Pinnacle
down to 13 m
Silverado
Cocos Island, Costa Rica
A shallow Cocos site where silvertip sharks queue at a cleaning station while divers watch from the sand at 13 m.
- Advanced
- Silvertip sharks
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Wreck
down to 27 m
SMS Karlsruhe
Scapa Flow (Orkney), United Kingdom
A broken-up German cruiser in 25 m where areas inaccessible on other cruisers become accessible, with 40-minute dives possible.
- Advanced
Wall
down to 30 m
Sombrero Island
Anilao, Philippines
Hat-shaped island of valleys and pillars mixing macro life and reef fish, with turtles and eagle rays passing by.
- Advanced
- Manta rays
Reef
down to 18 m
Sombrero Reef
Florida Keys, United States
Spur-and-groove reef at the base of Sombrero Key Lighthouse off Marathon, with mini canyons and sea caves in 8–20 ft.
- Open Water
Wall
down to 40 m
South Point Sipadan
Sipadan & Semporna, Malaysia
One of Sipadan's more likely sites for rare hammerhead and thresher shark sightings, usually deeper than 40 m.
- Advanced
- Whale sharks
Pinnacle
down to 30 m
Southwest Pinnacle
Koh Tao, Thailand
Open-sea pinnacle where whale sharks can sometimes be spotted from February to October, with leopard sharks on the sand.
- Advanced
- Whale sharks
Wreck
down to 25 m
SS British Sergeant
Trincomalee & East Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
A 1942 WWII tanker wreck in two sections on sand at 24 m off Pasikudah, home to lionfish, grouper, morays and nudibranchs.
- Advanced
- Nudibranchs
Wreck
down to 40 m
SS Perseus
Sri Lanka West & South (Colombo to Unawatuna), Sri Lanka
A 135 m WWI armed merchantman sunk by a German mine in 1917, home to schooling snapper, Napoleon wrasse and groupers.
- Experienced
- Groupers
Wreck
down to 35 m
SS Rangoon
Sri Lanka West & South (Colombo to Unawatuna), Sri Lanka
The famous Rangoon wreck lies at around 30 m off Unawatuna, one of the area's 16 dive sites.
- Experienced
Wreck
down to 50 m
SS Rose Castle
Conception Bay & Bell Island (Newfoundland), Canada
The 459-foot Rose Castle is considered the jewel of the Bell Island shipwrecks, with soft coral and basket stars.
- Experienced
- Anemones
Wreck
down to 24 m
St Christopher Wreck
Puerto Galera, Philippines
A Verde Island cargo vessel turned dive liveaboard, sunk at 24 m and the usual start for diving the reefs of Small La Laguna Bay.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Drift
down to 40 m
Staghorn Crest Sipadan
Sipadan & Semporna, Malaysia
A staghorn coral garden with black coral bushes grown up to 2 m wide, best in afternoon light.
- Advanced
- Sharks
Wall
down to 32 m
Stallion Rock
Argyll Sea Lochs (Loch Fyne & Loch Long), United Kingdom
A Loch Fyne pinnacle rising from 32 m to break the surface, with a steep wall encrusted in life and overhangs at its base.
- Advanced
Wall
down to 40 m
Stavros Cape
Crete, Greece
A drop-off falling to 75 m with visibility often over 35 m, home to groupers, snappers and bluefin trevally.
- Experienced
- Trevally
Pinnacle
down to 35 m
Steve's Bommie
Great Barrier Reef (Cairns & Port Douglas), Australia
Isolated pinnacle rising to 5 m below the surface, rich in nudibranchs and pipefish, with large numbers of trevally and cruising barracuda.
- Advanced
- Whitetip reef sharks
Pinnacle
down to 33 m
Submerged Rock
Cocos Island, Costa Rica
A pinnacle off Cocos with an underwater archway where whitetip reef sharks rest and even give birth.
- Advanced
- Hammerhead sharks
Macro
down to 18 m
Sunset Reef (East End)
Cayman Islands
East End's checkout reef: a flat sand bottom no deeper than 22 ft, packed with critters for macro fans.
- Open Water
Reef
down to 24 m
Sveti Ivan Island (Rovinj)
Istria, Croatia
Reef of huge blocks left by a Roman stone quarry, sloping gently from a calm bay to 24 m, with nudibranchs, cuttlefish and lobsters.
- Open Water
- Cuttlefish
Kelp forest
down to 5 m
Swanage Pier
Dorset (Portland & Swanage), United Kingdom
A shallow shore dive under Swanage Pier, its support struts covered in weed and kelp and home to blennies, wrasse, juvenile pollock and spider crabs.
- Open Water
- Cuttlefish
Reef
down to 21 m
Swimming Pools (Milln Reef)
Great Barrier Reef (Cairns & Port Douglas), Australia
Coral outcrops and small bommies on sand averaging 10 m deep, with sweetlips, nudibranchs, turtles and barracuda.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Wreck
down to 18 m
Tabarka (Burra Sound)
Scapa Flow (Orkney), United Kingdom
A Burra Sound blockship in 14-18 m covered in flora and fauna, where light pours into the interior from December to April.
- Advanced
Wreck
down to 17 m
Tanjung Jepun
Bali & Nusa Penida, Indonesia
Artificial reef and small wreck near Padang Bai, rich in macro life including frogfish and rare nudibranchs; popular for night dives.
- Open Water
- Frogfish
Drift
down to 25 m
Tatawa Besar
Komodo, Indonesia
Colourful drift past soft corals and clouds of anthias, with reef sharks and grazing turtles along the way.
- Open Water
- Manta rays
Wreck
down to 25 m
Taurus & Virgo
Recife & Pernambuco Wrecks, Brazil
Two tugboats about 20 m apart, usually visited together on one dive around 20 m deep.
- Advanced