Where to Dive in August
The best scuba diving destinations with excellent conditions this month
Excellent Diving
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.
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.