Dive sites: Beginner
Beginner dive sites — depth, conditions, and required training level.
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Egypt
4Abu Galawa Soraya
Marsa Alam · Red Sea Governorate · Egypt
A picture-perfect reef in the Fury Shoal system featuring a photogenic sailboat wreck in crystal-clear shallows, a turquoise lagoon, and pristine coral pinnacles teeming with tropical fish.
Hurghada Small Giftun Island
Hurghada · Red Sea Governorate · Egypt
The protected reef system around Small Giftun Island in the Hurghada Marine Park, where strict access controls have allowed coral recovery and marine life to flourish beyond what is found on the mainland reefs, making it the area's premium dive destination.
Marsa Shouna
Marsa Alam · Red Sea Governorate · Egypt
A shallow protected bay south of Marsa Alam where calm turquoise water, dense coral gardens, and resident green turtles create one of Egypt's finest sites for beginners and underwater photographers.
Safaga Tobya Kebir
Safaga · Red Sea Governorate · Egypt
A large reef system in Safaga Bay where a coral-encrusted plateau drops to sandy slopes rich in soft corals, offering relaxed diving among dense anthias clouds, green turtles, and the occasional eagle ray in characteristically excellent Red Sea visibility.
Germany
1Indonesia
4Nusa Penida Manta Bay South
Klungkung · Bali · Indonesia
A sheltered bay on Nusa Penida's southern coast where oceanic manta rays gather at cleaning stations year-round, offering reliable encounters with these gentle giants over coral bommies in relatively shallow, accessible water.
Pulau Kadidiri
Ampana · Central Sulawesi · Indonesia
A small island in the Togean archipelago surrounded by house reefs of stunning diversity, where coconut crabs patrol the forest above while mandarin fish, pygmy seahorses, and whale sharks patrol the waters below.
Pantai Merah (Pink Beach)
Labuan Bajo · East Nusa Tenggara · Indonesia
Komodo's famous Pink Beach where crushed red coral fragments tint the sand blush-pink, and the house reef just offshore shelters an astonishing density of hard corals, turtles, and reef fish.
Siaba Kecil
Labuan Bajo · East Nusa Tenggara · Indonesia
A turtle paradise near Komodo where shallow coral gardens host one of the densest green turtle populations in Indonesia, making it the region's premier snorkel and easy-dive site.
Italy
1Japan
1Malaysia
1Maldives
1Mexico
1Netherlands
1Philippines
3Cebu Bantayan Island
Cebu City · Cebu · Philippines
A low-lying coral island off Cebu's northern tip where crystal-clear shallow reefs, seagrass meadows, and gentle wall dives provide relaxed diving among sea turtles, reef fish, and pristine hard coral gardens far from the Visayas dive circuit.
Honda Bay
Puerto Princesa · Mimaropa · Philippines
A sheltered island-dotted bay near Puerto Princesa offering easy coral reef diving, abundant marine life on shallow house reefs, and access to multiple island snorkel sites in one day.
Sunken Cemetery
Catarman · Northern Mindanao · Philippines
A hauntingly beautiful volcanic dive site where a 19th-century cemetery lies submerged after a massive eruption, now colonized by corals and reef fish around sunken tombstones and a giant cross memorial.
Spain
2Las Galletas
Las Galletas, Tenerife · Canary Islands · Spain
A sheltered volcanic reef on Tenerife's sunny south coast where green turtles graze, stingrays rest in the sand, and angel sharks patrol the volcanic rubble.
Museo Atlantico
Playa Blanca, Lanzarote · Canary Islands · Spain
Europe's only underwater sculpture museum, with over 300 life-sized human figures creating a haunting artistic landscape on the volcanic seabed off Lanzarote.
Thailand
2Racha Yai Bay 1
Phuket · Phuket · Thailand
A gently sloping hard coral reef in the main bay of Racha Yai Island, known for crystal-clear water, resident turtles, and thriving staghorn coral gardens ideal for all experience levels.
Koh Mak
Trat · Trat Province · Thailand
A small, car-free island in Thailand's eastern Gulf where shallow coral gardens, bamboo shark encounters, and seahorse-rich seagrass beds offer gentle diving in warm, calm waters far removed from the crowds of nearby Koh Chang.