Dive Sites

Saltstraumen boasts the world's strongest tidal current. This immense movement of water creates an incredibly nutrient-rich environment, supporting a dense concentration of marine life, from massive kelp forests to huge schools of cod and halibut.

The Salvatierra was a large ferry that sank after hitting a reef. It's now a fantastic and very popular artificial reef, lying in relatively shallow water and attracting a huge amount of marine life, including large schools of fish and sea lions.

Samoa offers beautiful and uncrowded diving on pristine hard coral reefs. The volcanic origins of the islands have created interesting underwater landscapes with lava tubes and arches. Turtles are abundant, and the diving is very relaxed.

San Carlos, on the mainland side of the Sea of Cortez, offers excellent diving around its offshore islands. It's known for its playful sea lion colonies, healthy reefs, and several interesting wrecks.

Known as the 'Million Dollar Wreck' for its valuable cargo, the San Francisco Maru is a legendary deep, technical wreck dive. The deck holds several Japanese battle tanks, trucks, and mines, making it a spectacular sight for qualified tech divers.

San Francisco Wall is a beautiful and relatively easy deep drift dive. The wall starts a bit deeper but has a gentle slope, making it a great introduction to Cozumel's wall diving. The wall is covered in healthy corals and is very fishy.

The San Juan Islands offer some of the most beautiful and challenging diving in Washington. The channels are swept by strong currents, creating thrilling drift dives along walls that are carpeted in colorful anemones. Orcas are a famous topside attraction.

The San Quentin is one of the oldest wrecks in Subic Bay, a Spanish gunboat that was scuttled in 1898 during the Spanish-American War. It's a very shallow and easy dive, perfect for beginners and photographers.

San Salvador is a remote Out Island of the Bahamas, offering some of the most spectacular and pristine wall diving in the country. The walls start shallow and drop into the abyss, and it's a fantastic place to see schooling scalloped hammerhead sharks.

San Salvador is a remote Out Island of the Bahamas, offering some of the most spectacular and pristine wall diving in the country. The walls start shallow and drop into the abyss, and it's a fantastic place to see schooling scalloped hammerhead sharks.

Sanganeb is a stunning and isolated coral atoll, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Its steep drop-offs and pristine coral reefs attract a huge amount of marine life, including large schools of fish and a very healthy population of sharks.

Sangeang Api is an active volcano that creates a unique diving environment. The black volcanic sand slopes are fantastic for muck diving, and at sites like 'Bubble Reef' (or 'Hot Rocks'), geothermal vents release streams of bubbles from the seabed, like diving in champagne.

Santa Barbara Island is a remote part of the Channel Islands, famous for its massive sea lion rookery. Diving here means incredible, up-close encounters with hundreds of playful sea lions in beautiful, clear kelp forests.

Santa Cruz is the largest of the Channel Islands and offers a huge variety of diving. Divers can explore lush giant kelp forests, navigate through beautiful sea caves, and visit the wreck of the 'Peacock' fishing vessel.

Santa Fe Island offers several beautiful and easy dive sites in its protected bay. The main attraction is the huge colony of playful sea lions, and the sandy bottoms are a great place to see a variety of stingrays.

Santa Fe Island offers several beautiful and easy dive sites in its protected bay. The main attraction is the huge colony of playful sea lions, and the sandy bottoms are a great place to see a variety of stingrays.

Santa Fe Island offers several beautiful and easy dive sites in its protected bay. The main attraction is the huge colony of playful sea lions, and the sandy bottoms are a great place to see a variety of stingrays.

The sea caves around the island of Comino, near the famous Blue Lagoon, offer fantastic and very shallow diving and snorkeling. The network of caves and swim-throughs is beautifully lit by the sun, creating stunning light effects.

Santa Maria is a beautiful, protected horseshoe-shaped cove that offers fantastic and very easy shore diving and snorkeling. The rocky reef is home to a huge number of colorful reef fish that are very accustomed to people.

Santa Maria is the southernmost island of the Azores and has the warmest waters. It's the best place in the archipelago for reliable encounters with manta rays and is a major hotspot for whale sharks during the late summer.

Santa Rosa Wall is a classic Cozumel deep drift dive. The wall starts at about 15 meters and drops off into the abyss, featuring massive overhangs and a huge amount of marine life, including turtles and large groupers.

Diving in Santorini is a unique experience, exploring the underwater caldera of the massive volcano. The dive sites feature dramatic volcanic topography, lava flows, and several wrecks that lie within the caldera.

Near the Santubong peninsula in Sarawak lie several WWII-era Japanese wrecks. These historic vessels, including the Katori Maru, are now fantastic artificial reefs, attracting large schools of fish and offering a glimpse into history.