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Best diving in August

In August, conditions peak in Malta, Portofino & Liguria, Hyères & Port-Cros. We rated 10 dive regions in season this month on 5 years of wind, rain and temperature data — ranked below with their best dive sites, plus where to skip.

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Where to dive in August

  1. 1

    Malta & Gozo

    🇲🇹 Malta
    Peak season ☀ 28°C ☂ 0.1 mm/day ≋ 11.3 kn

    Best months: Jun, Jul, Aug · 38 dive sites

    Diving in Malta guide →
  2. 2

    Portofino & Liguria

    🇮🇹 Italy
    Peak season ☀ 29°C ☂ 2.8 mm/day ≋ 7.1 kn

    Best months: Jun, Jul, Aug · 24 dive sites

    Diving in Italy guide →
  3. 3

    Hyères & Port-Cros

    🇫🇷 France
    Peak season ☀ 29°C ☂ 0.7 mm/day ≋ 11 kn

    Best months: Aug · 20 dive sites

    Diving in France guide →
  4. 4

    Côte d'Azur

    🇫🇷 France
    Peak season ☀ 31°C ☂ 0.8 mm/day ≋ 9 kn

    Best months: Jul, Aug · 12 dive sites

    Diving in France guide →
  5. 5

    Bunaken & Lembeh

    🇮🇩 Indonesia
    Peak season ☀ 30°C ☂ 6.2 mm/day ≋ 6.9 kn

    Best months: Aug, Sep, Oct · 38 dive sites

    Diving in Indonesia guide →
  6. 6

    Krk & Kvarner

    🇭🇷 Croatia
    Good season ☀ 30°C ☂ 2.7 mm/day ≋ 8.7 kn

    Best months: Jun · 29 dive sites

    Diving in Croatia guide →
  7. 7

    Sharm el-Sheikh & Ras Mohammed

    🇪🇬 Egypt
    Good season ☀ 39°C ☂ 0 mm/day ≋ 14.7 kn

    Best months: Oct · 39 dive sites

    Diving in Egypt guide →
  8. 8

    Southern Red Sea (Hamata)

    🇪🇬 Egypt
    Good season ☀ 34°C ☂ 0 mm/day ≋ 15.5 kn

    Best months: Jul · 60 dive sites

    Diving in Egypt guide →
  9. 9

    Komodo

    🇮🇩 Indonesia
    Good season ☀ 29°C ☂ 0.5 mm/day ≋ 11 kn

    Best months: Oct, Nov · 38 dive sites

    Diving in Indonesia guide →
  10. 10

    Cancún & Isla Mujeres

    🇲🇽 Mexico
    Peak season ☀ 30°C ☂ 3 mm/day ≋ 11.7 kn

    Best months: Jul, Aug · 6 dive sites

    Diving in Mexico guide →

Skip in August

  • Raja Ampat (Indonesia) — rainy season

Top dive sites in season

The Washing Machine Malta Diving
🇲🇹 Malta

The Washing Machine

The Washing Machine is a year-round dive site off Malta featuring strong currents and rocky formations. Named for its turbulent water action, it draws experienced divers seeking dynamic conditions.

Advanced Jan·Feb·Mar+
Crystal Lagoon Dive Site Malta Diving
🇲🇹 Malta

Crystal Lagoon Dive Site

Crystal Lagoon near Comino offers year-round diving in clear Mediterranean waters with consistent marine life sightings and an active community of divers.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+
Cirkewwa - Right Arch (Dive Site) Malta Diving
🇲🇹 Malta

Cirkewwa - Right Arch (Dive Site)

Cirkewwa Right Arch is a year-round Malta dive featuring an underwater rock formation with documented marine life. Accessible from the northern harbour.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+
Presepe degli Abissi di Albisola Italy Diving
🇮🇹 Italy

Presepe degli Abissi di Albisola

Presepe degli Abissi di Albisola is a protected dive site in Italy's Sanctuaire Pelagos, offering year-round access to Mediterranean marine life.

Intermediate Jan·Feb·Mar+
Cristo degli abissi Italy Diving
🇮🇹 Italy

Cristo degli abissi

Cristo degli abissi is a submerged bronze statue in Italy's San Fruttuoso Abbey marine protected area, accessible year-round for diving.

Beginner
Palestra subacquea Arenzano Italy Diving
🇮🇹 Italy

Palestra subacquea Arenzano

Palestra subacquea Arenzano is a year-round dive site in Italy's Sanctuaire Pelagos marine protected area, offering 12 documented species observations.

Beginner
Wildcat France Diving
🇫🇷 France

Wildcat

Wildcat is a year-round dive site in France's Sanctuaire Pelagos marine protected area, with 12 recorded species observations.

Jan·Feb·Mar+
Wrack 'Prosper Schiaffino' (Alias Donator) France Diving
🇫🇷 France

Wrack 'Prosper Schiaffino' (Alias Donator)

Dive the Prosper Schiaffino wreck in France's Pelagos Sanctuary. A protected site with year-round access and rich marine life.

Advanced
Ramon Membru France Diving
🇫🇷 France

Ramon Membru

Ramon Membru is a year-round dive site in the Sanctuaire Pelagos, a protected marine area off France offering encounters with pelagic species.

Intermediate Jan·Feb·Mar+
Tombant des Sardinaux France Diving
🇫🇷 France

Tombant des Sardinaux

Tombant des Sardinaux is a year-round dive site in the Sanctuaire Pelagos marine protected area off France, known for diverse pelagic encounters.

Intermediate Jan·Feb·Mar+
Pinassen France Diving
🇫🇷 France

Pinassen

Pinassen offers year-round diving near Île des Vielles within the Pelagos marine sanctuary, a protected site with recorded marine biodiversity.

Intermediate Jan·Feb·Mar+
Rocher de la Garde (les Sardinaux) France Diving
🇫🇷 France

Rocher de la Garde (les Sardinaux)

Rocky reef dive in the Pelagos Sanctuary with year-round access and diverse marine life. Mediterranean classic off the French coast.

Intermediate
Lembeh — Hairball Indonesia Diving
🇮🇩 Indonesia

Lembeh — Hairball

Lembeh Hairball is an intermediate dive site in Indonesia offering macro encounters in shallow water.

Intermediate 5–25m 15m
Lembeh Strait Indonesia Diving
🇮🇩 Indonesia

Lembeh Strait

Black-sand muck diving capital of the world. Pygmy seahorses, mimic octopus, blue-ringed octopus, frogfish, rhinopias — small weird stuff.

Beginner 3–25m 12m Mar·Apr·May+
Lembeh — Aer Bajo (Black Sand) Indonesia Diving
🇮🇩 Indonesia

Lembeh — Aer Bajo (Black Sand)

Aer Bajo is an intermediate black-sand dive in Lembeh, Indonesia, known for macro life and unusual critters in shallow water.

Intermediate 5–20m Jan·Feb·Mar+
Kap Silo Croatia Diving
🇭🇷 Croatia

Kap Silo

Kap Silo is a year-round dive destination off the Croatian coast with documented marine species and active community video documentation.

Jan·Feb·Mar+
Holzsegelschiff mit Geschützen Croatia Diving
🇭🇷 Croatia

Holzsegelschiff mit Geschützen

Wreck dive on a historic wooden sailing ship with cannons off Croatia's coast. Explore a unique piece of maritime history year-round.

Advanced Jan·Feb·Mar+
Fels Macinj Croatia Diving
🇭🇷 Croatia

Fels Macinj

Fels Macinj is a year-round Croatian dive site with documented marine life observations and no marine protection restrictions.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+
Ras Mohammed — Shark & Yolanda Reef Egypt Diving
🇪🇬 Egypt

Ras Mohammed — Shark & Yolanda Reef

Egypt's most famous dive — twin reefs at the tip of Sinai with strong currents, schooling barracuda, and the cargo of the Yolanda wreck.

Advanced 12–40m 30m Mar·Apr·May+
SS Thistlegorm Egypt Diving
🇪🇬 Egypt

SS Thistlegorm

WWII British cargo ship sunk by German bombers in 1941, holds full of motorcycles, trucks, rifles. World's best wreck dive.

Advanced 15–32m 20m Mar·Apr·May+
Ras Bob Reef Egypt Diving
🇪🇬 Egypt

Ras Bob Reef

Ras Bob Reef offers year-round diving in Egypt's Red Sea with healthy coral and diverse marine life. A accessible reef destination for divers of all levels.

Intermediate 25m Jan·Feb·Mar+
St. John's — Habili Ali Egypt Diving
🇪🇬 Egypt

St. John's — Habili Ali

Habili Ali is an advanced deep reef dive in Egypt's Red Sea, dropping to 40m with strong currents and rich marine life.

Advanced 12–40m Jan·Feb·Mar+
Fury Shoal — Claudio's Reef Egypt Diving
🇪🇬 Egypt

Fury Shoal — Claudio's Reef

Claudio's Reef in Egypt's Fury Shoal offers intermediate diving on a vibrant coral structure dropping to 30m with year-round access.

Intermediate 8–30m
Shaab Sharm Egypt Diving
🇪🇬 Egypt

Shaab Sharm

Shaab Sharm is a year-round Red Sea dive destination in Egypt with healthy coral and consistent marine life encounters.

Beginner 25m Jan·Feb·Mar+
Komodo — Batu Bolong Indonesia Diving
🇮🇩 Indonesia

Komodo — Batu Bolong

Tiny rock pinnacle in Komodo Strait, vertical walls covered in soft coral, strong currents and elite biodiversity. One of the world's top dive sites.

Advanced 5–30m 25m Apr·May·Jun+
Komodo — Castle Rock Indonesia Diving
🇮🇩 Indonesia

Komodo — Castle Rock

Castle Rock at Komodo is an advanced drift dive in Indonesia's Flores Sea, known for strong currents, steep walls, and big pelagic encounters.

Advanced 8–35m
Crystal Bay Dive Site Indonesia Diving
🇮🇩 Indonesia

Crystal Bay Dive Site

Crystal Bay dive site in Indonesia offers year-round diving with healthy coral ecosystems and diverse marine life. Popular for both recreational and technical divers.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+
Isla Mujeres — Whale Shark Aggregation Mexico Diving
🇲🇽 Mexico

Isla Mujeres — Whale Shark Aggregation

World's largest seasonal whale shark gathering (Jun-Sep) — 200+ whale sharks feed on fish spawn 30km offshore. Snorkel only.

Beginner 0–3m 15m Jun·Jul·Aug+
Isla Mujeres — Bull Shark Cathedral Mexico Diving
🇲🇽 Mexico

Isla Mujeres — Bull Shark Cathedral

Advanced dive to 28m at Isla Mujeres' Bull Shark Cathedral, a year-round destination where bull sharks congregate in open water.

Advanced 22–28m
Manchones I Mexico Diving
🇲🇽 Mexico

Manchones I

Manchones I is a year-round dive site off Mexico's coast with healthy coral and documented marine life across 12 recorded species observations.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

Dive guides by destination

Common questions

Where is the best diving in August?
The strongest picks for August: Malta (Malta, ~28°C), Portofino & Liguria (Italy, ~29°C), Hyères & Port-Cros (France, ~29°C), Côte d'Azur (France, ~31°C), Bunaken (Indonesia, ~30°C). Ranked on 5 years of climate data (wind, rain, air temperature) per dive region.
Where should you avoid diving in August?
Out of season in August: Raja Ampat (rainy season).
How warm is it for diving in August?
Across the recommended regions, air temperatures run about 28–39°C in August.
How are these destinations rated?
Each region is scored against its own year and against fixed diver thresholds for rain, wind and warmth — data, not a travel brochure.
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