Beginner
Philippines
Masaplod Norte is a marine sanctuary in Dauin with a large artificial reef made of concrete blocks and other structures. This has created a thriving habitat for a huge amount of fish life, as well as being a great muck diving site.
MAX DEPTH
25m
AVG DEPTH
15m
Visibility
5-25m / 16-82ft
Water Temp
26-29°C / 79-84°F
Artificial reef · Muck diving · Schooling fish
Beginner
Cook Islands
The Matai is a historic cargo ship that now rests in very shallow water inside the main harbor of Rarotonga. It's an incredibly easy dive and a fantastic snorkeling spot, with the wreck's boilers breaking the surface.
MAX DEPTH
10m
AVG DEPTH
8m
Visibility
3-10m / 10-33ft
Water Temp
23-26°C / 73-79°F
Shallow wreck · Easy dive · Snorkeling
Beginner
Indonesia
Maumere Bay was once one of Indonesia's premier dive destinations before a tsunami in 1992. Today, the reefs are in a fascinating state of regeneration, and the bay has re-established itself as a world-class muck diving and macro photography location.
MAX DEPTH
30m
AVG DEPTH
18m
Visibility
5-30m / 16-100ft
Water Temp
26-29°C / 79-84°F
Muck diving · Reef regeneration · Macro
Beginner
Indonesia
The Mawali Wreck is a large Japanese WWII cargo ship that lies on its port side in the Lembeh Strait. The wreck itself is a fantastic dive, but it's also a superb macro site, with the decaying structure providing a habitat for countless rare critters.
MAX DEPTH
28m
AVG DEPTH
18m
Visibility
15-28m / 50-92ft
Water Temp
26-28°C / 79-82°F
WWII wreck · Macro life · Photogenic
Beginner
Thailand
Famous as the location for the movie 'The Beach', Maya Bay has been closed to boats to allow the reef to recover. The diving on the outer edges is still excellent, with healthy corals and a large population of blacktip reef sharks in the shallows.
MAX DEPTH
25m
AVG DEPTH
15m
Visibility
5-25m / 16-82ft
Water Temp
27-30°C / 81-86°F
Reef sharks · Snorkeling · 'The Beach'
Beginner
St. Vincent & The Grenadines
Mayreau Gardens is a beautiful and easy drift dive in the Grenadines. The current carries divers over a stunning, expansive garden of hard and soft corals that is teeming with colorful reef fish. A very relaxing and scenic dive.
MAX DEPTH
25m
AVG DEPTH
15m
Visibility
8-25m / 26-82ft
Water Temp
26-29°C / 79-84°F
Coral gardens · Drift dive · Easy conditions
Intermediate
indonesia
Beautiful corals, occasional big fish.
MAX DEPTH
24m
Visibility
10-15m / 33-50ft
Water Temp
28°C / 83°F
Intermediate
Solomon Islands
Mbigo is a dive area in a remote part of the Solomon Islands, accessible by liveaboard. The reefs here are pristine and untouched, featuring spectacular walls, beautiful coral gardens, and a very high density of fish life.
MAX DEPTH
30m
AVG DEPTH
18m
Visibility
5-30m / 16-100ft
Water Temp
28-30°C / 82-86°F
Pristine reefs · Wall dive · Remote
Advanced
Solomon Islands
Mbigo Passage is a channel dive that offers a thrilling drift. The strong currents that flow through the passage attract a healthy population of grey reef sharks and eagle rays, making for an exciting, action-packed dive.
MAX DEPTH
30m
AVG DEPTH
18m
Visibility
10-30m / 33-100ft
Water Temp
28-30°C / 82-86°F
Drift dive · Sharks · Eagle rays
Beginner
L'Estartit, Spain
The Medes Islands are a small, rocky archipelago off the coast of Catalonia, Spain. As a strictly protected marine reserve for decades, the fish life here is abundant and unafraid of divers. It's famous for its large, curious groupers.
MAX DEPTH
40m
AVG DEPTH
18m
Visibility
10-20m / 33-65ft
Water Temp
16-24°C / 61-75°F
Protected marine reserve · Large friendly groupers · Caves and tunnels
Beginner
Mozambique
Medjumbe is a tiny private island in the Quirimbas, surrounded by pristine coral reefs. The diving is spectacular, with beautiful walls and coral gardens, a huge number of turtles, and humpback whales passing by in the winter.
MAX DEPTH
35m
AVG DEPTH
20m
Visibility
5-35m / 16-115ft
Water Temp
25-28°C / 77-82°F
Pristine reefs · Turtles · Humpback whales (seasonal)
Beginner
Indonesia
Melissa's Garden is a spectacular and vast coral garden, considered one of the most beautiful and healthy in all of Raja Ampat. The shallow bommies are covered in a breathtaking diversity of pristine hard and soft corals, hiding macro critters and sleeping wobbegongs.
MAX DEPTH
25m
AVG DEPTH
15m
Visibility
5-25m / 16-82ft
Water Temp
27-30°C / 81-86°F
Pristine hard coral garden · Wobbegong sharks · Macro
Intermediate
Fiji
Mellow Yellow is a stunning pinnacle in the Bligh Water, completely covered in a dense forest of bright yellow soft corals. The pinnacle is also swarmed by thousands of colorful anthias, creating an incredible visual spectacle.
MAX DEPTH
25m
AVG DEPTH
15m
Visibility
5-25m / 16-82ft
Water Temp
26-29°C / 79-84°F
Yellow soft corals · Schooling fish · Pinnacle
Beginner
Indonesia
Menjangan Island is part of the West Bali National Park and offers some of the best wall diving in Bali. The visibility is often exceptional, and the walls are covered in huge, healthy gorgonian sea fans. The diving is calm and suitable for all levels.
MAX DEPTH
40m
AVG DEPTH
20m
Visibility
10-40m / 33-130ft
Water Temp
26-29°C / 79-84°F
Wall diving · Superb visibility · Gorgonian fans
Beginner
Indonesia
Meno Wall, off the coast of Gili Meno, is a fantastic wall dive, particularly at night. The wall starts at about 5 meters and drops to 22 meters, with lots of small overhangs and crevices that are home to crabs, lobsters, and sleeping turtles.
MAX DEPTH
22m
AVG DEPTH
12m
Visibility
5-22m / 16-72ft
Water Temp
26-29°C / 79-84°F
Wall dive · Night dive · Crustaceans
Advanced
Sudan
Merlo Pinnacle is a large, submerged seamount in northern Sudan. The currents that flow over the pinnacle attract a huge amount of life, including massive schools of barracuda and jacks, with frequent sightings of grey reef and hammerhead sharks.
MAX DEPTH
40m
AVG DEPTH
25m
Visibility
15-40m / 50-130ft
Water Temp
26-30°C / 79-86°F
Pinnacle · Schooling fish · Sharks
Advanced
Australia
Mermaid Reef is the northernmost atoll of the Rowley Shoals. It features spectacular wall dives on the outer reef, with huge gorgonian fans and pristine hard corals. The lagoon is also home to a garden of giant clams.
MAX DEPTH
25m
AVG DEPTH
15m
Visibility
3-25m / 10-82ft
Water Temp
26-29°C / 79-84°F
Pristine corals · Wall dives · Giant clams
Intermediate
France
Mérouville ('Grouper City') is another name for the famous 'La Gabinière' pinnacle at Port-Cros. It is renowned for its very large and very friendly population of dusky groupers, who are unafraid of divers and will often approach closely.
MAX DEPTH
25m
AVG DEPTH
15m
Visibility
10-25m / 33-82ft
Water Temp
16-24°C / 61-75°F
Friendly groupers · Pinnacle · Marine reserve
Intermediate
Sudan
Mesharifa is a remote reef in northern Sudan that is a known cleaning station for manta rays. It's a fantastic and uncrowded spot to have encounters with these gentle giants during the right season.
MAX DEPTH
30m
AVG DEPTH
18m
Visibility
10-30m / 33-100ft
Water Temp
26-30°C / 79-86°F
Manta rays · Cleaning station · Remote
Intermediate
Sudan
Meskat is a unique dive site in Sudan featuring the wreck of a Blue Belt cargo plane that was intentionally sunk. The plane is an interesting and unusual subject for photographers and a fun artificial reef to explore.
MAX DEPTH
30m
AVG DEPTH
18m
Visibility
15-30m / 50-100ft
Water Temp
26-30°C / 79-86°F
Wreck · Cargo plane · Artificial reef
Beginner
Belize
Mexico Rocks is a shallow patch reef system located inside the main barrier reef. It's a fantastic spot for snorkelers and beginner divers, acting as a nursery for a huge variety of juvenile reef fish.
MAX DEPTH
5m
AVG DEPTH
4m
Visibility
2-5m / 6-16ft
Water Temp
26-29°C / 79-84°F
Shallow patch reef · Snorkeling · Juvenile fish
Beginner
Micronesia
Mi'il Channel is one of the primary channels in Yap for manta ray encounters. On an incoming tide, divers can drift along the channel and stop at several cleaning stations, including Stammtisch, to watch the mantas.
MAX DEPTH
20m
AVG DEPTH
15m
Visibility
5-20m / 16-65ft
Water Temp
28-30°C / 82-86°F
Manta rays · Drift dive · Cleaning station
Beginner
Malaysia
Mid-Reef is located in the middle of Sipadan's eastern side and is a fantastic spot to appreciate the island's incredible turtle population and overall reef health. Large schools of bumphead parrotfish are often seen munching on the coral in the shallows.
MAX DEPTH
30m
AVG DEPTH
18m
Visibility
5-30m / 16-100ft
Water Temp
27-30°C / 81-86°F
Green turtles · Healthy reef · Bumphead parrotfish
Beginner
Egypt
Middle Reef near Safaga is a fun and easy dive site, a labyrinth of hard coral pinnacles and buttresses that create numerous swim-throughs and small canyons for divers to explore.
MAX DEPTH
25m
AVG DEPTH
15m
Visibility
5-25m / 16-82ft
Water Temp
22-28°C / 72-82°F
Coral maze · Swim-throughs · Easy dive
Beginner
Egypt
Middle Reef near Safaga is a fun and easy dive site, a labyrinth of hard coral pinnacles and buttresses that create numerous swim-throughs and small canyons for divers to explore.
MAX DEPTH
25m
AVG DEPTH
15m
Visibility
5-25m / 16-82ft
Water Temp
22-28°C / 72-82°F
Coral maze · Swim-throughs · Easy dive
