Where to Dive in November
The best scuba diving destinations with excellent conditions this month
Excellent Diving
Highlights: Excellent visibility and comfortable temperatures.
Socorro Island
MexicoHighlights: Excellent conditions for encountering giant mantas and sharks.
Lighthouse Reef Atoll
BelizeHighlights: Peak manta ray season, ideal conditions for exploring the atoll.
Roatán
HondurasHighlights: Peak season for whale shark sightings, superb visibility
Coiba National Park
PanamaHighlights: Whale shark season continues, abundant marine life
Grand Cayman
Cayman IslandsHighlights: Excellent visibility and calm seas return. Ideal for all types of diving.
Porto Marie
CuraçaoHighlights: Visibility returns to excellent levels, ideal for exploring the extensive reef.
Mushroom Forest
CuraçaoHighlights: Visibility returns to excellent as the dry season starts.
Bayahibe
Dominican RepublicHighlights: Visibility improves, good for reef diving
La Romana
Dominican RepublicHighlights: Prime diving season begins, exceptional visibility and calm seas.
Samaná Peninsula
Dominican RepublicHighlights: Prime diving season begins, exceptional visibility and calm seas, start of whale migration.
Port Salut and Les Cayes
HaitiHighlights: Excellent visibility, abundant reef fish.
Montego Bay Marine Park
JamaicaHighlights: Excellent visibility, abundant marine life.
Ocho Rios
JamaicaHighlights: Excellent diving conditions, beginning of peak season.
Runaway Bay
JamaicaHighlights: Prime diving season, clear waters and abundant marine life.
Northwest Montserrat
MontserratHighlights: Peak turtle nesting season, high chance of spotting them.
Rendezvous Bay
MontserratHighlights: Ideal for exploring the shallow reefs and observing marine life.
Fajardo
Puerto RicoHighlights: Manta ray season in full swing, excellent visibility
Vieques
Puerto RicoHighlights: Manta ray season, excellent visibility, bioluminescent bay tours
Colombier Bay
Saint BarthélemyHighlights: Excellent visibility, start of the dry season.
Pain de Sucre
Saint BarthélemyHighlights: Excellent visibility, start of the dry season, abundant reef life.
Sandy Point, St. Kitts
Saint Kitts and NevisHighlights: Excellent visibility, start of the dry season.
Charlestown, Nevis
Saint Kitts and NevisHighlights: Excellent visibility, start of the dry season.
Oualie Beach, Nevis
Saint Kitts and NevisHighlights: Excellent visibility, start of the dry season.
Sint Maarten Marine Park
Saint MartinHighlights: Excellent diving conditions, start of the dry season. Ideal for wreck diving.
French Marine Reserves
Saint MartinHighlights: Start of the dry season, prime diving conditions with excellent visibility and marine life.
Store Bay, Tobago
Trinidad and TobagoHighlights: Excellent visibility, start of whale shark season.
Mt. Irvine, Tobago
Trinidad and TobagoHighlights: Excellent visibility, start of whale shark season.
Grace Bay
Turks and Caicos IslandsHighlights: Excellent visibility, start of humpback whale migration.
West Caicos
Turks and Caicos IslandsHighlights: Start of manta ray season, excellent visibility
Northwest Point
Turks and Caicos IslandsHighlights: Start of manta ray season, good for drift diving
St. John
U.S. Virgin IslandsHighlights: Excellent conditions, potential for manta ray sightings
Galápagos Islands
EcuadorHighlights: Warm season begins, excellent visibility and marine life.
Los Roques Archipelago
VenezuelaHighlights: Start of the dry season, superb diving
Los Frailes
VenezuelaHighlights: Manta ray season begins, large congregations possible
Banco Chinchorro
MexicoHighlights: Peak manta ray season, good chance of whale sharks
Veracruz Reef System
MexicoHighlights: Excellent visibility, good for seeing larger marine life
Flower Garden Banks
United StatesTurneffe Atoll
BelizeHighlights: Peak manta ray season, great for spotting larger pelagics.
Glovers Reef Atoll
BelizeHighlights: Peak manta ray season, excellent opportunities to see larger marine life.
Cocos Island
Costa RicaHighlights: Hammerhead shark season, good for large schools
Caño Island
Costa RicaHighlights: Start of dry season, excellent visibility, humpback whale season begins
Catalina Islands
Costa RicaHighlights: Start of dry season, excellent visibility, humpback whale season begins
Gulf of Papagayo
Costa RicaHighlights: Peak manta ray season, excellent visibility.
Drake Bay
Costa RicaHighlights: Start of dry season, excellent conditions for diving at Caño Island.
Pico Bonito National Park
HondurasHighlights: Calm seas, excellent for exploring the reef
Solentiname Islands
NicaraguaHighlights: Start of dry season, excellent diving conditions
Bocas Del Toro
PanamaHighlights: Excellent visibility, ideal for exploring shipwrecks
San Blas Islands
PanamaHighlights: Dry season, clear waters and abundant marine life.
Scrub Island
AnguillaHighlights: Good visibility, start of whale migration season
Prickly Pear Cays
AnguillaHighlights: Good visibility, start of whale migration season
South Coast of Antigua
Antigua and BarbudaHighlights: Manta ray season begins
South Coast of Aruba
ArubaHighlights: Conditions are excellent as the dry season begins. Manta ray sightings become more frequent.
East Coast of Aruba
ArubaHighlights: Conditions are good for drift diving and exploring the diverse marine life.
West Coast of Aruba
ArubaHighlights: Conditions are excellent for relaxed diving. Abundant marine life.
Northern Aruba
ArubaHighlights: Visibility improves, start of manta ray season.
Grand Bahama Island
BahamasHighlights: Visibility improves significantly, start of shark season.
Nassau
BahamasHighlights: Visibility improves significantly, start of shark season.
Carlisle Bay
BarbadosHighlights: Excellent visibility, abundant sea turtle population
The West Coast
BarbadosHighlights: Excellent diving conditions, start of the dry season.
The South Coast
BarbadosHighlights: Start of the dry season, excellent conditions.
Folkestone Marine Park
BarbadosHighlights: Start of the dry season, excellent conditions for marine life observation.
South Shore
BermudaHighlights: Early season whale shark sightings possible offshore
Eastern Blue Hole
BermudaCastle Harbour
BermudaTortola and Surrounding Waters
British Virgin IslandsVirgin Gorda and Neighboring Sites
British Virgin IslandsHighlights: Manta ray season continues, excellent diving conditions.
Cooper Island
British Virgin IslandsHighlights: Manta ray season, excellent reef diving.
Anegada
British Virgin IslandsHighlights: Excellent visibility, good chance to see rays.
Salt Island
British Virgin IslandsHighlights: Manta ray season in full swing, great encounters possible.
Cayman Brac
Cayman IslandsHighlights: Excellent visibility and calm seas. Ideal for exploring the wreck and walls.
Little Cayman
Cayman IslandsHighlights: Manta rays begin to return. Excellent reef diving.
Jardines de la Reina
CubaHighlights: Visibility improves significantly. Shark activity remains high.
Isla de la Juventud
CubaHighlights: Excellent visibility, good for photography.
Bay of Pigs
CubaHighlights: Excellent visibility for exploring wrecks and reefs.
East Point
CuraçaoHighlights: Excellent visibility, manta ray sightings are common.
Marie Pampoen
CuraçaoHighlights: Visibility improves significantly, good for exploring the reef structure.
Playa Kalki
CuraçaoHighlights: Transition to drier season, excellent visibility returns.
Tugboat
CuraçaoHighlights: Visibility improves significantly as the dry season begins.
The Cabrits Dive Centre Zone
DominicaHighlights: Excellent visibility, start of the dry season, good for spotting larger fish.
Pointe Michel
DominicaHighlights: Dry season begins, good visibility, potential for manta rays.
Toucari Bay
DominicaHighlights: Dry season begins, excellent visibility, good for encountering schooling fish.
Punta Cana and Bavaro
Dominican RepublicHighlights: Whale shark sightings possible offshore
Monte Cristi
Dominican RepublicHighlights: Excellent visibility, start of the dry season, good for spotting larger pelagics.
Moliniere Point
GrenadaHighlights: Manta ray season winding down, excellent visibility.
Carriacou
GrenadaHighlights: End of manta ray season, good visibility for exploring.
Grenada's Atlantic Side
GrenadaHighlights: Late manta ray season, good chance of seeing them.
Flamingo Bay
GrenadaHighlights: Excellent visibility, potential for seeing larger reef fish.
La Gonave Island
HaitiHighlights: Excellent visibility, potential for seeing larger reef fish and rays.
Cote des Arcadins
HaitiHighlights: Start of the dry season, calm seas and clear water.
Cap-Haitien and Labadee
HaitiHighlights: Start of the dry season, calm and clear waters.
Ile a Vache
HaitiHighlights: Start of the dry season, calm seas and clear water.
Port Antonio
JamaicaHighlights: Excellent diving conditions, warm and clear waters.
Southeast Montserrat
MontserratHighlights: Excellent for exploring underwater caves and overhangs.
La Parguera
Puerto RicoHighlights: Great diving conditions, good chance of seeing larger pelagics.
Isla de Mona
Puerto RicoHighlights: Great diving conditions, good chance of seeing large schools of fish.
Desecheo Island
Puerto RicoHighlights: Great diving conditions, good chance of seeing pelagic species.
Rincón
Puerto RicoHighlights: Excellent visibility, start of manta ray sightings
Lorient
Saint BarthélemyHighlights: Excellent visibility, start of manta ray sightings
Ile Fourchue
Saint BarthélemyHighlights: Excellent visibility, start of the dry season, good for drift dives.
Anse des Cayes
Saint BarthélemyHighlights: Excellent conditions return, often with calm seas and clear water.
Basseterre, St. Kitts
Saint Kitts and NevisHighlights: Conditions are excellent, good for exploring the diverse marine life.
Frigate Bay, St. Kitts
Saint Kitts and NevisHighlights: Excellent diving conditions, calm seas and clear water.
Nisbet Plantation Beach, Nevis
Saint Kitts and NevisHighlights: Start of the dry season, excellent diving conditions
Soufriere Marine Management Area (SMMA)
Saint LuciaHighlights: Dry season begins, excellent diving conditions
Anse Cochon
Saint LuciaHighlights: Dry season begins, excellent diving conditions
Marigot Bay
Saint LuciaHighlights: Excellent diving conditions, start of the dry season.
Rodney Bay
Saint LuciaHighlights: Excellent diving conditions, start of the dry season.
Man of War Shoal Marine Park
Saint MartinHighlights: Start of the dry season, excellent diving conditions.
Creole Rock
Saint MartinHighlights: Good conditions returning, start of whale season offshore
Bequia
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHighlights: Conditions are excellent, good for spotting turtles and rays
Mustique
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHighlights: Excellent conditions, good for spotting turtles and rays
Tobago Cays
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHighlights: Manta ray season begins, excellent visibility.
Canouan
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHighlights: Excellent visibility, good for spotting larger pelagics.
Mayreau
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHighlights: Excellent visibility, good chance of seeing manta rays.
Union Island
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHighlights: Manta ray sightings continue, good for pelagic species.
St. Vincent's East Coast
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHighlights: Visibility improves, currents can be beneficial for spotting marine life.
Man of War Shoal Marine Park
Sint MaartenHighlights: Excellent visibility, good chance of seeing turtles.
Simpson Bay
Sint MaartenHighlights: Excellent conditions for wreck and reef exploration.
Maho Bay
Sint MaartenHighlights: Excellent conditions for exploring the shallow reefs.
Dawn Beach
Sint MaartenHighlights: Visibility starts to increase significantly. Beginning of the dry season.
Little Bay
Sint MaartenHighlights: Increasing visibility as the dry season begins. Good for exploring the reef.
Speyside, Tobago
Trinidad and TobagoHighlights: Increasing visibility. Beginning of the dry season. Good for spotting larger pelagics.
Crown Point, Tobago
Trinidad and TobagoHighlights: Excellent diving conditions return, good chance to see larger pelagics.
Charlotteville, Tobago
Trinidad and TobagoHighlights: Excellent diving conditions, often good for seeing larger marine life.
Southwest Tobago
Trinidad and TobagoHighlights: Good diving conditions, often a good time to see a variety of marine life.
French Cay
Turks and Caicos IslandsHighlights: Good reef diving, turtle nesting
St. Thomas
U.S. Virgin IslandsHighlights: Manta ray season begins, consistently good visibility
St. Croix
U.S. Virgin IslandsHighlights: Good conditions for exploring the Frederiksted Pier and other dive sites
Buck Island, St. Croix
U.S. Virgin IslandsHighlights: Great visibility, comfortable water temperatures, start of manta ray season.
Villa Traful
ArgentinaHighlights: Excellent visibility, pleasant water temperatures
Fernando de Noronha
BrazilHighlights: Late dry season, still fantastic diving conditions
Highlights: Humpback whales begin to arrive, plankton still present
Easter Island
ChileHighlights: Pre-summer, excellent visibility and pleasant temperatures.
Highlights: Pre-summer, excellent visibility and pleasant temperatures.
Punta de Choros
ChileHighlights: Pre-summer, excellent visibility and pleasant temperatures.
San Andres and Providencia
ColombiaHighlights: Peak manta ray season, excellent diving conditions.
Rosario Islands
ColombiaHighlights: Good visibility, potential for encounters with larger marine life.
Malpelo Island
ColombiaHighlights: Continued excellent hammerhead shark sightings, also whale sharks.
San Cristobal Island
EcuadorHighlights: Warmer waters, good visibility, sea lion pups are abundant.
Stanley
Falkland IslandsHighlights: Excellent visibility and increasing marine activity.
Cape Pembroke
Falkland IslandsHighlights: Excellent conditions for exploring the coastline and its inhabitants.
Jason Islands
Falkland IslandsHighlights: Excellent conditions for exploring the rich underwater ecosystems of the Jason Islands.
South Georgia Island
South Georgia & South Sandwich IslandsHighlights: Abundant marine life, good visibility
South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia & South Sandwich IslandsHighlights: Best chance for clearer waters and marine life
Mochima National Park
VenezuelaHighlights: Excellent visibility and warm waters
Morrocoy National Park
VenezuelaHighlights: Good conditions for spotting larger marine life
Isla Margarita
VenezuelaHighlights: Good conditions for spotting larger marine life