Dive Sites

Kangaroo Island offers unique Australian wildlife encounters both above and below water. Underwater, it's one of the best places in the world to see the elusive leafy sea dragon, and snorkelers can play with a colony of very friendly and curious Australian sea lions.

The Kansho Maru is a large and very intact freighter sitting upright on the seabed. It's a beautiful wreck to photograph, with a picturesque engine room that is safe for penetration by certified divers.

Kapalai is a luxury water village resort built on a sandbar, and its house reef is a fantastic muck diving site. A series of artificial structures and small wrecks have created a haven for macro life, and it's a great spot for watching mandarin fish mate at sunset.

Karang Barat is an exposed pinnacle in the open sea, often subject to strong currents and swell. This makes it a fantastic site for pelagic action, attracting schools of jacks, barracuda, and occasionally manta rays and mobula rays.

Karang Hatta is a submerged reef near the Banda Islands, known for its spectacular walls and excellent visibility. The walls are covered in massive barrel sponges and gorgonian fans, and it's a great place to spot dogtooth tuna, sharks, and eagle rays passing by.

Karang Koka is a series of submerged pinnacles in the Flores Sea, known for its strong currents and excellent chances of seeing large pelagics. It's an action-packed dive for experienced divers, with grey reef sharks and whitetips being very common.

Karimunjawa is a marine national park north of Java, consisting of 27 islands. It offers very accessible diving on healthy, protected reefs, with a good variety of fish life and several interesting shipwrecks to explore.

Karpata is a stunning shore dive in the Bonaire marine park, known for its dramatic underwater landscape and pristine coral health. The reef drops away steeply, covered in a huge diversity of corals and sponges, with amazing visibility.

Kaş is arguably the best and most popular diving destination in Turkey. It offers a huge variety of sites, including airplane and shipwreck dives, stunning canyons, ancient amphorae fields, and a very healthy turtle population.

Kasai Point offers another stunning wall dive in Moalboal. The wall is covered in beautiful gorgonian sea fans, and the reef is very healthy. It's a great all-around dive site, with plenty of fish life and good opportunities for macro photography.

The Kastom Wrecks near Gizo are a collection of small boats and barges that have been sunk to create an artificial reef and muck diving site. It's a great place to hunt for macro critters like nudibranchs and frogfish.

Kavieng is known for its fast-paced, high-adrenaline drift diving. The channels are swept by strong currents, attracting a huge amount of pelagic life, including large schools of sharks, eagle rays, and tuna. There are also numerous WWII wrecks.

Kayangan Lake is famous for its stunning topside viewpoint, but it also offers a unique dive. The brackish water in this limestone crater has created a surreal underwater landscape of sharp, rocky pinnacles. It's particularly popular with freedivers.

The Kei Islands are a remote archipelago with stunningly beautiful white sand beaches. The diving is still largely exploratory, but features pristine, untouched reefs, clear water, and a high diversity of marine life, far from any crowds.

The cold waters around Cape Town are home to beautiful and enchanting giant kelp forests. Diving through these towering underwater forests is a magical experience, with opportunities to see playful Cape fur seals, shy cow sharks, and a variety of unique critters.

Kenyir Lake is a massive man-made lake that offers a unique freshwater diving experience. Divers can explore the eerie, submerged rainforest, with tree trunks still standing, as well as several intentionally sunk wrecks like boats and cars.

The Kerama Islands are a national park near Okinawa, known for their stunningly clear water (often called 'Kerama Blue') and pristine coral reefs. It's a fantastic and easy dive destination with a huge variety of life and humpback whale sightings in winter.

Keruo Channel is a stunning drift dive between two islands in the Penemu area. The channel walls are vertical and completely covered in a dense tapestry of purple and orange soft corals and massive gorgonian sea fans.

The waters off Key Biscayne feature an artificial reef 'wreck trek', with several small vessels sunk in a line. It's a fun and easy dive, allowing divers to swim from one wreck to the another.

Keystone Jetty on Whidbey Island is a fantastic shore dive for macro life. The rocky jetty is home to a huge variety of critters, and it's a very reliable spot for finding giant Pacific octopus and wolf eels hiding in the crevices.

Kicker Rock is an iconic, split volcanic rock formation. Diving in the channel between the rocks offers a fantastic chance to see schooling hammerhead sharks, Galapagos sharks, and playful sea lions in the strong currents.

Located in the heart of the Coral Triangle, Kimbe Bay in Papua New Guinea is a biodiversity hotspot. It's known for its submerged sea mounts, which act as magnets for marine life, and its exceptionally healthy and diverse hard coral reefs.

The Kimon M is another freighter at Abu Nuhas. It sits deeper than the other wrecks and lies on its starboard side. It's a less-dived but still interesting wreck for advanced divers.