Wall
down to 40 m
Napaling
Bohol & Panglao, Philippines
A steep coral wall close to shore with an almost guaranteed, year-round swirling sardine ball; best in the calm morning light.
- Open Water
- Turtles
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Drift
down to 30 m
Outback
Tofo, Mozambique
A slow drift along a main wall that grows larger and livelier, with three manta cleaning stations and yellow snappers at the first.
- Advanced
- Manta rays
Reef
down to 18 m
Paradise Beach
El Nido, Philippines
Calm, current-free sandy slope off Cadlao Island, 1-18 m, used for Open Water training, with turtles and clownfish.
- Open Water
- Turtles
Macro
down to 10 m
Penjor Reef
Bali & Nusa Penida, Indonesia
Shallow Sanur reef a few minutes by speedboat, with healthy coral and plentiful macro life even in lower visibility.
- Open Water
Reef
down to 40 m
Playa Chica
Canary Islands (Lanzarote & Fuerteventura), Spain
Shore dive on Puerto del Carmen's house reef with cuttlefish, seahorses, nudibranchs, stingrays, butterfly rays and angel sharks.
- Open Water
- Angel shark
Rock formations
down to 35 m
Police Corner
Komodo, Indonesia
Strong-current corner off Siaba Besar with a crack wide enough for one diver at a time and rays and sharks passing in the blue.
- Experienced
- Batfish
Reef
down to 60 m
Port Ghalib House Reef (Fishmarket)
Marsa Alam & the Brothers, Egypt
A house reef where beginners walk in from a sandy beach to a reef at 5–20 m, while the outer reef drops to far over 60 m.
- Advanced
Drift
down to 40 m
Protea Banks
Aliwal Shoal & Protea Banks, South Africa
A marine protected area since 2019 where dives bring close encounters with tiger, bull and hammerhead sharks and giant guitarsharks.
- Advanced
- Bull sharks
Pinnacle
down to 30 m
Punta Maria
Cocos Island, Costa Rica
Deep seamount off Cocos' southwest corner, never shallower than 18 m, whose cleaning stations draw Galapagos sharks over 3 m long.
- Advanced
- Galápagos sharks
Drift
down to 25 m
Purple Rain
Grenada
A drift dive where divers 'fly' in a steady 2-knot current through a constant 'rain' of violet Creole wrasse.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Artificial reef
down to 30 m
Pyramids (Amed)
Bali & Nusa Penida, Indonesia
Artificial pyramid structures just off the beach in Amed, where hawksbill turtles pass and moray eels hide in the crevices.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Pinnacle
down to 30 m
Quiliano
Malapascua, Philippines
Small pinnacle north of Malapascua dived as a slow spiral ascent from its 16-18 m base, with flamboyant cuttlefish.
- Advanced
- Cuttlefish
Cave
down to 18 m
Raggies Cave
Aliwal Shoal & Protea Banks, South Africa
Aliwal's most popular site: kneel at the cave entrance to watch ragged-tooth sharks in season, then hunt for shed shark teeth in the sand.
- Advanced
- Ragged-tooth sharks
Drift
down to 30 m
Ras Um Sid
Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed, Egypt
Sharm wall dropping to 30 m with a forest of fan corals; eagle rays, and in summer mantas and whale sharks.
- Advanced
- Whale sharks
Reef
down to 30 m
Sampler
Bonaire
One of Bonaire's most popular dives, on Klein Bonaire's north coast, with notably friendly angelfish and yellowhead jawfish on the sand.
- Advanced
Reef
down to 10 m
Shangri-La
Riviera Maya & Cenotes, Mexico
8-10 m reef of sponges and hard corals off Playa del Carmen where turtles, snappers and stingrays are seen.
- Open Water
- Turtles
Wreck
down to 35 m
Shark & Yolanda Reef
Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed, Egypt
Ras Mohammed's twin reefs: snappers form a tornado-like wall and summer brings schools of jacks, tuna and batfish.
- Advanced
- Grey reef sharks
Drift
down to 50 m
Shark Point
Gili Islands, Indonesia
A popular drift on north-west Gili Trawangan: a 6-18 m reef slope above deeper ridges, with jacks, reef sharks, batfish and turtles.
- Advanced
- Blacktip reef sharks
Drift
down to 20 m
Shark Reef
Grenada
An Atlantic-side drift where nurse sharks, spotted eagle rays and turtles ride the swift current.
- Advanced
- Nurse sharks
Reef
down to 30 m
Shark Ridge
Apo Reef, Philippines
Whitetip and blacktip reef sharks rest on the sandy patches of this sloping reef.
- Experienced
- Manta rays
Pinnacle
down to 40 m
Shimosone
Okinawa & Yonaguni, Japan
Open-sea reef south of the Keramas with rocks rising from a 30 m seabed and 30-50 m visibility; summer-only.
- Experienced
- Sharks
Macro
down to 25 m
Siaba Besar
Komodo, Indonesia
Sheltered sandy bay nicknamed Turtle City, where green turtles are everywhere, resting on coral and cruising past.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Reef
down to 18 m
South Channel
Belize
Slow-paced 18 m local reef dive minutes from Caye Caulker, with time to practise buoyancy and explore reef details.
- Open Water
Wreck
down to 29 m
SS Mohegan (The Manacles)
Plymouth & South Cornwall, United Kingdom
The best-known and most dived wreck on the Manacles, broken among rocks covered in gorgonian fans, dead man's fingers and jewel anemones.
- Advanced