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Dive sites: Octopus

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

Canada

Whytecliff Park

Vancouver · British Columbia · Canada

Canada's first marine protected area and Vancouver's most popular shore dive, featuring giant Pacific octopus, wolf eels, and rich cold-water invertebrate communities.

Egypt

pinnacle

Middle Reef Safaga

Safaga · Red Sea Governorate · Egypt

A submerged coral pinnacle in the centre of Safaga Bay where three reef blocks rise from a sandy seabed, creating a concentrated ecosystem where octopuses, morays, and large schools of glassfish congregate around coral towers in excellent visibility.

Indonesia

muck

Selat Lembeh North

Bitung · North Sulawesi · Indonesia

The northern reaches of the Lembeh Strait, where black volcanic sand slopes host an extraordinary density of rare critters including hairy frogfish, blue-ringed octopus, and Banggai cardinalfish in one of the world's premier muck diving corridors.

Malaysia

muck

Mabul Island – Seaventures House Reef

Semporna · Sabah · Malaysia

One of Southeast Asia's premier muck diving destinations where the silty slopes beneath Mabul's stilted structures host an astonishing density of rare critters including blue-ringed octopuses, mimic octopuses, and hairy frogfish.

US Virgin Islands

reef

Frederiksted Pier

Frederiksted · St. Croix · US Virgin Islands

A legendary shore-entry night dive beneath a commercial pier on St. Croix's west coast, where the pilings host a spectacular concentration of seahorses, octopuses, and bioluminescent creatures in shallow Caribbean water.