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Dive sites: Barracuda

Barracuda 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.

France

reef

Hyeres Islands Porquerolles

Hyeres · Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur · France

The largest of the Golden Islands off the French Riviera, where a national park protects pristine Posidonia meadows, dramatic rock formations, and the densest concentrations of grouper and barracuda on the Provencal coast.

Malaysia

pinnacle

Tokong Laut

Kuala Besut · Terengganu · Malaysia

A dramatic offshore pinnacle rising from deep water between the Perhentian Islands, attracting blacktip reef sharks, massive schools of barracuda, and occasional whale sharks in South China Sea currents.

Portugal

open-water

Santa Maria Island Formigas Bank

Vila do Porto · Azores · Portugal

An offshore volcanic bank south of Santa Maria Island in the Azores where massive schools of barracuda, mobula rays, and oceanic pelagics congregate around submerged pinnacles in mid-Atlantic blue water.

Samoa

reef

Fagalele Boys Reef

Apia · Upolu · Samoa

A vibrant outer reef off Samoa's southern coast where healthy hard coral terraces drop into deep water, attracting schooling barracuda, turtles, and occasional hammerhead sharks in warm Polynesian waters.

Spain

reef

El Toro Marine Reserve

Santa Ponsa · Balearic Islands · Spain

A protected marine reserve off southwest Mallorca where huge barracuda schools patrol above pristine Mediterranean reef.

Cabo de Palos Islas Hormigas

Cartagena · Murcia · Spain

A marine reserve off southeast Spain where submerged volcanic pinnacles attract the Mediterranean's largest aggregations of barracuda, eagle rays, and enormous dusky groupers, with dramatic underwater topography and exceptional visibility.