Wall
down to 40 m
Umm Gamar
Hurghada, Egypt
Deep wall where white tip reef sharks patrol every now and then and an occasional manta shows up in February or March.
- Advanced
- Manta rays
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Reef
down to 10 m
Uppuveli House Reef
Trincomalee & East Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
A 5-10 m house reef 1 km off Uppuveli beach, noted by a local operator for excellent corals.
- Open Water
Wreck
down to 45 m
USS Emmons
Okinawa & Yonaguni, Japan
106 m WWII warship sunk after five kamikaze hits, resting at 36-45 m off Kouri Island.
- Experienced
Wreck
down to 19 m
Veleiro Yemanjá
Recife & Pernambuco Wrecks, Brazil
Iron sailboat sunk on purpose in May 1999 in front of Pina Beach, lying at 19 m.
- Advanced
Wreck
down to 7 m
W. L. Wetmore
Tobermory (Fathom Five), Canada
A 1901 steamer wreck in 7 m with an impressive boiler, anchor, chain and rudder to find.
- Open Water
Washing Machine
Tubbataha, Philippines
Currents meet and change direction at this north-east corner, where mantas, eagle rays and even whale sharks pass.
- Advanced
- Whale sharks
Wreck
down to 70 m
Welheim
Gulen (Western Norway), Norway
A 135 m WWII freighter torpedoed in 1944, sloping from her bow at 14 m to the bridge wing at 36 m.
- Experienced
Reef
down to 15 m
Yal-Ku Reef
Riviera Maya & Cenotes, Mexico
Shallow Akumal reef off Yal-Ku Lagoon with elkhorn coral structures to swim through and lobsters everywhere.
- Open Water
Wall
Amos Rock
Tubbataha, Philippines
A wall covered in sessile life where grouper, dogtooth tuna, giant trevally and Napoleon wrasse patrol.
- Tuna
down to 16 m
Antons
Sodwana Bay, South Africa
Nutrient-rich currents on Two Mile Reef draw large schools of slingers and humpback snappers, with turtles and manta rays feeding around the reef.
- Open Water
- Manta rays
down to 18 m
Blizzard Ridge
Ningaloo Reef, Australia
Lighthouse Bay ridge with sleeping leopard sharks, schools of parrotfish, emperors and sometimes sea snakes.
- Open Water
- Leopard (zebra) sharks
down to 35 m
Boulder City
Similan Islands & Khao Lak, Thailand
Boulders from 5 to 35 m where bumphead parrotfish, napoleon wrasse and leopard sharks can be seen.
- Advanced
- Leopard (zebra) sharks
down to 20 m
Cala Figuera (Calvià)
Mallorca, Spain
Easy and varied site suitable for beginners, with a rich marine fauna.
- Open Water
down to 17 m
Chain
Sodwana Bay, South Africa
Named after a ship's anchor chain now part of the reef, Chain is known for pristine coral and lush carpet anemones.
- Open Water
Wreck
Delsan Wreck
Tubbataha, Philippines
Grey reef sharks hunt fish schools in 'The Cut', a 30 m deep crevasse, when the current runs.
- Grey reef sharks
down to 30 m
Dos Amigos Pequeño
Cocos Island, Costa Rica
The smaller of the two Dos Amigos islets, with numerous busy hammerhead cleaning stations at about 30 m.
- Advanced
- Galápagos sharks
down to 40 m
El Toro Marine Reserve
Mallorca, Spain
Underwater nature reserve chosen annually by various media as the most fishy dive site on the island, with visibility up to 35 m.
- Advanced
down to 16 m
Ilha do Meio
Fernando de Noronha, Brazil
One of the scuba points the national park highlights, alongside Pedras Secas, Cagarras and Ressurreta.
- Open Water
down to 18 m
Isla de Sa Porrassa
Mallorca, Spain
Islet with first-class practice sites for beginners and a maximum depth of 18 m.
- Open Water
down to 12 m
Khao Na Yak
Similan Islands & Khao Lak, Thailand
Shallow 12 m Khao Lak dive, described as a relaxing warm-up before the Similan Islands.
- Open Water
Lake
Hidden gem
Mediano Sunken Church
Mediano Reservoir, Spain
The bell tower of the church drowned by the Mediano reservoir in 1969 has become a singular inland dive site in Aragón.
- Advanced
down to 21 m
Nudi Bay
Port Hardy & God's Pocket, Canada
Bay known for hooded nudibranchs, with decorator crabs, shrimp, plumose anemones and juvenile rockfish to a maximum of 21 m.
- Advanced
- Rockfish
down to 10 m
Quarter Mile Reef
Sodwana Bay, South Africa
A compact shallow reef dived mainly in the ragged-tooth shark gestation season, when cleaning-station activity peaks.
- Open Water
- Ragged-tooth sharks
down to 12 m
Ressurreta
Fernando de Noronha, Brazil
A shallow 8-12 m site described as ideal for try dives, among the beginner sites of Noronha.
- Open Water