Dive Sites

Manado Tua is a dormant volcano and the largest island in the Bunaken Marine Park. Its steep, black sand slopes and deep walls offer a different type of diving to Bunaken, with a higher chance of seeing large pelagics like eagle rays and dogtooth tuna.

Mandolin Point is a wall dive with a prominent point that juts out into the current. This makes it a great place to see large schools of fish, including fusiliers and unicornfish, and there's always a chance of spotting eagle rays or sharks in the blue.

Mango Bay is a large, shallow, and protected bay on the north side of Koh Tao. Its calm, clear water and sandy bottom make it one of the most popular sites on the island for beginner dive training and for snorkelers.

The Mangrove dive site at Nusa Lembongan is a gentle and beautiful drift dive over a vast, healthy, sloping coral garden. The current does the work as you glide over fields of hard and soft corals teeming with colorful reef fish.

Manihi is another stunning Tuamotu atoll, historically the center of French Polynesia's black pearl industry. The Tairapa Pass is a fantastic drift dive, with a reliable manta ray cleaning station and a healthy population of reef sharks.

Manijin Island, part of the Isles of Scilly, offers beautiful temperate-water diving. Divers can explore dense kelp forests, play with curious grey seals, and visit a number of historic shipwrecks.

This preserve in Lake Michigan is home to a fantastic collection of incredibly well-preserved 19th-century shipwrecks. The cold, fresh water has kept the wooden schooners and steamships in amazing condition.

This preserve in Lake Michigan is home to a fantastic collection of incredibly well-preserved 19th-century shipwrecks. The cold, fresh water has kept the wooden schooners and steamships in amazing condition.

The Manolis L was a paper carrier that sank in Newfoundland. This huge wreck lies on its side and is a fantastic cold-water dive, now a thriving artificial reef covered in colorful anemones and home to a lot of fish life.

Located in the south of Komodo, Manta Alley is a renowned site for manta ray congregations. In the right season, dozens of mantas can be seen feeding on plankton in the channel or hovering over cleaning stations on the reef.

Manta Bay is another shallow, protected bay on Nusa Penida where manta rays often come to feed on plankton. While encounters are less guaranteed than at Manta Point, it's a very popular spot for snorkelers and beginner divers to see these magnificent animals.

Manta Bowl is the premier dive site in the Ticao Pass, a submerged shoal that serves as a cleaning and feeding station for reef manta rays. The currents can be very strong, so divers often use reef hooks to stay in place and watch the show.

Manta Point, off the coast of Pemba Island, is another excellent manta ray cleaning station. The site is a submerged pinnacle where manta rays are frequently seen, particularly during the northeast monsoon season.

Also known as Manta Sandy, this is a world-famous cleaning station for reef mantas in the Dampier Strait. The reliable encounters and shallow depth make it an incredible experience for divers of all levels, who can observe the mantas up close.

Also known as Karang Makassar, this site is a long, shallow channel famous for its manta ray population. It's less of a coral reef and more of a drift over a rubble field, but it contains several cleaning stations, making it one of the most reliable places in Komodo for manta encounters.

Not to be confused with other 'Manta Points', this site near Sangalaki in the Derawan Islands is another fantastic manta ray cleaning station. The gentle currents make for an easy drift dive over the reef as you watch for mantas getting cleaned.

Manta Point is a famous dive site off Nusa Penida, Bali, where reef manta rays congregate year-round to be cleaned by small reef fish. The water can be chilly and plankton-rich, but the reward is almost guaranteed encounters with these gentle giants.

Manta Ray Bay is another of Yap's premier manta ray cleaning stations, located in the Goofnuw Channel. It's a very reliable site with easy conditions, where divers can observe multiple mantas being cleaned by the resident wrasse.

Manta Ray Bommie, off North Stradbroke Island, is one of the best places in Australia to see manta rays. This shallow pinnacle is a cleaning station that attracts numerous mantas during the summer months. Leopard sharks are also very common.

Located in the Boulari Pass near Noumea, Manta Ray Reef is a reliable cleaning station for reef manta rays. Divers can hook in and watch as these graceful animals glide in to be cleaned by the resident wrasse.

Manta Reef is Tofo's most famous dive site. It's a series of cleaning stations on a deep reef where giant manta rays can be seen almost year-round. It's not uncommon to see a dozen or more of these massive, graceful animals on a single dive.

Manta Ridge is another cleaning station in the Dampier Strait, but this one is for more experienced divers. The shallow ridge is exposed to strong currents, which is what attracts the manta rays, but requires good buoyancy and experience to dive safely.

Manta Sandy is one of the most reliable places in Raja Ampat to see reef manta rays. It is a well-established cleaning station on a sandy bottom, where divers can kneel behind a line of rocks and watch as multiple mantas gracefully circle and hover over the coral heads.