Best coral Dive Sites in the World
Explore top-rated dive spots tagged with coral across multiple destinations.
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Australia
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reefCod Hole
Cairns · Queensland · Australia
A legendary Great Barrier Reef site where enormous, friendly potato cod approach divers for interaction on the pristine Ribbon Reefs.
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.
Bangladesh
1Bonaire
1China
2Weizhou Island
Beihai · Guangxi Province · China
A volcanic island in the Beibu Gulf with China's best-preserved coral reefs, unique geological formations, and warm waters teeming with colourful reef fish.
Wuzhizhou Island
Sanya · Hainan Province · China
Hainan's premier dive destination where tropical coral reefs, warm clear waters, and abundant marine life make it China's best recreational diving site.
Cook Islands
1Egypt
1Fiji
2Great Astrolabe Reef
Vunisea · Kadavu Province · Fiji
One of the world's largest barrier reefs encircling remote Kadavu, with pristine passes, manta rays, and untouched coral gardens.
Namena Marine Reserve
Savusavu · Namena Barrier Reef · Fiji
Fiji's largest marine protected area where pristine coral pinnacles, schooling hammerheads, and vibrant soft coral gardens create world-class reef diving.
India
1Indonesia
3Sawai Bay
Masohi · Maluku · Indonesia
A remote coral bay on the northern coast of Seram Island where pristine fringing reefs meet mangrove-lined shores, offering encounters with reef sharks, giant trevally, and prolific hard coral coverage far from tourist infrastructure.
Biak Island Padaido Reef
Biak · Papua · Indonesia
A remote coral wilderness in Papua's Cenderawasih Bay where WWII relics lie among pristine reefs, whale sharks gather at fishing platforms, and the coral diversity rivals Raja Ampat with a fraction of the visitors.
Anambas Islands
Tarempa · Riau Islands · Indonesia
A remote archipelago in the South China Sea where crystal-clear waters surround untouched coral reefs, granite boulder formations create dramatic underwater landscapes, and isolation ensures virtually zero diver traffic.
Japan
1Kenya
1Malaysia
1Mayotte
1Mexico
2Punta Sur
San Miguel de Cozumel · Quintana Roo · Mexico
Cozumel's deepest and most thrilling wall dive features dramatic coral overhangs, the famous Devil's Throat swim-through, and spectacular drop-offs.
The Canyon San Cristobal
San Miguel de Cozumel · Quintana Roo · Mexico
A dramatic coral canyon on Cozumel's leeward coast where swim-throughs and overhangs shelter nurse sharks, turtles, and enormous sponges.
Micronesia
1New Caledonia
1Oman
1Papua New Guinea
2Milne Bay
Alotau · Milne Bay Province · Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea's muck diving capital where bizarre critters, pristine reefs, and WWII wrecks converge in one of the most biodiverse marine regions on Earth.
Kimbe Bay
Kimbe · West New Britain Province · Papua New Guinea
The coral capital of the world, sheltering 60 percent of Indo-Pacific coral species on seamounts, walls, and pristine reefs.
Samoa
1Saudi Arabia
1South Africa
1Taiwan
1Thailand
3Bida Nok
Koh Phi Phi · Krabi · Thailand
A dramatic limestone island south of Phi Phi with sheer walls plunging to 28 metres, famous for leopard sharks resting on sandy ledges and dense fields of sea fans on its vertical faces.
Twins Pinnacles
Koh Tao · Surat Thani · Thailand
Twin granite pinnacles rising from a sandy seabed off Koh Nang Yuan, beloved by new divers for shallow coral gardens and abundant reef fish in consistently warm, clear Gulf of Thailand water.
Green Rock
Koh Tao · Surat Thani Province · Thailand
A boulder-strewn pinnacle off Koh Nang Yuan famous for swim-throughs, caverns, and a diverse population of reef sharks and turtles.