Pinnacle
down to 30 m
Dirty Rock
Cocos Island, Costa Rica
Volcanic pinnacles where hammerheads and marble rays swim right up to divers at 20-25 m, with bottlenose dolphins often joining the safety stop.
- Advanced
- Whale sharks
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1274 dive sites
down to 15 m
Dive Goddess
Netrani Island (Murudeshwar), India
A 15 m site with little current and a statue-like underwater structure.
- Open Water
Wall
down to 18 m
Divers Hole
Farne Islands & St Abbs, United Kingdom
A large cleft at Hairy Ness, Eyemouth, from 7 to 18 m, its cliff walls rising vertically on both sides and covered in life.
- Open Water
Wall
down to 50 m
Doljo Point
Bohol & Panglao, Philippines
A double wall with giant sea fans where whitetip or hammerhead sharks turn up in deeper water in February and March.
- Advanced
- Hammerhead sharks
Rock formations
down to 30 m
Dos Amigos Grande
Cocos Island, Costa Rica
A huge submerged archway between 19 and 28 m that whole groups can swim through, with hammerhead cleaning stations nearby.
- Advanced
- Hammerhead sharks
Wall
down to 40 m
Drop Off
Sipadan & Semporna, Malaysia
A short stroll from the beach, the reef drops off into a 600 m underwater abyss lined with fans, corals and sponges.
- Advanced
- Trevally
Wreck
down to 13 m
Dyviksvraket
Stockholm Archipelago & Dalarö, Sweden
Shore dive to a capsized fishing boat lying at about 13 m, entered from the shore under a jetty.
- Open Water
Drift
down to 27 m
Eagle Ray Alley
Cozumel, Mexico
North-end wall where schooling eagle rays gather; they arrive every November and stay through March.
- Advanced
- Eagle rays
Wreck
down to 15 m
Earl of Shaftesbury
Sri Lanka West & South (Colombo to Unawatuna), Sri Lanka
A shallow old wreck at 12-14 m close to the SS Conch, with stingrays, groupers, small snapper schools and lionfish.
- Open Water
- Stingrays
down to 37 m
El Derrumbe (The Landslide), Wolf
Galápagos, Ecuador
Rock reef at Wolf where divers look out into the blue as hammerhead shoals, hundreds strong, pass by.
- Experienced
- Hammerhead sharks
Reef
Electric Beach (Kahe Point)
Oahu, United States
Shore dive at Kahe Point where the power-plant outflow draws green sea turtles and the occasional pod of spinner dolphins.
- Advanced
- Dolphins
Wall
down to 50 m
Electric Nose
Nha Trang, Vietnam
A pinnacle rising from around 50 m to the surface, its steep sides covered with soft corals and plenty of macro life.
- Experienced
Pinnacle
down to 40 m
Elephant Head Rock
Similan Islands & Khao Lak, Thailand
The biggest pinnacle in the Similans, named after a rock visible from the surface, with swim-throughs to explore.
- Experienced
- Schooling pelagics
Drift
down to 25 m
Ellaidhoo House Reef
Maldives
North Ari house-reef wall from the surface to about 25 m, with a colourful terrace of groupers and moray eels.
- Advanced
- Groupers
Cavern
down to 32 m
Ernie's Point
Puerto Galera, Philippines
Two small caverns at about 21 and 27 m, with sea fans, groupers and glassfish.
- Experienced
- Groupers
Rock formations
down to 40 m
Es Colomer
Mallorca, Spain
A large, long arch descending to the depths, with plenty of nudibranchs and life in the blue.
- Experienced
- Nudibranchs
Drift
down to 30 m
False Entrance
Great Barrier Reef (Cairns & Port Douglas), Australia
Osprey Reef wall at around 30 m with gorgonian fans and sea whips, where passing mantas, eagle rays and reef sharks can be seen in the blue.
- Advanced
- Manta rays
Wreck
down to 23 m
Fang Ming Wreck
La Paz & Sea of Cortez, Mexico
A Chinese vessel deliberately sunk near Isla Ballena in 1999, now an artificial reef at 23 m.
- Advanced
Pinnacle
down to 27 m
Fanous East
Hurghada, Egypt
Shallow wall over a sandy slope where jackfish and lionfish hunt clouds of glassfish and silversides around two pinnacles.
- Open Water
- Silversides
Reef
down to 26 m
Fantasy Island
Port Hardy & God's Pocket, Canada
Rock piles at 20-26 m near God's Pocket where one diver counted six wolf eel dens within an 18 m swim.
- Advanced
- Wolffish
Drift
down to 30 m
Far Garden
Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed, Egypt
Beginner-rated reef wall north of Naama Bay where whale sharks, mantas and even the odd hammerhead have been seen.
- Open Water
- Whale sharks
Reef
down to 20 m
Fast Castle
Farne Islands & St Abbs, United Kingdom
A boat dive near Fast Castle, 12-20 m, with more lobsters than one diver could count and squat lobsters in every nook.
- Advanced
Wreck
down to 34 m
Ferndale
Gulen (Western Norway), Norway
A 116 m freighter on a slope from 8-10 m down to her intact midship and stern at 34 m, beside the Sail Rock pinnacle.
- Experienced
Drift
down to 35 m
Fiabacet
Raja Ampat, Indonesia
A Misool reef wall from 5 m to 20-35 m swept by currents, where schools of snappers and jacks are always around.
- Advanced
- Manta rays