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Dive Site: Great White Wall
Depth: Up to 45 meters
Visibility: Up to 40 meters
The locals have done a great job in protecting the local reefs. As a result, you’ll see thousands of species of coral and marine life. At the Great White Wall, you’ll start off by swimming through a cave then see a hill of what seemingly looks white with coral descending into the depths. Also, keep you eye out for batfish and barracuda that frequent the area.
Other Dive Sites: There are tons of diving options in Fiji. Check out Beqa Lagoon, Side Streets, Nisici Rocks, and Caesar’s Rocks.
Photo: Taveuni Palms Resort / creative commons
Dive Site: Manchones Reef
Depth: Up to 10 meters
Visibility: Up to 30 meters
Mexico definitely offers a wide range of diving options but the Manchones Reef in Cancun is a unique spot with over 60 underwater sculptures that form an artificial reef, including 400 life-sized figures. They make for a truly eerie experience. You’ll find lobsters, moray eels, barracuda, and more making their home in the reef.
Other Dive Sites: La Paz, Playa del Carmen, and Cozumel also offer amazing diving.
Photo: Charlie F / creative commons
Dive Site: SS Thistlegorm
Depth: Up to 30 meters
Visibility: Up to 30 meters
The SS Thistlegorm is the most popular wreck dive in the world. This British transport ship was sunk in 1941 and is a 128 meters long. There are rifles, motorbikes, trucks, armored cars, and more! Check out all the wreckage and the marine life that it attracts.
Other Dive Sites: The Red Sea is full of great spots. Check out Yolanda Reef, Ras Mohammed, Big Brother, and Shark Reef.
Photo: Wilfred Hdez / creative commons
Dive Site: Blue Corner Wall
Depth: Up to 30 meters
Visibility: Up to 40 meters
Diving here will feel like you’re in the middle of a Planet Earth episode. Reef sharks, bigeye jacks, eagle rays, tuna, snapper, soft coral, and green turtles are just a few of the things you’ll see. And be sure to pay attention to the walls and corals to catch morays, nudibranchs, and mantis shrimp.
Photo: Klaus Stiefel / creative commons
Dive Site: Liberty
Depth: Up to 25 meters
Visibility: Up to 20 metersIndonesia is filled with tons of diving spots. One of the most popular is the Liberty wreck, which makes its home just 30 meters from the beach. Sunken into black sand, you’ll find angelfish, surgeonfish, and glowing flashlight fish as just a couple of the over 400 specifies of fish that can be spotted here.
Other Dive Sites: There are so many! Wakatobi, Raja Ampat, Gili Islands (The ‘Turtle Capital of the World’)
Photo: jeff / creative commons
Dive Site: Bajo Alcyone
Depth: Up to 30 meters
Visibility: Up to 30 meters
If you’ve seen Jurassic Park, then you’ve seen Cocos Island. And as the movie portrayed it, nature is still very much wild here. Bajo Alcyone offers you the chance to come face-to-face with hundreds of scalloped hammerhead sharks and huge schools of fish.
Other Dive Sites: Add Punta Gord. Murcielagos, and the islands of the Catalinas to your list.
Photo: Barry Peters / creative commons
Dive Site: Gordon Rocks
Depth: Up to 40 meters
Visibility: Up to 18 meters
We’ve been snorkeling in the Galapagos and can definitely see why it’s such a huge diving spot. At the Gordon Rocks, the current can be strong, but you’ll find yourself surrounded by sea lions, hammerhead sharks, manta rays, moray eels and tons of tropical fish. And with the current, you may not even have to go looking for them since they’ll be directed right to you!
Other Dive Sites: There are plenty of dive spots here! You can even catch whale sharks during their migration season (May to October) off the islands of Wolf and Darwin.
Photo: JcMaco / creative commons
Dive Site: Tiputa Pass
Depth: Up to 45 meters
Visibility: Up to 50 meters
See playful dolphins, turtles, manta rays, leopard rays, and whales (between July and August) at this dive site. You can even explore Shark Cave and swim through a narrow channel.
Other Dive Sites: Mostly known as a honeymoon spot, Bora Bora also offers great diving. It has earned the name “Shark Capital of the Pacific.”
Photo: SF Brit / creative commons
Dive Site: The Yongala
Depth: Up to 30 meters
Visibility: Up to 15 meters
As expected, Australia offers amazing diving. The Yongala is considered one of the best wreck dives in the world. Besides the rich history, the wreck is home to giant groupers (like 2 meters big), manta rays, sea snakes, octopuses, and a bunch of sharks, including the bull, tiger, and leopard. During the winter, you can catch minke and humpback whales.
Other Dive Sites: Navy Pier and Great Barrier Reef are just a couple other great spots!
Photo: Richard Ling / creative common
Dive Site: Barracuda Point
Depth: Up to 40 meters
Visibility: Up to 30 meters
If you’re hoping to see big marine life, this is the place to be. You easily find yourself surrounded by sharks (hammerhead, white tip, leopard) and barracuda. Besides that, sea turtles, jacks, and parrotfish also make their home here.