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.
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