Scuba diving in a new location always brings to the mind of the scuba diver “what are the conditions of the actual dive”. We have assembled a list of scuba dives with the basic information all of us divers want to know about a dive. In the following list we have included the dive name, country where the dive is located, the average water temperature at the dive, the water depth at the dive and the visibility in the water at the dive.
We have included the estimated travel time from Seattle, Washington and Miami, Florida. The travel time is based on the time to travel by airplane, ferry or boat, taxi or bus, and/or any combination of travel. The travel time does not include delays, layovers, transfer times, etc. The travel time is not intended to be exact but give you a sense of the amount of travel time to expect.
Also included is local currency and local language at the dive location. We have included the ideal month for diving which is speculative and will vary from person to person.
Finally, we have included what the scuba dive is best known for. The list can be sorted by any category for your convenience. The list is dynamic, and we will be constantly adding new dives as time goes on.
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| Name | Location | W. Temp. | Depth | Visibility | From Seattle | From Miami | Currency | Language | Best Time | Known For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcyone Cocos | Costa Rica | 75-86F | 33'-130' | Up to 82' | 40h, 32h by boat | 35h, 23h by boat | CRC | Spanish/English | June to July | Hammerheads, white tips, black tips, whale sharks, marble rays, eagle rays, mobula rays, manta rays, turtles, yellow fin tuna, silkies, sailfish, wahoos, dolphins |
| Barra Reef | Mozambique | 70-84F | 15'-54' | Up to 100' | 20h 19m | 16h 35m | Metical | Portuguese | October | Coral reefs, Sailfish, Marlin |
| Barracuda Point - Sipidan Island | Malaysia | 79-86F | 16'-131' | 100+ | 21h 10m | 26h | MYR | Bahasa Malaysia/English | July/August | The waters off Sipadan Island are home to 3,000 species of fish, hundreds of species of coral, an abundance of rays and sharks and large populations of green and hawksbill turtles |
| Bjarnagjá | Iceland | 35-40F | 60' | 300+ | 7h 45m | 11h 40m | Icelandic króna | Icelandic | June/July | Lava ravine where the freshwater in Bjarnagjá is mixed with ocean water that enters it from the end of the fissure giving this 59 feet lava ravine an amazing mix of both fresh and salty water. |
| Black Beauty, Turneffe Island | Belize | 80-84F | 60'-130' | 80' | 7h 48m | 2h 25m | BZD/USD | English | November | Black coral "Tree", turtles, purple gorgonians with ovulids, parrot fish, squirrels, haemulids, angelfish, Nassau groupers and tiger groupers |
| Black Coral Wall, Roatan | Honduras | 81F | 20'-130' | 100+ | 10h 10m | 2h 15m | Honduras Lempira | English, Spanish | April/May | Black Coral |
| Black Rock, Maui | USA | 78F | 0'-40' | 70' | 6h 54m | 12h 27m | USD | English | April/June & September/October | The colour and vertical surfaces are breathtaking. The site is considered to be in the top 5 most beautiful shore dives in the United States, as well as one of the best snorkeling sites. |
| Blade - Southeast Sulawesi (Wakatobi) | Indonesia | 82F | 80'-3425' | 100'-265' | 15h 0m | 20h 14m | Rupiah | Indonesian | April | Rock outcrops |
| Bloody Bay Wall - Little Cayman | Cayman Islands | 76-80F | 300'-1000' | 60'-100' | 6h 11m | 1h 27m | Cayman Dollar | English | April | Reefs, turtles, sharks |
| Blue Beach, Vieques | Puerto Rico | 79F | 40'-100' | 60'-150' | 11h 18m | 3h 57m | USD | Spanish, English | April | Also known as, Playa La Chiva, it is part of the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge, clear water, coral reefs, turtles, spotted eagle rays and bottlenose dolphin |
| Blue Corner Wall - Palau | Micronesia | 82-86F | 16'-130' | 45’ to 60’ Outgoing Tide, 90’+ Incoming Tide | 13h 25m | 20h | USD | English, Palauan | November to May | Blacktip reef sharks, eagle rays, hammerhead sharks, dolphins, whitetips and oceanic whitetips. Other creatures are a little more seasonal, although they too can be spotted at any time. Sightings of whale sharks and manta rays are more likely from January to April. Green and hawksbill turtles can be seen year-round but most frequently during the April to July period. |
| Blue Lagoon, Padang Bai | Bali | 80F | 15'-60' | 15'-90' | 20h 27m | 25h 50m | Indonesian Rupiah | Balinese, Indonesian | June to October | Outstanding visibility with a clear view of stonefish, morays, stargazers, and squids |
| Cabo Pulmo - Baja California | Mexico | 67-86F | up to 70' | 10'-131' | 6h 30m | 6h 50m | MXN | Spanish/English | November to May | Reefs full of fish, mackerels with thousands of fish throughout all year (famous thanks to the National Geographic black and white cover). Bull sharks, hammerhead sharks, mobulas, creating an amazing show underwater and leaping through the surface |
| Cahuita National Park | Costa Rica | 80F | 15'-60' | 20'-70' | 10h 48m | 5h 1m | Costa Rican Colón | Spanish | March/May & September/October | Beautiful fish and sea turtles and reefs populated by rare species of corals |
| Caño Island | Costa Rica | 75-85F | 45'-65' | 45'-90' | 9h 57m | 4h 10m | Costa Rican Colón | Spanish | December to June | Dolphins, Turtles, Whale Sharks and Coral Reefs |
| Christ of the Abyss, Key Largo, Florida Keys, Florida | USA | 75F | 25'-80' | 80'-100' | 7h 50m | 2h 0m | USD | English | June | Coral Reef State park’s center of attraction is a bronze 4000-pound Jesus Christ sculpture, groove coral formations, stingrays and eagle rays. |
| Cod Hole - Northern Great Barrier Reef | Australia | 72-84F | 16'-130' | Up to 180' | 17h 2m | 18h 54m | AUD | English | October | Large Potato Cod |
| Darwin's Arch - Galapagos | Ecuador | 68-83F | 30'-130' | 40'-80' | 8h 7m to Galapagos Islands | 4h 20 min to Galapagos Islands | USD | Spanish/Quichua/English | June to November | Famous for its shark population, huge shoals of whale shark, hammerheads and Galapagos shark. |
| Devil's Den, Williston, Florida | USA | 72F | 54' | 100'-150' | 6h 50m | 1h om | USD | English | Year around | Subterranean river running underneath a collapsed karst window which forms the roof. This feature holds the exclusive title of Williston’s and Florida’s only prehistoric underground. spring. |
| First Cathedral - Lanai, Hawaii | USA | 70-80F | 60'-70' | 100'+ | 7h | 11h 30m | USD | English | April or May | Large lava tube dive, Dolphins |
| Flamenco, Culebra | Puerto Rico | 79F | 15'-65' | 60'-150' | 12h 23m | 9h 0m | USD | Spanish, English | April | one of the 10 most beautiful beaches in the world, shallow turquoise waters, white sand, swimming areas, and diving sites |
| Garður | Iceland | 43-52F | 60' | 300+ | 8h 15m | 12h 10m | Icelandic króna | Icelandic | July | Besides beautiful rock formations, this place can boasts a number of marine species such as wolfish, monkfish, starfish, orcas and white-beaked dolphins. |
| Goofnuw Channel - Yap | Micronesia | 82F | 30'-120' | 80'+ | 12h 15m | 17h 28m | USD | English | March | Mantas - hard coral |
| Great Blue Hole | Belize | 79-84F | 407' | up to 90' | 8h 40m | 5h 30m | BZD/USD | English | November | Caribbean Reef Sharks, Unique Ocean Sinkhole |
| Great White Wall - Tavieuni | Fiji | 75-86F | 45'-60' | 30'-105' | 11h 18m | 14h 25m | Fijan Dollar | Fijan,English | October | Turtles, Mantas, Whales |
| Hanifaru Bay - Baa | Maldives | 82F | 40' | 50'-80' | 17h 2m | 18h 54m | Rufiyaa | Maldivian | December | Whale Sharks |
| Honolua Bay, Maui | USA | 78F | 18'-45' | 70' | 6h 32m | 12h 5m | USD | English | April/June & September/October | The marine preserve features a variety of coral and tame tropical fish, including manta rays, barracuda, omilu, and ulua. |
| Islamorada, Florida | USA | 75F | 10'-110' | 80'-100' | 8h 11m | 2h 21m | USD | English | June | Coral reefs, “The Eagle”- remains of an ancient Dutch vessel |
| Keystone Underwater Park - Whidbey Island, Washington | USA | 44F | 57' | 10'-50' | 2h 5m | 8h 5m | USD | English | July | Kelp Forest, Current, Plumose Anemones, Greeling, Lingcod, Crab |
| Koh Lanta | Thailand | 82-88F | 10'-130' | 50'-120' | 17h 19m | 21h 51m | Thai baht | Thai | February to April | Lionfish, exotic grey reef sharks, needlefish, damselfish and the King Cruiser wreck with the shallowest point at 40 feet under the surface. |
| Koh Lipe | Thailand | 81-88F | 10'-130' | 15'-100' | 20h 50m | 25h 22m | Thai baht | Thai | April to May | Included into Tarutao National Marine Park, rocky formations, boulders, and pinnacles are part of Koh Lipe reefs, leopard sharks, eagle rays, groupers, whale sharks and manta rays. |
| Koh Tao | Thailand | 80-86F | 15'-115' | 30'-90' | 17h 9m | 21h 41m | Thai baht | Thai | March to April | Whale sharks, eagle rays, coral gardens, artificial reefs, limestone formations, and shallow bays |
| Kona Mantas - Big Island, Hawaii | USA | 70-80F | 20'-80' | 100'+ | 6h | 12h | USD | English | March to December | Night diving with Manta Rays |
| Liberty - Bali | Indonesia | 72-78F | 16'-130' | 33'-100' | 20h | 25h 20m | IDR/USD | Indonesian, Balinese, English | April to November | Just 100 feet from shore lies the broken 400 foot long wreckage of the USS Liberty Wreck, a World War II cargo ship. |
| Love Tunnels, Ambergris Caye | Belize | 80-84F | 65'-98' | 150' | 7h 48m | 2h 25m | BZD/USD | English | November | Inside the main attraction are crustaceans, such as red prawns, cleaning prawns, spider crabs, lobsters and crayfish. On the outside, the reef is dominated by hard corals with dozens of purple and ocher gorgonians. The fish are medium and small size, like loreto grammas. |
| Magic Mountain - Raja Ampat | Indonesia | 80-86F | 40'-90' | 65' | 8h 15m | 3h 6m | Rupiah | Indonesian | April | Fish schools and Mantas |
| Manta Point Nuse Penida | Bali | 75-84F | 45' | 30'-90' | 21h 7m | 26h 30m | Indonesian Rupiah | Balinese, Indonesian | November to May | Manta Rays up to 23 feet in length and have distinct patterns on their ventral sides, Mola Mola |
| Mary's (Crack) Place, Roatan | Honduras | 81F | 15'-130' | 100+ | 10h 10m | 2h 15m | Honduras Lempira | English, Spanish | April/May | Canyon walls covered with corals, sponges, and even black coral, in the deepest areas |
| Molokini Back Wall, Maui | USA | 78F | 10'-130' | 70' | 6h 32m | 12h 5m | USD | English | April/June & September/October | Experienced divers drift dive going down to about 80 feet of the back wall of the crater. From the top 200 feet to the bottom the wall hits the ocean floor at over 300 feet. This dive gives you the opportunity to see sharks, dolphins, and whales. |
| Molokini Wall, Maui | USA | 78F | 10'-130' | 70' | 6h 32m | 12h 5m | USD | English | April/June & September/October | World famous drop-off site and a drift dive site for certified divers only. The wall descends to a depth of about 280 feet. As for the current, it is generally mild, allowing a pleasant drift dive. Grey reef sharks, black and white tip sharks, manta rays, turtles, dolphins and many schools of fish |
| Nakwakto Rapids - British Columbia | Canada | 40F | 45' for scenery | 15'-30' | 12h | 18h | CAD | English | Winter for better visibility | Current, Goose and Seashore Barnacles, Anemones, Sponges |
| Netrani Island, Goa | India | 80-86F | 26'-98' | 50' | 16h 14m | 20h 1m | Rupee | Hindi | October to May | humpback whales, minke whales and killer whales |
| Osprey Reef - Coral Sea | Australia | 86F | 100'-6,600' | 30'-180' | 13h 30m | 17h 24m | AUD | English | October | Colorful soft coral - sharks |
| Palancar Horseshoe - Cozumel | Mexico | 78-84F | 0 to 130' | 85'-115' | 7h | 2h 15m | MXN | Spanish/English | December to April | Deep wall dive which reaches more than 130 ft. and slopes that drop off into the dark blue, coral pinnacles, jacks, triggerfish and typically shy turtle. |
| Paliea, Oahu | USA | 78F | 10'-72' | 65' | 7h 10m | 12h 49m | USD | English | April/June & September/October | Sunken ships and airplanes, Sea Cave, an underwater cave near Paliea, located in the eastern part of the island of Oahu at a depth of 66 feet. No less interesting for divers is the underwater cliff Paliea Point, inhabited by amazing inhabitants and often visited by a giant whale shark |
| Pedras Secas - Fernando de Noronha | Brazil | 73-86F | 56' | 100'+ | 13h 25m | 9h 10m | BRL | Portuguese | January to March | Regarded as one of the top 10 dive sites in the world has an impressive rocky formation of tunnels, caverns and canyons, covered with corals and sponges. Squirrelfish, black margates, grunts, sea turtles and sand sharks. |
| Point Lobos-Carmel, California | USA | 50-65F | 20'-100' | 20'-40' | 4h 30m | 8h | USD | English | September/October & April/May | shallow reefs, deep kelp beds, walls, pinnacles, caves, sea stars, seals, sea lions, otters, torpedo rays, rockfish and lingcod |
| Poor Knights | New Zealand | 75F | 60' | 50'-140' | 13h 41m | 15h 49m | NZD | English | October | World’s largest sea cave |
| President Coolidge | Vanuatu | 75-86F | 65'-236' | 50'-115' | 13h 25m | 17h | VUV | English, French, Bislama | June | “S.S. President Coolidge”, a luxury liner that was used as a troop ship during WWII |
| Salt River Canyon - St. Croix | US Virgin Islands | 80F | 200'-500' | 60'-100' | 7h 43m | 2h 34m | USD | English | February | Prehistoric river and waterfall |
| San Francisco Maru - Truk Lagoon, Chuuk | Micronesia | 81-86F | 75'-100' | 80' | 11h 15m | 16h 16m | USD | English | March | Ship Wrecks |
| Scotts Head Pinnacle | Dominica | 84F | 35' | 90'-100' | 7h 29m | 3h 19m | Caribbean Dollar | English | April | Soldierfish and Grunts |
| Seven Seas, Fajardo | Puerto Rico | 79F | 15'-50' | 50' | 9h 41m | 2h 35m | USD | Spanish, English | April | coral reefs, coral caverns, narrow canyons, tunnels & cave systems, parrotfish, damselfish and sergeant |
| Sha'ab Rumi South | Sudan | 75F | 15'-115' | 65' | 15h 0m | 14h 13m | Sudan Pound | Arabic | February | Jacques Cousteau’s Conshelf II experiment |
| Shark Alley, Ambergris Caye | Belize | 80-84F | 5'-30' | 150' | 7h 48m | 2h 25m | BZD/USD | English | November | Sharks |
| Silfra - Thingvellir | Iceland | 35-39F | 21'-54' | 230'-260' | 7h 23m | 7h 31m | Krona | Icelandic | June | The clearest water on Earth - Silfra fissure crack between the North American and Eurasian continental plates |
| Something Special | Bonaire | 80F | 15'-100' | 100'+ | 7h 58m | 1h 27m | USD | Dutch | May | Coral Reefs |
| Strýtan | Iceland | 35-40F | 90'-120' | 50'-60' | 11h 19m | 15h 14m | Icelandic króna | Icelandic | June/July | The world's only diveable hydrothermal vent, Strýtan is a towering cone of minerals accumulated over thousands of years as boiling hot water streams from below ground into the frigid surrounding waters of the fjord. Divers will encounter large Plumose Anemones, nudibranchs, crabs, lumpsucker fish and Wolffish. |
| Superior Producer | Curacao | 80F | 72'-115' | 75' | 7h 55m | 2h 40m | Guilder (ANG) | Dutch | February | Ship Wreck, Barracuda, Lionfish, Mediterranean Moray, Tarpon |
| Temple Garden in Pemuteran | Bali | 80-84F | 15'-90' | 30'-90' | 22h 34m | 27h 50m | Indonesian Rupiah | Balinese, Indonesian | December to February | Archeological dive site and environmental conservation program, underwater Bali temple and statues of Ganesh and Budha and Krishna |
| The Sisters | Trinidad and Tobago | 84F | 130' | 60'-80' | 8h 43m | 3h 30m | TTD | English | January | Drift-dive capital of the Caribbean, Hammerhead Sharks |
| The Top of Dixon, Adaman Islands | India | 80-84F | 59'-98' | 130' | 18h 10m | 21h 57m | Rupee | Hindi | November to March | Giant rocky peaks, multicolored corals, large sponges, barracudas, platax, mackerel, stingrays, Napoleon fish, snappers, Turtles, moray eels, manti and whitefin sharks |
| Thistlegorm - Egyptian Red Sea | Egypt | 72-83F | 53'-82' | 50'-82' | 17h 34m | 17h | EGP | Arabic | June to August | 125m long British army freighter |
| Tiger Beach | Bahamas | 76-82F | 20'-60' | 100'+ | 6h | 1h | BSD/USD | English | October to January | Tiger sharks, reef sharks, lemon sharks, hammerhead sharks, bull sharks. |
| Tiputa Pass - Rangiroa | Frech Polynesia | 82F | 82' | 130'+ | 9h 12m | 10h 38m | Franc | French | February | Drift dives, Gray sharks, Hammerhead sharks, Manta rays and Leopard rays |
| Tubbataha - Palawan | Phillipines | 80F | 65'-200' | 100'+ | 13h 50m | 18h 58m | Piso | Tagalog | March | Reef and extinct underwater volcano |
| Turtle Reef, Maui | USA | 78F | 35' | 120' | 6h 32m | 12h 5m | USD | Englich | April/June & September/October | See the Green Sea turtle is the only indigenous reptile to Hawaii, known as Honu. Other commonly seen is the Hawaiian day octopus(tako), milletseed butterfly fish(Lau wili-wili), Saddleback wrasse(Hinetea) and the Hawaiian cleaner Wrasse. |
| Uvita Island | Costa Rica | 80F | 15'-60" | 20'-70' | 9h 22m | 3h 35m | Costa Rican Colón | Spanish | March/May & September/October | Beautiful fish and sea turtles and reefs populated by rare species of corals |
| Wall Aravind, Pondicherry | India | 80-85F | 98'-114' | 50'-130' | 17h 22m | 21h 9m | Rupee | Hindi | January-June, September-November | whale sharks, mantas, sea snakes, spotted stingrays, sea fans and coral reefs |
| West End Wall, Roatan | Honduras | 81F | 20'-100' | 100+ | 10h 10m | 2h 15m | Honduras Lempira | English, Spanish | April/May | Beautiful drift where you drift along the wall for about 30 minutes at about 80-100 feet, observe eagle rays, barracudas, groupers, lobsters, moray eels … It ends in about 30 minutes in a superb coral garden at 20-30 feet, full of fish, small schools of jacks, safari fish … very exciting! |
| Whale Sharks - Utila | Honduras | 77-84F | 33'-98' | 100'+ | 6h 30m | 2h 15m | Lempira/USD | English/Spanish | March-May | Whale Sharks, Dolphins, Green Turtles, Hawkbills |
| Yongala | Australia | 75-86F | 82'-132' | 32’ to 66’ Depending on time of the year | 18h | 22h 21m | AUD | English | June to August | The Yongala, Australia’s largest and most intact historic shipwreck and come face to face with the charismatic mega marine life of the world heritage Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. |
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