Best mediterranean Dive Sites in the World
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Croatia
6Blue Cave (Bisevo Island)
Komiza · Central Dalmatia · Croatia
A legendary sea cave on Bisevo Island where sunlight refracts through an underwater entrance, illuminating everything in ethereal blue.
Svetac Island
Komiza · Central Dalmatia · Croatia
A remote and forbidden volcanic island harbouring the Adriatic's rarest black coral forests on sheer underwater cliffs.
Mljet Island
Dubrovnik · Dubrovnik-Neretva County · Croatia
Croatia's greenest island with a forested national park and dramatic underwater cliffs along its southern coast, where walls plunge into the deep Adriatic channel revealing red coral, gorgonian gardens, and Mediterranean lobster.
SS Baron Gautsch
Rovinj · Istria · Croatia
A majestic Austro-Hungarian steamship sitting upright on the Adriatic seabed, Croatia's most celebrated wreck dive.
Red Rocks Brela
Brela · Makarska Riviera, Dalmatia · Croatia
A vibrant reef site along the dramatic Makarska coastline where iron-rich red rock formations host dense Mediterranean marine life beneath the towering Biokovo mountains.
Brbinjscica Bay
Zadar · Zadar County · Croatia
A pristine bay on the eastern coast of Dugi Otok island in the Zadar archipelago, where dramatic underwater cliffs, Posidonia meadows, and rocky reef support diverse Adriatic marine life in exceptional visibility.
Cyprus
2Cape Greco
Ayia Napa · Famagusta District · Cyprus
Crystal-clear sea caves and dramatic underwater canyons on Cyprus's southeastern tip, with visibility reaching 40 metres.
MV Zenobia
Larnaca · Larnaca District · Cyprus
A 172-metre Swedish ferry lying on her side at 42 metres, consistently ranked among the world's top ten wreck dives.
France
4Lavezzi Islands
Bonifacio · Corsica · France
A granite archipelago in the Strait of Bonifacio between Corsica and Sardinia, where powerful currents deliver exceptional visibility and support dense grouper populations in a strictly protected marine reserve.
Scandola Nature Reserve
Porto · Corsica · France
A UNESCO World Heritage volcanic peninsula where red gorgonian forests and huge groupers thrive in crystal-clear Corsican waters.
Calanques National Park
Marseille · Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur · France
Dramatic limestone cliffs plunging into the Mediterranean, sheltering over 40 dive sites rich in gorgonians and groupers.
Hyeres Islands Porquerolles
Hyeres · Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur · France
The largest of the Golden Islands off the French Riviera, where a national park protects pristine Posidonia meadows, dramatic rock formations, and the densest concentrations of grouper and barracuda on the Provencal coast.
Greece
5Marathon Reef
Nea Makri · Attica · Greece
An ancient reef off the legendary Marathon coast where sea turtles glide over Posidonia meadows near historic battlegrounds.
Saronida Cave
Athens · Attica · Greece
A hidden underwater cavern on the Athens Riviera offering atmospheric cave diving just 40 minutes from the Greek capital.
Marathonisi 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.
Zakynthos - Navagio Area
Zakynthos Town · Ionian Islands · Greece
Diving beneath the towering white cliffs of Shipwreck Beach on Zakynthos, exploring underwater caves, blue holes, and Mediterranean reef teeming with life.
Mykonos Paradise Reef
Mykonos Town · South Aegean · Greece
A vibrant rocky reef off Mykonos's southern coast where granite boulders and volcanic formations create swim-throughs and overhangs sheltering groupers, octopuses, and Mediterranean barracuda in crystal-clear Aegean waters.
Israel
1Italy
8Strait of Messina - The Mountain of Scilla
Scilla · Calabria · Italy
A legendary underwater monolith rising 20 metres from the seabed, carpeted in gorgonians and surrounded by powerful currents.
Punta Campanella Marine Reserve
Sorrento · Campania · Italy
A marine protected area at the tip of the Sorrentine Peninsula where ancient Roman ruins meet Mediterranean reef walls, offering dramatic diving beneath the cliffs that separate the Bay of Naples from the Amalfi Coast.
Portofino Marine Reserve
Santa Margherita Ligure · Liguria · Italy
The iconic Italian Riviera underwater, where the Christ of the Abyss statue guards walls draped in red coral and gorgonians.
Tremiti Islands
Foggia · Puglia · Italy
A tiny Adriatic archipelago off the Gargano coast where ancient Diomedes legend meets pristine Mediterranean marine reserve, featuring dramatic grottos, Posidonia meadows, and some of Italy's clearest water.
Nereo Cave
Alghero · Sardinia · Italy
The largest underwater sea cave in the Mediterranean, hidden beneath Capo Caccia with 300 metres of tunnels adorned in red coral and golden star corals.
Pantelleria Punta Spadillo
Pantelleria · Sicily · Italy
A dramatic volcanic wall dive off Italy's most remote island, halfway between Sicily and Tunisia, where underwater lava formations, thermal vents, and exceptional visibility create a unique Mediterranean diving experience.
Ustica Island
Palermo · Sicily · Italy
Italy's oldest marine protected area, a volcanic island sheltering half the Mediterranean's marine species in crystalline waters.
Pomonte Wreck (Elviscot)
Pomonte, Elba · Tuscany · Italy
A shallow, easy-access wreck lying just 60 metres offshore from an Elba village beach, split in two and teeming with Mediterranean reef life.
Lebanon
1Libya
1Malta
3Comino Caves
Mgarr (Gozo) · Comino · Malta
A network of sea caves and tunnels on the tiny island of Comino between Malta and Gozo, where Mediterranean light creates extraordinary blue illumination effects in caverns accessible to recreational divers.
Blue Hole (Gozo)
Dwejra, Gozo · Gozo · Malta
A natural vertical chimney in the limestone coast of Gozo that drops to a stunning underwater arch at 15 metres before opening to a dramatic wall plunging into the deep blue.
Cirkewwa Arch
Mellieha · Northern Malta · Malta
Malta's most popular shore dive combines a dramatic natural arch, coral-encrusted reef, and the nearby MV Rozi tugboat wreck in crystalline Mediterranean water accessible to all certification levels.
Morocco
1Spain
4El Toro Marine Reserve
Santa Ponsa · Balearic Islands · Spain
A protected marine reserve off southwest Mallorca where huge barracuda schools patrol above pristine Mediterranean reef.
Medes Islands
L'Estartit · Catalonia · Spain
Seven protected islets off Costa Brava harbouring the Mediterranean's densest concentration of dusky groupers and gorgonians.
Cabo de Palos Islas Hormigas
Cartagena · Murcia · Spain
A marine reserve off southeast Spain where submerged volcanic pinnacles attract the Mediterranean's largest aggregations of barracuda, eagle rays, and enormous dusky groupers, with dramatic underwater topography and exceptional visibility.
Columbretes Islands
Castellon de la Plana · Valencian Community · Spain
Remote volcanic archipelago 50 kilometres offshore with crystalline visibility and enormous groupers in a strict marine reserve.
Tunisia
2Tabarka Needles Reef
Tabarka · Jendouba Governorate · Tunisia
Dramatic needle-shaped rock pinnacles rising from a coral-encrusted seabed off Tabarka, hosting some of the last remaining red coral colonies in the Mediterranean alongside grouper, barracuda, and dense gorgonian forests.
Zembra Island
Sidi Daoud · Nabeul Governorate · Tunisia
A UNESCO-listed marine reserve off the Cap Bon peninsula, Zembra Island offers sheer underwater cliffs draped in gorgonians, massive grouper populations, and some of the clearest water in the central Mediterranean.
Turkey
3Kekova Sunken City
Demre · Antalya Province · Turkey
The partially submerged ruins of the ancient Lycian city of Simena along Kekova Island's northern shore, where earthquake-collapsed stone walls, staircases, and harbour works descend into clear Mediterranean water.
SAS Wreck (St. Didier) Antalya
Antalya · Antalya Province, Mediterranean Coast · Turkey
A purposely scuttled French Navy patrol vessel resting upright on a sandy bottom off Antalya, providing an accessible and marine-life-rich wreck dive on Turkey's Turquoise Coast.
Fethiye Twelve Islands
Fethiye · Muğla Province · Turkey
A scenic archipelago of pine-covered islands in the Gulf of Fethiye offering sheltered Mediterranean diving with amphora-strewn reefs, underwater caves, and a thriving population of loggerhead turtles.