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Dive sites: Historical

Historical dive sites — depth, conditions, and required training level.

Cambodia

Koh Tang

Sihanoukville · Sihanoukville Province · Cambodia

A remote Cambodian military island with pristine, rarely-dived reefs teeming with healthy coral, reef sharks, and large schools of fish in crystal waters.

Chile

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Robinson Crusoe Island (SMS Dresden)

San Juan Bautista · Juan Fernandez Archipelago · Chile

A WWI German cruiser scuttled in 1915 lies in the remote Juan Fernandez Archipelago, surrounded by endemic marine species found nowhere else on Earth.

Finland

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Kronprins Gustav Adolf Wreck

Mariehamn · Aland Islands · Finland

A well-preserved 18th-century Swedish warship resting in the cold, dark waters of the Aland archipelago, offering advanced wreck divers a rare encounter with maritime history in the Baltic Sea.

India

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Malvan Sindhudurg Fort

Malvan · Maharashtra · India

A coastal reef surrounding the historic Sindhudurg sea fort off Maharashtra's Konkan coast where rocky substrate, recovering coral gardens, and the fort's submerged walls create western India's most accessible scuba diving experience.

Indonesia

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Banda Neira

Banda Neira · Banda Islands · Indonesia

The legendary Spice Islands' volcanic walls delivering jaw-dropping encounters with hammerhead sharks, pristine coral reefs, and some of the most dramatic underwater topography in Indonesia.

Israel

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Caesarea Underwater Archaeological Park

Caesarea · Haifa District · Israel

The world's first underwater museum and archaeological park, where divers explore the submerged remains of King Herod's Roman harbour with marked trails, ancient columns, and shipwreck anchors in clear Mediterranean shallows.

Jamaica

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Port Royal Sunken City

Kingston · Kingston Parish · Jamaica

The submerged remains of the 17th-century pirate capital destroyed by a catastrophic 1692 earthquake, where colonial-era buildings, walls, and artifacts lie beneath the shallow waters of Kingston Harbour.

Latvia

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Liepaja Northern Forts

Liepaja · Baltic Sea · Latvia

Haunting underwater ruins of a 19th-century Russian military fortress slowly reclaimed by the Baltic Sea, offering eerie exploration among collapsed fortifications and WWII debris in shallow Latvian waters.

Lebanon

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Sidon Sea Castle Ruins

Sidon · South Governorate · Lebanon

Shallow archaeological diving beneath the 13th-century Crusader Sea Castle of Sidon, where Phoenician harbour remains, scattered amphora fragments, and ancient stone blocks are colonised by marine life in the warm Lebanese shallows.

Marshall Islands

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USS Saratoga – Bikini Atoll

Majuro · Bikini Atoll · Marshall Islands

The massive WWII aircraft carrier USS Saratoga rests upright on the floor of Bikini Atoll's lagoon, a ghostly monument to Operation Crossroads.

Montenegro

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Bigova Bay Wrecks

Tivat · Kotor Municipality · Montenegro

A secluded bay near the entrance to the Bay of Kotor sheltering multiple wreck sites from different eras, including Austro-Hungarian naval vessels and Yugoslav-era patrol boats resting on a sandy seabed surrounded by reef life.

Papua New Guinea

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Rabaul Wrecks

Rabaul · East New Britain Province · Papua New Guinea

A graveyard of Japanese WWII warships and aircraft in a volcanically active harbour, where history and marine life merge beneath the warm waters of New Britain.

Philippines

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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.

Sri Lanka

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HMS Hermes Wreck

Trincomalee · Eastern Province · Sri Lanka

The world's first purpose-built aircraft carrier, sunk by Japanese bombers in 1942, now resting upright on the seabed as one of Asia's greatest wreck dives.

Sweden

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Norrköping Wrecks

Norrköping · Östergötland · Sweden

A collection of remarkably preserved wooden and iron shipwrecks in the brackish Baltic Sea off Norrköping, where cold, low-salinity water inhibits decay and preserves maritime history.