Dive sites: Unesco
Unesco dive sites — depth, conditions, and required training level.
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Belize
3Great Blue Hole
Belize City · Lighthouse Reef Atoll · Belize
A massive marine sinkhole plunging 124 meters deep, adorned with ancient stalactites and patrolled by Caribbean reef sharks.
Glover's Reef Atoll
Dangriga · Stann Creek District · Belize
The southernmost and most remote of Belize's three atolls, a UNESCO World Heritage site where pristine wall diving plunges from shallow coral gardens into the abyss along a ring of reef encircling a turquoise lagoon.
South Water Caye Marine Reserve
Dangriga · Stann Creek District · Belize
A UNESCO-protected marine reserve on the Belize Barrier Reef where pristine coral gardens, patrolling eagle rays, and resident nurse sharks thrive on a remote caye accessible only by boat from Dangriga.
Brazil
2Buraco 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.
Corveta Ipiranga Wreck
Vila dos Remédios · Fernando de Noronha · Brazil
The remains of a Brazilian Navy corvette deliberately sunk as a dive attraction in the UNESCO-protected waters of Fernando de Noronha, now colonised by reef life and surrounded by spinner dolphins and sea turtles.
Colombia
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1Philippines
4Puerto Princesa Underground River Reef
Puerto Princesa · Palawan · Philippines
The coastal reef system fronting the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, where limestone karst geology continues underwater as coral-encrusted walls, overhangs, and swim-throughs fed by freshwater seepage from the world-famous cave system.
Tubbataha North Atoll Approach
Puerto Princesa · Palawan · Philippines
The northern approach to Tubbataha's North Atoll where an immense coral slope meets open Sulu Sea, creating a pelagic highway of hammerheads, mantas, and tiger sharks against a backdrop of pristine reef.
Tubbataha South Atoll
Puerto Princesa · Palawan · Philippines
The southern half of the Philippines' most iconic marine park, a remote oceanic atoll in the Sulu Sea where sheer coral walls plunge into abyssal depths and large pelagics, sharks, and mantas patrol in numbers rarely seen elsewhere in the country.
Tubbataha Reef
Puerto Princesa · Sulu Sea · Philippines
UNESCO World Heritage marine park. Two atolls with pristine walls and pelagic action. Liveaboard only.