Best Of

Best Cave & Cenote Diving Sites

Cave, cavern, and cenote dives only. Hard gated — a site must be specifically tagged for cave diving. Most of these require specialty training; we flag which.

25 SITES RANKED

Sipadan Island

Malaysia

86CATEGORY
green turtlehawksbill turtlebarracudawhitetip reef shark
2

Palau

Palau

86CATEGORY
grey reef sharkmanta raynapoleon wrassejellyfish
3

Great Blue Hole

Belize

86CATEGORY
Caribbean reef sharkbull sharkgiant groupernurse shark
4

Hin Daeng & Hin Muang

Thailand

85CATEGORY
manta raywhale sharkseahorsenudibranch
5

SS President Coolidge

Vanuatu

85CATEGORY
dugong
6

Cenotes (Yucatan)

Mexico

84CATEGORY
manta rayhammerheaddolphinswhale
7

Cozumel

Mexico

82CATEGORY
splendid toadfishnurse sharkspotted eagle raygreen moray eel
8

Gozo

Malta

81CATEGORY
octopusmoray eelbarracudaamberjack
9

Vis Island

Croatia

77CATEGORY
octopusmoray eelgroupersea bream
10

Fiji

Fiji

77CATEGORY
bull sharktiger sharkmanta rayhawksbill turtle
11

Ustica

Italy

76CATEGORY
octopusseahorsenudibranchbarracuda
12

Azores

Portugal

75CATEGORY
blue sharkmako sharkmanta raymobula ray
13

Similan Islands

Thailand

75CATEGORY
manta raywhale sharkseahorsenudibranch
14

Poor Knights Islands

New Zealand

75CATEGORY
octopusstingray
15

Okinawa

Japan

75CATEGORY
manta raywhale sharkreef sharksea turtle
16

Sardinia

Italy

75CATEGORY
octopusseahorsenudibranchbarracuda
17

Zakynthos

Greece

71CATEGORY
loggerhead turtlemoray eeloctopusgrouper
18

Utila

Honduras

69CATEGORY
manta raywhale sharksea turtleeagle ray
19

Marseille Calanques

France

69CATEGORY
groupermoray eeloctopusscorpionfish
20

Kornati Islands

Croatia

69CATEGORY
octopusmoray eelscorpionfishgrouper
21

Hvar

Croatia

69CATEGORY
octopusmoray eelgrouperscorpionfish
22

Vanuatu

Vanuatu

69CATEGORY
dugong
23

Taveuni

Fiji

69CATEGORY
whale sharkbull sharkwhale
24

Richelieu Rock

Thailand

66CATEGORY
manta raywhale sharkseahorsenudibranch
25

Koh Tao

Thailand

64CATEGORY
manta raywhale sharkseahorsenudibranch