Where to Dive in May
The best scuba diving destinations with excellent conditions this month
Excellent Diving
Green Lake (Grüner See)
AustriaHighlights: Peak season for the iconic green color and clarity
Vrelo Bune
Bosnia and HerzegovinaHighlights: Excellent visibility, abundant aquatic life
Ojamo Mine
FinlandHighlights: Stable, clear water year-round. Excellent for technical diving and exploring mine shafts.
Villefranche-sur-Mer
FranceHighlights: Excellent visibility, abundant fish life, potential for sea turtles
Molnár János Cave
HungarySilfra Fissure
IcelandHighlights: Crystal clear ice diving, unique geological formations
Highlights: Abundant marine life, good for spotting larger fish
Ustica Island
ItalyHighlights: Abundant marine life, good for macro photography
Saltstraumen
NorwayHighlights: Peak of spring bloom, excellent visibility and abundant wildlife
Gulen
NorwayHighlights: Peak plankton bloom, diverse marine life, good for macro photography
Porto Santo
PortugalHighlights: Excellent visibility, potential for pelagic sightings
Highlights: Ideal conditions, comfortable temperatures and excellent visibility. Vibrant colors in the lake.
Russian Arctic
RussiaHighlights: Ice melt begins, creating open water areas, abundant marine life
Cabo de Palos
SpainHighlights: Excellent visibility, potential for mobula rays and tuna
Ternopil Quarry
UkraineHighlights: Excellent visibility, vibrant plant life, fish spawning.
Highlights: Excellent visibility, vibrant plant life, fish spawning.
Bali
IndonesiaHighlights: Peak season for manta rays at Nusa Penida, excellent visibility.
Raja Ampat
IndonesiaHighlights: Still excellent diving, good for spotting pygmy seahorses.
Komodo National Park
IndonesiaHighlights: Excellent visibility, manta ray season
Sulawesi
IndonesiaHighlights: Peak season for visibility and marine biodiversity
Lombok and the Gili Islands
IndonesiaHighlights: Excellent visibility, manta ray season begins
Banda Islands
IndonesiaHighlights: Peak dry season, excellent visibility, abundant marine life
Miyako Islands
JapanHighlights: Peak manta ray season, good coral spawning
Redang Island
MalaysiaHighlights: Manta ray season begins, excellent coral health.
Perhentian Islands
MalaysiaHighlights: Manta ray season begins, often seen at cleaning stations.
Tenggol Island
MalaysiaHighlights: Manta ray season begins, often seen at deeper dive sites.
Ulleungdo Island
South KoreaHighlights: Peak season for clear water and abundant marine life
Green Island
TaiwanHighlights: Excellent visibility, sea turtle nesting season begins
Xiaoliuqiu (Lambai Island)
TaiwanHighlights: Manta ray season begins, excellent visibility.
Socorro Island
MexicoHighlights: Manta ray season in full swing, large schools of hammerheads.
Channel Islands
United StatesHighlights: Peak visibility, diverse marine life including Garibaldi.
Flower Garden Banks
United StatesHighlights: Coral spawning events, abundant marine life
Cat Island
BahamasHighlights: Peak manta ray season, ideal for macro photography
Highlights: Manta ray season begins, clear waters
Arraial do Cabo
BrazilHighlights: Best visibility of the year, clear waters, abundant reef fish
Ilha Grande
BrazilHighlights: Excellent visibility, clear waters, ideal for photography
Maragogi
BrazilHighlights: Excellent visibility, calm seas, ideal for exploring the famous natural pools (Galés).
San Cristobal Island
EcuadorHighlights: Peak season for hammerhead sharks, excellent visibility.
Tiran Island
EgyptHighlights: Peak season for sharks and pelagics, excellent visibility
Ain El Ghazala
LibyaHighlights: Excellent visibility, abundant fish life, potential for sea turtle sightings
Susah
LibyaHighlights: Excellent visibility, abundant fish, potential for octopus sightings
Nosy Be
MadagascarHighlights: Peak season for visibility and marine life, including whale sharks.
Île Sainte-Marie
MadagascarHighlights: Continued humpback whale activity, calmer seas, good for whale shark sightings
Nosy Mitsio
MadagascarHighlights: Calm seas, good for whale shark sightings and manta rays
Lake Malawi
MalawiHighlights: Peak dry season, exceptional visibility, cichlid spawning
Flic en Flac
MauritiusHighlights: Ideal diving conditions, calm seas, great for macro life.
Grand Bay
MauritiusHighlights: Calm seas, clear water, ideal for exploring shipwrecks.
Trou aux Biches
MauritiusHighlights: Calm seas and clear water, ideal for exploring coral gardens.
Belle Mare
MauritiusHighlights: Ideal diving conditions, calm seas, excellent visibility, abundant reef life.
Le Morne
MauritiusHighlights: Peak diving season. Calm seas, exceptional visibility, great for encountering sharks and dolphins.
Blue Bay Marine Park
MauritiusHighlights: Ideal conditions, calm and clear. Abundant marine life within the park.
N'Gouja Reef
MayotteHighlights: Peak manta ray season, calm waters, abundant marine life
M'Bouzi Island
MayotteHighlights: Excellent visibility, manta rays start to appear, potential for whale sharks
Bazaruto Archipelago
MozambiqueHighlights: Peak manta ray season, excellent visibility, calm seas.
Tofo Beach
MozambiqueHighlights: Peak manta ray season, excellent visibility, calm seas.
Ponta do Ouro
MozambiqueHighlights: Peak season for shark diving (bull, tiger, hammerhead), calm seas.
Quirimbas Archipelago
MozambiqueHighlights: Peak humpback whale season, manta rays
Pemba
MozambiqueHighlights: Excellent visibility, healthy coral, potential for manta rays
Saint-Gilles
RéunionHighlights: Peak humpback whale season, excellent visibility
Etang-Salé
RéunionHighlights: Manta ray season begins, excellent visibility, good for lava formations
Chinhoyi Caves
ZimbabweHighlights: Continued excellent visibility and comfortable water temperatures.
Protaras
CyprusHighlights: Excellent visibility, warm water, abundant fish life
Caesarea
IsraelHighlights: Excellent conditions for historical dives, clear water
Highlights: Excellent visibility, diverse marine life
Great Barrier Reef
AustraliaHighlights: Optimal visibility, migrating whales may be sighted offshore
Rowley Shoals
AustraliaHighlights: Peak season for visibility and calm conditions
Osprey Reef
AustraliaHighlights: Ideal diving conditions, clear water and abundant marine life
SS Yongala Wreck
AustraliaHighlights: Manta ray season continues, often with multiple individuals.
Ethel Beach
Christmas IslandHighlights: Peak manta ray season. Abundant marine life.
Perpendicular Wall
Christmas IslandHighlights: Peak manta ray season. Currents can be strong but rewarding.
West White Beach
Christmas IslandHighlights: Ideal conditions for shore diving. Manta rays can sometimes be seen closer to shore.
Home Island
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsHighlights: Peak manta ray season, often seen feeding.
North Keeling Island
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsHighlights: Prime time for manta ray encounters, especially around cleaning stations.
Taveuni
FijiHighlights: Peak season for soft corals in full bloom. Abundant reef fish.
Yasawa Islands
FijiHighlights: Exceptional visibility, healthy coral ecosystems
Kadavu
FijiHighlights: Peak dry season. Crystal clear waters. Ideal for macro photography.
Somosomo Strait
FijiHighlights: Peak dry season. Excellent visibility for the famous 'Rainbow Reef'.
Bligh Water
FijiHighlights: Peak dry season. Crystal clear waters, abundant fish life, and healthy corals.
Lomaiviti Islands
FijiHighlights: Peak season for manta rays. Calm waters and excellent visibility.
Great Astrolabe Reef
FijiHighlights: Peak season for manta rays. Calm seas and exceptional visibility.
Grande Terre
New CaledoniaHighlights: Peak season for humpback whales. Excellent visibility for whale encounters and reef diving.
Isle of Pines
New CaledoniaHighlights: Peak humpback whale season, manta rays often seen
Loyalty Islands
New CaledoniaHighlights: Ideal diving conditions, potential for manta rays and sharks
The Barrier Reef
New CaledoniaHighlights: Peak diving season, abundant marine life, potential for manta rays
Milne Bay
Papua New GuineaHighlights: Excellent visibility, abundant schooling fish, and good chances for pelagics.
Kavieng
Papua New GuineaHighlights: Excellent visibility and manta ray encounters. Schooling fish are abundant.
Walindi
Papua New GuineaHighlights: Peak manta ray season, good for schooling fish.
Alotau
Papua New GuineaHighlights: Excellent visibility, ideal for wreck diving and vibrant reefs.
Western Province
Solomon IslandsHighlights: Peak dry season, exceptional visibility
Marovo Lagoon
Solomon IslandsHighlights: Peak dry season, ideal for exploring the lagoon and outer reefs
Mary Island (Mborokua)
Solomon IslandsHighlights: Peak dry season, exceptional visibility and marine life
Espiritu Santo
VanuatuHighlights: Peak season for diving, clear waters, diverse reef fish
Efate
VanuatuHighlights: Peak diving season, clear waters, diverse fish populations
Highlights: Calm seas, pristine reefs, ideal for exploring
Ulong Channel
PalauHighlights: Continued excellent conditions, potential for whale shark sightings.
Peleliu Wall
PalauHighlights: Peak season for manta rays, often seen cleaning at specific sites.
Ngemelis Wall
PalauHighlights: Manta ray season, often seen at cleaning stations.
Rose Atoll
American SamoaHighlights: End of humpback whale season, excellent visibility
Atiu
Cook IslandsHighlights: Manta ray season in full swing, abundant marine life.
Mangaia
Cook IslandsHighlights: Manta ray season in full swing, abundant marine life. Ideal diving conditions.
Palmerston Atoll
Cook IslandsHighlights: Manta ray season in full swing, abundant marine life within the lagoon and outer reefs.
Moorea
French PolynesiaHighlights: Ideal diving conditions, abundant marine life, clear waters
Tahiti
French PolynesiaHighlights: Excellent diving conditions, clear waters, abundant marine life
Tikehau
French PolynesiaHighlights: Ideal diving conditions, exceptional visibility, famous for its 'wall of sharks'
Tetiaroa
French PolynesiaHighlights: Peak manta ray season, frequent sightings.
Highlights: Peak season for clear waters and abundant marine life.
Tamakautoga
NiueHighlights: Peak season for clear waters and abundant reef fish.
Pitcairn Island
Pitcairn IslandsHighlights: Peak manta ray season, often seen feeding.
Ducie Island
Pitcairn IslandsHighlights: Peak conditions for encountering large schools of fish and sharks.
Ksamil
AlbaniaHighlights: Abundant small marine life, ideal for macro photography
Dhermi
AlbaniaHighlights: Seabird nesting season, potential for early marine life sightings
Karaburun Peninsula
AlbaniaHighlights: Seabird nesting season, potential for early marine life sightings
Plansee
AustriaPut van Ekeren
BelgiumHighlights: Excellent visibility, diverse underwater life
Hutovo Blato
Bosnia and HerzegovinaHighlights: Abundant birdlife, amphibian activity
Prokosko Lake
Bosnia and HerzegovinaHighlights: Amphibian activity, insect larvae
Boračko Lake
Bosnia and HerzegovinaHighlights: Fish spawning season, increased aquatic life activity
Tsarevo Region
BulgariaHighlights: Increased fish activity, start of invertebrate breeding
Lipno Reservoir
Czech RepublicHighlights: Good visibility, increasing fish activity, potential for seeing pike and perch.
Quarry Hracholusky
Czech RepublicHighlights: Good visibility, increasing fish activity, potential for seeing pike and perch.
Quarry Lomeček
Czech RepublicHighlights: Good visibility, increasing fish activity, potential for seeing pike and perch.
Vranov Water Reservoir
Czech RepublicHighlights: Abundant plant life, good visibility
Rummu Quarry
EstoniaHighlights: Excellent visibility, exploring submerged structures
French Riviera
FranceHighlights: Increased marine life activity, potential for nudibranch sightings
French Polynesia
FranceHighlights: Manta rays still present, good for reef diving
Marseille
FranceHighlights: Plankton blooms, good visibility for observing smaller marine life
Sundhäuser See
GermanyHighlights: Excellent visibility, diverse underwater life
Bodensee (Lake Constance) Wrecks
GermanyHighlights: Good visibility for wreck penetration
Walchensee
GermanyHighlights: Clear water, good for exploring underwater landscapes
Bükk Mountain Cave Systems
HungaryGyékényes Quarry Lakes
HungaryIrbe Strait
LatviaHighlights: Good visibility, increasing marine activity.
The Baltic Sea
LithuaniaHighlights: Good visibility, increasing marine activity.
Larvotto Marine Reserve
MonacoHighlights: Good visibility, potential for larger pelagics
Highlights: Good visibility, potential for larger pelagics
Vinkeveense Plassen
NetherlandsHighlights: Good visibility, abundant plant life
Boschmolenplas
NetherlandsHighlights: Excellent visibility, abundant plant life
Lake Prespa
North MacedoniaHighlights: Excellent visibility, diverse flora and fauna
Lofoten
NorwayHighlights: Spring bloom begins, increased plankton and smaller fish
Tromsø
NorwayHighlights: Midnight sun begins, vibrant kelp forests, good fish life
Narvik
NorwayHighlights: Midnight sun, excellent conditions for exploring the famous wrecks
Trondheim Fjord
NorwayHighlights: Vibrant kelp forests, good fish populations, potential for seals
Baltic Sea
PolandHighlights: Plankton bloom, good visibility for wrecks and marine life
Highlights: Good visibility, fish spawning season.
Berlengas Archipelago
PortugalHighlights: Good visibility, increasing marine life activity
Highlights: Good visibility, increasing aquatic life
The Danube River - Iron Gates
RomaniaHighlights: Good visibility, diverse riverine life
Black Sea
RussiaHighlights: Good diving conditions, comfortable temperatures and decent visibility. Marine life becoming more active.
Kamchatka Peninsula
RussiaHighlights: Salmon runs begin, sea otter activity increases
Zlatar Lake
SerbiaHighlights: Good visibility and warming water. Spring growth in the lake.
Silver Lake
SerbiaHighlights: Good visibility and warming water. Spring growth in the lake.
Uvac Canyon
SerbiaHighlights: Good visibility and warming water. Spring growth in the canyon.
Wild Lake (Divje Jezero)
SloveniaHighlights: Good visibility, diverse underwater flora
Costa Brava
SpainHighlights: Seabird nesting season, potential for larger pelagics
Columbretes Islands
SpainHighlights: Seabird nesting season, potential for pelagics
Kullaberg
SwedenHighlights: Excellent visibility, increasing fish populations and kelp growth.
Black Sea Coast
UkraineHighlights: Marine life starts to become more active
Crimean Peninsula
UkraineHighlights: Good visibility and increasing marine activity
Plymouth
United KingdomHighlights: Plankton blooms begin, increasing marine life activity
Falmouth
United KingdomHighlights: Plankton blooms begin, increasing marine life activity
Oban
United KingdomHighlights: Plankton blooms begin, increasing marine life activity
St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve
United KingdomHighlights: Plankton bloom, increased marine life activity
Anglesey
United KingdomHighlights: Plankton bloom, increased marine life activity
Isle of Man
United KingdomHighlights: Plankton bloom, increased marine life activity
Capernwray Diving Centre
United KingdomHighlights: Fish life becoming more active, good visibility
Fugloy and Svínoy
Faroe IslandsHighlights: Peak seabird activity, potential for puffins
Vágar Area
Faroe IslandsHighlights: Peak seabird activity, potential for puffins
Eastern Side of the Rock
GibraltarHighlights: Good visibility, diverse marine life
Western Side of the Rock
GibraltarHighlights: Plankton blooms can attract filter feeders
Straits of Gibraltar
GibraltarHighlights: Manta ray season begins, plankton blooms
Caspian Sea - Azerbaijani Coast
AzerbaijanShirvan National Park
AzerbaijanHighlights: Good visibility, diverse fish species
Highlights: Still good visibility, warm waters. Good for encountering larger pelagics.
Atauro Island
East TimorHighlights: Good diving, transition to wetter season.
Com
East TimorHighlights: Peak season for macro photography, vibrant coral health.
Jacó Island
East TimorHighlights: Ideal conditions for exploring the walls and channels, abundant reef biodiversity.
K41 - Dive Site near Dili
East TimorHighlights: Peak season for macro photography, excellent chance to see rare nudibranchs and crustaceans.
Bangka and Belitung Islands
IndonesiaHighlights: Plankton blooms can attract pelagics
Yakushima
JapanHighlights: Plankton blooms can occur, attracting small pelagics
Caspian Sea - Kazakhstan Sector
KazakhstanHighlights: Excellent diving conditions. Water is warming up, and visibility is generally very good.
Sipadan Island
MalaysiaHighlights: Manta ray season begins, feeding on plankton.
Mabul Island
MalaysiaHighlights: Excellent conditions for macro and wide-angle photography
Layang-Layang Island
MalaysiaHighlights: End of the prime hammerhead season, still good pelagic action
Tioman Island
MalaysiaHighlights: Excellent visibility, good chance of seeing turtles
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park
PhilippinesHighlights: Transition to calmer seas, good for macro life
Highlights: Plankton blooms start, attracting larger pelagics.
Jeju Island
South KoreaHighlights: Good visibility, warmer temperatures, potential for squid.
East Sea
South KoreaHighlights: Good visibility and comfortable temperatures, potential for squid.
Kenting National Park
TaiwanHighlights: Warm waters, abundant reef fish
Penghu Islands
TaiwanHighlights: Warm waters, abundant reef fish and invertebrates
Long Dong (Dragon Cave)
TaiwanHighlights: Pleasant water temperatures, excellent visibility.
Fulong Beach
TaiwanHighlights: Pleasant water temperature, good visibility for exploring the artificial reefs.
Lake Iskanderkul
TajikistanLake Sarez
TajikistanKarakul Lake
TajikistanAydarkul Lake
UzbekistanHighlights: Pleasant water temperatures, good visibility, potential for fish spawning.
Charvak Reservoir
UzbekistanHighlights: Pleasant water temperatures, good visibility, potential for fish spawning.
Nui Chua National Park
VietnamHighlights: Manta ray season winding down, but still possible. Increased plankton.
Tobermory, Ontario
CanadaHighlights: Water begins to warm significantly. Visibility improves. Shipwreck diving season opens.
Brockville, Ontario
CanadaHighlights: Water begins to warm significantly. Visibility improves. Shipwreck diving season opens.
Highlights: Anemone and invertebrate blooms
Guadalupe Island
MexicoHighlights: Good conditions for observing other marine life like sea lions.
Florida Keys
United StatesHighlights: Warm waters, good chance of seeing sea turtles.
Monterey Bay
United StatesHighlights: Excellent visibility, abundant marine life in kelp forests.
North Carolina Wrecks
United StatesHighlights: Good visibility, abundant fish life
Catalina Island
United StatesHighlights: Warmer water, good for exploring kelp forests
Saint-Pierre's Coastal Waters
Saint Pierre and MiquelonHighlights: Spring bloom, good visibility and potential for seal sightings.
Ambergris Caye
BelizeBelize Barrier Reef
BelizeLighthouse Reef Atoll
BelizeHighlights: Warmer waters, good for seeing reef sharks and turtles.
Cocos Island
Costa RicaHighlights: Manta ray season, good for schooling fish
Coiba National Park
PanamaHighlights: Transition to rainy season, still good diving
North Coast of Antigua
Antigua and BarbudaHighlights: Turtle nesting season begins
South Coast of Aruba
ArubaHighlights: Warmer water, still good visibility. Start of potential for dolphin pods.
West Coast of Aruba
ArubaHighlights: Warmer water, still very good visibility. Potential for dolphin sightings near the surface.
Eastern Blue Hole
BermudaCastle Harbour
BermudaTortola and Surrounding Waters
British Virgin IslandsVirgin Gorda and Neighboring Sites
British Virgin IslandsHighlights: Warm waters, good chance to see juvenile turtles.
Cooper Island
British Virgin IslandsHighlights: Warm waters, good for seeing juvenile fish.
Anegada
British Virgin IslandsHighlights: Warm waters, good for seeing juvenile reef inhabitants.
Grand Cayman
Cayman IslandsHighlights: Warmer waters, plankton blooms can start to appear, attracting smaller fish.
Little Cayman
Cayman IslandsHighlights: Still good chances for large pelagics, though numbers may start to decrease.
Jardines de la Reina
CubaHighlights: Still good chances for encountering large pelagics. Water is warmer.
Westpunt
CuraçaoHighlights: Plankton blooms can reduce visibility slightly
Porto Marie
CuraçaoHighlights: Slightly reduced visibility due to potential plankton blooms, but still excellent.
Mushroom Forest
CuraçaoHighlights: Abundant marine life thriving in the sheltered areas.
The Cabrits Dive Centre Zone
DominicaHighlights: Warming waters, still good visibility, start of potential for smaller pelagics.
Pointe Michel
DominicaHighlights: Warmer waters, visibility can be slightly reduced by plankton.
Toucari Bay
DominicaHighlights: Warmer water, visibility may decrease slightly due to plankton.
Port Salut and Les Cayes
HaitiHighlights: Start of warmer waters, good for macro life.
Montego Bay Marine Park
JamaicaHighlights: Warmer waters, good for macro photography.
Negril
JamaicaHighlights: Warmer water, good for spotting smaller marine life.
Ocho Rios
JamaicaHighlights: Warmer waters, good for spotting juvenile fish.
Northwest Montserrat
MontserratHighlights: Warming waters, increased marine life activity.
Rendezvous Bay
MontserratHighlights: Warming waters, increased activity of smaller reef fish.
La Parguera
Puerto RicoHighlights: Warmer waters, potential for turtle nesting sightings.
Isla de Mona
Puerto RicoHighlights: Warmer waters, good visibility, possibility of seeing juvenile turtles.
Desecheo Island
Puerto RicoHighlights: Warmer waters, good visibility, possibility of seeing manta rays.
Colombier Bay
Saint BarthélemyHighlights: Still great visibility, warmer water.
Pain de Sucre
Saint BarthélemyHighlights: Still great visibility, warmer water.
Sandy Point, St. Kitts
Saint Kitts and NevisHighlights: Warm water, possibility of turtle nesting.
Charlestown, Nevis
Saint Kitts and NevisHighlights: Warmer water, possibility of seeing juvenile turtles.
Oualie Beach, Nevis
Saint Kitts and NevisHighlights: Warmest water, good for spotting smaller marine life.
French Marine Reserves
Saint MartinHighlights: Warming waters, good for spotting juvenile turtles and smaller reef fish.
Bequia
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHighlights: Warmer water, increased fish activity
Mustique
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHighlights: Warmer waters, increased marine life activity
Dawn Beach
Sint MaartenHighlights: Warm waters, vibrant coral life. Expect to see a variety of reef fish.
Speyside, Tobago
Trinidad and TobagoHighlights: Warm waters, good visibility. Manta ray sightings may decrease towards the end of the month.
Store Bay, Tobago
Trinidad and TobagoHighlights: Good visibility, start of turtle nesting season.
Mt. Irvine, Tobago
Trinidad and TobagoHighlights: Good visibility, start of turtle nesting season.
Grace Bay
Turks and Caicos IslandsHighlights: Turtle nesting continues, good chance of seeing juvenile turtles.
West Caicos
Turks and Caicos IslandsHighlights: Manta ray season continues, good for macro life
Northwest Point
Turks and Caicos IslandsHighlights: Manta ray season continues, strong currents can be present
Pine Cay
Turks and Caicos IslandsHighlights: Manta ray sightings begin, good reef diving
Buck Island, St. Croix
U.S. Virgin IslandsHighlights: Warm waters, good visibility, start of turtle nesting season.
Carloz Paz
ArgentinaHighlights: Excellent visibility and comfortable water temperatures
Recife
BrazilHighlights: Good visibility, potential for whale shark sightings offshore
Highlights: Manta ray season begins to pick up. Water is cooler but visibility improves.
Angra dos Reis
BrazilHighlights: Excellent visibility and calm seas. Ideal for exploring shipwrecks and reefs.
Galápagos Islands
EcuadorHighlights: Cooler season begins, plankton blooms can occur, attracting more pelagics.
Santa Cruz Island
EcuadorHighlights: Good visibility, chance to see schooling fish and sea lions.
Ayangue
EcuadorHighlights: Good visibility, chance to see larger pelagics like rays.
Atlantic Coast
SurinameHighlights: Peak visibility, excellent for marine life encounters
Oran Bay
AlgeriaHighlights: Pleasant water temperatures, excellent visibility, start of seagrass growth.
Jijel
AlgeriaHighlights: Pleasant water temperatures, excellent visibility, abundant small fish.
Agadir
MoroccoHighlights: Excellent visibility, abundant marine life, potential for dolphin sightings
Port Sudan
SudanHighlights: Plankton blooms can reduce visibility but attract pelagics
Sha'ab Rumi
SudanHighlights: Manta rays still present, visibility starts to decrease slightly.
Sanganeb Atoll
SudanHighlights: Manta rays still present, visibility remains good.
Bijagos Archipelago
Guinea-BissauHighlights: Start of plankton blooms, potential for manta rays
Benguela
AngolaHighlights: Sardine run continues, attracting larger predators like tuna and sharks.
Lobito
AngolaHighlights: Stable conditions. Abundant smaller marine life on the reefs.
Namibe
AngolaHighlights: Stable conditions. Abundant invertebrate life on the reefs.
Mahajanga
MadagascarHighlights: Excellent visibility, whale shark season begins
Cape Maclear
MalawiHighlights: Pleasant water temperatures, good visibility for exploring reefs.
Likoma Island
MalawiHighlights: Pleasant water temperatures and good visibility for exploring the island's dive sites.
Praslin
SeychellesHighlights: Manta ray season in full swing, good for schooling fish.
La Digue
SeychellesHighlights: Manta ray season in full swing, good for schooling fish.
Silhouette Island
SeychellesHighlights: Manta ray season, good for observing their feeding aggregations.
Lake Tanganyika
TanzaniaHighlights: Peak dry season, offering some of the best visibility of the year.
Lake Tanganyika
ZambiaHighlights: Continued excellent visibility and cichlid diversity.
Lake Kariba
ZimbabweHighlights: Peak visibility and pleasant water temperatures, ideal for exploring the drowned forests and their inhabitants.
Okavango Delta
BotswanaHighlights: Peak dry season, excellent visibility and wildlife
Swakopmund and Walvis Bay
NamibiaHighlights: Excellent visibility, abundant marine life including seals, dolphins, and various fish species
Protea Banks
South AfricaHighlights: Excellent visibility, good chance of seeing humpback whales
Chagos Archipelago
British Indian Ocean TerritoryHighlights: Slight increase in plankton, potential for manta rays
Peros Banhos
British Indian Ocean TerritoryHighlights: Slight increase in plankton, potential for manta rays and whale sharks
Khor Al Udaid
QatarHighlights: Warm waters, good chance to see larger pelagics.
Red Sea - Jeddah
Saudi ArabiaHighlights: Warm waters, good chance to see hammerhead sharks.
Farasan Banks
Saudi ArabiaHighlights: Warmer waters, good chance of seeing larger pelagics.
Ras Mohammed National Park
Saudi ArabiaHighlights: Warmer waters, good for spotting larger pelagics.
Antalya
TürkiyeHighlights: Excellent visibility, good for exploring wrecks and reefs
Cesme
TürkiyeHighlights: Pleasant temperatures, good for exploring wrecks and reefs
Alanya
TürkiyeHighlights: Pleasant water temperatures, good for exploring underwater caves and reefs
Canakkale
TürkiyeHighlights: Pleasant temperatures, clear waters, abundant marine life
Gokova Bay
TürkiyeHighlights: Ideal diving conditions, vibrant coral and fish life
Fujairah
United Arab EmiratesHighlights: Warm waters, good for seeing larger pelagics
Musandam Peninsula
United Arab EmiratesHighlights: Warm waters, good for seeing larger marine animals
Kangaroo Island
AustraliaHighlights: Good visibility, potential for seeing leafy sea dragons.
Poor Knights Islands
New ZealandHighlights: Good visibility, potential for seeing larger fish species.
The Flying Fish Cove
Christmas IslandHighlights: Good diving, potential for manta rays.
Thundercliff Cave
Christmas IslandHighlights: Manta rays still present, possibility of whale sharks
Direction Island
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsHighlights: Good for exploring the lagoon and outer reefs
West Island
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsHighlights: Good for exploring the lagoon and outer reefs
Belep Islands
New CaledoniaHighlights: Peak season for manta rays, excellent visibility.
Kimbe Bay
Papua New GuineaHighlights: Peak season for manta rays, excellent visibility.
Rabaul
Papua New GuineaHighlights: Excellent visibility, abundant marine life on wrecks and reefs.
Tufi
Papua New GuineaHighlights: Good visibility and a wide variety of marine life, including schooling fish and occasional manta rays.
Madang
Papua New GuineaHighlights: Excellent for macro photography, healthy coral gardens.
Guadalcanal
Solomon IslandsHighlights: Stable conditions, great for all types of diving. Expect abundant reef life.
Florida Islands
Solomon IslandsHighlights: Prime diving conditions. Abundant fish life and healthy corals.
Russell Islands
Solomon IslandsHighlights: Prime diving conditions. Explore the rich marine life around the islands.
Tanna
VanuatuHighlights: Pleasant diving conditions, explore the underwater volcanic landscapes
Tumon Bay
GuamHighlights: Still great visibility, potential for plankton blooms attracting smaller fish.
Cocos Island
GuamHighlights: Good visibility, increasing chance of plankton blooms attracting marine life.
Blue Hole
GuamHighlights: Warm water, good visibility for exploring the outer reef.
Kiritimati Island
KiribatiHighlights: Warm waters, good for spotting turtles and various reef inhabitants.
Bikini Atoll
Marshall IslandsHighlights: Consistent marine life, good wreck penetration
German Channel
PalauHighlights: Manta ray activity continues, but visibility can decrease
Aunu'u
American SamoaHighlights: Peak of the dry season, clear waters and abundant fish.
Ta'u
American SamoaHighlights: Peak of the dry season, clear waters and abundant fish.
Ofu and Olosega
American SamoaHighlights: Peak of the dry season, clear waters and abundant fish.
Rarotonga
Cook IslandsHighlights: Stable conditions, good for beginners and experienced divers
Huahine
French PolynesiaHighlights: Pleasant conditions, good for spotting turtles
Liku Sea Track
NiueHighlights: Excellent conditions for encountering pelagic species.
Henderson Island
Pitcairn IslandsHighlights: Excellent conditions for observing the diverse reef fish and potential for manta rays.
Vava'u
TongaHighlights: Excellent visibility, healthy coral gardens, abundant reef fish
Alofi Coast
Wallis & FutunaHighlights: Excellent visibility, good for exploring coral gardens
Leava Seaside
Wallis & FutunaHighlights: Excellent visibility, good for exploring coral gardens
Sigave Bay
Wallis & FutunaHighlights: Excellent visibility, good for macro photography.
Wallis Lagoon
Wallis & FutunaHighlights: Calm lagoon waters, excellent for beginners and macro life.
Nukuhione Channel
Wallis & FutunaHighlights: Excellent visibility for observing channel dynamics and passing pelagics.