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Dive Holidays around the worldInstant fares and immediate booking
Today's flights, dive hotels, liveaboards and described dive sites meet in one place. Compare routes to the Maldives, Egypt, Malta and Thailand, then book with the provider itself or travel accompanied by a partner agency.
10 diving regions worldwide, with booking through the provider or with a partner agency.
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Discounts worked out by us, against the boat's usual price for a trip of the same length.
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−£2,194−$2,933−€2,620Pelagian
Indonesia
AsiaDeparts 23 Nov · 7 nights
−49%per person
£2,298 £4,492$3,072 $6,005€2,745 €5,365
and 8 more departures on offer
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−£1,793−$2,398−€2,142Horizon 3
Maldives
Indian Ocean★ 8.5/10 (131 reviews)
Departs 12 Dec 2027 · 14 nights
−39%per person
£2,815 £4,608$3,763 $6,161€3,362 €5,504
and 1 more departure on offer
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−£1,642−$2,195−€1,961Galaxy Diver III
Ecuador
AmericasDeparts 27 Jan 2027 · 7 nights
−32%per person
£3,559 £5,201$4,758 $6,953€4,251 €6,212
and 6 more departures on offer
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−£1,120−$1,497−€1,338Roatan Aggressor
Honduras
Americas★ 9.3/10 (131 reviews)
Departs 14 Nov · 7 nights
−46%per person
£1,339 £2,459$1,790 $3,287€1,599 €2,937
and 10 more departures on offer
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−£746−$998−€891Caribbean Explorer II
Sint Maarten
Caribbean★ 9/10 (117 reviews)
Departs 19 Dec · 7 nights
−31%per person
£1,638 £2,384$2,189 $3,187€1,956 €2,847
and 1 more departure on offer
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−£460−$614−€549Blue Melody
Egypt
Red Sea★ 9.1/10 (101 reviews)
Departs 14 Nov · 7 nights
−40%per person
£679 £1,139$908 $1,522€811 €1,360
and 3 more departures on offer
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Flights to dive destinations
The survey covers flights to Canary Islands, Malta, Türkiye, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Thailand, Mexico, Philippines, Indonesia, Maldives, Seychelles.
It is a survey, not a promise. The table gives its date and time.
Where to dive
10 diving regions of the world
Each region opens onto its countries, destinations and described dive sites. Start with the Maldives, the Red Sea in Egypt, Malta, Thailand and Indonesia, then follow the route that suits your diving…
Africa
4 countriesSouth Africa’s boat diving demands a different choice from Mozambique’s mixed boat-and-shore approach, especially when current and repeated profiles shape the trip.
Americas
8 countriesMexico’s Mer de Cortez and Ecuador’s Galapagos put coast-based diving beside strong-current island diving, giving the region two very different ways to plan.
Asia
7 countriesIndonesia’s USAT Liberty Wreck embodies boat-and-shore variety; Japan’s no-liveaboard model makes site choice and shore-based planning part of Asia’s appeal.
Atlantic
7 countriesUnited Kingdom is lightly visited, whereas Canary Islands are heavily visited, making crowd tolerance part of choosing an Atlantic dive base.
Caribbean
17 countriesCuba keeps its diving lightly visited and boat-based; Bahamas has moderate traffic and boat-and-shore diving, with The Shark Emporium Shark Dive as a named option.
Indian Ocean
9 countriesThe Maldives pairs boat and shore diving; Sri Lanka turns the same Indian Ocean decision towards wreck diving, with Earl of Shaftesbury as an anchor.
Mediterranean
9 countriesLe Rubis gives France a named point in its boat-and-shore mix; Türkiye’s boat-diving emphasis makes the region’s geography a choice between two distinct trip structures.
Middle East
2 countriesOman’s zones run through Mascate, Musandam and Salalah, while United Arab Emirates centres its choice on Dubai and Fujairah for divers.
Pacific
10 countriesPalau puts the Grey reef shark at the centre of a Pacific choice, while French Polynesia is signed by the Napoleon.
Red Sea
3 countriesEl Mina anchors one Egyptian choice, while Aqaba gathers Jordan’s choices in one place; the Red Sea makes that spread part of its diving identity.
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The four parts of a dive holiday
Dive sites, centres, hotels and liveaboards
Come in through a dive site, a dive centre, a dive hotel or a liveaboard. The four meet here, linking the place you want to dive with who takes you there, where you sleep and what you need to plan.
Places beneath the surface
8 dive sites to discover
Eight described dive sites from eight different regions are shown here, with none given priority. Each opens a complete page covering depth, species encountered and a video of the site.
dive sites
Shag Rock →
Explore the historic Kingston wreck and a vibrant, sloping reef teeming with diverse marine life, all in one accessible dive.
Max. depth · 17 m
Red Sea
Japanese A6M2 Mitsubishi Zero Wreck Dive →
Descend to 14 meters in Kimbe Bay to encounter a perfectly preserved Japanese Zero fighter, a silent sentinel teeming with new life.
Max. depth · 14 m
Pacific
Mitsio Wreck →
Explorez le Mitsio Wreck, un ancien chalutier devenu un récif artificiel vibrant grouillant de vie marine au large de Nosy Be.
Max. depth · 28 m
Indian Ocean
Lobster Lairs →
A vertical drop-off defined by deep fissures and crevices that shelter a dense population of spiny lobsters and reef residents.
Max. depth · 40 m
Asia
P29 →
Descend on the P29, a former East German Kondor-class patrol boat, now an artificial reef resting on the seabed at 33 metres off Qawra, Malta.
Max. depth · 80 m
Mediterranean
Peridao →
A volcanic structure featuring tiered ledges, overhangs, and frequent green turtle encounters between 12 and 18 metres.
Max. depth · 25 m
Atlantic
Pompion Caye →
Descend into a bustling coral ecosystem at Pompion Caye, where shallow depths bring you face-to-face with an abundance of reef fish and intricate marine life.
Max. depth · 15 m
Americas
Chachacha →
Explore a vibrant house reef directly from Kralendijk's shore, offering a gentle slope and thriving coral formations just steps from the main pier.
Max. depth · 40 m
CaribbeanWho takes you into the water
3 Dive Centres
3,783 dive centres in 103 countries and 1,323 locations. The catalogue is deliberately not exhaustive: a centre is proposed only if it has its own website, a Google listing and an average of at least 4 out of 5. Each entry includes its rating, reviews and video.
listed dive centres
Where do you sleep between dives?
3 Dive Hotels
5,130 dive hotels in 101 countries, chosen on the route of the dives, next to a centre, at a dive site or as a stopover. Better to offer fewer options than leave you with a bad surprise after a day in the water.
dive hotels
Sleeping on the water
3 Liveaboards
359 liveaboards in 33 countries, from the Red Sea to Indonesia and the Maldives, the three largest fleets represented here. Cabins, dive deck, itineraries and sites dived are covered on each boat's complete page, with its video.
liveaboards
Fresh dive site descriptions
New dive sites
Three new dive site descriptions are added a day, seven days a week, with the detail that helps you judge a place before travelling.
Kyra Eleni →
The 99-meter cargo ship lies in two distinct sections on a sloping sandy seabed off the southern end of Patroklos Island.
Max. depth · 32 m
Mediterranean
Express Samina →
Explore a 115-metre roll-on/roll-off ferry resting on its starboard side at depths reaching 42 metres.
Max. depth · 42 m
Mediterranean
Panteronisi Cave →
Navigate through a submerged rock formation that connects a large cavern to a narrow tunnel system.
Max. depth · 30 m
MediterraneanLife beneath the surface
70 species to see on a dive holiday
The species pages show where you meet an animal, in which season, at what depth and what it really looks like underwater.
Sailfish
Istiophorus platypterusThe fastest fish in the ocean hunts in packs, deploys its dorsal sail as a tactical weapon, and can exceed 110 km/h.
Great White Shark
Carcharodon carchariasThe ocean's most feared apex predator has more to fear from us than we do from it. You can dive an entire lifetime without seeing a single one…
Blue Marlin
Makaira nigricansThe gladiator of the open ocean can weigh a tonne, leap three metres out of the water, and nobody knows exactly where it sleeps.
Blue Whale
Balaenoptera musculusThe largest animal ever to have lived on Earth is not a fossil, it still swims in our oceans. Nothing prepares you for the encounter…
Blue Starfish
Linckia laevigataAn electric blue jewel resting on the reef, with the power to regrow an entire body from a single severed arm.
Blue-ringed Octopus
Hapalochlaena lunulataIt fits in the palm of a hand, weighs less than a golf ball, and carries enough venom to kill twenty-six adult humans in minutes.
Emperor Penguin
Aptenodytes forsteriThe tallest penguin alive survives where everything else dies of cold. There is no reef to drop into, no backroll off a Zodiac into blue water…
Seahorse
Hippocampus kudaThe only animal on Earth where the male gets pregnant. You never spot one first. You have to search, slow down, retrain your eye…Planning beyond the water
Tools for a dive holiday
Travel notebook
Keep days, flights, hotels and dives on one calendar. See at a glance where you sleep, when you travel and where you will be underwater.OpenAirports and layovers
Allow for real connection times, baggage reclaim and immigration when transiting. The details matter when a long-haul flight is followed by a liveaboard departure.OpenDiving baggage and airlines
What each airline does with your diving equipment: an ordinary bag, free on top or a separate rate, read on its official page, with the date.OpenCustoms and the ATA carnet
Find out what you may carry in housings, cameras and strobes, country by country, and when an ATA carnet becomes useful for your equipment.OpenEvery diver sees diving in their own way. We do not choose for you. We give you what you need to choose from: everything that exists, gathered in one place and described honestly, including the level required, the season, the conditions and what is really to be seen there. Nothing is listed until it has passed our screening. A centre, hotel or liveaboard enters the catalogue only after verification of its quality and safety. If it later stops meeting the standard, we remove it. To be clear, providers pay us when you book with them. Never you, and never in exchange for a better ranking.
