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.
Castle Rock Komodo
Submerged pinnacle in the ripping current of Komodo's north. Sharks stacked in the blue, huge schools of trevally and fu...
Crystal Bay
## Crystal Bay — Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia **Crystal Bay** on the western coast of Nusa Penida is one of the most ph...
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...
Monad Shoal (Malapascua)
## Monad Shoal — Malapascua Island, Philippines The alarm sounds at **4:30am**. By 5am you're on the banca boat in the...
Tubbataha North Atoll
UNESCO site in the Sulu Sea. Liveaboard-only, March–June. Massive schools of jacks, reef sharks, turtles, and marbled st...
Osprey Reef
## Osprey Reef — Coral Sea, Australia **Osprey Reef** is an isolated atoll 350 km northeast of Cairns in the **Coral Se...
SS Yongala
## SS Yongala — Townsville, Queensland, Australia The **SS Yongala** vanished on **23 March 1911** in Cyclone Leonta, t...
Sipadan South Point
Hammerhead season (April–July) brings schooling scalloped hammerheads to Sipadan's south drop-off. Grey reef sharks patr...
Turtle Tomb
## Turtle Tomb — Sipadan Island, Sabah, Malaysia **Turtle Tomb** is an underwater cave system accessible from Sipadan's...