Spots by country

Patagonia diving with orcas, Mar del Plata surf, San Nicolás freshwater spots.

Antilla wreck (Caribbean's largest), constant trade winds make Fisherman's Huts a kite classic.

Great Barrier Reef, world-class east-coast surf, kite hotspots from Geraldton to Margaret River.

Tiger Beach shark dives, Blue Holes, dolphin encounters in Bimini, Eleuthera kite.

Carlisle Bay wrecks, Bathsheba surf, Silver Sands kite (waves + flat lagoon).

Great Blue Hole, Lighthouse Reef liveaboards, world's second-largest barrier reef.

Shore-diving capital of the Caribbean — 1000 Steps, Salt Pier, Klein Bonaire.

Fernando de Noronha diving, Jericoacoara and Cumbuco kite, Florianopolis surf, Recife wrecks.

Volcanic archipelago in the Atlantic with year-round trade winds for kitesurfing on Sal and Boa Vista, and clear-water diving with tiger sharks, mantas, and turtles between November and May.

Caribbean wall diving — Bloody Bay Wall, Stingray City, USS Kittiwake wreck.

Pichilemu surf (Punta de Lobos), Easter Island diving, cold-water kelp dives.

Malpelo Island liveaboards (hammerheads), Pacific reefs, Caribbean diving, Cabo de la Vela kite.

Cocos Island liveaboards (hammerheads), Pavones surf, Lake Arenal kite, Pacific coast spots.

Adriatic wreck diving, kite spots near Bol on Brač, freediving in clear Vis waters.

Jardines de la Reina liveaboards, Maria la Gorda diving, kite spots in Cayo Coco and Varadero.

Caribbean wall diving — Mushroom Forest, Superior Producer wreck.

Zenobia wreck (one of the world's top wrecks), Akamas reefs, Larnaca diving.

Cabarete kite and surf mecca, humpback whales in Silver Bank, Bayahibe diving.

Galápagos diving (hammerheads, whale sharks), Manta surf and kite.

The Red Sea coast offers some of the world's most consistent diving — Sharm el-Sheikh, Marsa Alam, Dahab — with reefs, wrecks like the SS Thistlegorm, and pelagic encounters. Liveaboards run year-round.

Soft Coral Capital of the World — Beqa Lagoon shark dives, Cloudbreak surf, Namotu kite.

Hossegor and Biarritz surf, Mediterranean diving, La Torche kite in Brittany, Reunion Island reefs.

Rangiroa and Fakarava channel dives (sharks), Teahupoo surf, Tahiti freediving.

Aegean diving, Meltemi-powered kite season on Naxos and Paros, freediving competitions in Kalamata.

Bay Islands diving — Roatan, Utila, Guanaja. Whale sharks Mar–May.

Silfra fissure dive between tectonic plates, geothermal lagoons, Reykjanes coast surf.

The center of the Coral Triangle — Raja Ampat, Komodo, Bali, Lembeh. Highest marine biodiversity on Earth. Drift diving with mantas in Komodo, muck diving in Lembeh, hammerheads in Banda. Surf and kite seasons on opposite coasts.

Bundoran surf, Malin Head freediving, Atlantic dive sites with basking sharks.

Eilat Red Sea diving, Hadera kite, Tel Aviv surf, technical depth dives.

Mediterranean wrecks, Elba and Sardinia diving, kite spots in Sardegna, surf in Liguria.

Negril cliff diving, Boston Bay surf, Port Antonio diving.

Okinawa diving (Yonaguni's monument), Izu coast wreck dives, Chiba surf, Shonan kite.

Aqaba Red Sea diving — Cedar Pride wreck, tank dive, peaceful alternative to Sinai.

Watamu Marine Park, Diani Beach kite, Malindi diving.

Nosy Be diving, Anakao kite, humpback whale season Jul-Sep.

Sipadan walls (hammerheads, turtles), Tioman diving, Perhentian budget diving.

26 atolls in the Indian Ocean. Manta and whale shark hotspots in Baa Atoll (Hanifaru Bay), South Ari, and Fuvahmulah. World-class drift diving on channels, with thila pinnacles full of grey reef sharks.

Wreck diving capital of Europe — HMS Maori, Um El Faroud, Gozo Blue Hole.

Le Morne kite world capital, Tamarin Bay surf, Flic en Flac diving.

Cenote cave diving in Yucatán, Socorro pelagic giants (giant mantas, humpbacks, sharks), bull sharks in Playa del Carmen, La Paz sea lions, Isla Mujeres whale sharks. Tulum kitesurfing year-round.

Essaouira and Dakhla kite, Taghazout surf, Mediterranean diving in Al Hoceima.

Tofo whale sharks and manta cleaning stations, Bazaruto Archipelago, Ponta do Ouro.

Poor Knights Islands diving, Raglan surf, Auckland kite, freediving in Fiordland.

Cold-water diving, orca and humpback safaris in Tromsø, Lofoten surf, fjord wreck dives.

Daymaniyat Islands whale sharks, Salalah kite during khareef, Masirah Island spots.

Pacific atoll diving — Blue Corner, German Channel, Jellyfish Lake.

Coiba Pacific liveaboards, Bocas del Toro surf, San Blas islands diving.

Coral Triangle apex — Kimbe Bay, Tufi, Walindi. 860+ fish species.

Pacific coast surf in Chicama and Mancora, kite in Paracas, sea lion diving in Pucusana.

7,641 islands — Tubbataha liveaboards, Anilao macro, Cloud 9 surf, Boracay kite, Apo Reef.

Algarve diving and surf, Nazaré big-wave surf, Azores liveaboards, Madeira freediving, Guincho kite.

Inner islands diving, Aldabra liveaboards, kite spots in Anse Source d'Argent.

Sardine Run, Aliwal Shoal tiger sharks, Cape Town kelp forests, J-Bay surf, Cape Town kite spots.

Tarifa kite Mecca, Canary Islands year-round, Costa Brava diving, Mundaka surf in Basque country.

Hikkaduwa diving, Kalpitiya kite, Arugam Bay surf, blue whale watching.

Red Sea diving — Sanganeb, Sha'ab Rumi, Umbria wreck. Hammerhead schools.

Mafia Island whale sharks, Pemba walls, Zanzibar kite (Paje), Mnemba atoll.

Andaman Sea liveaboards, Koh Tao dive certification capital, Phuket kite season, Phang Nga reef breaks.

Kas and Kalkan diving, Alaçatı kite, Fethiye liveaboards.

Musandam fjord diving via Dibba, Dubai kite, Inchcape wreck off Fujairah.

Scapa Flow wrecks, Cornwall surf, Brighton diving, Welsh kite spots.

Coastal dive, surf, and kite destinations from Florida and Hawaii to California — kelp forests, wreck dives, world-class surf breaks.

WWII wreck diving — SS President Coolidge, Million Dollar Point.

Nha Trang and Phu Quoc diving, Mui Ne kite (Asia's wind capital), Da Nang surf.