Batu Bolong
Komodo, Indonesia
Tiny Central Komodo rock pinnacle with clouds of anthias, bigeye trevally and sweetlips, whitetips on the deeper slopes and common hawksbill turtles.
- Advanced
- Pinnacle
- Whitetip reef sharks
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Inland Sea & Tunnel (Dwejra)
Malta, Gozo & Comino, Malta
An 80 m tunnel leads from Dwejra's enclosed lagoon to the open sea, deepening from 3 m to 26 m at the seaward end.
- Advanced
- Rock formations
- Eagle rays
Jackfish Alley
Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed, Egypt
Ras Mohammed drift with sunlit swim-throughs at 5 and 15 m, then an alley of jackfish and whitetip reef sharks.
- Advanced
- Cavern
- Whitetip reef sharks
Manta Point
Bali & Nusa Penida, Indonesia
Mantas visit the cleaning stations here all year, sometimes in courtship 'manta trains' of up to 30.
- Advanced
- Rock formations
- Manta rays
Monad Shoal
Malapascua, Philippines
A plateau where thresher sharks rise at dawn to visit cleaning stations.
- Advanced
- Pinnacle
- Bull sharks
Richelieu Rock
Similan Islands & Khao Lak, Thailand
Schools of chevron barracuda overhead while tigertail seahorses, harlequin shrimps and ghost pipefish hide in fields of soft coral.
- Advanced
- Wall
- Whale sharks
The Canyon
Dahab, Egypt
Descend between narrowing walls from 18 to 30 m in a cave with an open ceiling, where a swarm of glassfish lives at the old exit.
- Advanced
- Cavern
- Anthias
Andrea II
Bonaire
Shore-dive coral garden with large shallow coral formations and Reef Renewal Foundation coral trees planted to help restore the reef.
- Open Water
- Reef
- Turtles
Barracuda Point
Sipadan & Semporna, Malaysia
On Sipadan's north coast, divers can end up in the middle of a swirling vortex of chevron or blacktail barracuda.
- Advanced
- Wall
- Grey reef sharks
Blue Hole (Dwejra)
Malta, Gozo & Comino, Malta
A limestone sinkhole whose underwater window at 9 m opens onto the open sea, its walls covered in tubeworms and sponges.
- Advanced
- Cavern
Buddy's Reef
Bonaire
Buddy Dive Resort's house reef, perfect for beginners, where black crinoids perch on coral heads and a resident tarpon greets most night divers.
- Open Water
- Reef
- Turtles
Cai
Bonaire
East-coast reef for experienced divers with a guide, where turtles, eagle rays and moray eels thrive and large schools including tarpon roam.
- Experienced
- Reef
- Turtles
Cathedral
Aliwal Shoal & Protea Banks, South Africa
In raggie season up to 40 ragged-tooth sharks rest in this reef amphitheatre; in summer, look out for hammerheads above.
- Advanced
- Rock formations
- Hammerhead sharks
Chumphon Pinnacle
Koh Tao, Thailand
Granite pinnacle 12 km northwest of Koh Tao, the site where Black Turtle Dive logs its most whale shark sightings, amid huge schools of trevally and snapper.
- Advanced
- Pinnacle
- Whale sharks
Cirkewwa Arch
Malta, Gozo & Comino, Malta
A natural underwater archway, the remains of a collapsed cavern, with its top 12 m below the surface and 8 m above the seabed.
- Advanced
- Rock formations
- Groupers
Haleiwa Trench
Oahu, United States
Shore dive off Haleiwa Beach Park into a reef-cut trench with ledged walls and small caves, bottoming near 30 m.
- Advanced
- Wall
- Turtles
Makassar Reef (Manta Point)
Komodo, Indonesia
Shallow manta cleaning-station drift where reef mantas show up year-round, peaking December–April with 4–12 on a good dive.
- Advanced
- Drift
- Manta rays
Moray Garden
Dahab, Egypt
Walk-in shore dive where holes and cracks hide morays, nudibranchs and scorpionfish, with a school of yellowtail barracuda at 7 m.
- Open Water
- Reef
- Whale sharks
Palancar Gardens
Cozumel, Mexico
Sloping reef and wall with gentle currents, much of the dive at 12–25 m, a good introduction to drift diving.
- Advanced
- Drift
- Turtles
Panagsama Sardine Run (House Reef)
Moalboal, Philippines
A sardine ball that spreads from 2 to about 15 m off Panagsama Beach, hunted by mackerels and tuna, with a thresher shark if you are lucky.
- Open Water
- Wall
- Whale sharks
Paradise Reef
Cozumel, Mexico
Three long coral ridges in mild current off Marina Caleta, popular for night dives; look out for toadfish.
- Open Water
- Drift
- Octopus
Pescador Island
Moalboal, Philippines
A protected island off Moalboal known for swim-throughs and tunnels that split the reef, with schooling fish, reef sharks and turtles.
- Advanced
- Wall
- Whitetip reef sharks
Playa Funchi
Bonaire
Washington Slagbaai National Park site where horse-eye jacks cruise the blue and the shallows teem with small, curious fish.
- Advanced
- Reef
- Turtles
Princess Alice Bank (Banco Princesa Alice)
Azores, Portugal
Offshore seamount 3 hours from Pico/Faial, rising to about 35 m, known for devil rays and visibility up to 40 m.
- Experienced
- Pinnacle
- Mobula rays
Photo credits
- Batu Bolong dive site, Komodo, Indonesia, Alexander Vasenin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Inland Sea Gozo dive site, Malta / Gozo / Comino, Bellina 09, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Jackfish Alley dive site, Ras Mohammed, Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Manta Point Nusa Penida dive site, Bali / Nusa Penida, Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Monad Shoal dive site, Malapascua, Jun V Lao, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Richelieu Rock dive site, Similan / Surin, Mr.CMBurns, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- The Canyon Dahab dive site, Dahab, Tim Sheerman-Chase, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Andrea II dive site, Bonaire, LASZLO ILYES from Cleveland, Ohio, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Barracuda Point dive site, Sipadan / Semporna, Chen Wu from Shanghai, China, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Blue Hole Gozo dive site, Malta / Gozo / Comino, Mrcrycrash, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Buddy's Reef dive site, Bonaire, (c) Jay Brasher, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cai Bonaire dive site, Lac Cai, Bonaire, Paul Arps from The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral Aliwal Shoal dive site, Aliwal Shoal, South Africa, Peter Southwood, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pink anemonefish at Chumphon Pinnacle, Koh Tao, yeowatzup, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cirkewwa Arch dive site, Malta / Gozo / Comino, Pstraudo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Haleiwa Trench dive site, Oahu, Hawaii, Devilfish808, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Manta Point (Komodo) dive site, Komodo National Park, Indonesia, Siharaditia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Moray Garden Dahab dive site, Dahab, Egypt, Yvesb, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Palancar Gardens dive site, Cozumel, Mexico, Matthewselig2019, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sardine school over the reef at Panagsama, Moalboal, Iampjanz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Paradise Reef Cozumel dive site, Cozumel, Mexico, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pescador Island off Moalboal, P199, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Playa Funchi dive site, Bonaire, SNORKELINGDIVES.COM, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Divers on the Princess Alice Bank, Azores, Waielbi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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