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Best historic Dive Sites in the World

Explore top-rated dive spots tagged with historic across multiple destinations.

Aruba

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The Antilla shipwreck in Aruba, the largest wreck dive in the Caribbean

Antilla Wreck

Palm Beach · Noord · Aruba

The Caribbean's largest accessible shipwreck -- a 122-metre German freighter scuttled in 1940, teeming with coral and fish life.

Levelall-levels

Australia

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Historic scuba diving photo from the Great Barrier Reef region near the SS Yongala wreck site

SS Yongala

Ayr · Queensland · Australia

Passenger ship sunk in 1911 cyclone. Intact hull encrusted with marine life. One of the world's top wreck dives.

Levelintermediate

Currentmoderate

British Virgin Islands

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RMS Rhone

Road Town · Salt Island · British Virgin Islands

A 19th-century Royal Mail steamer wrecked in an 1867 hurricane, now a coral-encrusted monument in crystal waters.

Levelintermediate

Egypt

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Carnatic Wreck

Hurghada · Red Sea · Egypt

British mail ship sunk in 1869. Oldest diveable wreck in the Red Sea with beautiful coral growth.

Levelintermediate

SS Thistlegorm

Sharm el-Sheikh · Red Sea · Egypt

WWII British cargo ship sunk in 1941. Intact motorcycles, trucks, and locomotives inside the holds.

Levelintermediate

Currentmoderate

Shaab Abu Nuhas

Hurghada · Red Sea · Egypt

Reef with four shipwrecks. Carnatic, Giannis D, Chrisoula K, and Kimon M. A wreck diver's paradise.

Levelintermediate

Salem Express Wreck

Safaga · Red Sea Governorate · Egypt

A 115-metre passenger ferry that sank tragically in 1991, now resting upright on the seabed south of Safaga -- one of the Red Sea's most emotionally powerful wreck dives.

Grenada

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Bianca C Wreck

St. George's · St. George's · Grenada

The 'Titanic of the Caribbean' -- a 180-metre luxury liner resting in deep water, draped in corals and visited by reef sharks.

Currentmoderate

India

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Tarkarli

Malvan · Maharashtra · India

A coastal village on Maharashtra's Konkan coast where the historic Sindhudurg Fort's underwater walls and surrounding rocky reefs offer India's most accessible west coast diving with corals, sea turtles, and diverse fish life in warm Arabian Sea waters.

Indonesia

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USAT Liberty Wreck

Tulamben · Bali · Indonesia

WWII US Army transport ship beached and later pushed offshore by volcanic eruption. Shore-entry wreck dive.

Japan

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Yonaguni Monument

Yonaguni · Okinawa · Japan

Mysterious underwater terraced structure — natural formation or ancient ruins? Japan's most enigmatic dive site.

Levelintermediate

Currentmoderate

Malaysia

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Turtle Tomb

Semporna · Sabah · Malaysia

A haunting underwater cave system beneath Sipadan Island containing the skeletal remains of sea turtles that lost their way.

Maldives

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Banana Reef

Male · North Male Atoll · Maldives

The Maldives' first protected dive site, a banana-shaped reef formation with dramatic cliffs, overhangs, and abundant marine life.

Levelintermediate

Currentmoderate

Malta

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HMS Maori Wreck

Valletta · Malta · Malta

WWII destroyer sunk in 1942 during the Siege of Malta. Shallow wreck with easy shore access.

Philippines

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Sumilon Island

Oslob · Cebu · Philippines

The Philippines' first marine sanctuary, a tiny coral island off Cebu's southern tip where decades of protection have created thriving reef slopes with exceptional hard coral coverage, schooling fish, and a famous shifting sandbar.

Subic Bay USS New York

Subic Bay · Luzon · Philippines

Historic American armored cruiser from the Spanish-American War, scuttled in 1941 to prevent Japanese capture.

Levelintermediate

Twin Peaks Coron

Coron · Palawan · Philippines

WWII Japanese supply ship resting upright in clear water, with intact structure and prolific coral growth covering the hull.

Levelintermediate

Saudi Arabia

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Boiler Wreck

Jeddah · Makkah Province · Saudi Arabia

A century-old coal-fired shipwreck on Abu Madafi reef near Jeddah, named for its two surviving boilers, surrounded by coral caves with stunning light effects and rich marine life.

Levelintermediate

Turkey

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Dimitri Wreck

Kaş · Antalya · Turkey

A WWII-era cargo ship resting on a steep slope off Kaş, one of the most popular deep wreck dives in the eastern Mediterranean.

Kaş Canyon

Kaş · Antalya · Turkey

A dramatic underwater canyon off the coast of Kaş featuring ancient amphora fragments, grouper, and octopus among rocky formations.

Levelintermediate

Kaş Canyon

Kaş · Mediterranean · Turkey

Underwater canyon with ancient amphora, groupers, and Mediterranean marine life in Turkey's diving capital.

Levelintermediate

Afkule Bay

Fethiye · Muğla · Turkey

A scenic bay near Fethiye with submerged ancient ruins, a Byzantine monastery above water, and healthy Mediterranean reef life.

Bodrum C-47 Wreck

Bodrum · Muğla · Turkey

A deliberately sunk Douglas C-47 military transport aircraft resting on a sandy bottom, now an artificial reef teeming with marine life.

Levelintermediate

Saros Bay

Gallipoli · Çanakkale · Turkey

Historic WWI wreck diving in the waters off Gallipoli, where sunken warships rest as underwater memorials to the 1915 campaign.

Levelintermediate

Currentmoderate

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