Macro
down to 12 m
Jack Neil Point
Utila, Honduras
Shallow spur-and-groove reef (max 12 m) for long, relaxed dives hunting seahorses, toadfish and flying gurnards.
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1274 dive sites
Macro
down to 12 m
Utila, Honduras
Shallow spur-and-groove reef (max 12 m) for long, relaxed dives hunting seahorses, toadfish and flying gurnards.
Wreck
down to 15 m
Palau
A well-preserved Aichi E13A-1 Japanese Navy seaplane in 15 m of water, easy enough for novices and snorkelers.
Wreck
down to 14 m
Bahamas
Film wrecks off Nassau lying at about 13 m, shallow enough for divers of any level.
Wreck
down to 30 m
Tobermory (Fathom Five), Canada
A 1901 wreck lying down a slope from about 6 to 30 m, lost along with the Wetmore that was towing it.
Reef
down to 18 m
Koh Tao, Thailand
Shallow Koh Nang Yuan bay from 2 to 18 m that often has good visibility, a classic site for beginners.
Wreck
down to 26 m
Subic Bay, Philippines
A structurally intact WWII Imperial Japanese Navy patrol boat standing upright at up to 26 m.
Wreck
down to 42 m
Istria, Croatia
One of the first ships sunk in the North Adriatic in WWI, an 85 m steamer between 30 and 42 m that is among the best-preserved wrecks in the area.
Muck
down to 12 m
Malapascua, Philippines
A shallow site close to Malapascua mixing muck and coral, where critter hunters find bobtail squid and decorator crabs.
Reef
down to 18 m
Cayman Islands
Spur-and-groove reef with big barrel sponges hiding lobsters, named for the schooner Geneva Kathleen lost in 1930.
Cavern
down to 27 m
Mount Gambier sinkholes, Australia
A limestone sinkhole on private farmland with 30 to 80 m visibility, visited only with an authorised guide.
Wreck
down to 55 m
Gulen (Western Norway), Norway
An 1876 Norwegian gunboat seized in 1940 and only rediscovered in 2009, a technical dive at 50-55 m.
Muck
down to 18 m
Anilao, Philippines
A sandy rubble slope nicknamed Critter Capital, where photographers look for wonderpus, harlequin shrimp and rhinopias.
Pinnacle
down to 40 m
Maldives
South Ari pinnacle from 12 m to 40 m, swept by incoming currents.
down to 25 m
La Paz & Sea of Cortez, Mexico
A reef to 25 m where operators report green, zebra and jeweled morays and visits from giant Pacific manta rays.
Wreck
down to 22 m
Subic Bay, Philippines
A sheltered landing-craft wreck in Triboa Bay from 9 to 22 m, home to lionfish and schools of jacks.
Cavern
down to 18 m
Finistère (Brest, Crozon & Glénan), France
One of the signature Glénan dives: rocks rising from 18 m to the surface, riddled with grottoes carpeted in jewel anemones.
Wreck
down to 15 m
Finistère (Brest, Crozon & Glénan), France
A shallow steamship wreck in the Glénan archipelago lying between 5 and 15 m.
Rock formations
down to 40 m
Finistère (Brest, Crozon & Glénan), France
A deep plateau west of the Glénan pitted with 'witches' cauldrons', ancient river potholes where crabs get trapped.
Reef
down to 20 m
Istria, Croatia
Easy island dive 10 minutes from Vrsar, sloping from 5 to 20 m, with schooling fish, lobsters, scorpionfish and, with luck, seahorses.
Pelagic
down to 30 m
Maldives
Part of the South Ari MPA, the only year-round whale shark aggregation site of its kind in the world, with predominantly juvenile males.
Wreck
down to 30 m
Maldives
Sunk in 1998 as an artificial reef off Machchafushi in South Ari, this 15-30 m wreck is densely covered in coral.
Wreck
down to 18 m
Sipadan & Semporna, Malaysia
A Kapalai coral slope down to a small boat wreck at 18 m, where mandarinfish dance at dusk.
down to 22 m
Aliwal Shoal & Protea Banks, South Africa
Nooks and crannies full of crayfish and cleaner shrimp; a good area for rays, especially mantas in season.
Reef
down to 22 m
Cocos Island, Costa Rica
Manuelita Garden is one of the only true coral gardens in Cocos.