Dive Sites

Roca Redonda is a remote, submerged volcano that offers a thrilling and advanced dive. The site is famous for its underwater fumaroles that release volcanic gas, and for being a major aggregation site for schooling hammerhead and Galapagos sharks.

Rock Point is a beautiful wall and drift dive at Apo Island. The wall is covered in a dense carpet of healthy hard corals and sea fans, and the gentle current allows for a relaxing dive with lots of fish life and turtle sightings.

Rocky Bay, near Scottburgh, offers beautiful reef diving with a variety of sites. It's a great place for macro photography and is another good spot to see ragged-tooth sharks during their winter aggregation.

Rocky Island is a small, remote island in the deep south, offering some of the most thrilling diving in the Red Sea. Its exposed location means strong currents and a high chance of encounters with sharks, dolphins, and other large pelagics along its sheer walls.

Roma is a spectacular pinnacle dive at Wakatobi. The top of the pinnacle is covered in a beautiful formation of rose-like plate corals, and the entire structure is swarmed by thousands of schooling fish, creating a truly breathtaking sight.

Ron's Point, at the southern tip of Bunaken, offers a different experience with its black sand muck diving. This is a great spot to hunt for rare critters like frogfish, seahorses, and ghost pipefish, providing a nice contrast to the usual wall dives.

The Rosalie Moller was a British cargo ship sunk by German bombers just two days after the Thistlegorm. She sits perfectly upright but in deep water, making this a spectacular but challenging technical wreck dive.

The Rosalie Moller was a British cargo ship sunk by German bombers just two days after the Thistlegorm. She sits perfectly upright but in deep water, making this a spectacular but challenging technical wreck dive.

The Rosalie Moller was a British cargo ship sunk by German bombers just two days after the Thistlegorm. She sits perfectly upright but in deep water, making this a spectacular but challenging technical wreck dive.

Rose Garden in Moorea is a beautiful dive site named for its stunning, terraced formations of Montipora corals that resemble giant roses. It's a very pretty and healthy reef, and a great place to see turtles.

The Rowley Shoals are a chain of three pristine coral atolls far off the coast of Western Australia. They are known for their incredible coral health, massive tidal movements that create exhilarating drift dives, and a very healthy shark population.

The Rozi was a tugboat that was intentionally sunk at Cirkewwa. It sits upright and fully intact, and is one of the most popular and picturesque wrecks in Malta, home to a huge amount of fish life.

The Ruby E is a former Coast Guard cutter that sits upright and is a very popular wreck in San Diego's Wreck Alley. It's a great multi-level dive, with the superstructure covered in beautiful anemones.

Runway Wall is one of San Salvador's most popular dive sites, named for its proximity to the airport runway. It's a spectacular wall dive with a very high chance of seeing numerous reef sharks patrolling the drop-off.

The S.S. Norviken is a large cargo ship wreck in the Miri-Sibuti park. It sits upright and is largely intact, making it a great wreck to explore. It has become a home for large groupers, schools of barracuda, and other reef fish.

Saba is a small volcanic island in the Caribbean, and its entire underwater environment is a fiercely protected marine park. This has resulted in an incredibly pristine ecosystem, with dramatic underwater pinnacles rising from the depths, covered in life.

The Sabang Wrecks are a collection of three small vessels (a steel boat, a wooden boat, and a small yacht) that were intentionally sunk in Sabang Bay. They are now fantastic artificial reefs, covered in life and perfect for an easy, enjoyable wreck dive.

The SS Saganaga is another of the four famous Bell Island wrecks. This British freighter was also a victim of a U-boat attack, and the torpedo damage is clearly visible on the hull. It's a fantastic historical dive.

Sahaung is a series of underwater pinnacles near Bangka Island that are swept by strong currents. These conditions attract an impressive amount of fish life, including large schools of yellowtail barracuda and snappers, as well as passing eagle rays.

Sail Rock is a large granite pinnacle rising from the seabed in the Gulf of Thailand, between Koh Phangan and Koh Tao. It's famous for its vertical swim-through 'chimney' and for acting as a magnet for huge schools of pelagic fish.

Salang Bay offers excellent and varied shore diving. To the right of the bay is a beautiful coral reef, while to the left lies a series of small wrecks and artificial reef structures, making it a great place for macro life and night dives.

The Salem Express was a passenger ferry that sank in 1991 with a tragic loss of life. It is now a large and accessible wreck, but it is considered a gravesite and must be dived with respect. It has become a significant artificial reef.

Salt Pier is one of Bonaire's most iconic and beloved dive sites. The massive pillars supporting the pier are completely covered in corals and sponges, creating a stunning artificial reef that attracts huge schools of fish. It's an easy and rewarding shore dive.