Best Of

Best Visibility Dive Sites

Ranked by visibility score — average visibility, consistency, seasonal variation, and water clarity.

25 SITES RANKED

Silfra

Iceland

100CATEGORY
Arctic charbrown troutalgae formations
2

Tubbataha Reef

Philippines

92CATEGORY
hammerhead sharkwhale sharkmanta rayhawksbill turtle
3

Cozumel

Mexico

92CATEGORY
splendid toadfishnurse sharkspotted eagle raygreen moray eel
4

Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands

92CATEGORY
southern stingraygreen turtleNassau groupereagle ray
5

Turks & Caicos

Turks and Caicos Islands

92CATEGORY
humpback whalespotted eagle rayhawksbill turtleCaribbean reef shark
6

Palau

Palau

90CATEGORY
grey reef sharkmanta raynapoleon wrassejellyfish
7

Great Blue Hole

Belize

90CATEGORY
Caribbean reef sharkbull sharkgiant groupernurse shark
8

Brothers Islands

Egypt

89CATEGORY
whale sharkhammerheadwhale
9

Sipadan Island

Malaysia

88CATEGORY
green turtlehawksbill turtlebarracudawhitetip reef shark
10

Bonaire

Caribbean Netherlands

88CATEGORY
seahorsefrogfishtarponspotted eagle ray
11

Daedalus Reef

Egypt

88CATEGORY
whale sharkhammerheadwhale
12

Ustica

Italy

88CATEGORY
octopusseahorsenudibranchbarracuda
13

El Hierro

Spain

88CATEGORY
octopusbarracudagroupermoray eel
14

Bunaken

Indonesia

87CATEGORY
manta rayseahorse
15

Apo Reef

Philippines

87CATEGORY
whale sharktiger sharkwhale
16

Saba

Netherlands

87CATEGORY
tuna
17

Little Cayman

Cayman Islands

87CATEGORY
whale sharkreef sharksea turtlegrouper
18

Dahab

Egypt

87CATEGORY
whale sharkhammerheadwhale
19

Guadalupe Island

Mexico

87CATEGORY
manta rayhammerheaddolphinswhale
20

Fernando de Noronha

Brazil

86CATEGORY
dolphins
21

Egyptian Red Sea

Egypt

85CATEGORY
oceanic whitetip sharkhammerhead sharkdugongNapoleon wrasse
22

Gozo

Malta

85CATEGORY
octopusmoray eelbarracudaamberjack
23

Wakatobi

Indonesia

85CATEGORY
manta rayseahorse
24

Similan Islands

Thailand

85CATEGORY
manta raywhale sharkseahorsenudibranch
25

Poor Knights Islands

New Zealand

85CATEGORY
octopusstingray