern end, its cracks and crevasses giving way to a slope into the deep at around 15 m.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Reef
down to 30 m
Turtle Rock
Similan Islands & Khao Lak, Thailand
Easy 10-15 m dive in Donald Duck Bay, Island 8, with mild current, turtles and Kuhl's stingrays; great for night diving, especially for beginners.
- Open Water
- Leopard (zebra) sharks
Jetty / pier
down to 20 m
Twin Piers
Argyll Sea Lochs (Loch Fyne & Loch Long), United Kingdom
A reef of huge boulders at 15-20 m where conger eels and lobsters hide, finishing on colourful pier legs during the safety stop.
- Advanced
- Nudibranchs
Rock formations
down to 40 m
Ugan
Okinawa & Yonaguni, Japan
Huge rocks rising from 40 m off Zamami, facing open ocean where dogtooth tuna, amberjack and sometimes mantas pass.
- Advanced
- Manta rays
Wreck
down to 30 m
Ultrafreeze Wreck
Cancún & Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Deep current-swept wreck at 30 m off Cancún for experienced divers, with snappers, groupers, eagle rays and turtles.
- Experienced
- Turtles
Wreck
down to 46 m
USNS Vandenberg
Florida Keys, United States
A Key West wreck in 70–140 ft with often excellent visibility, where barracuda, goliath grouper and pelagic visitors appear.
- Experienced
- Turtles
Wreck
down to 23 m
USS Kittiwake
Cayman Islands
A former US Navy submarine-rescue ship sunk as an artificial reef in 2011, now home to hawksbill turtles, horse-eye jacks and barracuda.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Wall
down to 40 m
Usuku Selatan
Wakatobi, Indonesia
A gently sloping wall with ridges, sea fans and sponges, and possible sightings of turtles and eagle rays.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Wall
down to 40 m
Usuku Top
Wakatobi, Indonesia
A big plateau carpeted in soft and hard corals, where juvenile fishes shelter in the shallows.
- Advanced
- Turtles