🇳🇴Norway
The area around Gulen is a paradise for cold-water wreck and macro diving. The fjords are home to several large and well-preserved WWII wrecks, and the rocky reefs are a world-class destination for finding a huge variety of colorful nudibranchs.
🇲🇺Mauritius
Also known as Coin de Mire, this small island off the northern coast of Mauritius, offers several excellent dive sites. The walls are covered in beautiful corals and are a great place to find a wide variety of nudibranchs and the elusive octopus.
🇮🇩Indonesia
Gunung Api is a volcanic island in the middle of the Banda Sea, famous for its incredible population of sea snakes. It's not uncommon to see dozens of these curious (but harmless) banded sea kraits on a single dive, swimming over a healthy hard coral reef.
🇪🇨Ecuador
Guy Fawkes Rocks are a group of four small islets that offer fantastic and varied diving. The area is known for its playful sea lions, a high number of turtles, and seasonal encounters with manta rays.
🇵🇫French Polynesia
Haapiti is a beautiful and easy dive on Moorea's outer reef. It features a stunning, dense garden of hard corals, particularly plate and staghorn corals, and is another fantastic spot to see green and hawksbill turtles.
🇪🇬Egypt
Habili Ali is a submerged reef in the St. Johns system and is considered one of the best dives in the deep south. The walls are covered in giant gorgonian fans and black corals, and it's a fantastic spot to see sharks and other large pelagics.
🇪🇬Egypt
Habili Ali is a submerged reef in the St. Johns system and is considered one of the best dives in the deep south. The walls are covered in giant gorgonian fans and black corals, and it's a fantastic spot to see sharks and other large pelagics.
🇪🇬Egypt
Habili Gafar is a small, deep pinnacle that is a gem of the St. Johns area. The pinnacle is completely covered in a dense and colorful carpet of soft corals and is swarmed by thousands of anthias and other schooling fish.
🇪🇬Egypt
Habili Gafar is a small, deep pinnacle that is a gem of the St. Johns area. The pinnacle is completely covered in a dense and colorful carpet of soft corals and is swarmed by thousands of anthias and other schooling fish.
🇲🇾Malaysia
Hairball is a quintessential muck diving site off Mabul Island. This seemingly barren, silty slope is a treasure trove for macro photographers. It's named for the hairy frogfish often found here, alongside a host of other strange and wonderful critters.
🇧🇿Belize
Half Moon Caye Wall is a spectacular drop-off in the Lighthouse Reef atoll. The wall is covered in huge sponges and pristine corals, and it's a fantastic place to see eagle rays and reef sharks cruising by. The reef top has interesting sand channels and tunnels.
🇮🇩Indonesia
Halik is a beautiful site on Gili Trawangan with a series of coral canyons and ridges on a sloping reef. It's a fantastic spot for seeing turtles and is a great drift dive when the current is running.
🇮🇩Indonesia
Halik is a beautiful site on Gili Trawangan with a series of coral canyons and ridges on a sloping reef. It's a fantastic spot for seeing turtles and is a great drift dive when the current is running.
🇮🇩Indonesia
Halik Reef on Gili Trawangan is a beautiful site with a series of coral canyons and ridges on a sloping reef. It's a fantastic spot for seeing turtles and is a great drift dive when the current is running.
🇮🇩Indonesia
Halmahera is a large island located between Raja Ampat and Lembeh, yet it sees a fraction of the divers. It offers a true sense of exploration, with pristine, untouched reefs, dramatic volcanic underwater landscapes, and a mix of wide-angle and macro opportunities.
🇲🇾Malaysia
Named after the legendary Babylonian wonder, the Hanging Gardens of Sipadan is a stunning wall dive. The wall is terraced and completely covered in a dense blanket of colorful soft corals, gorgonian sea fans, and barrel sponges, creating a breathtaking underwater vista.
🇬🇩Grenada
Happy Valley is a beautiful and very 'happy' reef, with an incredible density and diversity of life. It's an easy dive on a healthy sloping reef, and a great place to see everything from tiny shrimp to large stingrays.
🇮🇹Italy
The MT Haven was a massive supertanker that exploded and sank, creating the largest shipwreck in the Mediterranean. It's an enormous and challenging technical wreck, with the upper decks accessible to some advanced recreational divers, but the majority of the wreck is in deep technical range.
🇫🇲Micronesia
The Heian Maru was a submarine tender and is the largest wreck in Truk Lagoon. Its cargo holds are a treasure trove for military history buffs, containing Long Lance torpedoes, periscopes, and other submarine supplies.
🇵🇭Philippines
Named for its helicopter-like shape, this island offers very easy and pleasant diving on a long, sloping reef. It's a great spot for beginners and for macro lovers to hunt for a variety of colorful nudibranchs.
🇵🇼Palau
The Helmet Wreck is an unidentified Japanese freighter, named for the stacks of helmets found in its cargo hold. It's a fascinating dive, as the holds are also full of other artifacts like ammunition, rifles, and gas masks.
🇦🇺Australia
Heron Island is a famous coral cay and research station on the GBR. It's a major nesting site for green and loggerhead turtles. The diving is very easy, with famous sites like 'The Bommie' which is home to a huge amount of fish life.
🇻🇺Vanuatu
Hideaway Island is home to the world's only underwater post office. It's a fun and easy shore dive in a protected marine sanctuary, perfect for beginners and snorkelers who can mail a waterproof postcard.
🇳🇨New Caledonia
Hienghène is known for its dramatic limestone cliffs, and the underwater scenery is just as spectacular. The diving features cathedral-like archways and tunnels, covered in huge gorgonian sea fans, with a good chance of seeing pelagics.
🇲🇭Marshall Islands
The HIJMS Nagato was the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet and is one of the most famous wrecks at Bikini Atoll. This massive battleship was sunk by the 'Baker' atomic bomb and now rests upside down, a spectacular and historic technical dive.