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1274 dive sites

Siete Pecados

Coron, Philippines

A marine-sanctuary reef of table and staghorn corals where turtles, Napoleon wrasse and mandarinfish can be seen.

Advanced
Reef
Turtles

Troy Spring

Florida Springs, United States

A 70-ft first-magnitude spring with the remains of the Civil War steamboat Madison, scuttled in 1863, in its shallow run.

Advanced
Wreck

Hidden gem

Chandelier Cave

Palau

Four flooded chambers, each with an air pocket, in a rock island under a mile from Koror's dive shops; bring a light.

Technical
Cave
Mandarinfish

Stingray City

Cayman Islands

Billed as 'the world's greatest 12-foot dive', a shallow 3–5 m site inside Grand Cayman's North Sound.

Open Water

Dollabarat

Azores, Portugal

Experienced
Drift
Manta rays

Fujikawa Maru

Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia

Advanced
Wreck
Grey reef sharks

Windsock

Bonaire

Open Water
Reef
Turtles

Cap Béar

Côte Vermeille (Banyuls & Collioure), France

Open Water
Wall

Lake Thingvallavatn

Iceland – Þingvellir, Iceland

Open Water
Fissure

Akitsushima

Coron, Philippines

Experienced
Wreck
Tuna

Boo Windows

Raja Ampat, Indonesia

Advanced
Wall
Wobbegong sharks

Cenote Tajma Ha

Riviera Maya & Cenotes, Mexico

Advanced
Cenote

Kicker Rock (León Dormido)

Galápagos, Ecuador

Advanced
Wall
Blacktip reef sharks

MS Zenobia

Larnaca, Cyprus

Advanced
Wreck
Turtles

Capitancillo Island

Malapascua, Philippines

Advanced
Wall

Koh Bida Nok

Phuket & Koh Lanta, Thailand

Open Water
Reef
Blacktip reef sharks

Los Islotes

La Paz & Sea of Cortez, Mexico

Open Water
Pelagic
Sea lions

Rio de Janeiro Maru

Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia

Advanced
Wreck

Artificial reef

down to 40 m

A-Frames (Finnart)

Argyll Sea Lochs (Loch Fyne & Loch Long), United Kingdom

A-frames from a WWII oil-terminal pier below 20 m, covered in anemones and dead men's fingers, with a crab-filled debris field at 8-12 m.

Advanced
Nudibranchs

Reef

down to 25 m

Agahuta

Anilao, Philippines

A gentle reef slope with low current, averaging around 10 m, listed for marine biology and photography.

Open Water

Drift

down to 30 m

Amazon

Tofo, Mozambique

A remote L-shaped reef 21 km out where manta rays, eagle rays, leopard sharks, bowmouth guitarfish and whitetip reef sharks are not uncommon.

Experienced
Manta rays

Wreck

down to 34 m

Amoco Cadiz

Finistère (Brest, Crozon & Glénan), France

The 334 m supertanker Amoco Cadiz lies broken across 600 m of seabed off Portsall, its rudder, winches and decks draped in kelp.

Experienced

Macro

down to 5 m

Anilao Pier

Anilao, Philippines

A classic Anilao night dive under pilings covered in sea squirts and sponges, with frogfish, seahorses, cuttlefish and the odd mimic octopus.

Open Water
Cuttlefish

Reef

down to 10 m

Aquaventure House Reef

Anilao, Philippines

A shallow resort house reef with shore entry, listed for first dives, children's dives and dive training.

Open Water

Photo credits

The Siete Pecados islets, Coron, Patrickroque01, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Clear water of Troy Spring, Florida, Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Air chamber inside Chandelier Cave, Palau, Lakshmi Sawitri, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Southern stingrays at Stingray City, Grand Cayman, Lhb1239, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Formigas islets above the Dollabarat reef, Azores, Formigas_Islets.jpg: Fernando Tempera derivative work: JotaCartas (talk), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Zero fighter in the hold of the Fujikawa Maru, Chuuk, Motoki Kurabayashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Windsock Steep dive site, Bonaire, SNORKELINGDIVES.COM, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Cap Béar dive site, Côte Vermeille, Artico2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Lake Thingvallavatn dive site, Iceland, sikeri from Silver Spring, MD, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Akitsushima Wreck dive site, Coron, Philippines, Ryan Sia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Boo Windows dive site, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Ratha Grimes from Seattle, WA, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Cenote Tajma Ha dive site, Riviera Maya Cenotes, Offthebeatonpath, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Dive boats beside Kicker Rock (León Dormido), Galápagos, MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
MS Zenobia dive site, Larnaca, dronepicr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capitancillo Islet and its lighthouse, tacit requiem (joanneQEscober ) from Marikina City, Philippines, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Koh Bida Nai and Koh Bida Nok islets, Christophe95, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sea lion on the rocks of Los Islotes, AlexisSalinas01, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Superstructure of the Rio de Janeiro Maru wreck, Chuuk, Motoki Kurabayashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons