Where to Dive in December
The best scuba diving destinations with excellent conditions this month
Excellent Diving
Atauro Island
East TimorHighlights: Continued excellent diving, manta ray season.
Dili
East TimorHighlights: Peak season for diving, fantastic visibility and warm waters.
Highlights: Prime diving conditions, abundant marine life.
Lakshadweep Islands
IndiaHighlights: Peak season continues, ideal for all types of diving.
Netrani Island
IndiaHighlights: Peak season, best visibility and calm conditions for exploring Netrani's rich marine biodiversity.
Okinawa
JapanHighlights: Early winter, excellent visibility, start of whale season
Izu Peninsula
JapanHighlights: Early winter, excellent visibility, cooler water
Sipadan Island
MalaysiaHighlights: Return to excellent visibility and calm seas.
North Male Atoll
MaldivesHighlights: Peak manta ray season, ideal diving conditions
South Male Atoll
MaldivesHighlights: Peak manta ray season, ideal diving conditions
Raa Atoll
MaldivesHighlights: Excellent visibility, manta rays and whale sharks
Western Rocky
MyanmarHighlights: Continued excellent conditions for manta rays and whale sharks
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park
PhilippinesHighlights: Peak manta ray and shark season, incredible biodiversity
Apo Reef
PhilippinesHighlights: Excellent conditions return, high chance of seeing sharks and large schools of fish.
Panglao Island
PhilippinesHighlights: Manta ray season in full swing, great visibility.
Camiguin
PhilippinesHighlights: Great visibility, good chance of seeing manta rays.
Kalpitiya
Sri LankaHighlights: Excellent visibility, continued manta ray sightings, potential for whale sharks
Mirissa
Sri LankaHighlights: Excellent visibility, continued manta ray sightings, possibility of blue whales
Pigeon Island National Park
Sri LankaHighlights: Continued excellent visibility and pelagic sightings
Similan Islands
ThailandHighlights: Peak season, ideal conditions for diving with abundant marine life.
Surin Islands
ThailandHighlights: Peak season, ideal conditions for diving with abundant marine life.
Phuket
ThailandHighlights: Peak tourist season, ideal diving conditions. Great for spotting larger pelagics.
Hin Daeng and Hin Muang
ThailandHighlights: Peak manta ray season, ideal conditions for spotting these magnificent creatures. Currents can be strong.
Koh Lanta
ThailandHighlights: Peak of the dry season, ideal diving conditions. Great for spotting a variety of reef fish and larger marine animals.
Krabi
ThailandHighlights: Peak season, crystal clear waters, abundant marine life.
Koh Phi Phi
ThailandHighlights: Peak season, crystal clear waters, abundant marine life, and great chances to see large pelagics.
Koh Chang
ThailandHighlights: Peak season, ideal diving conditions, high chance of marine life encounters.
Koh Lipe
ThailandHighlights: Continued excellent conditions, ideal for all divers.
Koh Racha
ThailandHighlights: Peak season, calm seas and crystal clear water, manta ray season continues.
Koh Tarutao
ThailandHighlights: Peak season continues, great for all types of diving.
Nui Chua National Park
VietnamHighlights: Manta ray season in full swing. Clear waters and abundant marine life.
Saint Martin's Island
BangladeshHighlights: Ideal diving conditions, diverse species
Koh Tang
CambodiaHighlights: Peak season, clear waters and abundant marine life
Goa
IndiaHighlights: Peak season, best visibility and calm conditions for wreck and reef diving.
Raja Ampat
IndonesiaHighlights: Still excellent diving, good for spotting sharks and large schools of fish.
Banda Islands
IndonesiaHighlights: Transition to rainy season, still good diving
Mergui Archipelago
MyanmarHighlights: Peak dry season, good visibility and marine life
Myeik (Mergui) Archipelago
MyanmarHighlights: Peak manta ray and whale shark season
Black Rock
MyanmarHighlights: Peak manta ray season, good for whale shark sightings
Anilao
PhilippinesHighlights: Holiday season, clear waters and abundant marine life.
Malapascua Island
PhilippinesHighlights: Holiday season, prime time for thresher shark sightings.
Puerto Galera
PhilippinesHighlights: Continued good diving conditions, manta rays still present.
Verde Island Passage
PhilippinesHighlights: Continued good diving with manta rays. Excellent biodiversity.
Highlights: Good visibility, calm seas, potential for whale sharks.
Weligama
Sri LankaHighlights: Peak whale shark season, calm seas and great visibility.
Trincomalee
Sri LankaHighlights: Peak blue whale migration season, excellent diving conditions.
Negombo
Sri LankaHighlights: Calm seas, great visibility for exploring reefs and shipwrecks
Unawatuna
Sri LankaHighlights: Good visibility, potential for whale shark sightings offshore
Pattaya
ThailandHighlights: Peak season, clear waters and abundant marine life.
Koh Samui
ThailandHighlights: Peak season, clear waters and abundant marine life.
Koh Phangan
ThailandHighlights: Peak season, clear waters and good conditions for diving.
Koh Phayam
ThailandHighlights: Continued good diving conditions, popular for macro photography.
Nha Trang
VietnamHighlights: Pleasant temperatures and good visibility, festive season diving.
Con Dao
VietnamHighlights: Peak dry season, ideal diving conditions, possibility of whale sharks.
Da Nang
VietnamHighlights: Calm seas and clear waters, ideal for all levels of divers
Whale Island
VietnamHighlights: Calm seas and clear waters, ideal for exploring the reefs