Best Drift Diving Sites

Palau's underwater realm is a greatest-hits compilation of diving experiences: the legendary Blue Corner wall with its shark-filled currents, the ethereal Jelly...

Komodo National Park delivers adrenaline-fueled diving in nutrient-rich currents that attract massive manta rays and dense schools of pelagics. Above water, the...

Raja Ampat sits at the epicenter of the Coral Triangle, harboring over 600 coral species and 1,700 reef fish species — more biodiversity per hectare than anywhe...

Jacques Cousteau declared Sipadan 'an untouched piece of art,' and the island's vertical walls dropping 2,000 feet remain among diving's most iconic experiences...

The Galapagos Islands offer diving encounters found nowhere else on Earth — schools of 300+ scalloped hammerheads at Darwin and Wolf Islands, marine iguanas gra...

Fiji has earned the title 'Soft Coral Capital of the World' — its reefs explode in electric pinks, purples, and oranges that create some of diving's most photog...

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the heart of the Sulu Sea, is accessible only by liveaboard during a narrow March-to-June season....

Cocos Island lies 340 miles off Costa Rica's Pacific coast, accessible only by a 36-hour liveaboard crossing — but the reward is arguably the planet's greatest...

The Maldives is synonymous with luxury diving, where overwater bungalows give way to channel dives teeming with grey reef sharks, eagle rays, and the archipelag...

Stretching over 1,400 miles along Australia's northeast coast, the Great Barrier Reef is the planet's largest coral reef system and one of its most iconic natur...

The Egyptian Red Sea is a pilgrimage for wreck divers, anchored by the legendary SS Thistlegorm — a WWII supply ship frozen in time at 100 feet with motorcycles...

Cozumel's reputation as the drift diving capital of the world is well earned — gentle-to-moderate currents carry divers effortlessly along spectacular walls and...

The Socorro Islands (Revillagigedo Archipelago) are Mexico's answer to the Galapagos — a remote volcanic chain where giant Pacific mantas, some with 20-foot win...

Malapascua is the only place on Earth where thresher sharks reliably visit a cleaning station at recreational depths. Dawn dives at Monad Shoal — a submerged is...

Moalboal's sardine run is permanent — millions of sardines swirl in a bait ball just steps from shore at Panagsama Beach, 365 days a year. The adjacent wall dro...

Apo Reef is the Philippines' largest coral reef system and second largest contiguous reef in the world. The walls plunge to 40m+ with grey reef sharks patrollin...

In September 1944, US Navy planes sank a fleet of Japanese supply ships in Coron Bay. Today, 12 wrecks sit at 10–43m, transformed into thriving artificial reefs...

Just 3 hours from Manila, Anilao is the birthplace of Philippine scuba and remains the country's macro diving crown jewel. The Coral Triangle biodiversity deliv...

Roatan sits on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef — the world's second largest — and delivers an astonishing value proposition: world-class wall diving at budget-fri...

Turks and Caicos delivers stunning wall diving along the Columbus Passage, where the continental shelf drops thousands of feet into the deep Atlantic. During wi...

Tonga is one of the few places on Earth where you can legally swim alongside humpback whales in the open ocean — mothers and calves rest in the warm Vava'u wate...

Nusa Penida is where Bali gets serious. Cold upwellings from the Indian Ocean bring mola mola (ocean sunfish) from July to October, while Manta Point delivers r...

The Solomon Islands' Iron Bottom Sound earned its name from the dozens of WWII ships and planes that litter the seabed — many now spectacular dive sites covered...

Bonaire pioneered marine conservation in the Caribbean and remains the ultimate shore diving destination, with 86 marked dive sites accessible by simply driving...

Amed is Bali's quieter alternative to the tourist south — a strip of fishing villages backed by Mount Agung where shore-entry dives drop onto walls teeming with...