Dive Regions

Argyll & Bute on Scotland's west coast offers world-class diving in sea lochs, sounds, and open water.

Perched on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the Azores is Europe's finest big-animal diving destination, where sperm whales, blue sharks, and mobula rays are regular encounters.

Bali offers an extraordinary range of diving experiences, from the ghostly USS Liberty wreck at Tulamben to the oceanic sunfish at Nusa Penida.

Home to the famous Great Blue Hole and the second-largest barrier reef in the world, Belize is a Central American diving jewel.

Bonaire is the undisputed shore diving capital of the Caribbean, where over 60 sites are accessible directly from the beach around the clock.

The Cayman Islands offer some of the Caribbean's finest wall diving, where sheer coral cliffs plunge thousands of metres into the deep blue.

England's rugged southwestern peninsula punches well above its weight for diving, with dramatic kelp forests, offshore reef systems, and historic wrecks shaped by the treacherous Atlantic.

Jacques Cousteau put Cozumel on the map in 1961, and the island's drift dives along the Palancar and Santa Rosa reef systems remain among the finest in the Western Hemisphere.

Croatia's Adriatic coastline hides an underwater world of Roman amphorae, WWII wrecks, and pristine sea caves beneath its famous turquoise waters.

Devon's varied coastline offers excellent diving, from the sheltered wrecks of Plymouth Sound to the dramatic offshore reefs of Lundy Island Marine Conservation Zone.

Dorset is one of England's premier diving counties, boasting the famous Portland Bill tidal races, the wreck-strewn waters off Swanage, and the marine life of the Jurassic Coast.

Known as the soft coral capital of the world, Fiji's reefs blaze with pink, orange, and purple sea fans that sway in nutrient-rich currents.

The world's largest coral reef system, stretching over 2,300km off Queensland, Australia.

Hawaii's volcanic underwater landscape is unlike anywhere else on Earth, with lava tubes, sea arches, and black-sand slopes descending into the deep Pacific.

The Isle of Man sits in the heart of the Irish Sea and offers dramatic wall dives, powerful pinnacles, and sea caves rich with jewel anemones and sea fans.

Thailand's dive training capital, where more Open Water certifications are issued than almost anywhere else on the planet.

The waters around Komodo National Park are famous for powerful currents that attract manta rays, schooling hammerheads, and thresher sharks.

Lancashire's inland dive sites include Capenwray (Jackdaw Quarry), one of the UK's finest quarry dive centres.

Landlocked Leicestershire is home to Stoney Cove, the UK's most famous inland quarry dive site.

An archipelago of over 1,000 coral islands where manta rays, whale sharks, and hammerheads cruise past every dive.

Malta's strategic Mediterranean location has left it dotted with sunken warships, aircraft, and ancient anchors — making it Europe's leading wreck diving destination.

Merseyside is home to Eccleston Delph, a popular flooded quarry dive site in St Helens widely used for training and recreational diving.

North Yorkshire's rugged coastline provides accessible shore diving with interesting wrecks and reefs.

Northern Ireland's coastline from the Causeway Coast to Strangford Lough offers diverse diving from enormous offshore troop-ship wrecks to shallow loughs brimming with jewel anemones and horse mussels.

Northumberland's Farne Islands are one of the UK's most magical dive destinations, where hundreds of inquisitive Atlantic grey seals interact playfully with divers.

Orkney is home to Scapa Flow, one of the world's greatest wreck diving destinations.

Palau is a Pacific legend, renowned for its WWII wrecks in Chuuk-rivalling quantities, the legendary Blue Corner drift, and the world's only saltwater jellyfish lake.

The Philippines' last ecological frontier, Palawan is home to world-famous wreck diving at Coron and stunning coral gardens in the Tubbataha Reef UNESCO World Heritage site.

Pembrokeshire's rugged coastline forms one of Wales's most spectacular diving regions, with marine conservation zones at Skomer Island protecting incredible reef ecosystems.

Often described as the world's greatest marine biodiversity hotspot, Raja Ampat sits at the heart of the Coral Triangle in West Papua, Indonesia.

One of the world's premier diving destinations, with crystal-clear visibility, vivid coral walls, and legendary wreck dives.

The Scottish Borders coast, centred on St Abbs Head, is home to Scotland's only voluntary Marine Reserve.

A remote national park archipelago in the Andaman Sea, rated among Southeast Asia's top dive destinations.

South Africa offers a jaw-dropping range of diving, from the sardine run — the greatest marine spectacle on Earth — to great white shark cage dives in Gansbaai and pristine subtropical reefs along the KwaZulu-Natal coast.