The sites.
One descent at a time.
A curated index of famous dive sites — wrecks that Cousteau discovered, cleaning stations where manta rays queue, channels where sharks stack in the current.
Chinchorro Bank
## Chinchorro Bank — Quintana Roo, Mexico **Banco Chinchorro** is the largest coral atoll in the Northern Hemisphere —...
Socorro Island
## Socorro Island — Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico **Socorro Island** is the largest of the four **Revillagigedo Isl...
Daedalus Reef
Remote offshore reef. Scalloped hammerhead schools in summer on the south plateau. Liveaboard only.
Elphinstone Reef
## Elphinstone Reef — Southern Red Sea, Egypt An offshore pinnacle rising from 65 meters to just below the surface, **E...
Shark Reef Ras Caesar
## Shark Reef / Ras Caesar — Brothers Islands, Egypt The **Brothers Islands** — Al-Ikhwa in Arabic, 'the brothers' — ar...
SS Thistlegorm
## SS Thistlegorm — Red Sea, Egypt The **SS Thistlegorm** is the most famous wreck dive on Earth — not because it's the...
Darwin's Arch
## Darwin's Arch — Darwin Island, Northern Galápagos, Ecuador **Darwin's Arch** was one of the most iconic natural rock...
Gordon Rocks
## Gordon Rocks — Galápagos Islands, Ecuador **Gordon Rocks** is a collapsed volcanic crater sitting 10 km northeast of...
Wolf Island
## Wolf Island — Northern Galápagos, Ecuador **Wolf Island** (Isla Wolf) is the northernmost island in the Galápagos ar...