Where to Dive in June

The best scuba diving destinations with excellent conditions this month

Excellent Diving

Sal Island
Cabo Verde
25-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak manta ray season, turtles nesting

Mayotte
Comoros
26-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season, whale sharks sightings

Nosy Be
Madagascar
25-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, ideal for whale shark and manta ray encounters.

Nosy Tanikely
Madagascar
26-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak whale shark season, manta rays are common

Île Sainte-Marie
Madagascar
26-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Last chance for humpback whale encounters, increasing manta ray presence

Nosy Mitsio
Madagascar
26-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season, good for seeing larger pelagics and exploring pristine reefs

Lake Malawi
Malawi
22-24°C 20-30m None

Highlights: Calm waters, excellent visibility, cichlid spawning

Belle Mare
Mauritius
24-26°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak season for diving, very clear water, possibility of seeing dolphins.

Le Morne
Mauritius
24-26°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Prime diving conditions. Clear waters and possibility of seeing humpback whales offshore.

24-26°C 20-30m None

Highlights: Peak season for diving in the marine park. Very clear and calm.

Passe en S
Mayotte
26-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak manta ray season, good for schooling fish

N'Gouja Reef
Mayotte
26-28°C 20-30m None

Highlights: Manta ray season continues, ideal for seeing turtles

M'Bouzi Island
Mayotte
26-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak manta ray season, good for schooling fish and pelagics

Sada Pass
Mayotte
25-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak dry season, pristine visibility

Banc Vailheu
Mayotte
25-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak dry season, pristine visibility

Ilot Mtsamboro
Mayotte
25-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak dry season, pristine visibility

24-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Continued excellent manta ray sightings, good for whale shark encounters.

Tofo Beach
Mozambique
24-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Continued excellent manta ray sightings, good for whale shark encounters.

Ponta do Ouro
Mozambique
24-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Continued excellent shark diving conditions, possibility of humpback whales.

24-26°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Humpback whale migration, manta rays

Pemba
Mozambique
26-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak manta ray season, excellent visibility

Saint-Gilles
Réunion
24-26°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Humpback whale season continues, excellent visibility

Saint-Leu
Réunion
24-26°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Humpback whale season continues, excellent visibility

Saint-Pierre
Réunion
24-26°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season, good for macro life

Le Port
Réunion
24-26°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season, good for macro life

Etang-Salé
Réunion
24-26°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season, good for macro life and lava formations

Oran Bay
Algeria
19-22°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Ideal diving conditions, abundant fish life around reefs.

Jijel
Algeria
18-21°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Ideal diving conditions, good for observing a variety of reef fish.

Ain El Turck
Algeria
21-24°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Warm water, abundant small fish

Tipaza
Algeria
21-24°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Warm water, abundant small fish

Annaba
Algeria
21-24°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Warm water, abundant small fish

25-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Warm water diving, good chance to see larger pelagics.

Dahab
Egypt
25-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Warm water diving, can be busy with tourists.

Marsa Alam
Egypt
26-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta rays still present, warmer waters

Tiran Island
Egypt
25-27°C 20-30m Moderate

Highlights: Good for pelagic sightings, currents can be strong

Farwa Island
Libya
22-24°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Warmest and clearest diving conditions.

22-25°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Warm water diving, good for exploring reefs and caves

Susah
Libya
22-25°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Warm water diving, exploring underwater caves

Essaouira
Morocco
18-20°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility for exploring reefs

Taghazout
Morocco
18-20°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Calm seas and good visibility

Dakhla
Morocco
20-22°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Calm waters and good visibility

21-23°C 20-30m Mild
Cabo Negro
Morocco
21-23°C 20-30m Mild
Port Sudan
Sudan
29-31°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Warmest water, good for reef diving

Tabarka
Tunisia
21-24°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Ideal diving conditions, abundant fish life

Hammamet
Tunisia
21-24°C 18-25m Mild

Highlights: Ideal diving conditions, abundant fish life

Mahdia
Tunisia
21-23°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility for exploring wrecks

Monastir
Tunisia
21-23°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility for exploring wrecks

Djerba
Tunisia
22-24°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility for exploring wrecks

Boa Vista
Cabo Verde
25-27°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Loggerhead turtle nesting season

Sao Vicente
Cabo Verde
24-26°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray sightings possible

Santiago Island
Cabo Verde
25-27°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Manta ray season

Maio Island
Cabo Verde
25-27°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Manta ray season

Luanda
Angola
25-28°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Prime diving conditions, abundant marine life.

Anjouan
Comoros
26-28°C 18-28m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility, potential for manta rays and whale sharks

27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Post-rainy season clarity, excellent diving conditions.

27-29°C 10-20m Mild

Highlights: Post-rainy season clarity, good for exploring reefs.

Anakao
Madagascar
24-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Whale shark sightings begin

Mahajanga
Madagascar
25-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Whale shark sightings

Toliara
Madagascar
24-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Whale shark sightings begin

Ifaty
Madagascar
24-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Calm seas, great for macro photography

Andavadoaka
Madagascar
24-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Calm seas, great for macro photography

Flic en Flac
Mauritius
24-27°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Pleasant temperatures, good visibility.

Grand Bay
Mauritius
24-27°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Pleasant diving conditions.

Trou aux Biches
Mauritius
24-27°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Pleasant diving conditions.

Nacala
Mozambique
24-26°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Humpback whale migration, manta rays

Inhaca Island
Mozambique
23-25°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Humpback whale migration, manta rays

La Possession
Réunion
25-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season begins

Mahe
Seychelles
26-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season continues

Praslin
Seychelles
27-29°C 15-20m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season continues, good for macro life.

La Digue
Seychelles
27-29°C 15-20m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season continues, good for macro life.

Silhouette Island
Seychelles
27-29°C 15-20m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season continues, good for macro photography.

Aldabra Atoll
Seychelles
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Whale shark sightings begin

Outer Islands
Seychelles
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Whale shark sightings begin

Pemba Island
Tanzania
26-28°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Post-rainy season, visibility improving, calmer seas.

24-27°C 10-18m Mild

Highlights: Dry season, good visibility for exploring cichlids

Lake Kariba
Zambia
23-26°C 12-22m Mild

Highlights: Dry season begins, excellent visibility for exploring the sunken town

Lake Kariba
Zimbabwe
22-25°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Continued excellent conditions for exploring the submerged trees and potential for tiger fish sightings.

Chinhoyi Caves
Zimbabwe
19-21°C 20-30m None

Highlights: Cooler water, but still very good visibility for exploring the cave systems.

Okavango Delta
Botswana
21-25°C 12-22m Mild

Highlights: Peak dry season, excellent visibility and wildlife

13-16°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, abundant marine life including seals, dolphins, and various fish species

Sodwana Bay
South Africa
22-25°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Humpback whale migration offshore

Protea Banks
South Africa
21-24°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Continued humpback whale sightings

Chagos Archipelago
British Indian Ocean Territory
28-30°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

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

Peros Banhos
British Indian Ocean Territory
28-30°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

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

Good Diving

Hurghada
Egypt
27°C 15-25m
El Gouna
Egypt
27°C 15-25m
Safaga
Egypt
28°C 15-25m
Hamata
Egypt
28°C 15-25m
Agadir
Morocco
22°C 15-20m
Sha'ab Rumi
Sudan
32°C 15-20m
Sanganeb Atoll
Sudan
32°C 15-25m
Suakin Archipelago
Sudan
32°C 10-15m
Angarosh
Sudan
32°C 15-25m
Fogo Island
Cabo Verde
27°C 10-20m
Bijilo Underwater Park
Gambia
30°C 8-18m
Busua and Dixcove
Ghana
30°C 8-18m
Anomabo
Ghana
30°C 8-18m
Cape Three Points
Ghana
30°C 8-18m
Bijagos Archipelago
Guinea-Bissau
30°C 10-20m
Petite Côte
Senegal
30°C 8-12m
Cap-Vert Peninsula
Senegal
28°C 10-20m
Casamance Coast
Senegal
28°C 10-20m
Benguela
Angola
23°C 15-25m
Lobito
Angola
23°C 15-20m
Namibe
Angola
22°C 15-20m
Bioko Island
Equatorial Guinea
28°C 10-15m
Corisco Island
Equatorial Guinea
28°C 10-15m
Annobón Island
Equatorial Guinea
29°C 15-20m
Elobey Grande and Elobey Chico
Equatorial Guinea
30°C 8-18m
Loango National Park
Gabon
29°C 8-18m
Port-Gentil
Gabon
29°C 8-18m
Mayumba National Park
Gabon
26°C 10-20m
Ilhéu das Rolas
São Tomé and Príncipe
27°C 12-22m
São Tomé Southern Coast
São Tomé and Príncipe
29°C 8-15m
Príncipe Island
São Tomé and Príncipe
29°C 10-20m
Pedras Tinhosas
São Tomé and Príncipe
29°C 8-15m
Lake Tanganyika
Burundi
27°C 8-15m
Dahlak Archipelago
Eritrea
34°C 10-20m
Dissei Island
Eritrea
32°C 8-15m
Nora and Nokra Islands
Eritrea
32°C 8-15m
Watamu Marine National Park
Kenya
27°C 10-18m
Cape Maclear
Malawi
27°C 10-20m
Nkhata Bay
Malawi
27°C 10-20m
Likoma Island
Malawi
27°C 10-20m
Inner Islands
Seychelles
29°C 15-25m
Zanzibar
Tanzania
28°C 10-20m
Mafia Island
Tanzania
28°C 10-20m
Lake Tanganyika
Tanzania
27°C 12-20m
Lake Bunyonyi
Uganda
22°C 8-15m
Lake Mutanda
Uganda
23°C 6-12m
Lake Tanganyika
Zambia
26°C 15-25m
Lüderitz
Namibia
15°C 8-18m
Aliwal Shoal
South Africa
23°C 10-20m
Durban
South Africa
25°C 10-15m
Salomon Atoll
British Indian Ocean Territory
31°C 10-20m