Where to Dive in May

The best scuba diving destinations with excellent conditions this month

Excellent Diving

Marsa Alam
Egypt
25-27°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Peak manta ray season, whale sharks possible

Tiran Island
Egypt
24-26°C 25-35m Moderate

Highlights: Peak season for sharks and pelagics, excellent visibility

19-22°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, abundant fish life, potential for sea turtle sightings

Susah
Libya
19-22°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, abundant fish, potential for octopus sightings

Mayotte
Comoros
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, manta ray season begins

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

Highlights: Peak season for visibility and marine life, including whale sharks.

Nosy Tanikely
Madagascar
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Whale shark sightings begin, calm seas

Île Sainte-Marie
Madagascar
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Continued humpback whale activity, calmer seas, good for whale shark sightings

Nosy Mitsio
Madagascar
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Calm seas, good for whale shark sightings and manta rays

Lake Malawi
Malawi
23-25°C 20-30m None

Highlights: Peak dry season, exceptional visibility, cichlid spawning

Flic en Flac
Mauritius
25-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Ideal diving conditions, calm seas, great for macro life.

Grand Bay
Mauritius
25-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Calm seas, clear water, ideal for exploring shipwrecks.

Trou aux Biches
Mauritius
25-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Calm seas and clear water, ideal for exploring coral gardens.

Belle Mare
Mauritius
25-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Ideal diving conditions, calm seas, excellent visibility, abundant reef life.

Le Morne
Mauritius
25-27°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Peak diving season. Calm seas, exceptional visibility, great for encountering sharks and dolphins.

25-27°C 20-30m None

Highlights: Ideal conditions, calm and clear. Abundant marine life within the park.

Passe en S
Mayotte
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, manta rays start to appear

N'Gouja Reef
Mayotte
27-29°C 20-30m None

Highlights: Peak manta ray season, calm waters, abundant marine life

M'Bouzi Island
Mayotte
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, manta rays start to appear, potential for whale sharks

25-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak manta ray season, excellent visibility, calm seas.

Tofo Beach
Mozambique
25-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak manta ray season, excellent visibility, calm seas.

Ponta do Ouro
Mozambique
25-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak season for shark diving (bull, tiger, hammerhead), calm seas.

25-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak humpback whale season, manta rays

Pemba
Mozambique
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, healthy coral, potential for manta rays

Saint-Gilles
Réunion
25-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak humpback whale season, excellent visibility

Saint-Leu
Réunion
25-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak humpback whale season, excellent visibility

Saint-Pierre
Réunion
25-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season begins, excellent visibility

Le Port
Réunion
25-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season begins, excellent visibility

Etang-Salé
Réunion
25-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season begins, excellent visibility, good for lava formations

La Possession
Réunion
26-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Humpback whale season continues

Aldabra Atoll
Seychelles
28-30°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray feeding aggregations

Outer Islands
Seychelles
28-30°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray feeding aggregations

Chinhoyi Caves
Zimbabwe
20-22°C 25-35m None

Highlights: Continued excellent visibility and comfortable water temperatures.

Oran Bay
Algeria
17-20°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Pleasant water temperatures, excellent visibility, start of seagrass growth.

Jijel
Algeria
16-19°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Pleasant water temperatures, excellent visibility, abundant small fish.

Ain El Turck
Algeria
18-21°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility, diverse marine life

Tipaza
Algeria
18-21°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility, diverse marine life

Annaba
Algeria
18-21°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility, diverse marine life

24-26°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray sightings become more frequent.

Hurghada
Egypt
24-26°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray and dolphin sightings are possible.

Dahab
Egypt
24-26°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Good for exploring the numerous shore dive sites.

El Gouna
Egypt
24-26°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Pleasant water temperatures, good visibility

Safaga
Egypt
25-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Pleasant temperatures, good for all dive levels.

Hamata
Egypt
25-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Pleasant temperatures, good for all dive levels.

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

Highlights: Ideal diving conditions, good marine life.

Agadir
Morocco
19-21°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, abundant marine life, potential for dolphin sightings

Essaouira
Morocco
17-19°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Early sightings of pelagic species

Taghazout
Morocco
17-19°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Increasing marine biodiversity

Dakhla
Morocco
19-21°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Plankton blooms can attract smaller marine life

19-21°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Seabird nesting season

Cabo Negro
Morocco
19-21°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Seabird nesting season

Port Sudan
Sudan
29-31°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Plankton blooms can reduce visibility but attract pelagics

Sha'ab Rumi
Sudan
28-31°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta rays still present, visibility starts to decrease slightly.

28-31°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta rays still present, visibility remains good.

Angarosh
Sudan
28-31°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta rays still present, warmer water

Tabarka
Tunisia
18-21°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Pleasant temperatures, good visibility

Hammamet
Tunisia
18-21°C 15-22m Mild

Highlights: Pleasant temperatures, good visibility

Mahdia
Tunisia
18-20°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Seabream and other pelagic fish schools

Monastir
Tunisia
18-20°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Seabream and other pelagic fish schools

Djerba
Tunisia
19-21°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Seabream and other pelagic fish schools

Sal Island
Cabo Verde
24-26°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season begins

Boa Vista
Cabo Verde
24-26°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Loggerhead turtle nesting season

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

Highlights: Manta ray sightings possible

Santiago Island
Cabo Verde
24-26°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season begins

Fogo Island
Cabo Verde
24-26°C 15-25m Moderate

Highlights: Manta ray season begins

Maio Island
Cabo Verde
24-26°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season begins

Bijagos Archipelago
Guinea-Bissau
28-31°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Start of plankton blooms, potential for manta rays

24-27°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season, good for pelagics

Casamance Coast
Senegal
24-27°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Peak manta ray season, warm waters

Luanda
Angola
26-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, start of the dry season.

Benguela
Angola
22-25°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Sardine run continues, attracting larger predators like tuna and sharks.

Lobito
Angola
22-25°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Stable conditions. Abundant smaller marine life on the reefs.

Namibe
Angola
21-24°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Stable conditions. Abundant invertebrate life on the reefs.

Ilhéu das Rolas
São Tomé and Príncipe
25-28°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Calm seas, good for beginners

Anjouan
Comoros
27-29°C 18-28m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility, potential for manta rays

Anakao
Madagascar
25-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Humpback whale migration

Mahajanga
Madagascar
26-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, whale shark season begins

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

Highlights: Humpback whale migration

Ifaty
Madagascar
25-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, calm seas

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

Highlights: Excellent visibility, calm seas

Cape Maclear
Malawi
25-28°C 12-22m Mild

Highlights: Pleasant water temperatures, good visibility for exploring reefs.

Nkhata Bay
Malawi
25-28°C 12-22m Mild

Highlights: Pleasant water temperatures and good visibility.

Likoma Island
Malawi
25-28°C 12-22m Mild

Highlights: Pleasant water temperatures and good visibility for exploring the island's dive sites.

Sada Pass
Mayotte
26-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, calm seas

Banc Vailheu
Mayotte
26-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, calm seas

Ilot Mtsamboro
Mayotte
26-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, calm seas

Nacala
Mozambique
25-27°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Humpback whale migration, manta rays

Inhaca Island
Mozambique
24-26°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Humpback whale migration, manta rays

Mahe
Seychelles
26-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season begins

Praslin
Seychelles
28-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season in full swing, good for schooling fish.

La Digue
Seychelles
28-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season in full swing, good for schooling fish.

Silhouette Island
Seychelles
28-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season, good for observing their feeding aggregations.

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

Highlights: Manta ray sightings possible

Lake Tanganyika
Tanzania
25-28°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Peak dry season, offering some of the best visibility of the year.

24-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Continued excellent visibility and cichlid diversity.

Lake Kariba
Zimbabwe
23-26°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Peak visibility and pleasant water temperatures, ideal for exploring the drowned forests and their inhabitants.

Okavango Delta
Botswana
22-26°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
23-26°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Humpback whale migration offshore

Protea Banks
South Africa
22-25°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, good chance of seeing humpback whales

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

Highlights: Slight increase in plankton, potential for manta rays

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

Highlights: Slight increase in plankton, potential for manta rays and whale sharks

Good Diving

Suakin Archipelago
Sudan
31°C 10-20m
Bijilo Underwater Park
Gambia
30°C 10-20m
Busua and Dixcove
Ghana
31°C 10-20m
Anomabo
Ghana
31°C 10-20m
Cape Three Points
Ghana
31°C 10-20m
Boulbinet Peninsula
Guinea
31°C 10-20m
Kakossa Marine Park
Guinea
31°C 10-20m
Petite Côte
Senegal
29°C 8-12m
Saloum Delta
Senegal
26°C 10-15m
Joal-Fadiouth
Senegal
30°C 10-20m
Banana Islands
Sierra Leone
30°C 10-20m
Turtle Islands
Sierra Leone
30°C 10-20m
Sherbro Island
Sierra Leone
30°C 10-20m
Freetown Peninsula
Sierra Leone
30°C 10-20m
Mayumba National Park
Gabon
27°C 8-18m
São Tomé Northern Coast
São Tomé and Príncipe
28°C 10-20m
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
Gulf of Tadjoura
Djibouti
30°C 10-20m
Maskali Island
Djibouti
32°C 10-20m
Lake Assal
Djibouti
32°C 8-18m
Dahlak Archipelago
Eritrea
33°C 15-25m
Massawa
Eritrea
33°C 10-20m
Dissei Island
Eritrea
32°C 8-15m
Nora and Nokra Islands
Eritrea
32°C 8-15m
Kiunga Marine National Reserve
Kenya
30°C 10-20m
Shimoni and Wasini Island
Kenya
30°C 8-18m
Pemba Island
Tanzania
28°C 10-20m
Ssese Islands, Lake Victoria
Uganda
28°C 6-12m
Lake Kariba
Zambia
27°C 7-13m
Lüderitz
Namibia
15°C 8-18m
Aliwal Shoal
South Africa
24°C 10-20m
False Bay
South Africa
16°C 10-20m
Mossel Bay
South Africa
19°C 10-20m
Durban
South Africa
26°C 10-20m
Salomon Atoll
British Indian Ocean Territory
31°C 10-20m