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Dive sites: Tropical

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

Bangladesh

Saint Martin's Island

Teknaf · Cox's Bazar District · Bangladesh

Bangladesh's only coral island where colourful reef life and rocky formations offer the country's best snorkelling and shallow diving in the Bay of Bengal.

Brazil

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Recife Shipwreck Corridor

Recife · Pernambuco · Brazil

A dense concentration of over 100 shipwrecks spanning four centuries along the Pernambuco coast, where warm tropical waters and aggressive marine colonisation transform sunken vessels into thriving artificial reefs.

China

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Wuzhizhou Island

Sanya · Hainan Province · China

Hainan's premier dive destination where tropical coral reefs, warm clear waters, and abundant marine life make it China's best recreational diving site.

Colombia

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Tayrona National Park

Santa Marta · Magdalena · Colombia

Colombia's most biodiverse marine park where the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta plunges into the Caribbean, sheltering coral reefs, sea turtles, and reef sharks among granite boulders and tropical jungle backdrop.

French Polynesia

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Anau Manta Point

Vaitape · Leeward Islands · French Polynesia

A shallow coral garden inside Bora Bora's iconic lagoon where manta rays glide over white sand channels between coral heads, framed by the dramatic silhouette of Mount Otemanu.

India

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Havelock Island (Swaraj Dweep)

Port Blair · Andaman Islands · India

A pristine coral reef system off Havelock Island offering exceptional visibility and vibrant marine life in India's most celebrated diving destination.

Grande Island

Vasco da Gama · Goa · India

Goa's premier dive destination off Grande Island featuring rocky reefs, colourful soft corals, and the remains of a sunken ship in warm Arabian Sea waters.

Papua New Guinea

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Wewak WWII Wrecks

Wewak · East Sepik Province · Papua New Guinea

A former Japanese military stronghold where bombed transport ships, landing craft, and aircraft wrecks lie scattered across the bay floor, now smothered in tropical coral growth and teeming with reef fish.

South Africa

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Cathedral Rock Sodwana Bay

Sodwana Bay · KwaZulu-Natal · South Africa

A dramatic pinnacle reef formation on Sodwana Bay's famous Seven Mile Reef, where towering coral structures create cathedral-like swim-throughs teeming with tropical Indian Ocean life.