Best artificial reef Dive Sites in the World
Explore top-rated dive spots tagged with artificial reef across multiple destinations.
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wreckHMAS Brisbane Wreck
Mooloolaba · Queensland · Australia
Australia's premier artificial reef, a 133-metre guided-missile destroyer sitting upright on the seabed teeming with fish life just off the Sunshine Coast.
reefBusselton Jetty
Busselton · Western Australia · Australia
The southern hemisphere's longest timber jetty extends nearly two kilometres into Geographe Bay, its pylons encrusted with a kaleidoscopic artificial reef of soft corals, sponges, and invertebrates that rivals tropical diversity.
wreckHMAS Perth Wreck
Albany · Western Australia · Australia
A scuttled Australian Navy destroyer escort in King George Sound, now a heritage-listed artificial reef colonised by massive sponge gardens and temperate fish.
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1Bermuda
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1Canada
1Cayman Islands
1France
1Grenada
1Jordan
1Mexico
1South Africa
1St. Lucia
1Thailand
7King Cruiser Wreck
Phuket · Andaman Sea · Thailand
Car ferry sunk in 1997 between Phuket and Phi Phi Islands. Artificial reef attracting abundant marine life.
HTMS Kut Wreck
Pattaya · Chonburi · Thailand
A decommissioned Royal Thai Navy corvette purposely sunk as an artificial reef near Pattaya, now a thriving marine habitat where barracuda schools patrol the deck and soft corals carpet the superstructure in one of the Gulf of Thailand's premier wreck dives.
HTMS Chang Wreck
Koh Chang · Gulf of Thailand · Thailand
A decommissioned Royal Thai Navy landing craft ship intentionally sunk in 2012 off Koh Chang, now the largest artificial reef in the Gulf of Thailand.
Boonsung Wreck
Khao Lak · Phang Nga Province · Thailand
A collapsed tin-mining dredger off Khao Lak that has become an artificial reef teeming with seahorses, ghost pipefish, and macro critters.
Yong Hua Shipwreck
Koh Lipe · Satun · Thailand
A Chinese cargo vessel resting upright on the seabed south of Koh Lipe, now colonised by soft corals and swarming with resident fish schools, offering the Andaman Sea's most accessible wreck dive with easy penetration for certified divers.
Tanote Bay
Koh Tao · Surat Thani · Thailand
A boulder-strewn bay on Koh Tao's eastern coast where granite formations create swim-throughs and caves, hawksbill turtles rest in crevices, and artificial reef projects have revitalised the marine environment.
HTMS Sattakut Wreck
Koh Tao · Surat Thani Province · Thailand
A purposely sunk Thai Navy vessel off Koh Tao offering penetration opportunities and an expanding artificial reef in the Gulf of Thailand.
Turkey
1United States
2Spiegel Grove Wreck
Key Largo · Florida Keys · United States
A 155-metre former US Navy landing ship dock intentionally sunk in 2002 off Key Largo, now the largest purpose-sunk artificial reef in the world and home to massive goliath groupers and swirling barracuda schools.
USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Key West · Florida Keys · United States
A 160-metre former military transport ship intentionally sunk in 2009 off Key West, creating the second-largest artificial reef in the world and attracting goliath groupers, barracuda, and sea turtles.