Atlantic12 sites9 countries

Dive sites: Atlantic

Atlantic dive sites — depth, conditions, and required training level.

Bermuda

Hermes Wreck

Hamilton · Bermuda · Bermuda

A deliberately scuttled 50-metre freighter resting upright on Bermuda's sandy seabed, colonised by soft corals and home to massive schools of yellowtail snapper, barracuda, and a resident population of green moray eels in every compartment.

Canada

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Halifax Harbour Shipwrecks

Halifax · Nova Scotia · Canada

The harbour and approaches of Halifax, Nova Scotia harbour centuries of maritime history with dozens of accessible shipwrecks from both World Wars, colonial-era vessels, and merchant ships scattered across the harbour floor and nearby coastline.

Cape Verde

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Sal Island

Santa Maria · Barlavento Islands · Cape Verde

Cape Verde's most accessible diving hub offering lemon shark encounters, volcanic reef topography, and lively Atlantic marine life in reliably warm waters.

Santo Antão

Porto Novo · Barlavento Islands · Cape Verde

Dramatic volcanic pinnacles rising from deep Atlantic waters off Cape Verde's most mountainous island, where manta rays and large pelagics patrol nutrient-rich upwellings.

Gabon

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Pongara National Park

Libreville · Estuaire Province · Gabon

An unexplored frontier of Central African diving where the equatorial Atlantic meets the Gabon estuary, yielding encounters with humpback whales, whale sharks, and pristine rocky reefs.

Ireland

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Aran Islands

Galway · County Galway · Ireland

Three limestone islands at the mouth of Galway Bay where Atlantic walls, kelp forests, and dramatic drop-offs shelter blue sharks, seals, and extraordinary cold-water biodiversity in wild western Ireland.

Morocco

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Essaouira Coast

Essaouira · Marrakech-Safi · Morocco

Atlantic coast diving off the historic port of Essaouira, where cold upwelling currents support kelp forests, large schools of pelagics, and a diverse rocky reef ecosystem sheltered by the Mogador Islands.

Portugal

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Formigas Islets

Vila Franca do Campo · Azores · Portugal

A remote chain of rocky islets and submerged pinnacles in the eastern Azores, designated a marine reserve where mobula rays school in hundreds and blue sharks cruise the nutrient-rich mid-Atlantic waters.

Berlengas Islands

Peniche · Centro · Portugal

A remote UNESCO Biosphere Reserve off Portugal's central coast with crystalline Atlantic waters, granite reef walls, and abundant marine life thriving in a protected marine park.

Senegal

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Gorée Island

Dakar · Dakar Region · Senegal

Rocky volcanic reefs off Senegal's historic Gorée Island where Atlantic grouper, barracuda, and rays inhabit underwater basalt formations rich in West African marine diversity.

N'Gor Island

Dakar · Dakar Region · Senegal

Sheltered volcanic reefs off Dakar's northern coast with resident sea turtles, dense fish life, and some of West Africa's most accessible scuba diving.

Spain

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Abades Bay

Arico · Canary Islands · Spain

A sheltered volcanic bay on Tenerife's southeastern coast offering easy shore diving over lava rock formations where angel sharks, cuttlefish, and Atlantic marine life thrive in the warm Canarian current.