Where to Dive in February

The best scuba diving destinations with excellent conditions this month

Excellent Diving

Atauro Island
East Timor
28-30°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak season for manta rays and whale sharks.

27-30°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray and whale shark sightings are common.

27-30°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Continued excellent conditions, manta rays may start appearing.

27-30°C 18-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, calm seas, ideal for exploring the diverse reef.

Sipadan Island
Malaysia
28-30°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Continued excellent conditions, good chance of seeing turtles.

North Male Atoll
Maldives
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak dry season, ideal for manta ray sightings

South Male Atoll
Maldives
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak dry season, ideal for manta ray sightings

Ari Atoll
Maldives
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, good chance of manta rays

Raa Atoll
Maldives
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak manta ray and whale shark season

Western Rocky
Myanmar
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Prime manta ray season, clear waters

Astola Island
Pakistan
22-25°C 18-25m Mild

Highlights: Peak visibility, abundant marine life

27-30°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Peak manta ray and shark season, incredible biodiversity

Apo Reef
Philippines
26-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Prime season for large pelagics and reef sharks.

Kalpitiya
Sri Lanka
28-31°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak whale shark season, excellent visibility

Mirissa
Sri Lanka
28-31°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak blue whale season, excellent visibility

27-30°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Continued good visibility, whale shark sightings possible

Similan Islands
Thailand
28-30°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak season for manta rays and whale sharks.

Surin Islands
Thailand
28-30°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak season for manta rays and whale sharks.

Phuket
Thailand
28-30°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Continued excellent conditions, peak of the dry season.

28-30°C 20-30m Moderate

Highlights: Peak manta ray season, often seen feeding. Currents can be strong but rewarding.

Koh Chang
Thailand
28-30°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Continued excellent visibility, ideal for macro photography.

Koh Lipe
Thailand
29-31°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak visibility, potential for whale shark sightings.

Koh Kood
Thailand
28-30°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Continued excellent visibility, ideal for macro photography.

Koh Racha
Thailand
28-30°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Continued excellent visibility, ideal for spotting turtles and reef sharks.

Koh Tarutao
Thailand
29-32°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Peak dry season, exceptional visibility. Possible whale shark sightings.

Whale Island
Vietnam
25-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, potential for whale shark sightings

25-28°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, abundant reef fish

Cox's Bazar
Bangladesh
25-28°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, abundant reef fish

Pelong Rocks
Brunei
26-29°C 15-20m Moderate

Highlights: Schools of jacks and barracuda

27-30°C 15-20m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, ideal for exploring the diverse reefs.

Koh Tang
Cambodia
28-31°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Continued good visibility, potential for whale shark sightings

23-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, potential for early season whale shark sightings.

Dili
East Timor
28-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Good diving conditions, warm water.

Kraken Springs
Georgia
10-12°C 15-25m None

Highlights: Stable conditions

Goa
India
27-30°C 12-18m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility, warmer waters, potential for dolphin sightings.

Pondicherry
India
27-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Increasing visibility, potential for whale shark sightings.

Raja Ampat
Indonesia
28-30°C 15-25m Moderate Rainy

Highlights: Rainy season continues, but often short bursts of rain followed by sun.

Sulawesi
Indonesia
28-30°C 15-20m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Plankton blooms can attract pelagics

Alor Archipelago
Indonesia
27-29°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Good macro life

Banda Islands
Indonesia
27-29°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Good visibility, potential for pelagics

Okinawa
Japan
18-21°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Winter, cooler water, good visibility, chance of humpback whales

Mabul Island
Malaysia
28-30°C 10-20m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Continued excellent macro photography opportunities

27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Hammerhead shark sightings begin

Redang Island
Malaysia
27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, turtles are common.

27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, turtles and reef sharks are frequently seen.

Tenggol Island
Malaysia
27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility, often good for seeing turtles and reef sharks.

Lankayan Island
Malaysia
27-30°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Continued whale shark season

Mataking Island
Malaysia
27-30°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Continued good conditions for whale sharks

Pom Pom Island
Malaysia
28-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Continued good visibility, potential for macro life

Baa Atoll
Maldives
27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Clear waters, manta ray sightings

Vaavu Atoll
Maldives
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, strong possibility of seeing nurse sharks

Lhaviyani Atoll
Maldives
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray feeding aggregations

Meemu Atoll
Maldives
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility for reef exploration

Addu Atoll
Maldives
27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season, good for channel dives

Thaa Atoll
Maldives
27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season, good shark sightings

27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Peak dry season, excellent visibility, diverse marine life

27-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Continued good visibility, potential for manta rays

Black Rock
Myanmar
26-28°C 15-20m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray sightings are common

Anilao
Philippines
26-28°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Continued excellent macro diving.

Malapascua Island
Philippines
26-28°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Continued excellent thresher shark season.

Coron
Philippines
27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, ideal for macro photography

Moalboal
Philippines
27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Continued sardine run, excellent visibility for macro

Dauin
Philippines
27-29°C 10-20m Mild

Highlights: Consistent macro sightings, good for nudibranchs and critters

Puerto Galera
Philippines
26-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Continued good visibility, excellent for macro photography.

Verde Island Passage
Philippines
26-29°C 20-30m Moderate

Highlights: Consistent good visibility, ideal for drift diving and exploring vibrant reefs.

Panglao Island
Philippines
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Continued good visibility, potential for manta rays.

Siquijor
Philippines
27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Stable conditions, good for exploring reefs.

Camiguin
Philippines
27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Stable conditions, good for exploring volcanic dive sites.

Balicasag Island
Philippines
27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Good chance of seeing schooling barracuda

27-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Continued good visibility, calm seas.

Hikkaduwa
Sri Lanka
28-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, ideal for exploring shipwrecks.

Trincomalee
Sri Lanka
28-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Calm seas, perfect for spotting reef sharks and turtles.

Unawatuna
Sri Lanka
27-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Continued good conditions

Koh Tao
Thailand
28-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Consistent conditions, good for spotting whale sharks.

Koh Lanta
Thailand
28-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Continued excellent conditions, peak of the dry season. Good for macro and wide-angle photography.

Krabi
Thailand
28-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Calm seas and clear waters.

Koh Phi Phi
Thailand
28-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Calm seas and clear waters, great for spotting leopard sharks.

Koh Samui
Thailand
28-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, potential for whale shark sightings.

Koh Phangan
Thailand
28-30°C 15-20m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility, potential for spotting larger pelagics.

Koh Samet
Thailand
28-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Continued good visibility, popular for beginner divers.

28-31°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, possibility of whale shark sightings.

Koh Phayam
Thailand
29-32°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, warm waters. Good chance to see larger marine life.

Nha Trang
Vietnam
25-28°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Continued good visibility, pleasant water temperatures.

Phu Quoc
Vietnam
28-31°C 15-20m Mild

Highlights: Warm water, excellent visibility, abundant reef fish.

Con Dao
Vietnam
27-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Continued excellent visibility, calm seas, good for spotting larger marine life.

Hoi An
Vietnam
24-27°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Clearer waters, potential for nudibranchs

Da Nang
Vietnam
24-27°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Improving visibility, diverse marine life

26-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season begins, excellent for observing these gentle giants.

Good Diving

Maheshkhali Island
Bangladesh
28°C 10-18m
Brunei Bay
Brunei
30°C 10-15m
Muara
Brunei
30°C 10-15m
Labuan Shipwrecks
Brunei
30°C 8-12m
Koh Prins
Cambodia
31°C 10-20m
Sihanoukville
Cambodia
31°C 10-15m
Sanya
China
25°C 10-20m
Com
East Timor
30°C 10-15m
Jacó Island
East Timor
30°C 10-15m
K41 - Dive Site near Dili
East Timor
30°C 10-15m
Sai Kung
Hong Kong
21°C 10-18m
Port Shelter
Hong Kong
21°C 8-15m
Sharp Island
Hong Kong
21°C 12-20m
Hoi Ha Wan
Hong Kong
21°C 10-15m
Ninepin Islands
Hong Kong
21°C 15-20m
Tung Ping Chau
Hong Kong
21°C 10-15m
Basalt Island
Hong Kong
21°C 10-15m
Bali
Indonesia
30°C 10-20m
Komodo National Park
Indonesia
29°C 10-15m
Lombok and the Gili Islands
Indonesia
29°C 10-15m
Bangka and Belitung Islands
Indonesia
30°C 10-15m
Cendrawasih Bay
Indonesia
31°C 10-15m
Izu Peninsula
Japan
18°C 10-15m
Miyako Islands
Japan
23°C 15-20m
Ishigaki
Japan
23°C 15-20m
Kushimoto
Japan
18°C 10-20m
Hachijo-jima
Japan
19°C 15-25m
Ogasawara Islands
Japan
22°C 20-30m
Tioman Island
Malaysia
29°C 10-15m
Kapalai Island
Malaysia
30°C 10-20m
Karachi Coast
Pakistan
24°C 12-18m
Ormara Coast
Pakistan
26°C 10-15m
Padre Burgos
Philippines
29°C 10-20m
Ulleungdo Island
South Korea
12°C 10-15m
Weligama
Sri Lanka
30°C 10-20m
Negombo
Sri Lanka
31°C 12-18m
Green Island
Taiwan
22°C 10-20m
Orchid Island (Lanyu)
Taiwan
23°C 10-20m
Xiaoliuqiu (Lambai Island)
Taiwan
24°C 15-20m
Pattaya
Thailand
30°C 12-22m