Where to Dive in September
The best scuba diving destinations with excellent conditions this month
Excellent Diving
Highlights: Excellent visibility, abundant reef fish, start of plankton blooms
Tobermory, Ontario
CanadaHighlights: Water starts to cool, but visibility remains good. Good for exploring wrecks.
Brockville, Ontario
CanadaHighlights: Water starts to cool, but visibility remains good. Good for exploring wrecks.
Highlights: Continued marine mammal activity
Socorro Island
MexicoHighlights: Conditions remain favorable for large marine life.
Guadalupe Island
MexicoHighlights: Great white sharks are still present, visibility remains good.
La Paz
MexicoHighlights: Conditions improving after rainy season, manta rays possible
Monterey Bay
United StatesHighlights: Visibility may start to decrease slightly, but still great diving.
Channel Islands
United StatesHighlights: Visibility may start to decrease, but marine life is still abundant.
North Carolina Wrecks
United StatesHighlights: Transition to cooler, clearer water
Catalina Island
United StatesHighlights: Late summer, still excellent conditions
Flower Garden Banks
United StatesHighlights: Manta ray season winding down
Saint-Pierre's Coastal Waters
Saint Pierre and MiquelonHighlights: Autumn diving, still good visibility and cooler water, potential for seabird migrations.
Ambergris Caye
BelizeHighlights: Visibility improving, potential for manta rays
Belize Barrier Reef
BelizeHighlights: Visibility improving, potential for manta rays
Lighthouse Reef Atoll
BelizeHighlights: Visibility starts to improve as rainy season ends.
Cocos Island
Costa RicaHighlights: End of rainy season, visibility improving, manta rays present
Roatán
HondurasHighlights: Transition out of rainy season, visibility improving
Coiba National Park
PanamaHighlights: End of rainy season, visibility improving
San Blas Islands
PanamaHighlights: Visibility improves as the dry season begins.
Cayo Largo
CubaHighlights: Rainy season tapering off, visibility improving
East Point
CuraçaoHighlights: Visibility starts to improve, good for general reef exploration.
Porto Marie
CuraçaoHighlights: Rainy season begins, visibility can be variable but generally good.
La Romana
Dominican RepublicHighlights: Visibility improves as rainy season ends, good for exploring wrecks.
Samaná Peninsula
Dominican RepublicHighlights: Visibility improves as rainy season ends, good for exploring diverse marine life.
Moliniere Point
GrenadaHighlights: Visibility improves, manta rays may be seen passing through.
Grenada's Atlantic Side
GrenadaHighlights: Visibility improving significantly, start of manta ray season.
Cote des Arcadins
HaitiHighlights: Visibility improves significantly as rainy season ends.
Cap-Haitien and Labadee
HaitiHighlights: Visibility returns to good levels after the rainy season.
Ile a Vache
HaitiHighlights: Visibility improves significantly as the rainy season concludes.
Port Salut and Les Cayes
HaitiHighlights: Rainy season ending, visibility improving.
Montego Bay Marine Park
JamaicaHighlights: Rainy season tapers off, visibility improves.
Ocho Rios
JamaicaHighlights: Rainy season winding down, visibility improving.
Northwest Montserrat
MontserratHighlights: Visibility starts to improve as rainy season tapers off.
Rendezvous Bay
MontserratHighlights: Visibility starts to improve as rainy season ends.
Fajardo
Puerto RicoHighlights: Visibility improves, smaller fish schooling
Culebra
Puerto RicoHighlights: Visibility starts to improve, juvenile fish
Colombier Bay
Saint BarthélemyHighlights: Rainy season winding down, visibility improving.
Pain de Sucre
Saint BarthélemyHighlights: Rainy season winding down, visibility improving.
Sandy Point, St. Kitts
Saint Kitts and NevisHighlights: Rainy season winding down, visibility improving.
Charlestown, Nevis
Saint Kitts and NevisHighlights: Rainy season ending, visibility starts to improve.
Oualie Beach, Nevis
Saint Kitts and NevisHighlights: Rainy season ending, visibility improving.
Union Island
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHighlights: Visibility returns to good levels, start of manta ray season.
Dawn Beach
Sint MaartenHighlights: Visibility improves as the rainy season ends. Good time for macro photography.
Little Bay
Sint MaartenHighlights: Visibility improves as the rainy season subsides. Good for observing reef structures.
Speyside, Tobago
Trinidad and TobagoHighlights: Visibility improves as the rainy season ends. Good time to see schooling fish.
Store Bay, Tobago
Trinidad and TobagoHighlights: Visibility improving, good chance of seeing schooling fish.
Mt. Irvine, Tobago
Trinidad and TobagoHighlights: Visibility improving, good chance of seeing schooling fish.
Grace Bay
Turks and Caicos IslandsHighlights: Visibility improving as the rainy season ends, good chance of seeing reef sharks.
Buck Island, St. Croix
U.S. Virgin IslandsHighlights: End of rainy season, visibility improving, good for macro life.
Fernando de Noronha
BrazilHighlights: Start of dry season, excellent conditions return
Arraial do Cabo
BrazilHighlights: Spring, visibility improves, start of plankton blooms
Ilha Grande
BrazilHighlights: Spring, visibility improves, start of plankton blooms
Maragogi
BrazilHighlights: Manta ray season continues. Good chance to see these majestic creatures.
San Andres and Providencia
ColombiaHighlights: Excellent visibility, good chance of seeing larger pelagics.
Rosario Islands
ColombiaHighlights: Excellent visibility, good for spotting schools of fish.
Malpelo Island
ColombiaHighlights: Return of hammerhead shark season, large aggregations possible.
Taganga
ColombiaHighlights: Consistent good diving, ideal for macro photography.
Galápagos Islands
EcuadorHighlights: Still good for whale shark sightings, sea lion pups are active.
Los Roques Archipelago
VenezuelaHighlights: Rainy season ending, visibility improving
Morrocoy National Park
VenezuelaHighlights: Waters clearing up after rainy season
Cayo Sal
VenezuelaHighlights: Visibility improves significantly, good for pelagic sightings.