Dive with the Animals You Dream About
Pick an animal to see the destinations — and the months — where sightings are most likely.
See whales
From humpback song in the shallows to sperm whales sounding into the deep, these are the destinations where divers and snorkelers meet the ocean giants — and the months when the whales actually show up.
Whales destinations →See orcas
Swimming with orcas is one of diving’s rarest privileges, tied to a handful of places and short seasonal windows. These destinations put you in the water when the pods pass through.
Orcas destinations →See whale sharks
The biggest fish in the sea is a gentle plankton-feeder that gathers predictably where the food blooms. Time your trip to these destinations and a whale shark encounter goes from lucky to likely.
Whale Sharks destinations →See manta rays
Reef mantas barrel-rolling through plankton and oceanic giants gliding over cleaning stations — these destinations offer the most reliable manta ray dives, month by month.
Manta Rays destinations →See mobula rays
Mobula rays school by the hundreds and famously launch themselves clear of the water. Catch the aggregations at these destinations for one of the ocean’s great spectacles.
Mobula Rays destinations →See hammerheads
Few sights in diving beat a wall of scalloped hammerheads cruising the blue. These destinations sit on the seamounts and channels where the schools gather — in the right months.
Hammerhead Sharks destinations →See sea turtles
Green and hawksbill turtles grazing seagrass, resting under ledges, and nesting on nearby beaches — these destinations deliver dependable turtle encounters almost year-round.
Sea Turtles destinations →See mola mola
The strange, wonderful ocean sunfish rises from the deep to visit cleaning stations for only a few months each year. These destinations are where divers catch the mola mola season.
Mola Mola destinations →