Where to Dive in October

The best scuba diving destinations with excellent conditions this month

Excellent Diving

25-27°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Excellent diving conditions, often considered the best month.

Hurghada
Egypt
25-27°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Excellent diving conditions, often considered the best month.

Dahab
Egypt
25-27°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Excellent diving conditions, ideal for all skill levels.

Marsa Alam
Egypt
26-28°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, manta rays and dolphins common

Tiran Island
Egypt
25-27°C 25-35m Moderate

Highlights: Excellent visibility, prime time for shark sightings

Safaga
Egypt
25-27°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility and comfortable temperatures.

Hamata
Egypt
25-27°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility and comfortable temperatures, manta ray season.

22-25°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Autumn clarity, excellent visibility, diverse marine life

Susah
Libya
22-25°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent autumn conditions, diverse marine ecosystems

Port Sudan
Sudan
27-29°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, manta rays

São Tomé Northern Coast
São Tomé and Príncipe
25-28°C 20-30m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Peak manta ray season, excellent conditions

Príncipe Island
São Tomé and Príncipe
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak manta ray season, world-class diving conditions.

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

Highlights: Excellent visibility, abundant reef life, start of turtle nesting season

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

Highlights: Excellent visibility, abundant reef life, turtle nesting season

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

Highlights: Excellent visibility, abundant reef life, turtle nesting season

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

Highlights: Excellent conditions, start of manta ray season.

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

Highlights: Excellent visibility, start of manta ray season in nearby areas.

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

Highlights: Excellent visibility, start of manta ray season.

Pemba Island
Tanzania
26-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Peak manta ray season, excellent visibility for observing them.

Sodwana Bay
South Africa
23-26°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season begins, excellent coral visibility

Chagos Archipelago
British Indian Ocean Territory
28-30°C 20-30m+ Mild

Highlights: Excellent conditions return, abundant pelagics

Peros Banhos
British Indian Ocean Territory
28-30°C 20-30m+ Mild

Highlights: Excellent conditions return, abundant pelagics

Oran Bay
Algeria
19-22°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Autumn diving, excellent conditions for seeing larger fish.

Jijel
Algeria
18-21°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Autumn diving, excellent conditions for seeing larger fish and potential for octopus mating.

El Gouna
Egypt
25-27°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, good for reef and wreck diving

Farwa Island
Libya
21-23°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent diving conditions before winter.

Agadir
Morocco
20-22°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent autumn conditions, diverse marine life, potential for manta rays

Sha'ab Rumi
Sudan
28-31°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Visibility improves significantly, good chance of seeing pelagics.

28-31°C 25-35m Mild

Highlights: Visibility returns to excellent levels, good for spotting sharks.

Angarosh
Sudan
27-30°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, return of pelagic species

Tabarka
Tunisia
20-23°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, good for macro photography

Mahdia
Tunisia
22-24°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Autumn diving, pleasant temperatures

Monastir
Tunisia
22-24°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Autumn diving, pleasant temperatures

Djerba
Tunisia
23-25°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Autumn diving, pleasant temperatures

Sal Island
Cabo Verde
26-28°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season returns

Santiago Island
Cabo Verde
26-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season returns

Fogo Island
Cabo Verde
26-28°C 15-25m Moderate

Highlights: Manta ray season returns

Maio Island
Cabo Verde
26-28°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season returns

Sassandra
Côte d'Ivoire
27-30°C 12-22m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, start of the season for larger pelagics like sharks and rays.

Cape Point
Gambia
25-28°C 12-22m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, start of the season for larger marine animals.

26-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent diving conditions

Anomabo
Ghana
26-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent diving conditions

26-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent diving conditions

Loos Islands
Guinea
26-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, start of manta ray season

Sangareya Bay
Guinea
26-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, potential for pelagic sightings

26-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season begins

26-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season begins

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

Highlights: Manta ray season begins

Orango Islands
Guinea-Bissau
27-30°C 15-20m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility, start of manta ray season.

27-30°C 15-20m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility, start of manta ray season.

Petite Côte
Senegal
25-28°C 15-20m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility returning, start of the cooler, drier season.

25-28°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Visibility improving, start of turtle nesting season offshore

Casamance Coast
Senegal
25-28°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Visibility improving, start of turtle nesting season offshore

Joal-Fadiouth
Senegal
25-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, potential for manta ray sightings.

Banana Islands
Sierra Leone
25-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, potential for seeing larger pelagics.

Turtle Islands
Sierra Leone
25-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, potential for seeing manta rays.

Sherbro Island
Sierra Leone
26-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, start of the dry season.

Freetown Peninsula
Sierra Leone
26-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, prime diving season begins.

Benguela
Angola
22-25°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Plankton blooms attract smaller fish, which in turn attract larger pelagics.

Lobito
Angola
22-25°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Plankton blooms can attract schools of smaller fish.

Namibe
Angola
21-24°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Plankton blooms can attract schools of smaller fish and their predators.

Ilhéu das Rolas
São Tomé and Príncipe
25-28°C 18-28m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Manta ray season, good visibility

São Tomé Southern Coast
São Tomé and Príncipe
27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Peak manta ray season, superb visibility.

Pedras Tinhosas
São Tomé and Príncipe
27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Peak manta ray season, superb visibility.

Lake Tanganyika
Burundi
26-28°C 12-22m Mild

Highlights: Continued excellent visibility and cichlid activity

Mayotte
Comoros
27-29°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Transition to rainy season, potential for plankton blooms

Gulf of Tadjoura
Djibouti
27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Whale shark season begins, good visibility

28-31°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season begins

Maskali Island
Djibouti
28-31°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray sightings possible

29-32°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Good coral health, diverse marine life

Massawa
Eritrea
29-32°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Wreck diving, good for pelagic sightings

Dissei Island
Eritrea
27-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Peak season for schooling fish and vibrant coral.

27-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Great conditions for exploring the diverse marine life.

27-30°C 18-28m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility, start of manta ray season

27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Peak manta ray season, excellent visibility

27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Peak season for clear waters and abundant fish

27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Peak season for clear waters and abundant marine life

27-30°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Warm waters, good for spotting pelagic species.

Anakao
Madagascar
25-28°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season

Toliara
Madagascar
25-28°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season

Lake Malawi
Malawi
24-26°C 15-25m None

Highlights: Warmer waters, good cichlid activity

Cape Maclear
Malawi
25-28°C 15-22m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility and warmer water, ideal for cichlid spotting.

Nkhata Bay
Malawi
25-28°C 15-22m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility and warmer water, ideal for cichlid spotting.

Likoma Island
Malawi
25-28°C 15-22m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility and warmer water, ideal for observing the abundance of cichlids.

Belle Mare
Mauritius
25-27°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Visibility still good, water warming up. Manta ray sightings become more frequent.

Le Morne
Mauritius
25-27°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray sightings are common. Visibility is still good for exploring.

25-27°C 15-25m None

Highlights: Manta ray season. Good visibility for exploring the reef.

Passe en S
Mayotte
27-29°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Transition to warmer, wetter season, reef fish activity

N'Gouja Reef
Mayotte
27-29°C 15-20m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Transition to warmer season, increased fish activity

M'Bouzi Island
Mayotte
27-29°C 15-25m Mild Rainy

Highlights: Transition to warmer, wetter season, increased fish activity

Sada Pass
Mayotte
26-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray activity

Banc Vailheu
Mayotte
26-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray activity

Ilot Mtsamboro
Mayotte
26-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray activity

25-27°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season, good visibility

Pemba
Mozambique
27-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility, healthy coral

Saint-Gilles
Réunion
24-26°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Warming waters, good visibility

Saint-Leu
Réunion
24-26°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Warming waters, good visibility

Saint-Pierre
Réunion
25-27°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility, chance of turtles

Le Port
Réunion
25-27°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility, chance of turtles

Etang-Salé
Réunion
25-27°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Good visibility, chance of turtles, explore lava formations

Praslin
Seychelles
27-29°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Whale shark season begins again, good visibility.

La Digue
Seychelles
27-29°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Whale shark season begins again, good visibility.

Silhouette Island
Seychelles
27-29°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Whale shark season begins, good visibility for spotting them.

Aldabra Atoll
Seychelles
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season

Outer Islands
Seychelles
27-29°C 20-30m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season

Zanzibar
Tanzania
26-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Peak manta ray season, excellent visibility.

Mafia Island
Tanzania
26-29°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Peak manta ray season, excellent visibility.

Aliwal Shoal
South Africa
21-24°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season begins

False Bay
South Africa
14-17°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, good chance of seeing seals

Mossel Bay
South Africa
17-20°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Excellent visibility, good for exploring reefs

Cape Peninsula
South Africa
14-17°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Great white shark cage diving opportunities

Durban
South Africa
24-27°C 15-25m Mild

Highlights: Manta ray season begins again

Salomon Atoll
British Indian Ocean Territory
28-30°C 20-25m Mild

Highlights: Visibility improving significantly, start of the calmer season.

Good Diving

Ain El Turck
Algeria
23°C 15-20m
Tipaza
Algeria
23°C 15-20m
Annaba
Algeria
23°C 15-20m
Essaouira
Morocco
20°C 15-25m
Taghazout
Morocco
20°C 15-25m
Dakhla
Morocco
21°C 15-20m
Mediterranean Coast
Morocco
23°C 15-25m
Cabo Negro
Morocco
23°C 15-25m
Suakin Archipelago
Sudan
31°C 15-25m
Hammamet
Tunisia
23°C 15-25m
Boa Vista
Cabo Verde
28°C 10-20m
Sao Vicente
Cabo Verde
27°C 10-20m
Grand-Béréby
Côte d'Ivoire
30°C 12-22m
San Pédro
Côte d'Ivoire
30°C 12-22m
Assinie
Côte d'Ivoire
30°C 10-20m
Fajara Beach
Gambia
28°C 10-20m
Bijilo Underwater Park
Gambia
29°C 10-20m
Lagos Lagoon
Nigeria
30°C 6-12m
Tarkwa Bay
Nigeria
29°C 12-18m
Saloum Delta
Senegal
27°C 8-15m
Luanda
Angola
29°C 10-20m
Bioko Island
Equatorial Guinea
29°C 10-15m
Corisco Island
Equatorial Guinea
29°C 10-15m
Annobón Island
Equatorial Guinea
30°C 15-20m
Elobey Grande and Elobey Chico
Equatorial Guinea
30°C 8-18m
Loango National Park
Gabon
29°C 8-18m
Port-Gentil
Gabon
29°C 8-18m
Mayumba National Park
Gabon
27°C 10-20m
Moheli Marine Park
Comoros
30°C 12-20m
Grande Comore
Comoros
30°C 12-20m
Anjouan
Comoros
29°C 12-22m
Moucha Island
Djibouti
31°C 10-20m
Lake Assal
Djibouti
31°C 10-20m
Lake Tana
Ethiopia
26°C 5-9m
Shimoni and Wasini Island
Kenya
30°C 10-20m
Nosy Be
Madagascar
28°C 10-20m
Mahajanga
Madagascar
29°C 15-25m
Ifaty
Madagascar
28°C 15-25m
Andavadoaka
Madagascar
28°C 15-25m
Bazaruto Archipelago
Mozambique
28°C 15-20m
Tofo Beach
Mozambique
28°C 15-20m
Ponta do Ouro
Mozambique
28°C 15-20m
Nacala
Mozambique
27°C 15-20m
Inhaca Island
Mozambique
26°C 15-20m
La Possession
Réunion
28°C 15-25m
Mahe
Seychelles
28°C 15-25m
Inner Islands
Seychelles
29°C 15-25m
Ssese Islands, Lake Victoria
Uganda
28°C 7-13m
Lake Kariba
Zambia
27°C 8-15m
Lake Tanganyika
Zambia
27°C 10-20m
Lake Kariba
Zimbabwe
26°C 8-15m
Chinhoyi Caves
Zimbabwe
22°C 15-20m
Swakopmund and Walvis Bay
Namibia
16°C 10-20m
Lüderitz
Namibia
15°C 8-18m
Protea Banks
South Africa
25°C 10-20m
The Garden Route
South Africa
18°C 10-20m
Plettenberg Bay
South Africa
20°C 10-20m