Wreck
down to 15 m
Churchill Barrier 3 blockships
Scapa Flow (Orkney), United Kingdom
Walk-in shore dive to blockships including the Empire Seaman, Martis and Gartshore, used for drysuit courses, to 15 m.
- Open Water
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1274 dive sites
Wall
down to 42 m
CJ's Drop Off
Utila, Honduras
Near-vertical wall from a 9 m reef top, covered in tube sponges, sea fans and black coral, with barracuda, jacks and turtles on the edge.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Drift
down to 16 m
Cleaning Station (Kapalai)
Sipadan & Semporna, Malaysia
A gentle drift down a coral slope from 5 to 16 m that operators call ideal for beginners.
- Open Water
Wall
down to 25 m
CoCo View Wall
Roatán & Bay Islands, Honduras
Swim from CoCo View's shore to a coral-crusted wall with overhangs sheltering lobsters and crabs, dropping to about 25 m.
- Advanced
- Seahorses
Drift
down to 30 m
Cocoa Thila
Maldives
A 400 m South Malé pinnacle sloping to a 30 m drop-off, with grey reef sharks, eagle rays and large schools of fusiliers.
- Experienced
- Grey reef sharks
Drift
down to 35 m
Coconut Point
Dumaguete, Dauin & Apo Island, Philippines
Apo Island's classic drift dive over a reef dense with soft corals and barrel sponges, with large schools of jacks and fusiliers.
- Experienced
- Trevally
Drift
down to 30 m
Colombia Deep
Cozumel, Mexico
Wall dive known for towering pinnacles, drifting north at about 27 m through swim-throughs and canyons.
- Experienced
- Nurse sharks
Reef
down to 9 m
Colombia Shallows
Cozumel, Mexico
Shallow 5–9 m section of the Colombia reef system with gentle current, a good choice for newer divers.
- Open Water
Wreck
down to 9 m
Conception Harbour Whaling Wrecks
Conception Bay & Bell Island (Newfoundland), Canada
Shore dive to whaling wrecks: the Southern Foam and Sukha lie in about thirty feet of water just off the stranded SS Charcot.
- Open Water
down to 10 m
Coral Bay (shore dive)
Ningaloo Reef, Australia
Easy shallow shore dive off the beach at Coral Bay, with manta rays and turtles listed among its residents.
- Open Water
- Manta rays
Reef
down to 22 m
Coral Garden
Sipadan & Semporna, Malaysia
Called a haven for the underwater photographer, with dozens of green turtles at 5–10 m.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Reef
down to 12 m
Coral Garden (Menjangan)
Bali & Nusa Penida, Indonesia
Shallow 5-12 m reef south of Garden Eels Point on Menjangan, with clownfish in anemones, titan triggerfish and big-eye trevallies.
- Open Water
- Trevally
Wreck
down to 64 m
Corveta Ipiranga (V-17)
Fernando de Noronha, Brazil
A corvette that sank in 1983 after hitting Cabeça da Sapata, now at about 62 m with most of its structure intact.
- Technical
Wreck
down to 16 m
Countess of Erne
Dorset (Portland & Swanage), United Kingdom
An upright 1868 paddle-steamer in Portland Harbour at 16 m max, with an accessible deck and holds where spider crabs and wrasse live.
- Open Water
Rock formations
down to 18 m
Cozinha
Azores, Portugal
Huge boulders, canyons and swim-throughs on the east side of Vila Franca islet, with groupers, morays and a chance of sting or eagle rays.
- Open Water
- Eagle rays
Drift
down to 30 m
Crystal Rock
Komodo, Indonesia
Komodo site where divers scan the blue for large tuna, giant trevallies and grey reef sharks.
- Experienced
- Grey reef sharks
Reef
down to 27 m
Daedalos
Crete, Greece
A gently deepening beginner path to 18 m near Agia Pelagia; deeper divers reach a 14 m-high rock at 22 m.
- Open Water
Reef
down to 15 m
Dam Bay
Nha Trang, Vietnam
Colourful, varied hard and soft corals from 6 to 15 m attract a good mix of reef fish such as snapper.
- Open Water
- Snappers
Artificial reef
down to 18 m
Dauin South
Dumaguete, Dauin & Apo Island, Philippines
Shore-accessible muck slope to 18 m with seagrass patches and artificial reef modules, hiding critters such as blue-ringed octopus.
- Open Water
- Blue-ringed octopus
Pinnacle
down to 40 m
Deep Turbo
Gili Islands, Indonesia
Drop into the blue north of Gili Trawangan onto pinnacles rising from the sand, where spotted eagle rays and reef sharks pass by.
- Advanced
- Blacktip reef sharks
Cavern
down to 12 m
Devil's Grotto
Cayman Islands
A George Town shore dive through sunlit caves and tunnels where, in summer, tarpon hunt huge schools of silversides.
- Advanced
- Silversides
Rock formations
down to 15 m
Dick's Reef
Riviera Maya & Cenotes, Mexico
Akumal's most topographically diverse 12-15 m reef, with coral structures 6 m tall and sometimes sleeping nurse sharks.
- Open Water
- Nurse sharks
Wreck
down to 18 m
Diether von Roeder (Framnesodden)
Narvik & Lofoten, Norway
WWII destroyer wreck near Narvik lying at 10–18 m, the shallowest of its neighbours Anton Schmidt and Wilhelm Heidkamp.
- Open Water
down to 8 m
Dini's Delight
Netrani Island (Murudeshwar), India
An 8 m shallow dive with lobster, moray eels, angelfish and surgeonfish.
- Open Water
- Moray eels