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113 destinations

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Europe · 23

Austria

Freshwater · alpine lakes · cold-water diving

Famous sites: Attersee; Grundlsee; Wolfgangsee; Traunsee; Neufelder See
Wrecks / caves / special: Steep freshwater walls; training and technical lake diving
Big animals: Large pike; perch; burbot; freshwater fish

Germany

Lakes · quarries · Baltic and North Sea wrecks

Famous sites: Kreidesee Hemmoor; Bodensee; Baltic coast; North Sea
Wrecks / caves / special: Flooded quarries; cold-water wrecks
Big animals: Pike; perch; cod; seals in coastal regions

Switzerland

Alpine lakes · deep walls · clear freshwater

Famous sites: Lake Zurich; Lake Geneva; Lake Lucerne; Lake Thun
Wrecks / caves / special: Deep lake walls; cold-water technical diving
Big animals: Pike; perch; trout

Italy

Mediterranean reefs · caves · wrecks

Famous sites: Sardinia; Sicily; Ustica; Elba; Liguria; Giglio
Wrecks / caves / special: Grotta di Nereo; Mediterranean caverns; wrecks
Big animals: Grouper; barracuda; tuna; rays

Malta & Gozo

Wrecks · caves · arches · visibility

Famous sites: Blue Hole; Inland Sea; Cirkewwa; Reqqa Point; Comino
Wrecks / caves / special: Um El Faroud; P29; Rozi; Karwela; Cathedral Cave
Big animals: Barracuda; amberjack; tuna; rays

Croatia

Adriatic reefs · walls · wrecks

Famous sites: Istria; Vis; Hvar; Kornati; Dubrovnik
Wrecks / caves / special: Baron Gautsch; B-24; caves and swim-throughs
Big animals: Grouper; conger; tuna; dolphins

Greece

Islands · clear water · archaeology · caverns

Famous sites: Crete; Zakynthos; Santorini; Cyclades; Dodecanese
Wrecks / caves / special: Caves; walls; ancient anchors and wreck archaeology
Big animals: Loggerhead turtles; grouper; tuna; monk seal possible

Cyprus

Zenobia · Mediterranean wreck diving

Famous sites: Larnaca; Protaras; Akamas
Wrecks / caves / special: MS Zenobia; caves and amphora sites
Big animals: Turtles; grouper; rays; barracuda

Spain

Canary Islands · Mediterranean reserves · volcanic reefs

Famous sites: El Hierro; Lanzarote; Tenerife; Medes Islands; Balearics
Wrecks / caves / special: Museo Atlántico; caverns; volcanic formations
Big animals: Angel sharks; rays; tuna; turtles

Portugal

Azores · Madeira · Atlantic pelagics

Famous sites: Princess Alice Bank; Pico; Faial; Santa Maria; Madeira
Wrecks / caves / special: Volcanic walls; offshore seamounts
Big animals: Blue sharks; mobulas; makos; whales; dolphins

France

Mediterranean walls · wrecks · Atlantic diving

Famous sites: Corsica; Côte d'Azur; Port-Cros; Brittany
Wrecks / caves / special: Donator; Rubis submarine; caves and deep walls
Big animals: Grouper; barracuda; sunfish; seals Atlantic

United Kingdom

Historic wrecks · cold water · seals

Famous sites: Scapa Flow; Cornwall; Plymouth; Sound of Mull; Farne Islands
Wrecks / caves / special: German High Seas Fleet wrecks; HMS Scylla; countless wrecks
Big animals: Grey seals; basking sharks; conger

Ireland

Atlantic wrecks · rugged cold-water diving

Famous sites: Donegal; Galway; Cork; Malin Head
Wrecks / caves / special: WWI/WWII wrecks including liners and U-boats
Big animals: Basking sharks; seals; dolphins

Norway

Fjords · wrecks · kelp · Arctic encounters

Famous sites: Narvik; Lofoten; Tromsø; Gulen; Saltstraumen
Wrecks / caves / special: Narvik wrecks; walls; kelp forests
Big animals: Orcas; wolf fish; cod; seals

Iceland

Geology · extreme visibility · cold water

Famous sites: Silfra; Davíðsgjá; Strýtan
Wrecks / caves / special: Silfra tectonic fissure; geothermal chimneys
Big animals: Lumpfish; wolffish; seals

Turkey

Aegean/Mediterranean reefs · wrecks · archaeology

Famous sites: Kaş; Bodrum; Fethiye; Gallipoli
Wrecks / caves / special: Gallipoli wrecks; caves; amphora sites
Big animals: Turtles; grouper; barracuda

Albania

Emerging Ionian/Adriatic · wrecks

Famous sites: Sarandë; Vlora
Wrecks / caves / special: SS Probitas; WWII wrecks; rocky walls
Big animals: Grouper; rays; dolphins

Montenegro

Adriatic wrecks · walls · quieter diving

Famous sites: Bay of Kotor; Budva; Bar
Wrecks / caves / special: Wrecks; caves and rock formations
Big animals: Grouper; conger; rays

Denmark

Baltic/North Sea · wrecks · cold water

Famous sites: Øresund; Kattegat; Bornholm
Wrecks / caves / special: Historic wrecks and artificial reefs
Big animals: Cod; flatfish; seals

Sweden

Baltic wreck preservation

Famous sites: Stockholm Archipelago; Gotland; Baltic Sea
Wrecks / caves / special: Exceptionally preserved wooden wrecks
Big animals: Seals; cod; freshwater/brackish fauna

Finland

Baltic wrecks · archipelago · freshwater

Famous sites: Åland; Helsinki archipelago; Finnish lakes
Wrecks / caves / special: Historic wooden wrecks
Big animals: Pike; perch; seals

Netherlands

North Sea wrecks · Zeeland shore diving

Famous sites: Zeeland; Grevelingen; Oosterschelde; North Sea
Wrecks / caves / special: North Sea wrecks; dike and shore dives
Big animals: Seahorses; cuttlefish; seals

Slovenia

Small Adriatic coast · lakes

Famous sites: Piran; Lake Bled; Lake Bohinj
Wrecks / caves / special: Shore dives; freshwater
Big animals: Conger; octopus; freshwater fish

Asia · 15

Philippines

Biodiversity · wrecks · macro · sharks

Famous sites: Tubbataha; Anilao; Malapascua; Moalboal; Coron; Puerto Galera; Apo Reef; Dauin; Southern Leyte
Wrecks / caves / special: Coron WWII wreck fleet; Subic wrecks; caves and walls
Big animals: Thresher sharks; whale sharks; tiger sharks; mantas; sardine run

Indonesia

Coral Triangle biodiversity · mantas · macro

Famous sites: Raja Ampat; Komodo; Lembeh; Bali; Alor; Banda Sea; Bunaken
Wrecks / caves / special: USAT Liberty wreck; caverns; volcanic reefs
Big animals: Mantas; mola mola; reef sharks; whale sharks in some regions

Malaysia

Sipadan walls · turtles · sharks · macro

Famous sites: Sipadan; Mabul; Kapalai; Layang-Layang; Tioman; Redang
Wrecks / caves / special: Sipadan Drop Off; wrecks around Tioman
Big animals: Hammerheads at Layang-Layang; reef sharks; turtles; barracuda

Thailand

Liveaboards · accessible reefs · pinnacles

Famous sites: Similan Islands; Richelieu Rock; Koh Tao; Phi Phi; Koh Lanta
Wrecks / caves / special: King Cruiser wreck; caverns and swim-throughs
Big animals: Whale sharks; manta rays; leopard sharks

India — Andaman Islands

Remote reefs · volcanic walls · biodiversity

Famous sites: Havelock/Swaraj Dweep; Neil/Shaheed Dweep; Barren Island
Wrecks / caves / special: Barren Island active-volcano seascape; walls and pinnacles
Big animals: Manta rays; reef sharks; turtles; large schools

Maldives

Mantas · whale sharks · channels · sharks

Famous sites: South Ari; Baa; Vaavu; Fuvahmulah; North/South Malé; Addu
Wrecks / caves / special: British Loyalty wreck; kandus and thilas
Big animals: Mantas; whale sharks; tiger sharks at Fuvahmulah; reef sharks; eagle rays

Sri Lanka

Wrecks · reefs · seasonal Indian Ocean

Famous sites: Colombo; Trincomalee; Unawatuna; Batticaloa
Wrecks / caves / special: HMS Hermes; SS Conch; Taprobane wrecks
Big animals: Blue whales offshore; whale sharks occasional; rays

Japan

Tropical to temperate · hammerheads · unusual endemic life

Famous sites: Okinawa; Yonaguni; Izu; Ogasawara; Hokkaido
Wrecks / caves / special: Yonaguni Monument; wrecks and volcanic formations
Big animals: Hammerhead schools; mantas; sea turtles; giant Pacific octopus north

Timor-Leste

Coral Triangle reefs · walls · low crowding

Famous sites: Dili coast; Atauro Island
Wrecks / caves / special: Steep walls; pristine reefs
Big animals: Whales; dolphins; reef sharks; dugong possible

Myanmar

Remote Mergui liveaboards

Famous sites: Mergui Archipelago; Burma Banks
Wrecks / caves / special: Remote pinnacles and caves
Big animals: Mantas; whale sharks; reef sharks

Taiwan

Tropical/temperate transition · macro · pelagics

Famous sites: Green Island; Orchid Island; Kenting
Wrecks / caves / special: Volcanic reefs; wrecks
Big animals: Hammerheads seasonally; turtles; rays

South Korea

Jeju · temperate marine life

Famous sites: Jeju Island; East Sea
Wrecks / caves / special: Lava formations; rocky reefs
Big animals: Large groupers; nudibranchs; temperate fish

Vietnam

Emerging tropical reefs

Famous sites: Nha Trang; Phu Quoc; Con Dao
Wrecks / caves / special: Reefs; occasional wrecks
Big animals: Turtles; rays; reef fish

China — Hainan

Warm-water reefs · local dive tourism

Famous sites: Sanya; Wuzhizhou Island
Wrecks / caves / special: Artificial reefs and local wrecks
Big animals: Tropical reef fish; turtles possible

Hong Kong

Subtropical local diving · macro

Famous sites: Sai Kung; Sharp Island; Ninepin Group
Wrecks / caves / special: Rocky reefs and small wrecks
Big animals: Cuttlefish; seahorses; rays

Pacific & Oceania · 15

Australia

Great Barrier Reef · wrecks · whale sharks

Famous sites: Great Barrier Reef; Ningaloo; Coral Sea; SS Yongala; Rowley Shoals
Wrecks / caves / special: SS Yongala; HMAS wrecks; caves in specialist regions
Big animals: Whale sharks; mantas; dwarf minke whales; grey nurse sharks

Papua New Guinea

Pristine reefs · WWII wrecks · muck diving

Famous sites: Kimbe Bay; Milne Bay; Rabaul; Kavieng
Wrecks / caves / special: WWII aircraft and shipwrecks
Big animals: Hammerheads; mantas; sharks; dolphins

Palau

Blue Corner · currents · sharks · mantas

Famous sites: Blue Corner; German Channel; Peleliu; Ulong Channel
Wrecks / caves / special: Chandelier Cave; WWII wrecks
Big animals: Grey reef sharks; mantas; jacks; Napoleon wrasse

Micronesia — Truk / Chuuk Lagoon

World-class WWII wreck diving

Famous sites: Truk Lagoon / Chuuk Lagoon
Wrecks / caves / special: Fujikawa Maru; San Francisco Maru; Shinkoku Maru; aircraft and submarines
Big animals: Reef sharks; eagle rays; turtles; schools of fish

Marshall Islands — Bikini Atoll

Technical expedition wreck diving · nuclear history

Famous sites: Bikini Atoll
Wrecks / caves / special: USS Saratoga; HIJMS Nagato; USS Arkansas; other Operation Crossroads wrecks
Big animals: Sharks; tuna; pelagics

Fiji

Soft corals · shark diving

Famous sites: Beqa Lagoon; Taveuni; Bligh Water; Kadavu
Wrecks / caves / special: Coral walls and passages
Big animals: Bull sharks; tiger sharks; mantas; reef sharks

Solomon Islands

WWII wrecks · remote reefs

Famous sites: Guadalcanal; Florida Islands; Marovo Lagoon; Munda
Wrecks / caves / special: Iron Bottom Sound wrecks; aircraft
Big animals: Sharks; mantas; schooling fish

Vanuatu

SS President Coolidge · reefs

Famous sites: Espiritu Santo; Efate
Wrecks / caves / special: SS President Coolidge; Million Dollar Point
Big animals: Dugongs; turtles; reef sharks

French Polynesia

Sharks · passes · dolphins · mantas

Famous sites: Fakarava; Rangiroa; Bora Bora; Tahiti
Wrecks / caves / special: Pass dives; walls; limited wrecks
Big animals: Huge grey reef shark aggregations; dolphins; mantas; hammerheads

New Zealand

Temperate reefs · kelp · wrecks

Famous sites: Poor Knights Islands; Bay of Islands; Fiordland
Wrecks / caves / special: HMNZS Canterbury; Rainbow Warrior
Big animals: Orcas possible; rays; seals; schooling fish

Tonga

Humpback whale encounters · reefs

Famous sites: Vavaʻu; Haʻapai
Wrecks / caves / special: Caves and swim-throughs
Big animals: Humpback whales; manta rays; reef sharks

New Caledonia

Huge lagoon · barrier reef

Famous sites: Nouméa; Isle of Pines; Loyalty Islands
Wrecks / caves / special: Passes; reefs; wrecks
Big animals: Sharks; mantas; dugongs; turtles

Guam

Walls · WWII wrecks · clear Pacific water

Famous sites: Blue Hole; Apra Harbor
Wrecks / caves / special: SMS Cormoran II / Tokai Maru; WWII wrecks
Big animals: Reef sharks; turtles; eagle rays

Northern Mariana Islands

Grotto · walls · WWII history

Famous sites: Saipan; Tinian; Rota
Wrecks / caves / special: The Grotto; WWII wrecks and aircraft
Big animals: Eagle rays; turtles; reef sharks

Cook Islands

Clear water · reefs · relaxed diving

Famous sites: Rarotonga; Aitutaki
Wrecks / caves / special: Drop-offs and caverns
Big animals: Turtles; eagle rays; humpback whales seasonally

Africa · 16

Egypt

Red Sea reefs · wrecks · liveaboards

Famous sites: Ras Mohammed; Tiran; Brothers; Daedalus; Elphinstone; Marsa Alam
Wrecks / caves / special: SS Thistlegorm; Dunraven; Rosalie Moller
Big animals: Oceanic whitetips; hammerheads; dolphins; dugongs; mantas

South Africa

Sharks · Sardine Run · kelp · big animals

Famous sites: Aliwal Shoal; Protea Banks; Sodwana Bay; Cape Town
Wrecks / caves / special: Wrecks around Cape Peninsula; caverns
Big animals: Ragged-tooth; tiger; bull; great white; sevengill sharks; whales

Mozambique

Mantas · whale sharks · Indian Ocean reefs

Famous sites: Tofo; Vilanculos; Bazaruto; Ponta do Ouro
Wrecks / caves / special: Reefs and pinnacles
Big animals: Whale sharks; manta rays; humpbacks; bull/tiger sharks in south

Tanzania

Zanzibar · Pemba · Mafia · whale sharks

Famous sites: Mafia Island; Pemba; Mnemba; Zanzibar
Wrecks / caves / special: Walls and reefs
Big animals: Whale sharks at Mafia; hammerheads around Pemba; dolphins; turtles

Kenya

Fringing reefs · whale sharks · wrecks

Famous sites: Watamu; Diani; Mombasa
Wrecks / caves / special: MV Dania wreck; caves/reef passages
Big animals: Whale sharks seasonally; turtles; dolphins

Madagascar

Biodiversity · reefs · whales

Famous sites: Nosy Be; Sainte-Marie; southwest reefs
Wrecks / caves / special: Reefs and walls
Big animals: Whale sharks; humpbacks; mantas; turtles

Seychelles

Granite reefs · clear Indian Ocean

Famous sites: Mahé; Praslin; La Digue; Outer Islands
Wrecks / caves / special: Granite formations; wrecks near Mahé
Big animals: Whale sharks seasonal; mantas; turtles; reef sharks

Mauritius

Reefs · wrecks · resort diving

Famous sites: Flic-en-Flac; Trou aux Biches; Blue Bay
Wrecks / caves / special: Stella Maru; Cathedral cavern
Big animals: Eagle rays; turtles; dolphins

Cape Verde

Atlantic volcanic diving · pelagics

Famous sites: Sal; São Vicente; Santo Antão
Wrecks / caves / special: Caves; wrecks; volcanic terrain
Big animals: Mantas; sharks; turtles; humpbacks seasonal

Djibouti

Whale sharks · Gulf of Tadjoura

Famous sites: Gulf of Tadjoura; Seven Brothers
Wrecks / caves / special: Volcanic reefs and walls
Big animals: Whale sharks; dolphins; manta rays

Sudan

Remote Red Sea reefs · diving history

Famous sites: Sha'ab Rumi; Sanganeb; Port Sudan
Wrecks / caves / special: Umbria wreck; Precontinent II remains
Big animals: Hammerheads; grey reef sharks; mantas

Malawi

Freshwater cichlid biodiversity

Famous sites: Lake Malawi; Cape Maclear; Likoma Island
Wrecks / caves / special: Freshwater rock formations
Big animals: Hundreds of colorful cichlid species

Zimbabwe

Freshwater cave diving

Famous sites: Chinhoyi Caves
Wrecks / caves / special: Chinhoyi cave system
Big animals: Freshwater fish; cave environment rather than megafauna

Zambia

Freshwater diving

Famous sites: Lake Tanganyika; quarries/local sites
Wrecks / caves / special: Freshwater walls and rocky habitats
Big animals: Cichlids and endemic freshwater fish

São Tomé & Príncipe

Remote Gulf of Guinea reefs

Famous sites: São Tomé; Príncipe
Wrecks / caves / special: Volcanic reefs
Big animals: Whale sharks occasional; rays; turtles

Morocco

Atlantic/Mediterranean emerging diving

Famous sites: Al Hoceima; Agadir region
Wrecks / caves / special: Rocky reefs; wrecks
Big animals: Dolphins; rays; groupers

Middle East & Red Sea · 6

Jordan

Aqaba reefs · wrecks · accessible Red Sea

Famous sites: Aqaba Marine Park
Wrecks / caves / special: Cedar Pride; C-130 Hercules; tank and artificial wrecks
Big animals: Turtles; eagle rays; reef fish

Oman

Arabian Sea biodiversity · Musandam

Famous sites: Musandam; Daymaniyat Islands; Salalah
Wrecks / caves / special: Walls; reefs; some wrecks
Big animals: Whale sharks; rays; dolphins; zebra sharks

Saudi Arabia

Undeveloped Red Sea reefs · walls

Famous sites: Jeddah; Yanbu; Farasan Banks
Wrecks / caves / special: Reefs; wrecks; offshore banks
Big animals: Hammerheads; whale sharks occasional; mantas; reef sharks

Israel

Eilat Red Sea diving

Famous sites: Eilat Coral Beach
Wrecks / caves / special: Satil wreck; caves/reef structures
Big animals: Dolphins nearby; turtles; rays

United Arab Emirates

Gulf and Gulf of Oman wrecks

Famous sites: Fujairah; Musandam access; Dubai wrecks
Wrecks / caves / special: Inchcape wrecks; artificial reefs
Big animals: Whale sharks occasional; turtles; rays

Bahrain

Pearling heritage · artificial reefs

Famous sites: Dive Bahrain
Wrecks / caves / special: Boeing 747 artificial reef; pearl diving sites
Big animals: Gulf reef fish; rays

North America · 3

United States

Extreme variety · caves · wrecks · kelp · tropical reefs

Famous sites: Florida Keys; Florida Springs; California Channel Islands; Hawaii; North Carolina; Great Lakes
Wrecks / caves / special: Florida cave systems; Spiegel Grove; Oriskany; North Carolina wrecks; Great Lakes wrecks
Big animals: Manatees; sand tiger sharks; mantas; whale sharks Hawaii occasional; sea lions

Mexico

Cenotes · Cozumel · Socorro · Baja

Famous sites: Yucatán; Cozumel; Socorro/Revillagigedo; La Paz; Cabo Pulmo
Wrecks / caves / special: Dos Ojos; The Pit; Angelita; Cenote cave systems; wrecks
Big animals: Giant oceanic mantas; whale sharks; hammerheads; sea lions; bull sharks

Canada

Cold-water life · wrecks · British Columbia

Famous sites: Vancouver Island; Browning Pass; Great Lakes; Tobermory; Atlantic Canada
Wrecks / caves / special: Great Lakes wrecks; HMCS artificial reefs
Big animals: Giant Pacific octopus; sea lions; wolf eels; sixgill sharks

Central America · 7

Belize

Barrier reef · Great Blue Hole · walls

Famous sites: Great Blue Hole; Lighthouse Reef; Turneffe; Gladden Spit
Wrecks / caves / special: Blue Hole stalactites; reef walls
Big animals: Whale sharks seasonal; reef sharks; turtles; eagle rays

Honduras

Bay Islands · reefs · walls · affordable diving

Famous sites: Roatán; Utila; Guanaja
Wrecks / caves / special: Wrecks; caverns; walls
Big animals: Whale sharks around Utila; eagle rays; turtles

Costa Rica

Cocos Island · pelagic sharks

Famous sites: Cocos Island: Bajo Alcyone; Dirty Rock; Manuelita; Bat Islands; Catalina Islands
Wrecks / caves / special: Pinnacles and walls
Big animals: Schooling hammerheads; tiger sharks; mantas; whale sharks; bull sharks Bat Islands

Panama

Coiba · two oceans · pelagics

Famous sites: Coiba National Park; Bocas del Toro
Wrecks / caves / special: Wrecks and reef formations
Big animals: Whale sharks; hammerheads; mantas; dolphins

Guatemala

Lake diving · Pacific niche diving

Famous sites: Lake Atitlán; Pacific coast
Wrecks / caves / special: Submerged structures; volcanic lake setting
Big animals: Freshwater fish; rays offshore

Nicaragua

Caribbean islands · freshwater volcanic lakes

Famous sites: Corn Islands; Little Corn; Lake Apoyo
Wrecks / caves / special: Reefs; volcanic lake dives
Big animals: Reef sharks; rays; turtles

El Salvador

Pacific volcanic coastline · emerging diving

Famous sites: Los Cóbanos; Gulf of Fonseca
Wrecks / caves / special: Rocky volcanic reefs; wrecks
Big animals: Mantas and pelagics possible

Caribbean · 18

Bahamas

Sharks · blue holes · walls · clear water

Famous sites: Tiger Beach; Bimini; Andros; Exumas; Nassau
Wrecks / caves / special: Andros blue holes; caves; wrecks
Big animals: Tiger sharks; great hammerheads; oceanic whitetips; dolphins

Cayman Islands

Walls · Stingray City · clear water

Famous sites: Grand Cayman; Little Cayman; Cayman Brac; Bloody Bay Wall
Wrecks / caves / special: Kittiwake wreck; caverns
Big animals: Southern stingrays; turtles; reef sharks

Bonaire

World-famous shore diving · reefs

Famous sites: Bonaire Marine Park; Klein Bonaire; Hilma Hooker
Wrecks / caves / special: Hilma Hooker wreck
Big animals: Turtles; eagle rays; tarpon

Curaçao

Shore diving · reefs · wrecks

Famous sites: Westpunt; Tugboat; Mushroom Forest
Wrecks / caves / special: Superior Producer wreck; caverns
Big animals: Turtles; eagle rays; dolphins occasional

Aruba

Wrecks · easy Caribbean diving

Famous sites: Antilla; Pedernales; Renaissance area
Wrecks / caves / special: SS Antilla; Pedernales
Big animals: Turtles; rays; barracuda

Cuba

Jardines de la Reina · sharks · reefs

Famous sites: Jardines de la Reina; María la Gorda
Wrecks / caves / special: Reefs and caves
Big animals: Caribbean reef sharks; silky sharks; crocodiles in mangrove channels

Grenada

Wreck capital of Caribbean

Famous sites: Bianca C; Underwater Sculpture Park
Wrecks / caves / special: Bianca C; Shakem; Veronica L
Big animals: Mantas occasional; eagle rays; turtles

Dominica

Volcanic walls · dramatic terrain

Famous sites: Champagne Reef; Scotts Head; Soufrière
Wrecks / caves / special: Bubbles from geothermal vents; walls
Big animals: Sperm whales offshore; turtles; rays

Saint Lucia

Volcanic scenery · reefs

Famous sites: Anse Chastanet; Superman's Flight; Pitons
Wrecks / caves / special: Walls; pinnacles
Big animals: Turtles; rays; seahorses

Turks & Caicos

Walls · clear water

Famous sites: Grand Turk; Providenciales; West Caicos
Wrecks / caves / special: Walls and swim-throughs
Big animals: Humpback whales seasonally Salt Cay; reef sharks; turtles

Barbados

Turtles · wrecks · reefs

Famous sites: Carlisle Bay; Folkestone
Wrecks / caves / special: SS Stavronikita; Carlisle Bay wrecks
Big animals: Turtles; rays; seahorses

Bermuda

Shipwrecks · Atlantic reefs

Famous sites: South Shore; North Rock
Wrecks / caves / special: Constellation; Cristóbal Colón; many wrecks
Big animals: Turtles; eagle rays; barracuda

Saba

Pinnacles · marine park

Famous sites: Saba Marine Park; Third Encounter
Wrecks / caves / special: Underwater pinnacles
Big animals: Reef sharks; turtles; pelagics

Sint Eustatius

Marine park · archaeology · wrecks

Famous sites: Statia Marine Park
Wrecks / caves / special: Charles L. Brown wreck; archaeological sites
Big animals: Turtles; sharks; eagle rays

Dominican Republic

Caves · wrecks · Caribbean reefs

Famous sites: Bayahibe; Punta Cana; Santo Domingo
Wrecks / caves / special: St George wreck; freshwater caves including Padre Nuestro
Big animals: Turtles; eagle rays; manatees rarely

Puerto Rico

Walls · reefs · islands

Famous sites: Mona Island; Culebra; La Parguera
Wrecks / caves / special: Caves; walls; wrecks
Big animals: Reef sharks; turtles; dolphins

British Virgin Islands

Wrecks · reefs

Famous sites: RMS Rhone; Norman Island
Wrecks / caves / special: RMS Rhone; caves at The Indians/Norman Island
Big animals: Turtles; rays; reef sharks

US Virgin Islands

Reefs · wrecks · accessible diving

Famous sites: St Croix; St Thomas; St John
Wrecks / caves / special: Frederiksted pier; wrecks around St Thomas
Big animals: Turtles; eagle rays; reef sharks

South America · 7

Ecuador — Galápagos

Big animals · currents · evolution

Famous sites: Darwin Island; Wolf Island; Gordon Rocks; Punta Vicente Roca
Wrecks / caves / special: Walls and pinnacles
Big animals: Schooling hammerheads; whale sharks; marine iguanas; sea lions; mola mola

Colombia

Malpelo sharks · Caribbean reefs

Famous sites: Malpelo; San Andrés; Providencia; Cartagena
Wrecks / caves / special: Wrecks and walls
Big animals: Huge shark schools; hammerheads; silky sharks; whale sharks

Brazil

Fernando de Noronha · Atlantic islands

Famous sites: Fernando de Noronha; Abrolhos; Arraial do Cabo
Wrecks / caves / special: Wrecks; reefs
Big animals: Spinner dolphins; turtles; rays; sharks

Argentina

Patagonia · cold-water wildlife

Famous sites: Puerto Madryn; Ushuaia
Wrecks / caves / special: Wrecks and kelp
Big animals: Sea lions; penguins nearby; whales offshore

Chile

Pacific cold-water · Easter Island

Famous sites: Easter Island/Rapa Nui; Juan Fernández; central Chile
Wrecks / caves / special: Volcanic walls; wrecks
Big animals: Sea lions; sharks; rays; large pelagics

Peru

Humboldt Current · niche diving

Famous sites: Paracas; northern Peru
Wrecks / caves / special: Rocky reefs and wrecks
Big animals: Sea lions; Humboldt marine life

Venezuela

Caribbean islands · reefs

Famous sites: Los Roques; Morrocoy
Wrecks / caves / special: Reefs and walls
Big animals: Turtles; rays; reef sharks

Polar & Extreme · 3

Antarctica

Ice diving · expedition diving

Famous sites: Antarctic Peninsula
Wrecks / caves / special: Ice walls and iceberg environments
Big animals: Seals; penguins; whales

Greenland

Arctic ice · fjords

Famous sites: Disko Bay; East Greenland expedition areas
Wrecks / caves / special: Icebergs; walls
Big animals: Seals; whales; Greenland sharks possible

Svalbard

High Arctic expedition diving

Famous sites: Spitsbergen fjords
Wrecks / caves / special: Ice edges and cold-water walls
Big animals: Seals; whales; Arctic fauna

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Dive Operators & Expedition Fleets

A growing reference list of major and widely known dive operators and liveaboard fleets. Links go directly to the operators’ official websites.

International liveaboard fleet

Aggressor Adventures / Aggressor Liveaboards

One of the best-known long-running liveaboard brands, operating dive yachts across major tropical and expedition destinations.

Featured: Bahamas · Belize · Cayman Islands · Cocos Island · Galápagos · Komodo · Maldives · Palau · Philippines · Raja Ampat · Red Sea · Roatán · Thailand · Turks & Caicos

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Worldwide liveaboard & expedition fleet

Master Liveaboards

A broad international fleet with strong coverage of classic pelagic, wreck and remote expedition destinations.

Featured: Bikini Atoll · Truk / Chuuk Lagoon · Galápagos · Red Sea · Indonesia · Maldives · Myanmar · Palau · Philippines · Solomon Islands · Thailand

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Liveaboard fleet & dive operator

Emperor Divers / Emperor Liveaboards

A long-established operator with both resort-diving roots and liveaboard operations, especially strong in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.

Featured: Egypt / Red Sea · Maldives · Indonesia · Solomon Islands

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International liveaboard fleet

Explorer Ventures Fleet

Established liveaboard operator serving a mix of Caribbean, Pacific, Indian Ocean and Red Sea itineraries.

Featured: Saba & St Kitts · Turks & Caicos · Palau · Galápagos · Maldives · Red Sea · Indonesia · Silver Bank

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Big-animal expedition fleet

Nautilus Adventures

Specialist expedition operator strongly associated with Mexico and eastern Pacific big-animal encounters.

Featured: Socorro · Sea of Cortez · Cocos Island · Magdalena Bay · San Ignacio Lagoon · Baja California

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This is a reference directory, not a ranking or paid-placement list. Routes and fleets change over time, so always check the operator’s official site for current itineraries, requirements and availability.

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Diver Training & Educational Agencies

A compact international reference list of major and notable diver-training organizations. The descriptions are intentionally neutral: the best agency is the one whose standards, instructor, course structure and diving philosophy fit the diver and the intended type of diving.

Global recreational & professional training agency

PADI — Professional Association of Diving Instructors

One of the world’s largest and most widely recognized diver-training organizations, with pathways from first scuba experiences through specialties, professional education and technical programs.

Focus: Recreational scuba · specialties · professional training · TecRec · freediving

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Global training agency

SSI — Scuba Schools International

International training system with a large worldwide network of training centers and programs covering recreational scuba, Extended Range, freediving, mermaid, swim and professional education.

Focus: Recreational scuba · Extended Range · freediving · professional training

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International federation & training system

CMAS — World Underwater Federation

The Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques is a worldwide underwater federation whose programs include recreational scuba, nitrox, technical diving, freediving and numerous underwater sports.

Focus: Scuba · nitrox · technical · freediving · underwater sports

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Nonprofit training & certifying agency

NAUI Worldwide

Long-established international diver-training organization emphasizing competence, responsibility and its traditional philosophy of Dive Safety Through Education.

Focus: Entry level · advanced · specialties · leadership · technical education

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Multi-discipline training family

SDI · TDI · ERDI · PFI

International Training combines SDI recreational scuba, TDI technical and rebreather education, ERDI public-safety diving and PFI freediving within one training family.

Focus: Recreational · technical · mixed gas · rebreather · public safety · freediving

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Recreational & technical training agency

RAID — Rebreather Association of International Divers

International digital-first training organization offering recreational, technical, rebreather, sidemount and professional pathways with an emphasis on modern educational delivery.

Focus: Recreational · technical · rebreather · sidemount · professional

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Team-oriented education, exploration & conservation

GUE — Global Underwater Explorers

Nonprofit organization known for highly standardized team-diving education and a strong connection between training, exploration, documentation, conservation and scientific projects.

Focus: Fundamentals · technical · cave · CCR · exploration · conservation

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Club-based training organization

BSAC — British Sub-Aqua Club

Major UK-based diving organization with a long-established club structure and training ladder from beginner levels through advanced, leadership and technical diving.

Focus: Club diving · recreational · leadership · technical · instructor development

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Technical-diving pioneer with recreational programs

IANTD — International Association of Nitrox & Technical Divers

Historically influential in nitrox and technical-diver education and today offering programs from sport diving through mixed gas, rebreathers, cave, wreck and advanced technical diving.

Focus: Nitrox · technical · trimix · rebreather · cave · wreck · recreational

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Recreational, technical & hyperbaric education

ANDI International

Training organization historically associated with SafeAir nitrox education and later expanded into recreational scuba, technical diving, rebreathers, gas handling, technician and hyperbaric programs.

Focus: SafeAir / nitrox · recreational · technical · CCR/SCR · technician · hyperbaric

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Team-oriented recreational & technical training

UTD — Unified Team Diving

Training system built around consistent team procedures and a unified equipment-and-skills philosophy, with programs spanning foundational, recreational, technical, cave, wreck and rebreather diving.

Focus: Foundational · recreational · technical · cave · wreck · CCR/PSCR

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International diver-training agency

PSS — Professional Scuba Schools

International training organization offering recreational scuba, freediving, technical diving, emergency programs and professional education, with a strong digital-learning focus through its EVO training system.

Focus: Recreational · freediving · technical · emergency · professional

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Recreational, technical & freediving training agency

SNSI — Scuba and Nitrox Safety International

International training organization offering recreational scuba, professional, technical and freediving pathways with extensive use of digital learning tools.

Focus: Recreational · professional · technical · freediving

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Recreational, technical & cave-oriented education

NASE Worldwide

Training organization drawing on recreational, commercial, technical and cave-diving backgrounds, with certification and instructor-development programs.

Focus: Recreational · technical · cave · professional

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International scuba training organization

ACUC International

International certification organization with diver, leadership and instructor programs supported by affiliated schools, instructors and diving centers in multiple regions.

Focus: Recreational · specialties · leadership · instructor education

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European/international training organization

i.a.c. — International Aquanautic Club

Germany-based international training organization offering entry-level through advanced and professional scuba education together with specialties and continuing diver development.

Focus: Recreational · advanced · specialties · professional training

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This directory is informational and is not a ranking, endorsement or paid-placement list. Training portfolios, standards and regional availability can change; use the official agency website to confirm current courses and recognition.

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