Where to Dive in May

Highlights: Manta ray season in full swing, large schools of hammerheads.

Highlights: Whale shark season continues, manta rays possible

Highlights: Peak visibility, diverse marine life including Garibaldi.

Highlights: Stable and clear

Highlights: Manta ray season in full swing

Highlights: Consistent geothermal warmth

Highlights: Coral spawning events, abundant marine life

Highlights: Peak manta ray season, good for schooling fish

Highlights: Peak manta ray season, ideal for macro photography

Highlights: Excellent visibility, abundant reef fish

Highlights: Peak visibility and calm seas

Highlights: Manta ray season begins, clear waters

Highlights: Best visibility of the year, clear waters, abundant reef fish

Highlights: Excellent visibility, clear waters, ideal for photography

Highlights: Peak dry season, exceptional clarity

Highlights: Excellent visibility, calm seas, ideal for exploring the famous natural pools (Galés).

Highlights: Peak season for hammerhead sharks, excellent visibility.

Highlights: Water begins to warm significantly. Visibility improves. Shipwreck diving season opens.

Highlights: Water begins to warm significantly. Visibility improves. Shipwreck diving season opens.

Highlights: Anemone and invertebrate blooms

Highlights: Start of warmer season, good marine life

Highlights: Good conditions for observing other marine life like sea lions.

Highlights: Dolphins and sea lions are active

Highlights: Dolphins and sea lions are very active

Highlights: Warm waters, good chance of seeing sea turtles.

Highlights: Excellent visibility, abundant marine life in kelp forests.

Highlights: Good visibility, abundant fish life

Highlights: Warmer water, good for exploring kelp forests

Highlights: Spring bloom, good visibility and potential for seal sightings.

Highlights: Warmer waters, good for seeing reef sharks and turtles.

Highlights: Manta ray season, good for schooling fish

Highlights: Transition to rainy season, still good diving

Highlights: Manta ray sightings begin

Highlights: Manta ray sightings begin

Highlights: Turtle nesting season begins

Highlights: Turtle nesting season begins

Highlights: Warmer water, still good visibility. Start of potential for dolphin pods.

Highlights: Warmer water, still very good visibility. Potential for dolphin sightings near the surface.

Highlights: Warmer waters, good for macro photography

Highlights: Good visibility, vibrant reef life

Highlights: Warm waters, good chance to see juvenile turtles.

Highlights: Warm waters, good for seeing juvenile fish.

Highlights: Warm waters, good for seeing juvenile reef inhabitants.

Highlights: Turtle nesting season begins

Highlights: Turtle nesting season begins

Highlights: Turtle nesting season begins

Highlights: Warmer waters, plankton blooms can start to appear, attracting smaller fish.

Highlights: Still good chances for large pelagics, though numbers may start to decrease.

Highlights: Still good chances for encountering large pelagics. Water is warmer.

Highlights: End of turtle nesting, warmer waters

Highlights: Plankton blooms can reduce visibility slightly

Highlights: Plankton blooms can affect visibility

Highlights: Slightly reduced visibility due to potential plankton blooms, but still excellent.

Highlights: Peak season for many reef inhabitants.

Highlights: Abundant marine life thriving in the sheltered areas.

Highlights: Turtle nesting season begins

Highlights: Warming waters, still good visibility, start of potential for smaller pelagics.

Highlights: Warmer waters, visibility can be slightly reduced by plankton.

Highlights: Warmer water, visibility may decrease slightly due to plankton.

Highlights: Start of warmer waters, good for macro life.

Highlights: Warmer waters, good for macro photography.

Highlights: Warmer water, good for spotting smaller marine life.

Highlights: Warmer waters, good for spotting juvenile fish.

Highlights: Warming waters, increased marine life activity.

Highlights: Warming waters, increased activity of smaller reef fish.

Highlights: Turtle nesting season begins

Highlights: Turtle nesting season begins on beaches

Highlights: Warmer waters, potential for turtle nesting sightings.

Highlights: Warmer waters, good visibility, possibility of seeing juvenile turtles.

Highlights: Warmer waters, good visibility, possibility of seeing manta rays.

Highlights: Still great visibility, warmer water.

Highlights: Still great visibility, warmer water.

Highlights: Warm water, possibility of turtle nesting.

Highlights: Warmer water, possibility of seeing juvenile turtles.

Highlights: Warmest water, good for spotting smaller marine life.

Highlights: Warming waters, good for spotting juvenile turtles and smaller reef fish.

Highlights: Start of warmer waters, good fish activity

Highlights: Warmer water, increased fish activity

Highlights: Warmer waters, increased marine life activity

Highlights: Warm waters, vibrant coral life. Expect to see a variety of reef fish.

Highlights: Warm waters, good visibility. Manta ray sightings may decrease towards the end of the month.

Highlights: Good visibility, start of turtle nesting season.

Highlights: Good visibility, start of turtle nesting season.

Highlights: Turtle nesting continues, good chance of seeing juvenile turtles.

Highlights: Manta ray season continues, good for macro life

Highlights: Manta ray season continues, strong currents can be present

Highlights: Manta ray sightings begin

Highlights: Manta ray sightings begin, good reef diving

Highlights: Warm waters, good visibility, start of turtle nesting season.

Highlights: Excellent visibility and comfortable water temperatures

Highlights: Good visibility, potential for whale shark sightings offshore

Highlights: Autumn, good visibility and calmer seas

Highlights: Manta ray season begins to pick up. Water is cooler but visibility improves.

Highlights: Excellent visibility and calm seas. Ideal for exploring shipwrecks and reefs.

Highlights: Cooler season begins, plankton blooms can occur, attracting more pelagics.

Highlights: Good visibility, chance to see schooling fish and sea lions.

Highlights: Good visibility, chance to see larger pelagics like rays.

Highlights: Peak visibility, excellent for marine life encounters

Highlights: Consistent warm temperatures