🇬🇺Guam
The Piti Bomb Holes are a series of large craters in a shallow reef flat, created by munitions during WWII. They are now a protected marine sanctuary with an incredible density of fish life, making it a fantastic and easy shore dive for all levels.
🇮🇹Italy
The Plancius was an Italian cargo ship that was sunk in WWI. It's a beautiful deep wreck, sitting upright and largely intact, covered in colorful gorgonian fans. A great dive for technical wreck divers.
🇫🇯Fiji
Plantation Pinnacle is a submerged seamount near Malolo Lailai island. The pinnacle is covered in stunning soft corals and is known for its large population of lionfish and other interesting reef fish.
🇨🇼Alice in Wonderland
Playa Kalki is a beautiful cove with a fantastic and very easy shore dive, often called 'Alice in Wonderland' for its beauty. The healthy, sloping reef is teeming with a huge diversity of corals and fish.
🇨🇦Canada
The PLM 27 was a Free French vessel that sank in WWII. It's one of the most popular wrecks at Bell Island, sitting upright with its deck full of interesting features, making for a great and accessible cold-water wreck dive.
🇦🇼Aruba
Plonco Reef is a beautiful, deep reef with pristine coral formations. It's one of the best places in Aruba to see bushes of black coral, and its depth makes it a good spot to see larger marine life.
🇳🇨New Caledonia
Poindimié, on New Caledonia's east coast, offers access to the UNESCO World Heritage listed lagoon. The diving in the passes is spectacular, with pristine coral reefs, strong currents, and a high chance of seeing manta rays and sharks.
🇺🇸USA
Point Lobos State Natural Reserve is often called the 'crown jewel' of the state park system. The diving here, particularly in Bluefish Cove and Whalers Cove, is on some of the most pristine and beautiful kelp forests in the world.
🇺🇸USA
Point Lobos State Natural Reserve is often called the 'crown jewel' of the state park system. The diving here, particularly in Bluefish Cove and Whalers Cove, is on some of the most pristine and beautiful kelp forests in the world.
🇺🇸USA
Point Lobos State Natural Reserve is often called the 'crown jewel' of the state park system. The diving here, particularly in Bluefish Cove and Whalers Cove, is on some of the most pristine and beautiful kelp forests in the world.
🇮🇩Indonesia
The jetty for the local police station in Lembeh is another fantastic pier muck dive. The rubble and discarded items under the pier provide a habitat for a wealth of critters, and it's another great spot for finding mandarin fish at dusk.
🇪🇬Egypt
Located in front of a police station on Giftun Island, this site offers a nice, easy drift dive along a sloping wall. The wall is covered in healthy hard corals, and it's a good place to spot turtles and moray eels.
🇲🇾Malaysia
The Police Wreck is a series of three decommissioned police boats that were sunk to create an artificial reef. They are now home to a good amount of fish life and are an easy, enjoyable wreck dive for all levels.
🇮🇩Indonesia
The house reef of the Pondok Sari Resort in Pemuteran is a fantastic muck diving site. The mix of sand, artificial reef structures, and a small wooden wreck is a haven for macro life, and it's a very reliable spot for mandarin fish at sunset.
🇲🇿Mozambique
Ponta do Ouro, near the South African border, is one of the premier shark diving destinations in the world. The deep reefs here are a reliable place to encounter a huge variety of sharks, including bull sharks, hammerheads, and sometimes tiger sharks.
🇳🇿New Zealand
The Poor Knights Islands are a marine reserve with a unique mix of subtropical and temperate marine life. The volcanic origins of the islands have created a dramatic underwater landscape of arches, tunnels, and caves, making it a world-class dive destination.
🇨🇦Canada
The waters around Port Hardy, at the northern tip of Vancouver Island, offer incredible critter diving. It's one of the best places in the world to reliably find the giant Pacific octopus and the bizarre-looking wolf eel.
🇨🇦Canada
The waters around Port Hardy, at the northern tip of Vancouver Island, offer incredible critter diving. It's one of the best places in the world to reliably find the giant Pacific octopus and the bizarre-looking wolf eel.
🇻🇺Vanuatu
Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu, offers a great variety of diving. It's known for several excellent wrecks, including the Star of Russia, as well as beautiful coral reefs and interesting cavern dives.
🇫🇷France
Port-Cros is one of Europe's oldest and most effective marine parks. The fish here are abundant and unafraid. Sites like 'La Gabinière' are famous for their huge schools of barracuda and a very large and friendly population of dusky groupers.
🇬🇧United Kingdom
Porthkerris is a famous shore diving location in Cornwall, offering easy access to the beautiful reefs of the Manacles Marine Conservation Zone. It's a great spot for macro life and is a hotspot for seasonal basking shark sightings.
🇵🇹Portugal
Located in a protected marine park, Portinho da Arrábida offers the best diving on the Portuguese mainland. The rocky reefs are a hotspot for macro life, with a huge variety of colorful nudibranchs, octopus, and cuttlefish.
🇨🇼Curaçao
Playa Porto Mari is a beautiful beach with a fantastic double reef system accessible from shore. The site is also home to a coral restoration project and a number of artificial reef balls, making for a varied and interesting dive.
🇮🇹Italy
The Portofino Marine Park is one of the most beautiful and well-protected areas in the Mediterranean. The diving features dramatic drop-offs, huge schools of fish, and is famous for its large, friendly groupers and beautiful red coral.
🇯🇴Jordan
The Power Station is a deep wall dive for more experienced divers. The wall drops steeply into the deep and is a great place to look out into the blue for larger pelagic species like tuna and sharks.