Dive Destinations
27 dive destinations across 5 ocean regions.
Egypt
Egypt — Red Sea Walls, Desert Coast, and Living Coral
The Egyptian Red Sea is one of the last places on earth where you can reliably encounter large aggregations of reef fish, healthy hard coral, and abundant pelagic life within a short boat ride of shore. Two distinct regions — the northern resorts and the far south wilderness — offer completely different encounters within the same country.
Egypt · 2025
Egypt – El Gouna and the Northern Red Sea
El Gouna anchors the northern Red Sea circuit — Sahl Hasheesh's protected bay reef, the coral pinnacles of Abu Nugar, the ship graveyard at Abu Nuhas, and Umm Gamar's current-washed walls. Four days, seven sites, the full character of the northern system.
Egypt · 2025
Egypt – Marsa Alam and the Far South
South of Marsa Alam the coast empties out — fewer boats, quieter reefs, and the kind of diving that reminds you how much difference distance from a harbour makes.
Tanzania
Tanzania — Zanzibar, the Serengeti, and the Indian Ocean
Tanzania sits at the junction of two extraordinary natural systems — the East African savannah inland, and the western Indian Ocean coastline. Zanzibar's Mnemba Atoll holds some of the healthiest coral in the region; Mafia Island is one of the largest whale shark aggregation sites in the world; and the mainland offers the Serengeti within a two-hour flight.
Tanzania · 2024
Zanzibar and Mnemba Atoll – Indian Ocean Drift
Mnemba Atoll sits 3 kilometres off Zanzibar's northeast tip, protected and unhurried — a no-take zone where hawksbill turtles commute between coral heads like they're late for something.
Indonesia
Indonesia — Archipelago, Coral Triangle, and the World's Best Diving
Seventeen thousand islands spanning five thousand kilometres of the equatorial Pacific — Indonesia is the Coral Triangle's beating heart. Nowhere on earth holds more marine species, more active volcanoes, more distinct cultures, or more extraordinary diving. The challenge is not finding somewhere worth going; it is choosing.
Indonesia · 2024
Komodo – Mantas, Dragons, and Ripping Current
Komodo National Park sits at the convergence of the Flores Sea and the Indian Ocean — cold upwellings, ripping tidal currents, and one of the most intact reef ecosystems in the Coral Triangle. Thirteen dives across the park's major current-driven and sheltered sites.
Indonesia · 2024
Nusa Lembongan & Nusa Penida – Mola Mola, Mantas, and the Bali Current
Nusa Lembongan sits just twenty minutes by fast boat from Sanur — small enough to cross by scooter in an hour, yet surrounded by some of the most productive dive water in all of Bali. In August the mola mola rise from depth.
The Maldives
Maldives — Atolls, Reefs and Island Life
One thousand two hundred islands spread across the Indian Ocean like a scattered necklace — the Maldives is as much an experience above the water as below it. Overwater bungalows, local island culture, and some of the most biodiverse reef systems on the planet exist within a few nautical miles of each other.
The Maldives · 2026
Below the Equator: Fuvahmulah, Huvadhoo and Addu
The deep south runs 500 kilometres below Malé across three distinct locations — Fuvahmulah's tiger shark walls, Huvadhoo's channel aggregations, and Addu's WWII wreck — each driven by the same Indian Ocean upwelling that keeps the water cold and the predators close.
The Maldives · 2026
Thila Country: South Ari Atoll from Omadhoo
Eight dives across South Ari Atoll's thila systems from a base on Omadhoo — Fish Head's grey reef shark aggregations, Mahaana Thila's split pinnacle, Banana Reef's crescent wall, and the house reef at night.
The Philippines
The Philippines — 7,641 Islands and the Heart of the Coral Triangle
7,641 islands scattered across the western Pacific, at the epicentre of the Coral Triangle. The Philippines holds some of the most biodiverse reef systems on earth alongside white-sand beaches, volcanic landscapes, colonial towns, and a diving culture built around the world's only thresher shark cleaning station.
The Philippines · 2025
Dauin and Apo Island – Muck Diving and the Marine Sanctuary
Negros Oriental's southwest coast runs two entirely different dives in the same day: Dauin's volcanic black sand slopes where frogfish and pygmy seahorses occupy every square metre, and Apo Island's marine sanctuary where hawksbill turtles and walls of jackfish make the case for what protected reef looks like.
The Philippines · 2025
Malapascua – Thresher Sharks and Kalanggaman Island
Malapascua at dawn: descend to the seamount before the sun clears the horizon and wait, motionless, for the thresher sharks to arrive for their cleaning station appointment.
Bonaire
Bonaire — Caribbean Shore Diving and Coral Restoration
A small Dutch island in the southern Caribbean with one of the most accessible and well-preserved reef systems in the Atlantic. Yellow-painted rocks mark entry points along the entire leeward coast — park, kit up, and wade in. No boat, no briefing, no waiting.
Bonaire · 2017–2019
Bonaire – East Coast
Bonaire's east coast faces into the trade winds — rougher water, sparser diving infrastructure, but Lac Bay is a sheltered lagoon of extraordinary clarity where turtles rest on the sand and the mangroves meet the reef.
Bonaire · 2017–2019
Bonaire – West Coast North
The northern stretch of Bonaire's leeward coast runs from Karpata down through 1000 Steps and into the Washington Slagbaai National Park — the least-dived, most dramatic reef on the island.
Bonaire · 2017–2019
Bonaire – West Coast South
South of Kralendijk the coast flattens into salt pans and the reef becomes shallow, calm, and dense with life — Klein Bonaire sits a short water-taxi ride offshore and its no-take wall is among the healthiest reef in the Caribbean.
Curaçao
Curaçao — Dutch Caribbean, Coral Walls, and Willemstad
Curaçao sits at the southern edge of the Caribbean, outside the hurricane belt and close enough to the equator that the water is warm year-round. The walls start shallow and drop into blue nothing — Willemstad's pastel-coloured waterfront is one of the most visually distinctive cities in the Dutch Caribbean, and the turtles treat the reef like a commute.
Curaçao · 2017
Curaçao – The Leeward Coast After Dark
Curaçao rewards the diver who ignores the boat schedule — park roadside, walk in, and find yourself alone on a wall that drops 300 metres with no one else in sight.
Italy
Portofino – The Christ, the Red Coral, and the MPA
The Portofino Marine Protected Area compresses everything the Mediterranean does well into a few kilometres of Ligurian coastline — red coral at depth, grouper the size of dogs, and a bronze Christ standing in 17 metres of green water.
Italy · 2015
Portofino Marine Park – Three Days, Six Dives
Three days diving the Portofino Marine Protected Area in June 2015 — six sites covering the Cristo statue, the red coral walls, the Mohawk Deer wreck, and the outer reef structures of Secca Gonzatti, Altare, Vessinaro, and Testa del Leone.
Malta
Malta — Mediterranean Clarity, Wrecks, and Limestone Coastline
Three islands in the central Mediterranean, midway between Sicily and North Africa. Malta is compact enough to cross in 30 minutes, old enough to predate the Romans, and clear enough underwater — visibility routinely exceeds 30 metres — that a single week covers its finest sites from multiple angles.
Malta · 2023
Gozo – The Blue Hole, Dwejra, and the Um El Faroud
Gozo is the smaller, quieter island northwest of Malta — and the better diving. The Blue Hole at Dwejra, the Inland Sea swim-through, and the Um El Faroud wreck at 36 metres make it one of the most concentrated dive destinations in the Mediterranean.
Malta · 2023
Malta – Wrecks, Caves, and the Blue Hole
The Mediterranean in June: clear water, a wreck graveyard on the south coast, and a cave system that rewards every dive differently.
Jordan
Jordan — Red Sea, Desert, and Ancient Stone
Jordan packs more contrast into a single itinerary than almost anywhere else: an intact Red Sea reef at the northernmost point of the coral world, the carved city of Petra, the silence of Wadi Rum, and the Dead Sea at the lowest point on earth. The diving is the least-known part and possibly the best.
Jordan · 2014–2016
Aqaba – The Red Sea's Northernmost Reef
Aqaba sits where Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt share 27 kilometres of Red Sea coastline — one of the world's most geopolitically compressed dive destinations, and one of its most underrated.