Where to Dive in August
The best scuba diving destinations with excellent conditions this month
Excellent Diving
Dhermi
AlbaniaHighlights: Warmest water, excellent visibility, potential for dolphin sightings
Karaburun Peninsula
AlbaniaHighlights: Warmest water, excellent visibility, potential for dolphin sightings
Plansee
AustriaTsarevo Region
BulgariaHighlights: Excellent visibility, warm waters, good for macro photography
Istria
CroatiaHighlights: Warmest waters, best visibility, ideal for exploring wrecks
Kvarner Bay
CroatiaHighlights: Warmest waters, best visibility, ideal for exploring wrecks
Lastovo Archipelago
CroatiaHighlights: Excellent visibility, ideal for macro photography
Ojamo Mine
FinlandHighlights: Stable, clear water year-round. Excellent for technical diving and exploring mine shafts.
French Riviera
FranceHighlights: Warmest water, excellent visibility, good chance of seeing larger pelagics
Corsica
FranceHighlights: Warmest water, exceptional visibility, good chance of seeing larger fish
Zakynthos
GreeceHighlights: Peak loggerhead sea turtle nesting, warm waters, excellent visibility
Rhodes
GreeceHighlights: Warmest waters, excellent visibility, abundant pelagic fish sightings
Corfu
GreeceHighlights: Peak summer diving, warm and clear, ideal for all levels
Silfra Fissure
IcelandHighlights: Crystal clear ice diving, unique geological formations
Highlights: Ideal for exploring wrecks and reefs
Highlights: Warmest water, abundant marine life
Lake Baikal
RussiaHighlights: Continued excellent conditions, abundant marine life.
Columbretes Islands
SpainHighlights: Warmest water, high chance of encountering groupers and other large fish
Capernwray Diving Centre
United KingdomHighlights: Warmest water, excellent visibility, often good for training
St Peter Port
GuernseyHighlights: Warmest water, excellent for all types of diving
Alor Archipelago
IndonesiaHighlights: Manta ray season winding down, good pelagic sightings
Sipadan Island
MalaysiaHighlights: Excellent conditions for seeing large pelagics.
Tobermory, Ontario
CanadaHighlights: Continued excellent conditions for shipwreck diving. Plankton blooms can occur.
Brockville, Ontario
CanadaHighlights: Continued excellent conditions for shipwreck diving. Plankton blooms can occur.
Highlights: Peak season for kelp forests and marine mammals
Guadalupe Island
MexicoHighlights: Peak season for great white sharks, though cage diving is the primary activity.
Monterey Bay
United StatesHighlights: Best diving conditions of the year, abundant sea otters.
Bonne Terre Mine
United StatesHighlights: Unchanging excellent conditions
Kangerlussuaq Fjord
GreenlandHighlights: Continued excellent conditions, potential for whale sightings in the broader area
Saint-Pierre's Coastal Waters
Saint Pierre and MiquelonHighlights: Continued excellent summer diving. Ideal for exploring shipwrecks and underwater topography.
Annobón Island
Equatorial GuineaHighlights: Warm waters, excellent visibility, possibility of manta rays and other large pelagics.
Príncipe Island
São Tomé and PríncipeHighlights: Return of excellent visibility, potential for manta rays.
Highlights: Excellent visibility, ideal for exploring reefs.
Belle Mare
MauritiusHighlights: Continued excellent diving conditions. Whale shark sightings are possible.
Le Morne
MauritiusHighlights: Continued excellent visibility. Good chance to see large marine life.
Blue Bay Marine Park
MauritiusHighlights: Continued excellent visibility. Abundant coral gardens and fish.
Passe en S
MayotteHighlights: Manta ray season winding down, good for macro life
M'Bouzi Island
MayotteHighlights: Manta ray season winding down, good for macro life and reef exploration
Quirimbas Archipelago
MozambiqueHighlights: Humpback whale migration, manta rays
Saint-Gilles
RéunionHighlights: Winter, excellent visibility, calm seas, potential for dolphins
Saint-Leu
RéunionHighlights: Winter, excellent visibility, calm seas, potential for dolphins
Pemba Island
TanzaniaHighlights: Continued excellent visibility, possibility of seeing humpback whales offshore.
Chekka
LebanonHighlights: Warmest water, best for encountering larger marine species
Sidon
LebanonHighlights: Warmest water temperatures, best chance to see diverse marine life
Fethiye
TürkiyeHighlights: Warmest waters, great for beginners and experienced divers
Ningaloo Reef
AustraliaHighlights: Humpback whale migration offshore, manta rays
Osprey Reef
AustraliaHighlights: Continued great diving, potential for manta rays
Milne Bay
Papua New GuineaHighlights: Excellent visibility and opportunities for encounters with sharks, mantas, and schooling fish.
Kavieng
Papua New GuineaHighlights: Excellent visibility and consistent manta ray sightings. Possible whale shark encounters.
Ha'apai
TongaHighlights: Manta ray season winding down, but still good sightings.
Sigave Bay
Wallis & FutunaHighlights: Continued excellent whale watching opportunities.
Nukuhione Channel
Wallis & FutunaHighlights: Continued excellent opportunities for whale watching.
Attersee
AustriaHighlights: Peak summer diving, potential for seeing freshwater fish
Traunsee
AustriaBlue Lake (Sinie Ozero)
BelarusHighlights: Still warm and good visibility, potential for algal blooms.
Naroch Lake
BelarusHighlights: Still warm and good visibility, potential for algal blooms.
Zaslavskoe Reservoir
BelarusHighlights: Still warm and good visibility, potential for algal blooms.
Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve
BelarusHighlights: Late summer, good visibility
Prokosko Lake
Bosnia and HerzegovinaHighlights: Warmest water, good for extended dives
Trebinje River
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBoračko Lake
Bosnia and HerzegovinaVrelo Bune
Bosnia and HerzegovinaØresund
DenmarkHighlights: Peak summer diving, good for macro photography
Lillebælt
DenmarkHighlights: Peak summer, excellent for spotting marine mammals
Bornholm
DenmarkHighlights: Warmest water, good for exploring diverse underwater landscapes
Gjerrild Klint
DenmarkHighlights: Warmest water temperatures, good for longer dives
Pakri Islands
EstoniaHighlights: Good visibility, potential for larger fish
Rummu Quarry
EstoniaHighlights: Good visibility, exploring submerged buildings and machinery
Väike-Pakri
EstoniaHighlights: Continued good conditions, potential for plankton blooms affecting visibility slightly.
Hanko Peninsula
FinlandHighlights: Continued good conditions, potential for plankton blooms affecting visibility slightly.
Archipelago Sea
FinlandHighlights: Continued good visibility, potential for jellyfish blooms
Lake Päijänne
FinlandHighlights: Continued good visibility, potential for algae blooms affecting visibility
Aland Islands
FinlandHighlights: Warmest water temperatures, excellent visibility.
Brittany
FranceHighlights: Warmest water, good for exploring wrecks and reefs
French Polynesia
FranceHighlights: Humpback whale season ends, good for general reef diving
Villefranche-sur-Mer
FranceHighlights: Still good diving, but visibility can decrease slightly due to plankton
Bükk Mountain Cave Systems
HungaryMolnár János Cave
HungaryGyékényes Quarry Lakes
HungaryGulf of Riga
LatviaHighlights: Late summer. Water remains warm. Good conditions for exploring shipwrecks.
Engure Lake
LatviaHighlights: Late summer. Water remains warm. Good conditions for exploring the lakebed.
Ķīšezers
LatviaHighlights: Late summer. Water remains warm. Good conditions for exploring the lakebed.
Asveja Regional Park
LithuaniaHighlights: Continued good visibility and aquatic life.
Matka Canyon
North MacedoniaSaltstraumen
NorwayHighlights: Good visibility, continued marine life activity
Tromsø
NorwayHighlights: Continued good conditions, potential for puffin sightings near shore
Narvik
NorwayHighlights: Continued good conditions, abundant fish life around wrecks
Trondheim Fjord
NorwayHighlights: Continued good conditions, potential for observing sea birds nesting on cliffs
Hańcza Lake
PolandHighlights: Continued good diving conditions, potential for algae blooms.
Solina Lake
PolandHighlights: Continued good diving conditions, potential for algae blooms.
Highlights: Continued good diving conditions, potential for algae blooms.
Highlights: Still good diving, but visibility may decrease slightly
Scropoasa Lake
RomaniaHighlights: Still good diving, but visibility may decrease slightly
Highlights: Still warm, but visibility may be reduced by summer algae.
Highlights: Continued good diving, potential for increased algae blooms
Russian Arctic
RussiaHighlights: Late season for marine mammals, diverse fish species
Kamchatka Peninsula
RussiaHighlights: Continued good diving, abundant marine mammals
Uvac Canyon
SerbiaHighlights: Continued excellent summer diving conditions. Potential for seeing diverse aquatic life.
River Soča and its tributaries
SloveniaHighlights: Ideal conditions for exploring riverbed
Bohuslän Coast
SwedenHighlights: Warmest water temperatures, good for exploring wrecks
Vättern
SwedenHighlights: Continued good conditions, potential for clearer water
Gullmarsfjorden
SwedenHighlights: Excellent visibility, good for macro photography
Kullaberg
SwedenHighlights: Continued excellent diving conditions, good for exploring rocky reefs.
Lake Thun
SwitzerlandLake Walen
SwitzerlandVerzasca River
SwitzerlandCrimean Peninsula
UkraineHighlights: Warmest water, potential for plankton blooms
Ternopil Quarry
UkraineHighlights: Slight decrease in visibility due to plankton.
Highlights: Slight decrease in visibility due to plankton.
Oban
United KingdomHighlights: Possible sightings of dolphins and porpoises
St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve
United KingdomHighlights: Good conditions for exploring wrecks
Isle of Man
United KingdomHighlights: Good conditions for exploring wrecks
Isle of Skye
United KingdomHighlights: Basking sharks, possible whale sightings
Mariehamn and Surrounding Waters
Åland IslandsHighlights: Excellent conditions, still warm, good chance of seeing various fish species
Föglö Islands
Åland IslandsHighlights: Excellent conditions, still warm, good chance of seeing various fish species
Kökar
Åland IslandsHighlights: Excellent conditions, still warm, good chance of seeing various fish species
Northern Åland Archipelago
Åland IslandsHighlights: Continued excellent summer diving conditions.
Southern Åland Archipelago
Åland IslandsHighlights: Continued excellent summer diving conditions.
The Lumparland Dive Zone
Åland IslandsHighlights: Continued excellent summer diving conditions.
Suduroy
Faroe IslandsHighlights: Good conditions, still good marine life sightings
Fugloy and Svínoy
Faroe IslandsHighlights: Good conditions, still good marine life sightings
Vágar Area
Faroe IslandsHighlights: Good conditions, still good marine life sightings
Eastern Side of the Rock
GibraltarHighlights: Warmest water, good for macro photography
Western Side of the Rock
GibraltarHighlights: Warmest water, good for macro life
Straits of Gibraltar
GibraltarHighlights: End of manta ray season, good for observing diverse fish
Isfjorden
Svalbard & Jan MayenHighlights: Excellent visibility, good chance of spotting polar bears on ice floes
Ny-Ålesund
Svalbard & Jan MayenHighlights: Peak of summer, good chance for whale sightings
Hinlopen Strait
Svalbard & Jan MayenHighlights: Peak of summer, diverse marine life
Kongsfjorden
Svalbard & Jan MayenHighlights: Abundant marine life, good for photography
Com
East TimorHighlights: Continued good chances for manta rays and other large pelagics.
Jacó Island
East TimorHighlights: Continued good chances for manta rays and other large pelagics, currents can be stronger.
K41 - Dive Site near Dili
East TimorHighlights: Continued good macro life, potential for passing pelagics.
Raja Ampat
IndonesiaHighlights: Wetter season, potential for plankton blooms attracting mantas.
Komodo National Park
IndonesiaHighlights: Good chance of seeing schooling fish
Lombok and the Gili Islands
IndonesiaHighlights: Good chance of seeing schooling fish and turtles
Bangka and Belitung Islands
IndonesiaHighlights: End of dry season, good visibility
Almaty Region Mountain Lakes
KazakhstanHighlights: Still good diving conditions, though visibility might slightly decrease due to increased plankton.
Caspian Sea - Kazakhstan Sector
KazakhstanHighlights: Still warm and good for diving. Plankton can affect visibility.
Lake Issyk-Kul
KyrgyzstanHighlights: Still good diving conditions, though visibility might slightly decrease due to increased plankton.
Ala-Archa Gorge
KyrgyzstanHighlights: Late summer, still good diving conditions.
Tioman Island
MalaysiaHighlights: Still good visibility, potential for manta rays
Redang Island
MalaysiaHighlights: Good chance of seeing turtles and reef sharks, end of manta season.
Perhentian Islands
MalaysiaHighlights: Good chance of seeing turtles and reef sharks, end of manta season.
Tenggol Island
MalaysiaHighlights: Good chance of seeing turtles and reef sharks, end of manta season.
Baa Atoll
MaldivesHighlights: Continued peak manta ray and whale shark season in Hanifaru Bay
Green Island
TaiwanHighlights: Summer, potential for afternoon showers
Orchid Island (Lanyu)
TaiwanHighlights: Warmest waters, good for macro photography
Xiaoliuqiu (Lambai Island)
TaiwanHighlights: End of manta ray season, good for macro life.
Long Dong (Dragon Cave)
TaiwanHighlights: Continued warm water diving, good for macro photography.
Highlights: Abundant fish life, potential for puffin sightings
Manitoulin Island, Ontario
CanadaHighlights: Excellent visibility, warm water, abundant marine life
Socorro Island
MexicoHighlights: Still a good chance to see manta rays and schooling hammerheads.
Channel Islands
United StatesHighlights: Continued good diving, possibility of seeing blue whales.
East Greenland
GreenlandHighlights: Continued good conditions, potential for whale sightings
Ilulissat Icefjord
GreenlandHighlights: Continued good conditions, potential for seals
Scoresby Sund
GreenlandHighlights: Excellent conditions for exploring fjords and observing marine mammals.
Uummannaq Fjord
GreenlandHighlights: Excellent conditions for exploring fjords and observing marine mammals.
Playa Kalki
CuraçaoHighlights: Still good diving, but increased chance of rain.
Mushroom Forest
CuraçaoHighlights: Rainy season, visibility can be slightly reduced.
Fernando de Noronha
BrazilHighlights: End of rainy season, visibility starts to improve
Highlights: Manta ray season winding down, good chance of seeing turtles
Arraial do Cabo
BrazilHighlights: Good visibility, possibility of encountering manta rays
Ilha Grande
BrazilHighlights: Good visibility, possibility of encountering manta rays
Maragogi
BrazilHighlights: Visibility remains good. Manta ray sightings become more frequent.
San Andres and Providencia
ColombiaHighlights: End of the rainy season, visibility improving.
Rosario Islands
ColombiaHighlights: End of the rainy season, visibility starts to improve.
Malpelo Island
ColombiaHighlights: Visibility improves, good for encountering large schools of fish.
Taganga
ColombiaHighlights: Excellent diving conditions, good chance to see schools of fish.
Galápagos Islands
EcuadorHighlights: Peak of the cool season, prime time for whale shark encounters.
Machalilla National Park
EcuadorHighlights: End of humpback whale season, still good chances to see them.
San Cristobal Island
EcuadorHighlights: Humpback whales are common, good chance to see whale sharks.
Mediterranean Coast
MoroccoCabo Negro
MoroccoTabarka
TunisiaHighlights: Continued warm water, potential for sea turtle sightings
Hammamet
TunisiaHighlights: Continued warm water, potential for sea turtle sightings
Luanda
AngolaHighlights: Continued excellent visibility and cooler temperatures.
Bioko Island
Equatorial GuineaHighlights: Excellent visibility, warm waters, possibility of manta rays.
Corisco Island
Equatorial GuineaHighlights: Warm waters, good visibility, possibility of manta rays.
Mayumba National Park
GabonHighlights: Excellent visibility, possible whale shark sightings
São Tomé Northern Coast
São Tomé and PríncipeHighlights: Peak whale shark season
São Tomé Southern Coast
São Tomé and PríncipeHighlights: Return of good visibility, potential for manta rays.
Pedras Tinhosas
São Tomé and PríncipeHighlights: Return of good visibility, potential for manta rays.
Moheli Marine Park
ComorosHighlights: Excellent visibility, start of humpback whale season
Grande Comore
ComorosHighlights: Excellent visibility, start of humpback whale season
Anjouan
ComorosHighlights: Good visibility, potential for manta rays and whale sharks
Dissei Island
EritreaHighlights: Visibility improves significantly, good for pelagic sightings.
Nora and Nokra Islands
EritreaHighlights: Visibility is good again, ideal for exploring wrecks.
Highlights: Excellent visibility, potential for dolphins
Highlights: Continued excellent visibility, potential for dolphins
Highlights: Excellent visibility for exploring diverse marine life
Highlights: Excellent visibility for exploring diverse marine life
Highlights: Good visibility, consistent marine life.
Nosy Be
MadagascarHighlights: Good visibility, continued whale shark sightings.
Nosy Tanikely
MadagascarHighlights: Manta ray season continues, good for seeing larger pelagics
Île Sainte-Marie
MadagascarHighlights: Manta ray sightings continue, good for exploring wrecks
Nosy Mitsio
MadagascarHighlights: Manta ray sightings, good for exploring diverse reef structures
Trou aux Biches
MauritiusHighlights: Consistent diving conditions, good for spotting turtles.
N'Gouja Reef
MayotteHighlights: Manta rays still present, good for reef exploration
Banc Vailheu
MayotteHighlights: Slight decrease in visibility, still great diving
Ilot Mtsamboro
MayotteHighlights: Slight decrease in visibility, still great diving
Bazaruto Archipelago
MozambiqueHighlights: Peak humpback whale season, good chance of seeing calves.
Tofo Beach
MozambiqueHighlights: Peak humpback whale season, good chance of seeing calves.
Ponta do Ouro
MozambiqueHighlights: Peak humpback whale season, good for shark encounters.
Etang-Salé
RéunionHighlights: Manta ray season, good chance of sightings, explore lava formations
Zanzibar
TanzaniaHighlights: Continued excellent visibility, humpback whale migration passing by (further offshore).
Mafia Island
TanzaniaHighlights: Continued excellent visibility, possibility of seeing humpback whales offshore.
Lake Bunyonyi
UgandaHighlights: Continued excellent dry season conditions. Ideal for observing aquatic life.
Ssese Islands, Lake Victoria
UgandaHighlights: Continued good diving conditions
Lake Kariba
ZimbabweHighlights: Stable conditions, good for observing the diverse fish life around the submerged structures.
Chinhoyi Caves
ZimbabweHighlights: Stable conditions, ideal for exploring the unique geological formations.
Swakopmund and Walvis Bay
NamibiaHighlights: Peak season for visibility and marine life encounters
Protea Banks
South AfricaHighlights: Peak manta ray season, good shark activity
Chagos Archipelago
British Indian Ocean TerritoryHighlights: Continued manta ray activity, potential for whale sharks
Peros Banhos
British Indian Ocean TerritoryHighlights: Continued manta ray activity, potential for whale sharks
Marmaris
TürkiyeHighlights: Still excellent diving, though visibility can slightly decrease due to plankton
Cesme
TürkiyeHighlights: Warm water, good visibility, though occasional plankton blooms can occur
Alanya
TürkiyeHighlights: Warmest water, good visibility, though plankton can sometimes reduce it
Ayvalik
TürkiyeHighlights: Warmest water temperatures, excellent for all divers
Gokova Bay
TürkiyeHighlights: Hottest water temperatures, excellent for all diving activities
Rowley Shoals
AustraliaHighlights: Good visibility, potential for migrating whales offshore
South West Rocks
AustraliaHighlights: Late season for Grey Nurse Shark aggregations, still impressive numbers
SS Yongala Wreck
AustraliaHighlights: Continued whale migration, good shark activity.
Ethel Beach
Christmas IslandHighlights: Humpback whale migration begins, though sightings are more common offshore.
Perpendicular Wall
Christmas IslandHighlights: Humpback whale migration may bring them closer to shore. Currents can be strong.
West White Beach
Christmas IslandHighlights: Possible sightings of larger pelagics passing by. Calm conditions.
Home Island
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsHighlights: Good overall diving conditions, diverse marine life.
North Keeling Island
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsHighlights: Stable conditions, ideal for exploring the diverse coral formations.
Taveuni
FijiHighlights: Stable conditions, great for exploring the diverse reef systems.
Kadavu
FijiHighlights: End of humpback whale season. Good reef diving conditions.
Somosomo Strait
FijiHighlights: Consistent diving conditions. Soft corals are in their prime.
Bligh Water
FijiHighlights: Consistent diving. Manta ray season continues. Good for exploring the numerous dive sites.
Lomaiviti Islands
FijiHighlights: Manta ray season winding down. Good visibility for reef exploration.
Great Astrolabe Reef
FijiHighlights: Manta ray season winding down. Great visibility for exploring the outer reef.
Grande Terre
New CaledoniaHighlights: Excellent visibility. Good for spotting sharks and large schools of fish.
Isle of Pines
New CaledoniaHighlights: Stable conditions, good for macro photography
Loyalty Islands
New CaledoniaHighlights: Consistent diving, good for spotting smaller marine life
The Barrier Reef
New CaledoniaHighlights: Consistent diving, good for macro photography and smaller reef inhabitants
Tufi
Papua New GuineaHighlights: Good chances for manta ray encounters. The fjords provide shelter from any potential rough seas.
Marovo Lagoon
Solomon IslandsHighlights: Potential for manta rays on outer reef passages
Mary Island (Mborokua)
Solomon IslandsHighlights: Manta ray season begins, good chance of sightings
Espiritu Santo
VanuatuHighlights: Continued humpback whale sightings, good reef diving
Highlights: Continued whale activity, abundant pelagic life
Bikini Atoll
Marshall IslandsHighlights: Good for spotting sharks and larger pelagics
German Channel
PalauHighlights: Visibility improving as rainy season ends
Tutuila
American SamoaHighlights: Good visibility, potential for humpback whale sightings (migration).
Aunu'u
American SamoaHighlights: Excellent visibility, good chance to see reef sharks.
Ta'u
American SamoaHighlights: Excellent visibility, good chance to see reef sharks.
Ofu and Olosega
American SamoaHighlights: Excellent visibility, good chance to see reef sharks.
Atiu
Cook IslandsHighlights: Stable conditions, excellent for all levels of divers.
Mangaia
Cook IslandsHighlights: Stable conditions, good for exploring the diverse underwater landscape.
Palmerston Atoll
Cook IslandsHighlights: Stable conditions, ideal for snorkeling and diving within the atoll.
Moorea
French PolynesiaHighlights: Peak dry season, excellent visibility, abundant reef fish
Tahiti
French PolynesiaHighlights: Continued excellent diving, good visibility, vibrant coral
Tikehau
French PolynesiaHighlights: Continued excellent diving, clear waters, abundant marine life
Tetiaroa
French PolynesiaHighlights: Humpback whale migration begins in the distance, though not typically seen while diving.
Liku Sea Track
NiueHighlights: Whale shark season continues, excellent visibility.
Highlights: Good visibility, potential for whale shark sightings.
Tamakautoga
NiueHighlights: Good visibility, potential for whale shark sightings.
Pitcairn Island
Pitcairn IslandsHighlights: Good for encountering larger pelagics.
Ducie Island
Pitcairn IslandsHighlights: Good for encountering larger pelagics and exploring the channels.
Wallis Lagoon
Wallis & FutunaHighlights: Great for spotting larger pelagics that may venture into the lagoon.