Where to Dive in March

The best scuba diving destinations with excellent conditions this month

Excellent Diving

Dahab
Egypt
22-24°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Warming waters and superb visibility.

Port Sudan
Sudan
27-29°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, manta rays

26-29°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Manta rays begin to appear, exceptional visibility.

Maio Island
Cabo Verde
22-24°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Humpback whale migration, excellent visibility

Bijagos Archipelago
Guinea-Bissau
26-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, peak whale shark season

Mahe
Seychelles
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, peak whale shark season

Silhouette Island
Seychelles
28-30°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Peak visibility, ideal for exploring the island's rich marine biodiversity.

Chinhoyi Caves
Zimbabwe
22-24°C 20-30m None

Highlights: End of rainy season, excellent clarity, ideal for exploring the crystal-clear waters of the Dark Cave and Wonder Hole.

Chagos Archipelago
British Indian Ocean Territory
28-30°C 20-30m+ Mild

Highlights: Peak of the dry season, exceptional diving

Peros Banhos
British Indian Ocean Territory
28-30°C 20-30m+ Mild

Highlights: Peak of the dry season, exceptional diving

22-24°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Warmer waters, excellent for exploring reefs.

Hurghada
Egypt
22-24°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Water starts to warm up, visibility improves.

Marsa Alam
Egypt
23-25°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Dolphins often seen, good for macro life

Tiran Island
Egypt
22-24°C 20-30m Moderate

Highlights: Good for pelagic sightings, strong currents can bring nutrients

Safaga
Egypt
23-25°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Warmer waters, increased marine life activity.

Hamata
Egypt
23-25°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Warmer waters, increased marine life activity.

16-18°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Spring bloom begins, attracting smaller fish

Susah
Libya
16-18°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Marine life begins to become more active

Sha'ab Rumi
Sudan
26-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season begins, excellent visibility.

26-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta rays can be spotted, good visibility for reef dives.

Angarosh
Sudan
26-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Warming waters, excellent for manta rays

Sal Island
Cabo Verde
22-24°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Humpback whale migration

Boa Vista
Cabo Verde
22-24°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Loggerhead turtle nesting season

Sao Vicente
Cabo Verde
21-23°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Humpback whale migration

Santiago Island
Cabo Verde
22-24°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Humpback whale migration

Fogo Island
Cabo Verde
22-24°C 15-25m Moderate

Highlights: Humpback whale migration

25-28°C 12-22m Mild

Highlights: Warming waters, increased marine activity.

25-28°C 10-18m Mild

Highlights: Warming waters, increased fish populations around wrecks.

25-28°C 12-22m Mild

Highlights: Warming waters, increased fish activity near the shore.

27-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Good time for reef fish activity

Anomabo
Ghana
27-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Good time for reef fish activity

27-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Good time for reef fish activity

27-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Humpback whale sightings possible

27-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Humpback whale sightings possible

Orango Islands
Guinea-Bissau
27-30°C 15-20m Mild

Highlights: Continued whale shark presence, warmer waters.

27-30°C 15-20m Mild

Highlights: Continued turtle nesting, warmer waters.

Petite Côte
Senegal
24-27°C 15-20m Mild

Highlights: Warming waters, good visibility.

22-25°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Start of manta ray season

Casamance Coast
Senegal
22-25°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, potential for manta rays

Joal-Fadiouth
Senegal
24-28°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Warming waters, excellent visibility, start of barracuda season.

Banana Islands
Sierra Leone
26-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, start of plankton blooms attracting smaller fish.

Turtle Islands
Sierra Leone
26-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, start of plankton blooms attracting diverse marine life.

Sherbro Island
Sierra Leone
27-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Warming waters, potential for pelagic sightings.

Freetown Peninsula
Sierra Leone
27-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Warmest waters, good for encountering larger marine life.

Benguela
Angola
24-27°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: End of rainy season, clearer waters. Pelagic fish becoming more common.

Lobito
Angola
24-27°C 15-20m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Rainy season ending, visibility improves. More diverse reef fish.

Namibe
Angola
23-26°C 15-20m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Rainy season ending. Waters begin to clear. Increased activity of smaller reef fish.

Bioko Island
Equatorial Guinea
27-30°C 15-20m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Continued whale shark activity, transition to rainy season.

Corisco Island
Equatorial Guinea
27-30°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Continued good visibility, start of the transition to the rainy season.

Annobón Island
Equatorial Guinea
28-31°C 20-30m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Still excellent conditions, start of the transition to the rainy season.

26-29°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Peak humpback whale season, dolphin pods

Ilhéu das Rolas
São Tomé and Príncipe
27-30°C 18-28m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Good visibility, potential for manta rays

Príncipe Island
São Tomé and Príncipe
27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: End of whale season, visibility remains good.

Gulf of Tadjoura
Djibouti
26-28°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Whale shark season winding down, good visibility

28-31°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Good coral health, diverse marine life

Massawa
Eritrea
28-31°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Wreck diving, good for pelagic sightings

27-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: End of whale shark season, good visibility

Nosy Tanikely
Madagascar
28-30°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Humpback whale calves may be seen near the coast

Île Sainte-Marie
Madagascar
28-30°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Humpback whale migration begins, potential for close encounters

Nosy Mitsio
Madagascar
28-30°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Humpback whale migration begins, potential for sightings

Lake Malawi
Malawi
25-27°C 10-20m None Rainy

Highlights: End of rainy season, cichlid activity

Cape Maclear
Malawi
27-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Peak visibility, excellent for macro photography of cichlids.

Nkhata Bay
Malawi
27-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: End of rainy season, visibility improving significantly, excellent cichlid viewing.

Likoma Island
Malawi
27-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: End of rainy season, visibility improving significantly, excellent for cichlid photography.

Flic en Flac
Mauritius
27-29°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Rainy season tapering off, visibility improving.

Grand Bay
Mauritius
27-29°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Rainy season subsiding, visibility improving.

Trou aux Biches
Mauritius
27-29°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Visibility starts to improve as the rainy season ends.

Belle Mare
Mauritius
27-29°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Visibility improves, good chance to see turtles and reef fish.

Le Morne
Mauritius
27-29°C 20-30m Moderate Rainy

Highlights: Visibility improves significantly. Good for exploring wrecks and outer reefs.

27-29°C 15-25m None Rainy

Highlights: Visibility improves, good for spotting a variety of reef fish and corals.

27-29°C 15-20m Mild Rainy

Highlights: End of whale shark and humpback whale season, still good marine life.

Ponta do Ouro
Mozambique
27-29°C 15-20m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Still good for shark diving, visibility can be variable.

27-29°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: End of rainy season, clearer waters

Nacala
Mozambique
27-29°C 15-20m Mild Rainy

Highlights: End of rainy season, improving visibility

Inhaca Island
Mozambique
26-28°C 15-20m Mild Rainy

Highlights: End of rainy season, clearer waters

Pemba
Mozambique
28-30°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Good visibility, healthy coral reefs

Saint-Gilles
Réunion
27-29°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: End of summer, good visibility, potential for humpback whale sightings

Saint-Leu
Réunion
27-29°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: End of summer, good visibility, potential for humpback whale sightings

Saint-Pierre
Réunion
27-29°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Humpback whale sightings

Etang-Salé
Réunion
27-29°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Humpback whale sightings

La Possession
Réunion
27-29°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Humpback whale season begins

Praslin
Seychelles
28-30°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak whale shark season, excellent visibility.

La Digue
Seychelles
28-30°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak whale shark season, excellent visibility.

Aldabra Atoll
Seychelles
28-30°C 20-30m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Hatchling season

Inner Islands
Seychelles
28-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: End of rainy season, improved visibility

Outer Islands
Seychelles
28-30°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Hatchling season, improved visibility

Pemba Island
Tanzania
27-29°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Transition to rainy season, visibility starts to decrease.

26-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Water clarity significantly improves, excellent for exploring rocky cichlid habitats.

Aliwal Shoal
South Africa
23-26°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Good chance of seeing ragged-tooth sharks

Sodwana Bay
South Africa
25-28°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Good coral visibility, abundant reef fish

False Bay
South Africa
14-17°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, potential for great white shark sightings (from cage diving)

Mossel Bay
South Africa
18-21°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, good chance of seeing dolphins

Durban
South Africa
25-28°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Manta ray and whale shark sightings

Salomon Atoll
British Indian Ocean Territory
28-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray sightings still good, water warming up.

Good Diving

Oran Bay
Algeria
17°C 15-20m
Jijel
Algeria
16°C 10-15m
Ain El Turck
Algeria
17°C 10-15m
Tipaza
Algeria
17°C 10-15m
Annaba
Algeria
17°C 10-15m
El Gouna
Egypt
24°C 15-25m
Farwa Island
Libya
19°C 15-20m
Agadir
Morocco
19°C 15-20m
Essaouira
Morocco
17°C 15-25m
Taghazout
Morocco
17°C 15-25m
Dakhla
Morocco
19°C 15-20m
Mediterranean Coast
Morocco
18°C 15-25m
Cabo Negro
Morocco
18°C 15-25m
Tabarka
Tunisia
17°C 15-20m
Hammamet
Tunisia
17°C 10-18m
Mahdia
Tunisia
17°C 15-20m
Monastir
Tunisia
17°C 15-20m
Djerba
Tunisia
18°C 15-20m
Grand-Béréby
Côte d'Ivoire
31°C 10-20m
San Pédro
Côte d'Ivoire
31°C 10-20m
Assinie
Côte d'Ivoire
31°C 8-18m
Sassandra
Côte d'Ivoire
31°C 8-18m
Cape Point
Gambia
28°C 8-18m
Fajara Beach
Gambia
28°C 7-17m
Loos Islands
Guinea
30°C 10-20m
Tarkwa Bay
Nigeria
31°C 10-15m
Saloum Delta
Senegal
24°C 8-15m
Luanda
Angola
30°C 10-18m
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
São Tomé Northern Coast
São Tomé and Príncipe
30°C 12-22m
São Tomé Southern Coast
São Tomé and Príncipe
29°C 10-20m
Pedras Tinhosas
São Tomé and Príncipe
29°C 10-20m
Lake Tanganyika
Burundi
28°C 8-15m
Moheli Marine Park
Comoros
30°C 12-20m
Grande Comore
Comoros
30°C 12-20m
Mayotte
Comoros
30°C 10-20m
Anjouan
Comoros
30°C 8-18m
Moucha Island
Djibouti
30°C 8-18m
Maskali Island
Djibouti
30°C 12-22m
Lake Assal
Djibouti
30°C 10-20m
Dissei Island
Eritrea
30°C 10-20m
Nora and Nokra Islands
Eritrea
30°C 10-20m
Kiunga Marine National Reserve
Kenya
31°C 10-20m
Shimoni and Wasini Island
Kenya
31°C 8-18m
Nosy Be
Madagascar
30°C 10-20m
Anakao
Madagascar
30°C 10-20m
Mahajanga
Madagascar
30°C 10-18m
Toliara
Madagascar
30°C 10-20m
Ifaty
Madagascar
30°C 10-20m
Andavadoaka
Madagascar
30°C 10-20m
Passe en S
Mayotte
30°C 10-20m
N'Gouja Reef
Mayotte
30°C 10-15m
M'Bouzi Island
Mayotte
30°C 10-15m
Sada Pass
Mayotte
30°C 10-20m
Banc Vailheu
Mayotte
30°C 10-20m
Ilot Mtsamboro
Mayotte
30°C 10-20m
Tofo Beach
Mozambique
29°C 10-15m
Le Port
Réunion
29°C 10-20m
Zanzibar
Tanzania
29°C 10-20m
Mafia Island
Tanzania
29°C 10-20m
Lake Tanganyika
Tanzania
29°C 8-15m
Lake Kariba
Zambia
28°C 6-12m
Lake Kariba
Zimbabwe
28°C 8-15m
Okavango Delta
Botswana
28°C 8-18m
Swakopmund and Walvis Bay
Namibia
17°C 10-20m
Protea Banks
South Africa
27°C 10-20m
The Garden Route
South Africa
20°C 10-15m
Cape Peninsula
South Africa
18°C 10-15m
Plettenberg Bay
South Africa
22°C 8-18m