Best marine park Dive Sites in the World
Explore top-rated dive spots tagged with marine park across multiple destinations.
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Albania
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Australia
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reefJulian Rocks
Byron Bay · New South Wales · Australia
Where tropical and temperate currents collide at a volcanic rock outcrop, drawing leopard sharks, manta rays, turtles, and grey nurse sharks to Byron Bay's marine park.
reefSolitary Islands Marine Park
Coffs Harbour · New South Wales · Australia
A marine park off Coffs Harbour where tropical and temperate ocean currents collide, creating one of Australia's most biodiverse underwater environments with an extraordinary mix of grey nurse sharks, manta rays, tropical fish, and temperate species.
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.
reefNingaloo 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.
Bahamas
1Barbados
1Brazil
3Abrolhos Marine National Park
Caravelas · Bahia · Brazil
Brazil's first marine national park protecting the largest coral reef system in the South Atlantic, home to endemic mushroom-shaped coral formations called chapeiroes and seasonal humpback whale breeding grounds.
Buraco da Raquel
Vila dos Remedios · Fernando de Noronha · Brazil
A dramatic volcanic rock formation with natural tidal pools teeming with octopuses and reef fish in UNESCO-protected Fernando de Noronha.
Ilha das Cabras
Ilhabela · Ilhabela · Brazil
A beginner-friendly ecological sanctuary just 100 metres from shore, home to a Neptune statue and abundant marine life in Ilhabela's protected waters.
British Virgin Islands
1Cayman Islands
1Egypt
2Hurghada 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.
Samadai Lagoon Approach
Marsa Alam · Red Sea Governorate · Egypt
The outer reef approach to Shaab Samadai's protected dolphin lagoon, where pristine coral walls, cleaning stations, and resident spinner dolphin pods offer world-class encounters at a carefully managed Red Sea site.
Greece
2Marathonisi Turtle Island
Zakynthos Town · Ionian Islands · Greece
A small uninhabited island in Laganas Bay on Zakynthos's south coast, situated within the National Marine Park of Zakynthos where loggerhead sea turtles nest and Mediterranean reef life thrives in protected waters.
Alonissos National Marine Park
Patitiri, Alonissos · Northern Sporades · Greece
Greece's first national marine park, protecting pristine Aegean reefs, Mediterranean monk seal habitat, and ancient shipwrecks across a vast archipelago of uninhabited islands.
Indonesia
1Jamaica
1Kenya
1Malaysia
2Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park
Kota Kinabalu · Sabah · Malaysia
A five-island marine park just minutes from Kota Kinabalu city center, offering surprisingly rich coral gardens and accessible reef diving in Sabah's capital waters.
Redang Marine Park Center
Kuala Terengganu · Terengganu · Malaysia
The protected heart of Redang Island's marine park where a coral rehabilitation centre anchors diving among recovering reef gardens, blacktip reef sharks patrol the shallows, and conservation meets recreation.
Mauritius
1Mexico
1Morocco
1Mozambique
1Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1South Africa
2Two Mile Reef
Sodwana Bay · KwaZulu-Natal · South Africa
The southernmost tropical coral reef in Africa, packed with over 1,200 species of reef fish, curious potato bass, and seasonal whale shark sightings.
Smitswinkel Bay Wrecks
Cape Town · Western Cape · South Africa
A bay within the Table Mountain National Park where five deliberately scuttled ships create an artificial reef complex in sheltered False Bay waters, attracting dense marine life and offering Cape Town's best multi-wreck dive experience.
Spain
1Taiwan
1Tanzania
2Chole Bay
Kilindoni · Mafia Island · Tanzania
A sheltered bay within Mafia Island Marine Park offering pristine coral walls, whale shark encounters, and over 400 fish species far from tourist crowds.
Mafia Island Whale Sharks
Kilindoni · Mafia Island · Tanzania
The waters off Mafia Island's western coast host East Africa's most reliable whale shark aggregation from October to March, with juvenile and sub-adult sharks feeding in shallow plankton-rich channels.
Thailand
4Koh Lipe Stonehenge
Koh Lipe · Andaman Sea · Thailand
Massive boulder formations resembling Stonehenge create dramatic swim-throughs and archways on the southwest side of Koh Lipe in the Tarutao Marine Park.
Koh Rang Marine Park
Koh Chang · Gulf of Thailand · Thailand
Pristine uninhabited island in Mu Koh Chang National Marine Park with some of eastern Thailand's healthiest coral reefs and crystal-clear shallow waters.
Torinla Bay
Khao Lak · Phang Nga · Thailand
A pristine coral bay in the Surin Islands marine park where Moken sea gypsy knowledge guides divers to hidden reef gardens, sea turtle nesting grounds, and some of Thailand's healthiest shallow coral formations.
Ang Thong Marine Park
Koh Samui · Surat Thani · Thailand
A protected archipelago of 42 limestone islands west of Koh Samui where sheltered reefs between dramatic karst formations harbour healthy coral gardens, reef sharks, and sea turtles in the Gulf of Thailand's most scenic marine park.