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Dive sites: Atoll

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

Australia

Rowley Shoals

Broome · Western Australia · Australia

Three pristine coral atolls rising from deep ocean 300km off Broome, offering untouched coral gardens, dramatic walls, and powerful tidal channel dives.

Belize

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Glover's Reef Atoll

Dangriga · Stann Creek District · Belize

The southernmost and most remote of Belize's three atolls, a UNESCO World Heritage site where pristine wall diving plunges from shallow coral gardens into the abyss along a ring of reef encircling a turquoise lagoon.

Turneffe Atoll - The Aquarium

Belize City · Turneffe Atoll · Belize

A vibrant wall dive on the western side of Turneffe Atoll, named for its extraordinary diversity of invertebrates and reef fish.

China

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Xisha Islands (Paracel Islands)

Sansha · Hainan Province · China

A remote coral archipelago in the South China Sea where pristine atolls, massive pelagics, and spectacular wall diving remain accessible only to permitted Chinese liveaboard expeditions in one of the ocean's last frontiers.

India

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Bangaram Atoll

Agatti · Lakshadweep · India

A remote coral atoll in India's Lakshadweep archipelago offering pristine reef walls, pelagic encounters, and some of the clearest water in the Indian Ocean.

Kadmat Island

Kadmat · Lakshadweep · India

A remote coral atoll in India's Lakshadweep archipelago offering pristine coral reef diving in gin-clear lagoon waters, with manta rays, sea turtles, and sharks patrolling the outer reef drop-offs far from mainland tourist crowds.

Indonesia

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Taka Bonerate Atoll

Benteng · South Sulawesi · Indonesia

The world's third largest atoll and Indonesia's most remote coral wilderness, offering pristine lagoon diving among 500 coral species, manta rays, and reef sharks in a marine park seeing almost no divers.

Kiribati

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Kiritimati (Christmas Island) London Wreck

London · Line Islands · Kiribati

A shallow World War II landing craft wreck on the reef flat of the world's largest coral atoll by land area, surrounded by some of the most pristine and least explored reefs in the Pacific.

Marshall Islands

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Kwajalein Atoll (Roi-Namur)

Ebeye · Kwajalein Atoll · Marshall Islands

The world's largest coral atoll enclosing a vast lagoon scattered with World War II wrecks and pristine outer reef walls, accessible from the remote military community on Kwajalein Island.

Mexico

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Banco Chinchorro Atoll

Mahahual · Quintana Roo · Mexico

The largest coral atoll in the Northern Hemisphere, a remote UNESCO Biosphere Reserve 30 kilometres offshore with pristine walls, historic shipwrecks, and untouched Caribbean reefs visited by very few divers.

Seychelles

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Aldabra Atoll

Victoria · Aldabra Group · Seychelles

One of the world's largest raised coral atolls and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, offering untouched walls with manta rays, tiger sharks, and marine life of unparalleled abundance.

Desroches Atoll

Desroches Island · Amirantes Group · Seychelles

A remote coral atoll in the Amirantes Group where channel dives through the reef deliver encounters with grey reef sharks, Napoleon wrasses, and eagle rays in some of the Seychelles' most pristine and least-visited waters.

Sudan

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Sanganeb Reef

Port Sudan · Red Sea State · Sudan

The only atoll in the Red Sea, a UNESCO World Heritage site with sheer walls dropping 800 metres, schooling hammerheads, and the richest soft coral displays in the region.

Tuvalu

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Funafuti Conservation Area

Funafuti · Funafuti Atoll · Tuvalu

The marine conservation area on Funafuti Atoll's western rim protects pristine coral reefs and uninhabited islets in one of the world's smallest and most remote nations.