Macro
down to 32 m
Kalipayan
Bohol & Panglao, Philippines
An easy shore dive on Panglao's south coast with frequent seahorses and flamboyant cuttlefish, excellent for night and macro dives.
- Open Water
- Cuttlefish
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Reef
down to 32 m
Kalli's Reef
Bonaire
Popular stretch of reef named after a Bonaire National Marine Park manager, and a good spot for seahorses and turtles.
- Open Water
- Turtles
Pinnacle
down to 50 m
Kansantik
Mactan (Cebu), Philippines
A pinnacle in the Olango Channel rising to within 30 m, with soft corals, sea whips and enormous sponges.
- Experienced
Drift
down to 40 m
Karang Sari
Bali & Nusa Penida, Indonesia
A reef on Penida's quieter east coast with bommies and sea fans, where turtles and thresher sharks are reported.
- Advanced
- Hammerhead sharks
Reef
down to 18 m
Katipanan
Dumaguete, Dauin & Apo Island, Philippines
Gentle Apo Island slope that rarely exceeds 18 m, where green sea turtles graze constantly.
- Open Water
- Turtles
Wreck
down to 20 m
Knivestone wrecks
Farne Islands & St Abbs, United Kingdom
Wreckage on the Knivestone reef in the Farnes, from a 3-5 m kelpy plateau among the seals down to hull sections at about 20 m.
- Advanced
- Seals
Cavern
down to 35 m
Koh Haa
Phuket & Koh Lanta, Thailand
At Koh Haa Yai a cave entrance at 14 m opens all the way up to the surface; at Koh Haa Chimney a tunnel leads into a chamber full of cave sweepers.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Pinnacle
down to 40 m
Koh Tachai Pinnacle
Similan Islands & Khao Lak, Thailand
A hard-coral-topped pinnacle from 12 m where mantas cruise and batfish hang in the current, reached only by liveaboard.
- Advanced
- Manta rays
Drift
down to 16 m
La Herradura
Cancún & Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Healthy natural reef 20 minutes from the Cancún dock, dived on a gentle current with abundant fish life year-round.
- Open Water
Wall
down to 85 m
Liabale East
Wakatobi, Indonesia
Steep wall at the start of the Lintea-Tomia channel, with good current for pelagics, giant and bluefin trevally, Napoleon wrasse and turtles.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Pinnacle
down to 30 m
Maaya Thila
Maldives
North Ari pinnacle from 6 m to beyond 30 m; at slack-current night dives, vast numbers of fusiliers arrive on the crown to feed.
- Advanced
- Whitetip reef sharks
Reef
down to 25 m
Manta Bay
Bali & Nusa Penida, Indonesia
A shallow bay with a manta cleaning station at 13 m, where Dive Concepts quotes a 95% chance of mantas year-round.
- Open Water
- Manta rays
Reef
down to 15 m
Manta City Point
Okinawa & Yonaguni, Japan
Shallow manta spot near Kabira Bay, around 10 m deep, where even beginners can watch manta rays glide past.
- Advanced
- Manta rays
Reef
down to 40 m
Manta Point (Lankanfinolhu)
Maldives
A manta cleaning station near Lankanfushi, busiest in the southwest monsoon (May–September) when mantas move east with the plankton.
- Advanced
- Manta rays
Reef
down to 24 m
Manta Point (Sunset Reef)
Gili Islands, Indonesia
Gently sloping staghorn coral gardens off south Gili Trawangan: a relaxed, slow dive with reef sharks, turtles and batfish in the shallows.
- Open Water
- Manta rays
Reef
down to 40 m
Manta Ridge
Raja Ampat, Indonesia
Divers reef-hook onto a ridge between 6 and 17 m to watch mantas feeding and being cleaned.
- Advanced
- Manta rays
Reef
down to 24 m
Manta Sandy
Raja Ampat, Indonesia
A manta cleaning station at about 16 m where reef, oceanic and black mantas are frequently spotted.
- Open Water
- Manta rays
Pinnacle
down to 30 m
Manta Valley
Cancún & Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Offshore seamounts north of Cancún where mantas visit a cleaning station; the operator says late September–October is best.
- Experienced
- Manta rays
Rock formations
down to 19 m
Marble Arch
Tofo, Mozambique
A shallow sandy bowl ringed by walls and two archways, with green turtles under the overhangs and a chance of a passing whale shark.
- Advanced
- Whale sharks
Macro
down to 25 m
Marsa Egla
Marsa Alam & the Brothers, Egypt
A seagrass bay where macro hunters look for seahorses and ghost pipefish while turtles, large rays and possibly dugongs pass by.
- Open Water
- Dugong
Reef
down to 30 m
Marsa Nakari
Marsa Alam & the Brothers, Egypt
A sheltered shore-diving bay of seagrass beds and coral patches frequented by turtles and occasionally dugongs.
- Open Water
- Whitetip reef sharks
Reef
down to 40 m
Marsa Shagra House Reef
Marsa Alam & the Brothers, Egypt
A bay with an easy sandy entrance leading to north and south reef dives, where dolphins can turn up on early-morning dives.
- Open Water
- Dolphins
Wall
down to 40 m
Mike's Point
Raja Ampat, Indonesia
A Dampier Strait islet, by local lore bombed in WWII as a mistaken warship, with a soft-coral wall dropping past 40 m.
- Experienced
- Reef sharks
Reef
down to 18 m
Moore Reef Pontoon (Sunlover)
Great Barrier Reef (Cairns & Port Douglas), Australia
Try-dive or certified dives to 18 m from a permanently moored outer-reef pontoon, with 5–12 m of water beside it.
- Open Water