Dive sites: Bucket List
Bucket List dive sites — depth, conditions, and required training level.
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Australia
8Osprey Reef - North Horn
Cairns · Coral Sea · Australia
The Coral Sea's premier shark dive, where dozens of grey reef sharks, silvertip sharks, and hammerheads patrol a remote oceanic wall 350 kilometres from the mainland.
Lord Howe Island - Ball's Pyramid
Lord Howe Island · New South Wales · Australia
The world's tallest volcanic sea stack, where Galapagos-like marine life, endemic species, and crystal visibility create one of Australia's most exclusive dives.
Cod Hole
Cairns · Queensland · Australia
A legendary Great Barrier Reef site where enormous, friendly potato cod approach divers for interaction on the pristine Ribbon Reefs.
Ribbon Reefs - Steve's Bommie
Cairns · Queensland · Australia
A legendary coral pinnacle on Ribbon Reef No. 3, where dense soft corals, nudibranchs, and swirling fish schools create arguably the Great Barrier Reef's finest single dive.
Port Lincoln - Great White Shark Cage Diving
Port Lincoln · South Australia · Australia
Australia's only great white shark cage diving destination, where encounters with the ocean's apex predator occur in the Neptune Islands' crystal waters.
Navy Pier
Exmouth · Western Australia · Australia
One of the world's top shore dives, where colossal groupers, octopuses, and whitetip reef sharks patrol the pylons of an active military pier.
Ningaloo Reef - Whale Sharks
Exmouth · Western Australia · Australia
The world's most accessible whale shark encounter, where the planet's largest fish gather along a pristine 260-kilometre fringing reef each autumn.
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.
Bahamas
3Current Cut
Current Settlement · Eleuthera · Bahamas
An exhilarating drift dive through a narrow tidal channel between Eleuthera and Current Island, where currents reach 6-10 knots.
Thunderball Grotto
Staniel Cay · Exuma Cays · Bahamas
A stunning underwater cave made famous by James Bond films, where shafts of sunlight illuminate swirling schools of tropical fish.
Tiger Beach
Freeport · Grand Bahama · Bahamas
The world's premier tiger shark diving destination, offering face-to-face encounters on a shallow sandy bottom.
Belize
1Canada
1Cayman Islands
1Chile
1Colombia
1Costa Rica
1Cyprus
1Dominican Republic
1Ecuador
1Fiji
4Shark Reef Marine Reserve
Pacific Harbour · Beqa Island · Fiji
Fiji's premier shark dive where up to eight species of sharks gather at a single site, including bull sharks at arm's length on an adrenaline-charged feed.
Rainbow Reef
Waiyevo · Taveuni · Fiji
Fiji's most celebrated soft coral reef in the Somosomo Strait where nutrient-rich currents nourish psychedelic soft coral gardens in every colour imaginable, earning its reputation as the soft coral capital of the world.
Beqa Lagoon Shark Dive
Pacific Harbour · Viti Levu · Fiji
The world's premier multi-species shark dive, offering face-to-face encounters with up to eight shark species including bulls and tigers.
Pacific Harbour – Beqa Passage
Pacific Harbour · Viti Levu · Fiji
A deep channel off Fiji's southern coast where organized shark feeds bring up to eight bull shark species within arm's reach, creating one of the world's most intense multi-species shark encounters.
French Polynesia
2South Pass (Tumakohua)
Tetamanu · Tuamotu Archipelago · French Polynesia
The densest shark population on Earth, where over 700 grey reef sharks form a living wall in a pristine UNESCO pass.
Tiputa Pass
Tiputa · Tuamotu Archipelago · French Polynesia
A legendary Tuamotu drift dive where hammerheads, dolphins, and grey reef sharks converge in a thrilling ocean pass.
Iceland
2Strýtan Hydrothermal Cones
Akureyri · Eyjafjörður · Iceland
Unique underwater geothermal chimneys in northern Iceland where hot freshwater vents rise from the seafloor, creating surreal formations found nowhere else at diveable depths.
Silfra Fissure
Reykjavik · Thingvellir National Park · Iceland
A tectonic fissure between the Eurasian and North American plates filled with glacial water offering over 100 metres of visibility — the clearest diving on Earth.
India
1Japan
2Chichijima - Bonin Islands
Chichijima · Ogasawara Islands · Japan
Japan's remote Galapagos where sand tiger sharks, dolphins, humpback whales, and pristine coral reefs reward the 24-hour ferry journey from Tokyo.
Kabira Manta Point
Ishigaki · Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa · Japan
A shallow reef cleaning station off Kabira Bay where manta rays gather in spectacular numbers from summer through autumn.
Maldives
3Hanifaru Bay Manta Aggregation
Dharavandhoo · Baa Atoll · Maldives
A UNESCO Biosphere Reserve bay in Baa Atoll where seasonal plankton concentrations create the largest known feeding aggregations of reef manta rays, with dozens gathering simultaneously in shallow water.
Maaya Thila Night Dive
Maamigili · South Ari Atoll · Maldives
A legendary Maldivian pinnacle that transforms after dark into one of the world's premier night dives, where hunting whitetip reef sharks, free-swimming moray eels, and bioluminescent displays create an unforgettable nocturnal spectacle.
Fotteyo Kandu Channel Dive
Felidhoo · Vaavu Atoll · Maldives
A premier channel dive in Vaavu Atoll where incoming currents funnel grey reef sharks, Napoleon wrasse, and dense pelagic schools past overhangs decorated with spectacular soft coral growth.
Marshall Islands
1Mexico
2El Boiler
Cabo San Lucas · Revillagigedo Archipelago · Mexico
A volcanic seamount off Socorro Island where giant Pacific manta rays approach divers for close, extended encounters in deep blue water.
Roca Partida
Cabo San Lucas · Revillagigedo Archipelago · Mexico
A tiny volcanic rock jutting from the open Pacific, surrounded by swirling walls of sharks, mantas, and humpback whales during winter months.
Micronesia
2Shinkoku Maru
Weno · Chuuk State · Micronesia
A coral-encrusted WWII Japanese oiler resting upright in Chuuk Lagoon, with world-class penetration and haunting artefacts.
Manta Ray Village (Mi'l Channel)
Colonia · Yap State · Micronesia
Year-round guaranteed manta encounters at Yap's shallow cleaning stations, where reef mantas glide within touching distance.
New Zealand
1Palau
2Blue Corner
Koror · Rock Islands · Palau
Palau's premier wall dive where reef sharks, barracuda schools, and eagle rays patrol a current-swept coral plateau.
German Channel
Koror · Rock Islands · Palau
A man-made channel turned world-famous manta ray cleaning station where gentle giants hover just metres from mesmerised divers.
Peru
1Puerto Rico
1Seychelles
1Sri Lanka
1Sudan
2SS Umbria Wreck
Port Sudan · Red Sea State · Sudan
A perfectly preserved 150-metre Italian cargo ship scuttled in 1940 with 360,000 bombs still in her holds, resting on Wingate Reef in the Sudanese Red Sea.
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.