Cap de Creus
Current-driven walls, pinnacles and caves on a wind-scoured stretch of the Costa Brava, with grouper aggregations and barracuda schools inside a natural park.
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Mediterranean diving from Barcelona to Cap de Creus
Costa del Maresme
Boat diving over parallel rocky ridges and a sunken fish farm, a short drive up the coast from Barcelona.
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Tossa de Mar
Shore-first Costa Brava diving: a south-facing beach with several routes, a small cavern, and boat sites from easy reefs to advanced rock pinnacles.
14 dive sites11 dive centersFeatured
Palamós
Central Costa Brava hub where a tug wreck, gorgonian pinnacles and a 16-islet archipelago sit a short boat run from one port, with no reserve permit.
12 dive sites10 dive centersFeatured
Illes Medes
Seven-islet limestone archipelago a mile off L'Estartit: a no-take reserve with groupers at most sites, tunnels, caves and gorgonian walls.
11 dive sites9 dive centersFeatured
Sant Feliu de Guíxols
Costa Brava bay led by the limestone tunnels at Port Salví, with easy reefs by the port and deeper walls offshore.
6 dive sites5 dive centersFeatured
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La Herradura
Costa Tropical
Orange-coral walls on a protected cliff coast, with a sheltered horseshoe bay for first dives, on Andalusia's Costa Tropical.
10 dive sites4 dive centersFeatured
Ibiza
Balearic Islands
Small Mediterranean island where a 2007 wreck, backlit caves, deep gorgonian walls and Posidonia meadows sit a half-hour drive apart.
10 dive sites5 dive centersFeatured
El Hierro
Canary Islands
Lava walls, arches and pinnacles on the youngest Canary Island, dived from La Restinga inside a marine reserve, with El Bajón as the big dive.
9 dive sites4 dive centersFeatured
Cabo de Palos
Murcia
Murcia marine reserve where submarine mountains and historic wrecks concentrate some of the Mediterranean's densest fish aggregations.
8 dive sites7 dive centersFeatured
Cabo de Gata
Costa de Almería
Volcanic coast in Almería where a marine reserve and natural park hold caves, orange-coral canyons and a 1928 wreck, diveable nearly all year.
8 dive sites2 dive centersFeatured
Tarifa
Costa de la Luz
Island diving where the Atlantic meets the Mediterranean: kelp, walls and a paddle steamer wreck, all planned around slack water.
7 dive sites3 dive centersFeatured
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Posidonia Dive
SSI Instructor Training Center at Port Balis marina, 35 km north of Barcelona, running 24 boat dive sites on the Maresme coast year-round.
SSI8 services3 languages
Tritón Diving Llafranc
Family-owned dive center in Llafranc since 1979, with 4.9/5 on 717 Google reviews, covering 11 sites across two Costa Brava dive areas.
SSI5 services5 languages
YellowSub Tarifa
Family-run PADI 5-Star Dive Resort in Tarifa harbour, the Parque Natural del Estrecho information point, with short boat dives around Isla de las Palomas.
PADI4 services3 languages
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World-class Red Sea diving from coral gardens to historic wrecks
Sharm El Sheikh
South Sinai Governorate
Southern Sinai hub where Ras Mohammed walls, the Straits of Tiran and the SS Thistlegorm wreck sit within day-boat range in warm water all year.
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Hurghada
Red Sea Governorate
Four wrecks on the Abu Nuhas reef, shallow Giftun coral gardens and a resident dolphin pod, all reached by boat from Hurghada.
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