Tauchsaison – Monat für Monat rund um die Welt

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47 Reiseziele auf SeasonMap, innerhalb jedes Monats nach Komfort-Score gerankt – denn es geht nicht nur darum, wo die Saison läuft, sondern auch darum, ob sich das Wetter währenddessen lohnt.

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Wann es so weit ist

Zahl der Reiseziele mit Tauchsaison in diesem Monat. Die Zeitfenster verschieben sich jedes Jahr etwas.

Tauchsaison im Januar

  1. La Paz 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale shark season · 1. Okt. – 30. Apr.Juvenile whale sharks feed in the shallow end of the bay from October to April, inside a federal refuge that caps boats and group sizes.93
  2. Fudschaira 🇦🇪 Vereinigte Arabische EmirateGulf of Oman dive season · 15. Okt. – 15. Mai (meist)Snoopy Island and the Dibba wrecks are at their clearest in the cooler half of the year; summer plankton blooms cut the visibility badly.92
  3. Kisch 🇮🇷 IranDiving and beach season · 15. Okt. – 10. Mai (meist)The water is clearest and the air bearable in the cool half of the year, which is when the dive operators and the glass-bottom boats actually run properly.91
  4. Jamestown St. HelenaWhale shark season · 1. Jan. – 30. Apr. (meist)Whale sharks aggregate off the island between January and April and boats go out from Jamestown to snorkel with them.88
  5. Bur Sudan 🇸🇩 SudanRed Sea liveaboard season · 1. Okt. – 31. Mai (meist)The reefs off this coast — Sanganeb and the Sha'ab Rumi lagoon among them — are the reason anyone comes, and the boats run in the cooler half of the year when the water is clearest.86
  6. Dschidda 🇸🇦 Saudi-ArabienRed Sea dive season · 1. Okt. – 31. Mai (meist)The reefs off Obhur creek and the wrecks south of the port are clearest and calmest from autumn through spring, before the summer water goes bathwater-warm and the visibility drops away.84
  7. The Bottom SabaDive season · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The clearest water of the year in the Saba National Marine Park, with visibility past a hundred feet at sites like the Pinnacles, and the fewest afternoon squalls.83
  8. Dschibuti 🇩🇯 DschibutiWhale sharks in the gulf · 1. Nov. – 15. Feb. (meist)Plankton blooms in the Gulf of Tadjoura pull in a crowd of unusually young whale sharks, most of them only three or four metres long.79
  9. Amphoe Ko Chang 🇹🇭 ThailandWreck and reef diving season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The months the boats run south to the HTMS Chang wreck and the Rang islands, when visibility is worth the crossing.75
  10. Havelock Island 🇮🇳 IndienDive and boat season · 15. Okt. – 15. MaiThe dive centres on Beach No.75
  11. Sri Vijaya Puram 🇮🇳 IndienSailing and dive season · 15. Okt. – 10. MaiThe sea settles, the catamarans to Havelock and Neil run to timetable, and every dive centre in the territory is open.73
  12. Mombasa 🇰🇪 KeniaWhale sharks off the coast · 1. Dez. – 31. März (meist)Whale sharks move along the Kenyan coast through the northeast monsoon, and the boats that go looking for them run out of Diani and Watamu rather than Mombasa itself.72
  13. Amphoe Ko Lanta 🇹🇭 ThailandHin Daeng and Hin Muang season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The deep pinnacles two hours south are the reason people come here to dive, and the boats only run in the settled months.71
  14. Byron Bay 🇦🇺 AustralienLeopard sharks at Julian Rocks · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)Through the warm months leopard sharks gather on the sand at Julian Rocks, twenty minutes offshore, and swap places with the grey nurse sharks that hold there in winter.69
  15. Malé 🇲🇻 MaledivenWhale sharks in South Ari · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)The juveniles off Maamigili are the one aggregation in the country that holds all year, which is why the day boats run out of Male in any month.62
  16. Vilankulo 🇲🇿 MosambikWhale sharks and mantas · 1. Okt. – 15. Apr. (meist)Whale sharks and manta rays gather around the Bazaruto channel from October through to April, a window that overlaps with the archipelago's hottest and wettest months.62
  17. Tofo 🇲🇿 MosambikWhale shark season · 1. Okt. – 15. März (meist)Whale sharks gather off the reef from October to March, most reliably in December and January when plankton blooms bring them close enough for the ocean-safari boats that launch straight off the beach at dawn.61
  18. Bundesstaat Chuuk 🇫🇲 Föderierte Staaten von MikronesienCalm months on the wrecks · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The north-east trades settle the lagoon from about December to April, which is when the crossings to the far wrecks are comfortable and the water inside the holds is at its clearest.56
  19. Raja Ampat 🇮🇩 IndonesienManta season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)Plankton in the straits brings reef mantas onto the cleaning stations around Dampier and Arborek, densest in the first months of the year.52
  20. Labuan Bajo 🇮🇩 IndonesienManta season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)Plankton in the channel brings reef mantas onto the cleaning stations at Karang Makassar and, further south, Manta Alley.49

Was ist los weltweit im Januar →

Tauchsaison im Februar

  1. Kisch 🇮🇷 IranDiving and beach season · 15. Okt. – 10. Mai (meist)The water is clearest and the air bearable in the cool half of the year, which is when the dive operators and the glass-bottom boats actually run properly.93
  2. Bur Sudan 🇸🇩 SudanRed Sea liveaboard season · 1. Okt. – 31. Mai (meist)The reefs off this coast — Sanganeb and the Sha'ab Rumi lagoon among them — are the reason anyone comes, and the boats run in the cooler half of the year when the water is clearest.91
  3. La Paz 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale shark season · 1. Okt. – 30. Apr.Juvenile whale sharks feed in the shallow end of the bay from October to April, inside a federal refuge that caps boats and group sizes.91
  4. Fudschaira 🇦🇪 Vereinigte Arabische EmirateGulf of Oman dive season · 15. Okt. – 15. Mai (meist)Snoopy Island and the Dibba wrecks are at their clearest in the cooler half of the year; summer plankton blooms cut the visibility badly.89
  5. Jamestown St. HelenaWhale shark season · 1. Jan. – 30. Apr. (meist)Whale sharks aggregate off the island between January and April and boats go out from Jamestown to snorkel with them.87
  6. Dschidda 🇸🇦 Saudi-ArabienRed Sea dive season · 1. Okt. – 31. Mai (meist)The reefs off Obhur creek and the wrecks south of the port are clearest and calmest from autumn through spring, before the summer water goes bathwater-warm and the visibility drops away.85
  7. The Bottom SabaDive season · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The clearest water of the year in the Saba National Marine Park, with visibility past a hundred feet at sites like the Pinnacles, and the fewest afternoon squalls.84
  8. Dschibuti 🇩🇯 DschibutiWhale sharks in the gulf · 1. Nov. – 15. Feb. (meist)Plankton blooms in the Gulf of Tadjoura pull in a crowd of unusually young whale sharks, most of them only three or four metres long.80
  9. Havelock Island 🇮🇳 IndienDive and boat season · 15. Okt. – 15. MaiThe dive centres on Beach No.78
  10. Sri Vijaya Puram 🇮🇳 IndienSailing and dive season · 15. Okt. – 10. MaiThe sea settles, the catamarans to Havelock and Neil run to timetable, and every dive centre in the territory is open.76
  11. Amphoe Ko Lanta 🇹🇭 ThailandHin Daeng and Hin Muang season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The deep pinnacles two hours south are the reason people come here to dive, and the boats only run in the settled months.75
  12. Roatán 🇭🇳 HondurasWhale sharks in the Bay Islands · 20. Feb. – 30. Apr. (meist)The reliable encounters are off Utila, an hour west by boat, where the shelf drops into deep water and the boils bring plankton up.74
  13. Khao Lak 🇹🇭 ThailandManta and whale shark season · 1. Feb. – 5. Mai (meist)The tail of the dive season at Richelieu Rock and Koh Bon, when the plankton is up and the big animals follow it.74
  14. Amphoe Ko Chang 🇹🇭 ThailandWreck and reef diving season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The months the boats run south to the HTMS Chang wreck and the Rang islands, when visibility is worth the crossing.73
  15. Utila 🇭🇳 HondurasWhale shark season · 1. Feb. – 31. Mai (meist)Utila is one of the few places whale sharks are seen year-round, but February to May is when sightings are most reliable, peaking in March and April as plankton blooms draw them close to shore.73
  16. Mombasa 🇰🇪 KeniaWhale sharks off the coast · 1. Dez. – 31. März (meist)Whale sharks move along the Kenyan coast through the northeast monsoon, and the boats that go looking for them run out of Diani and Watamu rather than Mombasa itself.72
  17. Malé 🇲🇻 MaledivenWhale sharks in South Ari · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)The juveniles off Maamigili are the one aggregation in the country that holds all year, which is why the day boats run out of Male in any month.70
  18. Byron Bay 🇦🇺 AustralienLeopard sharks at Julian Rocks · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)Through the warm months leopard sharks gather on the sand at Julian Rocks, twenty minutes offshore, and swap places with the grey nurse sharks that hold there in winter.66
  19. Tofo 🇲🇿 MosambikWhale shark season · 1. Okt. – 15. März (meist)Whale sharks gather off the reef from October to March, most reliably in December and January when plankton blooms bring them close enough for the ocean-safari boats that launch straight off the beach at dawn.63
  20. Bundesstaat Chuuk 🇫🇲 Föderierte Staaten von MikronesienCalm months on the wrecks · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The north-east trades settle the lagoon from about December to April, which is when the crossings to the far wrecks are comfortable and the water inside the holds is at its clearest.60
  21. Raja Ampat 🇮🇩 IndonesienManta season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)Plankton in the straits brings reef mantas onto the cleaning stations around Dampier and Arborek, densest in the first months of the year.59
  22. Vilankulo 🇲🇿 MosambikWhale sharks and mantas · 1. Okt. – 15. Apr. (meist)Whale sharks and manta rays gather around the Bazaruto channel from October through to April, a window that overlaps with the archipelago's hottest and wettest months.59
  23. Labuan Bajo 🇮🇩 IndonesienManta season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)Plankton in the channel brings reef mantas onto the cleaning stations at Karang Makassar and, further south, Manta Alley.52

Was ist los weltweit im Februar →

Tauchsaison im März

  1. La Paz 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale shark season · 1. Okt. – 30. Apr.Juvenile whale sharks feed in the shallow end of the bay from October to April, inside a federal refuge that caps boats and group sizes.86
  2. The Bottom SabaDive season · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The clearest water of the year in the Saba National Marine Park, with visibility past a hundred feet at sites like the Pinnacles, and the fewest afternoon squalls.86
  3. Bur Sudan 🇸🇩 SudanRed Sea liveaboard season · 1. Okt. – 31. Mai (meist)The reefs off this coast — Sanganeb and the Sha'ab Rumi lagoon among them — are the reason anyone comes, and the boats run in the cooler half of the year when the water is clearest.85
  4. Jamestown St. HelenaWhale shark season · 1. Jan. – 30. Apr. (meist)Whale sharks aggregate off the island between January and April and boats go out from Jamestown to snorkel with them.85
  5. Kisch 🇮🇷 IranDiving and beach season · 15. Okt. – 10. Mai (meist)The water is clearest and the air bearable in the cool half of the year, which is when the dive operators and the glass-bottom boats actually run properly.83
  6. Fudschaira 🇦🇪 Vereinigte Arabische EmirateGulf of Oman dive season · 15. Okt. – 15. Mai (meist)Snoopy Island and the Dibba wrecks are at their clearest in the cooler half of the year; summer plankton blooms cut the visibility badly.81
  7. Dschidda 🇸🇦 Saudi-ArabienRed Sea dive season · 1. Okt. – 31. Mai (meist)The reefs off Obhur creek and the wrecks south of the port are clearest and calmest from autumn through spring, before the summer water goes bathwater-warm and the visibility drops away.79
  8. Pulau Tioman 🇲🇾 MalaysiaDive season · 1. März – 31. Okt. (meist)The months the dive shops are open and the crossing from Mersing is routine.79
  9. Ko Tao 🇹🇭 ThailandWhale shark season · 15. März – 31. Mai (meist)They turn up on the pinnacles for a few weeks in the spring, and again in a smaller run around September and October.77
  10. Côn Đảo 🇻🇳 VietnamCalm seas and clear water · 1. März – 30. Juni (meist)Between the two monsoons the crossing settles and the water over the reef clears.77
  11. Havelock Island 🇮🇳 IndienDive and boat season · 15. Okt. – 15. MaiThe dive centres on Beach No.76
  12. Placencia 🇧🇿 BelizeWhale sharks at Gladden Spit · 15. März – 15. Juni (meist)Cubera snapper spawn at Gladden Spit, 22 miles offshore, in the days after each full moon and whale sharks come up under them to feed.76
  13. Utila 🇭🇳 HondurasWhale shark season · 1. Feb. – 31. Mai (meist)Utila is one of the few places whale sharks are seen year-round, but February to May is when sightings are most reliable, peaking in March and April as plankton blooms draw them close to shore.76
  14. Sri Vijaya Puram 🇮🇳 IndienSailing and dive season · 15. Okt. – 10. MaiThe sea settles, the catamarans to Havelock and Neil run to timetable, and every dive centre in the territory is open.75
  15. Roatán 🇭🇳 HondurasWhale sharks in the Bay Islands · 20. Feb. – 30. Apr. (meist)The reliable encounters are off Utila, an hour west by boat, where the shelf drops into deep water and the boils bring plankton up.73
  16. Praslin 🇸🇨 SeychellenThe calm between monsoons · 25. März – 10. Mai (meist)The turn between the two winds: barely any breeze, water like a pool and the visibility divers come for.71
  17. Tofo 🇲🇿 MosambikWhale shark season · 1. Okt. – 15. März (meist)Whale sharks gather off the reef from October to March, most reliably in December and January when plankton blooms bring them close enough for the ocean-safari boats that launch straight off the beach at dawn.70
  18. Amphoe Ko Lanta 🇹🇭 ThailandHin Daeng and Hin Muang season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The deep pinnacles two hours south are the reason people come here to dive, and the boats only run in the settled months.70
  19. Vilankulo 🇲🇿 MosambikWhale sharks and mantas · 1. Okt. – 15. Apr. (meist)Whale sharks and manta rays gather around the Bazaruto channel from October through to April, a window that overlaps with the archipelago's hottest and wettest months.70
  20. Khao Lak 🇹🇭 ThailandManta and whale shark season · 1. Feb. – 5. Mai (meist)The tail of the dive season at Richelieu Rock and Koh Bon, when the plankton is up and the big animals follow it.68
  21. Exmouth 🇦🇺 AustralienNingaloo coral spawning · 5.–31. März (meist)The reef releases on the nights after the March full moon.68
  22. Mombasa 🇰🇪 KeniaWhale sharks off the coast · 1. Dez. – 31. März (meist)Whale sharks move along the Kenyan coast through the northeast monsoon, and the boats that go looking for them run out of Diani and Watamu rather than Mombasa itself.67
  23. Malé 🇲🇻 MaledivenWhale sharks in South Ari · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)The juveniles off Maamigili are the one aggregation in the country that holds all year, which is why the day boats run out of Male in any month.66
  24. Victoria 🇸🇨 SeychellenInter-monsoon calms · 15. März – 15. Mai (meist)Between the two monsoons the wind drops and the water off Mahé goes flat and clear, which is when the granite dive sites and the boats to the outer islands are at their best.66
  25. Amphoe Ko Chang 🇹🇭 ThailandWreck and reef diving season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The months the boats run south to the HTMS Chang wreck and the Rang islands, when visibility is worth the crossing.66

… und 4 weitere im März.

Was ist los weltweit im März →

Tauchsaison im April

  1. Jamestown St. HelenaWhale shark season · 1. Jan. – 30. Apr. (meist)Whale sharks aggregate off the island between January and April and boats go out from Jamestown to snorkel with them.87
  2. La Paz 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale shark season · 1. Okt. – 30. Apr.Juvenile whale sharks feed in the shallow end of the bay from October to April, inside a federal refuge that caps boats and group sizes.82
  3. The Bottom SabaDive season · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The clearest water of the year in the Saba National Marine Park, with visibility past a hundred feet at sites like the Pinnacles, and the fewest afternoon squalls.82
  4. Byron Bay 🇦🇺 AustralienLeopard sharks at Julian Rocks · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)Through the warm months leopard sharks gather on the sand at Julian Rocks, twenty minutes offshore, and swap places with the grey nurse sharks that hold there in winter.79
  5. Bur Sudan 🇸🇩 SudanRed Sea liveaboard season · 1. Okt. – 31. Mai (meist)The reefs off this coast — Sanganeb and the Sha'ab Rumi lagoon among them — are the reason anyone comes, and the boats run in the cooler half of the year when the water is clearest.78
  6. Pulau Tioman 🇲🇾 MalaysiaDive season · 1. März – 31. Okt. (meist)The months the dive shops are open and the crossing from Mersing is routine.76
  7. Vilankulo 🇲🇿 MosambikWhale sharks and mantas · 1. Okt. – 15. Apr. (meist)Whale sharks and manta rays gather around the Bazaruto channel from October through to April, a window that overlaps with the archipelago's hottest and wettest months.76
  8. Exmouth 🇦🇺 AustralienWhale shark season · 10. März – 10. Aug. (meist)Whale sharks feed along the outside of the reef from March into August, spotter plane overhead and a licensed boat below.75
  9. Utila 🇭🇳 HondurasWhale shark season · 1. Feb. – 31. Mai (meist)Utila is one of the few places whale sharks are seen year-round, but February to May is when sightings are most reliable, peaking in March and April as plankton blooms draw them close to shore.74
  10. Dschidda 🇸🇦 Saudi-ArabienRed Sea dive season · 1. Okt. – 31. Mai (meist)The reefs off Obhur creek and the wrecks south of the port are clearest and calmest from autumn through spring, before the summer water goes bathwater-warm and the visibility drops away.73
  11. Placencia 🇧🇿 BelizeWhale sharks at Gladden Spit · 15. März – 15. Juni (meist)Cubera snapper spawn at Gladden Spit, 22 miles offshore, in the days after each full moon and whale sharks come up under them to feed.73
  12. Kisch 🇮🇷 IranDiving and beach season · 15. Okt. – 10. Mai (meist)The water is clearest and the air bearable in the cool half of the year, which is when the dive operators and the glass-bottom boats actually run properly.73
  13. Roatán 🇭🇳 HondurasWhale sharks in the Bay Islands · 20. Feb. – 30. Apr. (meist)The reliable encounters are off Utila, an hour west by boat, where the shelf drops into deep water and the boils bring plankton up.71
  14. Côn Đảo 🇻🇳 VietnamCalm seas and clear water · 1. März – 30. Juni (meist)Between the two monsoons the crossing settles and the water over the reef clears.71
  15. Ko Tao 🇹🇭 ThailandWhale shark season · 15. März – 31. Mai (meist)They turn up on the pinnacles for a few weeks in the spring, and again in a smaller run around September and October.70
  16. Havelock Island 🇮🇳 IndienDive and boat season · 15. Okt. – 15. MaiThe dive centres on Beach No.70
  17. Fudschaira 🇦🇪 Vereinigte Arabische EmirateGulf of Oman dive season · 15. Okt. – 15. Mai (meist)Snoopy Island and the Dibba wrecks are at their clearest in the cooler half of the year; summer plankton blooms cut the visibility badly.70
  18. Sri Vijaya Puram 🇮🇳 IndienSailing and dive season · 15. Okt. – 10. MaiThe sea settles, the catamarans to Havelock and Neil run to timetable, and every dive centre in the territory is open.68
  19. Praslin 🇸🇨 SeychellenThe calm between monsoons · 25. März – 10. Mai (meist)The turn between the two winds: barely any breeze, water like a pool and the visibility divers come for.67
  20. Malé 🇲🇻 MaledivenWhale sharks in South Ari · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)The juveniles off Maamigili are the one aggregation in the country that holds all year, which is why the day boats run out of Male in any month.64
  21. Beau Vallon 🇸🇨 SeychellenCalm seas between the monsoons · 1. Apr. – 15. Mai (meist)Between the northwest and southeast monsoons the wind drops and the bay often goes glassy, with the best visibility of the year for diving and snorkelling off the beach.63
  22. Victoria 🇸🇨 SeychellenInter-monsoon calms · 15. März – 15. Mai (meist)Between the two monsoons the wind drops and the water off Mahé goes flat and clear, which is when the granite dive sites and the boats to the outer islands are at their best.62
  23. Amphoe Ko Lanta 🇹🇭 ThailandHin Daeng and Hin Muang season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The deep pinnacles two hours south are the reason people come here to dive, and the boats only run in the settled months.61
  24. Amphoe Ko Chang 🇹🇭 ThailandWreck and reef diving season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The months the boats run south to the HTMS Chang wreck and the Rang islands, when visibility is worth the crossing.61
  25. Khao Lak 🇹🇭 ThailandManta and whale shark season · 1. Feb. – 5. Mai (meist)The tail of the dive season at Richelieu Rock and Koh Bon, when the plankton is up and the big animals follow it.61

… und 4 weitere im April.

Was ist los weltweit im April →

Tauchsaison im Mai

  1. Exmouth 🇦🇺 AustralienWhale shark season · 10. März – 10. Aug. (meist)Whale sharks feed along the outside of the reef from March into August, spotter plane overhead and a licensed boat below.84
  2. Douglas Isle of ManBasking shark season · 15. Mai – 15. Aug. (meist)Basking sharks feed close inshore on calm summer days, mostly along the south and south-west coast within easy reach of Douglas, with June and July the likeliest months.82
  3. Utila 🇭🇳 HondurasWhale shark season · 1. Feb. – 31. Mai (meist)Utila is one of the few places whale sharks are seen year-round, but February to May is when sightings are most reliable, peaking in March and April as plankton blooms draw them close to shore.74
  4. Nadi 🇫🇯 FidschiManta season in the Yasawas · 1. Mai – 31. Okt. (meist)Reef mantas feed in the channel at Drawaqa through the dry half of the year and are snorkelled from a boat when the tide runs.73
  5. Pulau Tioman 🇲🇾 MalaysiaDive season · 1. März – 31. Okt. (meist)The months the dive shops are open and the crossing from Mersing is routine.71
  6. Holbox 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale shark season · 15. Mai – 17. Sep.The season is fixed by permit, mid-May to mid-September, and boats leave before dawn for the feeding aggregation well offshore.69
  7. Isla Mujeres 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale shark season · 15. Mai – 17. Sep.Permits run mid-May to mid-September for the aggregation twenty-odd miles north of the island.68
  8. Placencia 🇧🇿 BelizeWhale sharks at Gladden Spit · 15. März – 15. Juni (meist)Cubera snapper spawn at Gladden Spit, 22 miles offshore, in the days after each full moon and whale sharks come up under them to feed.66
  9. Dschidda 🇸🇦 Saudi-ArabienRed Sea dive season · 1. Okt. – 31. Mai (meist)The reefs off Obhur creek and the wrecks south of the port are clearest and calmest from autumn through spring, before the summer water goes bathwater-warm and the visibility drops away.65
  10. Dry-Tortugas-Nationalpark 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenCalm-water snorkelling season · 1. Mai – 31. Aug. (meist)The wind drops between the winter fronts and the peak of hurricane season, and the moat wall and the coaling docks are as clear as they get.63
  11. Ko Tao 🇹🇭 ThailandWhale shark season · 15. März – 31. Mai (meist)They turn up on the pinnacles for a few weeks in the spring, and again in a smaller run around September and October.63
  12. Bur Sudan 🇸🇩 SudanRed Sea liveaboard season · 1. Okt. – 31. Mai (meist)The reefs off this coast — Sanganeb and the Sha'ab Rumi lagoon among them — are the reason anyone comes, and the boats run in the cooler half of the year when the water is clearest.61
  13. Praslin 🇸🇨 SeychellenThe calm between monsoons · 25. März – 10. Mai (meist)The turn between the two winds: barely any breeze, water like a pool and the visibility divers come for.61
  14. Côn Đảo 🇻🇳 VietnamCalm seas and clear water · 1. März – 30. Juni (meist)Between the two monsoons the crossing settles and the water over the reef clears.59
  15. Kisch 🇮🇷 IranDiving and beach season · 15. Okt. – 10. Mai (meist)The water is clearest and the air bearable in the cool half of the year, which is when the dive operators and the glass-bottom boats actually run properly.57
  16. Beau Vallon 🇸🇨 SeychellenCalm seas between the monsoons · 1. Apr. – 15. Mai (meist)Between the northwest and southeast monsoons the wind drops and the bay often goes glassy, with the best visibility of the year for diving and snorkelling off the beach.57
  17. Victoria 🇸🇨 SeychellenInter-monsoon calms · 15. März – 15. Mai (meist)Between the two monsoons the wind drops and the water off Mahé goes flat and clear, which is when the granite dive sites and the boats to the outer islands are at their best.56
  18. Honiara 🇸🇧 SalomonenClearer water on Iron Bottom Sound · 1. Apr. – 30. Nov. (meist)The drier half of the year settles the run-off and the wrecks off the Guadalcanal shore come back into view — the Bonegi ships are a walk-in from the road.51
  19. Malé 🇲🇻 MaledivenWhale sharks in South Ari · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)The juveniles off Maamigili are the one aggregation in the country that holds all year, which is why the day boats run out of Male in any month.50
  20. Havelock Island 🇮🇳 IndienDive and boat season · 15. Okt. – 15. MaiThe dive centres on Beach No.50
  21. Manado 🇮🇩 IndonesienCalmest months for Bunaken · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The drier stretch either side of midyear is when the crossing out to Bunaken is flattest and the wall dives are at their clearest.48
  22. Sri Vijaya Puram 🇮🇳 IndienSailing and dive season · 15. Okt. – 10. MaiThe sea settles, the catamarans to Havelock and Neil run to timetable, and every dive centre in the territory is open.46
  23. Khao Lak 🇹🇭 ThailandManta and whale shark season · 1. Feb. – 5. Mai (meist)The tail of the dive season at Richelieu Rock and Koh Bon, when the plankton is up and the big animals follow it.46
  24. Fudschaira 🇦🇪 Vereinigte Arabische EmirateGulf of Oman dive season · 15. Okt. – 15. Mai (meist)Snoopy Island and the Dibba wrecks are at their clearest in the cooler half of the year; summer plankton blooms cut the visibility badly.44

Was ist los weltweit im Mai →

Tauchsaison im Juni

  1. Exmouth 🇦🇺 AustralienWhale shark season · 10. März – 10. Aug. (meist)Whale sharks feed along the outside of the reef from March into August, spotter plane overhead and a licensed boat below.86
  2. Douglas Isle of ManBasking shark season · 15. Mai – 15. Aug. (meist)Basking sharks feed close inshore on calm summer days, mostly along the south and south-west coast within easy reach of Douglas, with June and July the likeliest months.85
  3. Nadi 🇫🇯 FidschiManta season in the Yasawas · 1. Mai – 31. Okt. (meist)Reef mantas feed in the channel at Drawaqa through the dry half of the year and are snorkelled from a boat when the tide runs.80
  4. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorWhale sharks at Darwin and Wolf · 15. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Large females pass the far northern rocks through the cool season.80
  5. Pulau Tioman 🇲🇾 MalaysiaDive season · 1. März – 31. Okt. (meist)The months the dive shops are open and the crossing from Mersing is routine.73
  6. Malé 🇲🇻 MaledivenWhale sharks in South Ari · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)The juveniles off Maamigili are the one aggregation in the country that holds all year, which is why the day boats run out of Male in any month.66
  7. George Town Cayman IslandsSilversides in the swim-throughs · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)Baitballs of silversides pack the caverns at Devil's Grotto and Eden Rock, right off the George Town waterfront, with tarpon working through them.61
  8. Honiara 🇸🇧 SalomonenClearer water on Iron Bottom Sound · 1. Apr. – 30. Nov. (meist)The drier half of the year settles the run-off and the wrecks off the Guadalcanal shore come back into view — the Bonegi ships are a walk-in from the road.60
  9. Holbox 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale shark season · 15. Mai – 17. Sep.The season is fixed by permit, mid-May to mid-September, and boats leave before dawn for the feeding aggregation well offshore.60
  10. Cancún 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale sharks off Isla Mujeres · 15. Juni – 15. Sep.Hundreds of whale sharks gather to feed north of Isla Mujeres and the permitted swim season runs from mid-June to mid-September, July being the densest.57
  11. Ishigaki-jima 🇯🇵 JapanManta season at Kabira · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)The cleaning stations off Kabira draw mantas through the second half of the year, with the best odds from August to October.57
  12. Côn Đảo 🇻🇳 VietnamCalm seas and clear water · 1. März – 30. Juni (meist)Between the two monsoons the crossing settles and the water over the reef clears.57
  13. Isla Mujeres 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale shark season · 15. Mai – 17. Sep.Permits run mid-May to mid-September for the aggregation twenty-odd miles north of the island.57
  14. Dry-Tortugas-Nationalpark 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenCalm-water snorkelling season · 1. Mai – 31. Aug. (meist)The wind drops between the winter fronts and the peak of hurricane season, and the moat wall and the coaling docks are as clear as they get.56
  15. Placencia 🇧🇿 BelizeWhale sharks at Gladden Spit · 15. März – 15. Juni (meist)Cubera snapper spawn at Gladden Spit, 22 miles offshore, in the days after each full moon and whale sharks come up under them to feed.51
  16. Manado 🇮🇩 IndonesienCalmest months for Bunaken · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The drier stretch either side of midyear is when the crossing out to Bunaken is flattest and the wall dives are at their clearest.49

Was ist los weltweit im Juni →

Tauchsaison im Juli

  1. Exmouth 🇦🇺 AustralienWhale shark season · 10. März – 10. Aug. (meist)Whale sharks feed along the outside of the reef from March into August, spotter plane overhead and a licensed boat below.93
  2. Douglas Isle of ManBasking shark season · 15. Mai – 15. Aug. (meist)Basking sharks feed close inshore on calm summer days, mostly along the south and south-west coast within easy reach of Douglas, with June and July the likeliest months.88
  3. Nadi 🇫🇯 FidschiManta season in the Yasawas · 1. Mai – 31. Okt. (meist)Reef mantas feed in the channel at Drawaqa through the dry half of the year and are snorkelled from a boat when the tide runs.84
  4. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorWhale sharks at Darwin and Wolf · 15. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Large females pass the far northern rocks through the cool season.83
  5. Nusa Penida 🇮🇩 IndonesienMola season · 1. Juli – 31. Okt. (meist)Cold upwelling in the Badung Strait brings oceanic sunfish up to the cleaning stations at Crystal Bay, with August and September the most reliable weeks.82
  6. Pulau Tioman 🇲🇾 MalaysiaDive season · 1. März – 31. Okt. (meist)The months the dive shops are open and the crossing from Mersing is routine.77
  7. Cancún 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale sharks off Isla Mujeres · 15. Juni – 15. Sep.Hundreds of whale sharks gather to feed north of Isla Mujeres and the permitted swim season runs from mid-June to mid-September, July being the densest.65
  8. George Town Cayman IslandsSilversides in the swim-throughs · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)Baitballs of silversides pack the caverns at Devil's Grotto and Eden Rock, right off the George Town waterfront, with tarpon working through them.65
  9. Holbox 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale shark season · 15. Mai – 17. Sep.The season is fixed by permit, mid-May to mid-September, and boats leave before dawn for the feeding aggregation well offshore.65
  10. Isla Mujeres 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale shark season · 15. Mai – 17. Sep.Permits run mid-May to mid-September for the aggregation twenty-odd miles north of the island.65
  11. Malé 🇲🇻 MaledivenWhale sharks in South Ari · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)The juveniles off Maamigili are the one aggregation in the country that holds all year, which is why the day boats run out of Male in any month.61
  12. Dry-Tortugas-Nationalpark 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenCalm-water snorkelling season · 1. Mai – 31. Aug. (meist)The wind drops between the winter fronts and the peak of hurricane season, and the moat wall and the coaling docks are as clear as they get.59
  13. Honiara 🇸🇧 SalomonenClearer water on Iron Bottom Sound · 1. Apr. – 30. Nov. (meist)The drier half of the year settles the run-off and the wrecks off the Guadalcanal shore come back into view — the Bonegi ships are a walk-in from the road.57
  14. Ishigaki-jima 🇯🇵 JapanManta season at Kabira · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)The cleaning stations off Kabira draw mantas through the second half of the year, with the best odds from August to October.55
  15. Manado 🇮🇩 IndonesienCalmest months for Bunaken · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The drier stretch either side of midyear is when the crossing out to Bunaken is flattest and the wall dives are at their clearest.51

Was ist los weltweit im Juli →

Tauchsaison im August

  1. Exmouth 🇦🇺 AustralienWhale shark season · 10. März – 10. Aug. (meist)Whale sharks feed along the outside of the reef from March into August, spotter plane overhead and a licensed boat below.94
  2. Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalawiBest diving visibility · 1. Aug. – 15. Dez. (meist)The dry season brings the clearest water of the year, with visibility reaching up to thirty metres over the cichlid reefs.91
  3. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorWhale sharks at Darwin and Wolf · 15. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Large females pass the far northern rocks through the cool season.87
  4. Douglas Isle of ManBasking shark season · 15. Mai – 15. Aug. (meist)Basking sharks feed close inshore on calm summer days, mostly along the south and south-west coast within easy reach of Douglas, with June and July the likeliest months.86
  5. Nusa Penida 🇮🇩 IndonesienMola season · 1. Juli – 31. Okt. (meist)Cold upwelling in the Badung Strait brings oceanic sunfish up to the cleaning stations at Crystal Bay, with August and September the most reliable weeks.85
  6. Nadi 🇫🇯 FidschiManta season in the Yasawas · 1. Mai – 31. Okt. (meist)Reef mantas feed in the channel at Drawaqa through the dry half of the year and are snorkelled from a boat when the tide runs.81
  7. Channel-Islands-Nationalpark 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenThe clear-water months · 15. Aug. – 31. Okt. (meist)Late summer into October brings the calmest seas, the warmest water and visibility that can reach thirty metres in the kelp.78
  8. Pulau Tioman 🇲🇾 MalaysiaDive season · 1. März – 31. Okt. (meist)The months the dive shops are open and the crossing from Mersing is routine.77
  9. Beau Vallon 🇸🇨 SeychellenWhale sharks off the bay · 1. Aug. – 31. Okt. (meist)The monitoring programme runs from August to the end of October and the boats go out from the bay itself, spotter plane overhead.75
  10. Victoria 🇸🇨 SeychellenWhale sharks off Mahé · 15. Aug. – 15. Nov. (meist)Whale sharks pass the granitic islands as the trades ease, with a spotter plane and a small licensed fleet working out of the west coast.74
  11. Roatán 🇭🇳 HondurasCoral spawning nights · 20. Aug. – 25. Sep. (meist)The reef spawns on the nights after the late-summer full moons and the shops run boats out at nine or ten.64
  12. Malé 🇲🇻 MaledivenWhale sharks in South Ari · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)The juveniles off Maamigili are the one aggregation in the country that holds all year, which is why the day boats run out of Male in any month.63
  13. George Town Cayman IslandsSilversides in the swim-throughs · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)Baitballs of silversides pack the caverns at Devil's Grotto and Eden Rock, right off the George Town waterfront, with tarpon working through them.63
  14. Holbox 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale shark season · 15. Mai – 17. Sep.The season is fixed by permit, mid-May to mid-September, and boats leave before dawn for the feeding aggregation well offshore.61
  15. Cancún 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale sharks off Isla Mujeres · 15. Juni – 15. Sep.Hundreds of whale sharks gather to feed north of Isla Mujeres and the permitted swim season runs from mid-June to mid-September, July being the densest.60
  16. Isla Mujeres 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale shark season · 15. Mai – 17. Sep.Permits run mid-May to mid-September for the aggregation twenty-odd miles north of the island.60
  17. Manado 🇮🇩 IndonesienCalmest months for Bunaken · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The drier stretch either side of midyear is when the crossing out to Bunaken is flattest and the wall dives are at their clearest.58
  18. Honiara 🇸🇧 SalomonenClearer water on Iron Bottom Sound · 1. Apr. – 30. Nov. (meist)The drier half of the year settles the run-off and the wrecks off the Guadalcanal shore come back into view — the Bonegi ships are a walk-in from the road.57
  19. Dry-Tortugas-Nationalpark 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenCalm-water snorkelling season · 1. Mai – 31. Aug. (meist)The wind drops between the winter fronts and the peak of hurricane season, and the moat wall and the coaling docks are as clear as they get.53
  20. Ishigaki-jima 🇯🇵 JapanManta season at Kabira · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)The cleaning stations off Kabira draw mantas through the second half of the year, with the best odds from August to October.51

Was ist los weltweit im August →

Tauchsaison im September

  1. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorWhale sharks at Darwin and Wolf · 15. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Large females pass the far northern rocks through the cool season.88
  2. Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalawiBest diving visibility · 1. Aug. – 15. Dez. (meist)The dry season brings the clearest water of the year, with visibility reaching up to thirty metres over the cichlid reefs.83
  3. Nusa Penida 🇮🇩 IndonesienMola season · 1. Juli – 31. Okt. (meist)Cold upwelling in the Badung Strait brings oceanic sunfish up to the cleaning stations at Crystal Bay, with August and September the most reliable weeks.79
  4. Nadi 🇫🇯 FidschiManta season in the Yasawas · 1. Mai – 31. Okt. (meist)Reef mantas feed in the channel at Drawaqa through the dry half of the year and are snorkelled from a boat when the tide runs.78
  5. Nosy Be 🇲🇬 MadagaskarWhale sharks · 1. Sep. – 15. Dez. (meist)Whale sharks feed off the north of the island through the last quarter of the year, thickest in October and November.78
  6. Channel-Islands-Nationalpark 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenThe clear-water months · 15. Aug. – 31. Okt. (meist)Late summer into October brings the calmest seas, the warmest water and visibility that can reach thirty metres in the kelp.77
  7. Pulau Tioman 🇲🇾 MalaysiaDive season · 1. März – 31. Okt. (meist)The months the dive shops are open and the crossing from Mersing is routine.75
  8. Beau Vallon 🇸🇨 SeychellenWhale sharks off the bay · 1. Aug. – 31. Okt. (meist)The monitoring programme runs from August to the end of October and the boats go out from the bay itself, spotter plane overhead.64
  9. Victoria 🇸🇨 SeychellenWhale sharks off Mahé · 15. Aug. – 15. Nov. (meist)Whale sharks pass the granitic islands as the trades ease, with a spotter plane and a small licensed fleet working out of the west coast.63
  10. Roatán 🇭🇳 HondurasCoral spawning nights · 20. Aug. – 25. Sep. (meist)The reef spawns on the nights after the late-summer full moons and the shops run boats out at nine or ten.62
  11. Malé 🇲🇻 MaledivenWhale sharks in South Ari · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)The juveniles off Maamigili are the one aggregation in the country that holds all year, which is why the day boats run out of Male in any month.61
  12. George Town Cayman IslandsSilversides in the swim-throughs · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)Baitballs of silversides pack the caverns at Devil's Grotto and Eden Rock, right off the George Town waterfront, with tarpon working through them.60
  13. Holbox 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale shark season · 15. Mai – 17. Sep.The season is fixed by permit, mid-May to mid-September, and boats leave before dawn for the feeding aggregation well offshore.59
  14. Cancún 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale sharks off Isla Mujeres · 15. Juni – 15. Sep.Hundreds of whale sharks gather to feed north of Isla Mujeres and the permitted swim season runs from mid-June to mid-September, July being the densest.58
  15. Isla Mujeres 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale shark season · 15. Mai – 17. Sep.Permits run mid-May to mid-September for the aggregation twenty-odd miles north of the island.58
  16. Honiara 🇸🇧 SalomonenClearer water on Iron Bottom Sound · 1. Apr. – 30. Nov. (meist)The drier half of the year settles the run-off and the wrecks off the Guadalcanal shore come back into view — the Bonegi ships are a walk-in from the road.55
  17. Manado 🇮🇩 IndonesienCalmest months for Bunaken · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The drier stretch either side of midyear is when the crossing out to Bunaken is flattest and the wall dives are at their clearest.55
  18. Ishigaki-jima 🇯🇵 JapanManta season at Kabira · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)The cleaning stations off Kabira draw mantas through the second half of the year, with the best odds from August to October.50

Was ist los weltweit im September →

Tauchsaison im Oktober

  1. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorWhale sharks at Darwin and Wolf · 15. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Large females pass the far northern rocks through the cool season.87
  2. Tofo 🇲🇿 MosambikWhale shark season · 1. Okt. – 15. März (meist)Whale sharks gather off the reef from October to March, most reliably in December and January when plankton blooms bring them close enough for the ocean-safari boats that launch straight off the beach at dawn.80
  3. Vilankulo 🇲🇿 MosambikWhale sharks and mantas · 1. Okt. – 15. Apr. (meist)Whale sharks and manta rays gather around the Bazaruto channel from October through to April, a window that overlaps with the archipelago's hottest and wettest months.80
  4. Cairns 🇦🇺 AustralienCoral spawning · 25. Okt. – 10. Dez. (meist)The corals release on a few nights after a full moon in late spring, inshore reefs usually ahead of the outer ones.78
  5. Channel-Islands-Nationalpark 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenThe clear-water months · 15. Aug. – 31. Okt. (meist)Late summer into October brings the calmest seas, the warmest water and visibility that can reach thirty metres in the kelp.77
  6. Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalawiBest diving visibility · 1. Aug. – 15. Dez. (meist)The dry season brings the clearest water of the year, with visibility reaching up to thirty metres over the cichlid reefs.77
  7. Nadi 🇫🇯 FidschiManta season in the Yasawas · 1. Mai – 31. Okt. (meist)Reef mantas feed in the channel at Drawaqa through the dry half of the year and are snorkelled from a boat when the tide runs.71
  8. Nusa Penida 🇮🇩 IndonesienMola season · 1. Juli – 31. Okt. (meist)Cold upwelling in the Badung Strait brings oceanic sunfish up to the cleaning stations at Crystal Bay, with August and September the most reliable weeks.71
  9. Nosy Be 🇲🇬 MadagaskarWhale sharks · 1. Sep. – 15. Dez. (meist)Whale sharks feed off the north of the island through the last quarter of the year, thickest in October and November.71
  10. Pulau Tioman 🇲🇾 MalaysiaDive season · 1. März – 31. Okt. (meist)The months the dive shops are open and the crossing from Mersing is routine.70
  11. Beau Vallon 🇸🇨 SeychellenWhale sharks off the bay · 1. Aug. – 31. Okt. (meist)The monitoring programme runs from August to the end of October and the boats go out from the bay itself, spotter plane overhead.70
  12. Victoria 🇸🇨 SeychellenWhale sharks off Mahé · 15. Aug. – 15. Nov. (meist)Whale sharks pass the granitic islands as the trades ease, with a spotter plane and a small licensed fleet working out of the west coast.69
  13. Bur Sudan 🇸🇩 SudanRed Sea liveaboard season · 1. Okt. – 31. Mai (meist)The reefs off this coast — Sanganeb and the Sha'ab Rumi lagoon among them — are the reason anyone comes, and the boats run in the cooler half of the year when the water is clearest.66
  14. Dschidda 🇸🇦 Saudi-ArabienRed Sea dive season · 1. Okt. – 31. Mai (meist)The reefs off Obhur creek and the wrecks south of the port are clearest and calmest from autumn through spring, before the summer water goes bathwater-warm and the visibility drops away.64
  15. Fudschaira 🇦🇪 Vereinigte Arabische EmirateGulf of Oman dive season · 15. Okt. – 15. Mai (meist)Snoopy Island and the Dibba wrecks are at their clearest in the cooler half of the year; summer plankton blooms cut the visibility badly.64
  16. Kisch 🇮🇷 IranDiving and beach season · 15. Okt. – 10. Mai (meist)The water is clearest and the air bearable in the cool half of the year, which is when the dive operators and the glass-bottom boats actually run properly.61
  17. Malé 🇲🇻 MaledivenWhale sharks in South Ari · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)The juveniles off Maamigili are the one aggregation in the country that holds all year, which is why the day boats run out of Male in any month.59
  18. Ishigaki-jima 🇯🇵 JapanManta season at Kabira · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)The cleaning stations off Kabira draw mantas through the second half of the year, with the best odds from August to October.59
  19. La Paz 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale shark season · 1. Okt. – 30. Apr.Juvenile whale sharks feed in the shallow end of the bay from October to April, inside a federal refuge that caps boats and group sizes.59
  20. Honiara 🇸🇧 SalomonenClearer water on Iron Bottom Sound · 1. Apr. – 30. Nov. (meist)The drier half of the year settles the run-off and the wrecks off the Guadalcanal shore come back into view — the Bonegi ships are a walk-in from the road.54
  21. Havelock Island 🇮🇳 IndienDive and boat season · 15. Okt. – 15. MaiThe dive centres on Beach No.54
  22. Sri Vijaya Puram 🇮🇳 IndienSailing and dive season · 15. Okt. – 10. MaiThe sea settles, the catamarans to Havelock and Neil run to timetable, and every dive centre in the territory is open.51

Was ist los weltweit im Oktober →

Tauchsaison im November

  1. Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorWhale sharks at Darwin and Wolf · 15. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Large females pass the far northern rocks through the cool season.86
  2. La Paz 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale shark season · 1. Okt. – 30. Apr.Juvenile whale sharks feed in the shallow end of the bay from October to April, inside a federal refuge that caps boats and group sizes.76
  3. Fudschaira 🇦🇪 Vereinigte Arabische EmirateGulf of Oman dive season · 15. Okt. – 15. Mai (meist)Snoopy Island and the Dibba wrecks are at their clearest in the cooler half of the year; summer plankton blooms cut the visibility badly.76
  4. Kisch 🇮🇷 IranDiving and beach season · 15. Okt. – 10. Mai (meist)The water is clearest and the air bearable in the cool half of the year, which is when the dive operators and the glass-bottom boats actually run properly.76
  5. Vilankulo 🇲🇿 MosambikWhale sharks and mantas · 1. Okt. – 15. Apr. (meist)Whale sharks and manta rays gather around the Bazaruto channel from October through to April, a window that overlaps with the archipelago's hottest and wettest months.75
  6. Tofo 🇲🇿 MosambikWhale shark season · 1. Okt. – 15. März (meist)Whale sharks gather off the reef from October to March, most reliably in December and January when plankton blooms bring them close enough for the ocean-safari boats that launch straight off the beach at dawn.74
  7. Cairns 🇦🇺 AustralienCoral spawning · 25. Okt. – 10. Dez. (meist)The corals release on a few nights after a full moon in late spring, inshore reefs usually ahead of the outer ones.71
  8. Dschidda 🇸🇦 Saudi-ArabienRed Sea dive season · 1. Okt. – 31. Mai (meist)The reefs off Obhur creek and the wrecks south of the port are clearest and calmest from autumn through spring, before the summer water goes bathwater-warm and the visibility drops away.71
  9. Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalawiBest diving visibility · 1. Aug. – 15. Dez. (meist)The dry season brings the clearest water of the year, with visibility reaching up to thirty metres over the cichlid reefs.70
  10. Bur Sudan 🇸🇩 SudanRed Sea liveaboard season · 1. Okt. – 31. Mai (meist)The reefs off this coast — Sanganeb and the Sha'ab Rumi lagoon among them — are the reason anyone comes, and the boats run in the cooler half of the year when the water is clearest.69
  11. Dschibuti 🇩🇯 DschibutiWhale sharks in the gulf · 1. Nov. – 15. Feb. (meist)Plankton blooms in the Gulf of Tadjoura pull in a crowd of unusually young whale sharks, most of them only three or four metres long.69
  12. Ishigaki-jima 🇯🇵 JapanManta season at Kabira · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)The cleaning stations off Kabira draw mantas through the second half of the year, with the best odds from August to October.66
  13. Amphoe Ko Chang 🇹🇭 ThailandWreck and reef diving season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The months the boats run south to the HTMS Chang wreck and the Rang islands, when visibility is worth the crossing.65
  14. Havelock Island 🇮🇳 IndienDive and boat season · 15. Okt. – 15. MaiThe dive centres on Beach No.62
  15. Nosy Be 🇲🇬 MadagaskarWhale sharks · 1. Sep. – 15. Dez. (meist)Whale sharks feed off the north of the island through the last quarter of the year, thickest in October and November.62
  16. Victoria 🇸🇨 SeychellenWhale sharks off Mahé · 15. Aug. – 15. Nov. (meist)Whale sharks pass the granitic islands as the trades ease, with a spotter plane and a small licensed fleet working out of the west coast.61
  17. Sri Vijaya Puram 🇮🇳 IndienSailing and dive season · 15. Okt. – 10. MaiThe sea settles, the catamarans to Havelock and Neil run to timetable, and every dive centre in the territory is open.60
  18. Raja Ampat 🇮🇩 IndonesienManta season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)Plankton in the straits brings reef mantas onto the cleaning stations around Dampier and Arborek, densest in the first months of the year.56
  19. Malé 🇲🇻 MaledivenWhale sharks in South Ari · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)The juveniles off Maamigili are the one aggregation in the country that holds all year, which is why the day boats run out of Male in any month.53
  20. Labuan Bajo 🇮🇩 IndonesienManta season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)Plankton in the channel brings reef mantas onto the cleaning stations at Karang Makassar and, further south, Manta Alley.50
  21. Honiara 🇸🇧 SalomonenClearer water on Iron Bottom Sound · 1. Apr. – 30. Nov. (meist)The drier half of the year settles the run-off and the wrecks off the Guadalcanal shore come back into view — the Bonegi ships are a walk-in from the road.49
  22. Amphoe Ko Lanta 🇹🇭 ThailandHin Daeng and Hin Muang season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The deep pinnacles two hours south are the reason people come here to dive, and the boats only run in the settled months.47

Was ist los weltweit im November →

Tauchsaison im Dezember

  1. La Paz 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale shark season · 1. Okt. – 30. Apr.Juvenile whale sharks feed in the shallow end of the bay from October to April, inside a federal refuge that caps boats and group sizes.88
  2. Fudschaira 🇦🇪 Vereinigte Arabische EmirateGulf of Oman dive season · 15. Okt. – 15. Mai (meist)Snoopy Island and the Dibba wrecks are at their clearest in the cooler half of the year; summer plankton blooms cut the visibility badly.85
  3. Kisch 🇮🇷 IranDiving and beach season · 15. Okt. – 10. Mai (meist)The water is clearest and the air bearable in the cool half of the year, which is when the dive operators and the glass-bottom boats actually run properly.85
  4. The Bottom SabaDive season · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The clearest water of the year in the Saba National Marine Park, with visibility past a hundred feet at sites like the Pinnacles, and the fewest afternoon squalls.80
  5. Dschidda 🇸🇦 Saudi-ArabienRed Sea dive season · 1. Okt. – 31. Mai (meist)The reefs off Obhur creek and the wrecks south of the port are clearest and calmest from autumn through spring, before the summer water goes bathwater-warm and the visibility drops away.78
  6. Amphoe Ko Chang 🇹🇭 ThailandWreck and reef diving season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The months the boats run south to the HTMS Chang wreck and the Rang islands, when visibility is worth the crossing.77
  7. Bur Sudan 🇸🇩 SudanRed Sea liveaboard season · 1. Okt. – 31. Mai (meist)The reefs off this coast — Sanganeb and the Sha'ab Rumi lagoon among them — are the reason anyone comes, and the boats run in the cooler half of the year when the water is clearest.76
  8. Dschibuti 🇩🇯 DschibutiWhale sharks in the gulf · 1. Nov. – 15. Feb. (meist)Plankton blooms in the Gulf of Tadjoura pull in a crowd of unusually young whale sharks, most of them only three or four metres long.76
  9. Byron Bay 🇦🇺 AustralienLeopard sharks at Julian Rocks · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)Through the warm months leopard sharks gather on the sand at Julian Rocks, twenty minutes offshore, and swap places with the grey nurse sharks that hold there in winter.74
  10. Mombasa 🇰🇪 KeniaWhale sharks off the coast · 1. Dez. – 31. März (meist)Whale sharks move along the Kenyan coast through the northeast monsoon, and the boats that go looking for them run out of Diani and Watamu rather than Mombasa itself.68
  11. Tofo 🇲🇿 MosambikWhale shark season · 1. Okt. – 15. März (meist)Whale sharks gather off the reef from October to March, most reliably in December and January when plankton blooms bring them close enough for the ocean-safari boats that launch straight off the beach at dawn.68
  12. Amphoe Ko Lanta 🇹🇭 ThailandHin Daeng and Hin Muang season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The deep pinnacles two hours south are the reason people come here to dive, and the boats only run in the settled months.66
  13. Havelock Island 🇮🇳 IndienDive and boat season · 15. Okt. – 15. MaiThe dive centres on Beach No.66
  14. Vilankulo 🇲🇿 MosambikWhale sharks and mantas · 1. Okt. – 15. Apr. (meist)Whale sharks and manta rays gather around the Bazaruto channel from October through to April, a window that overlaps with the archipelago's hottest and wettest months.66
  15. Sri Vijaya Puram 🇮🇳 IndienSailing and dive season · 15. Okt. – 10. MaiThe sea settles, the catamarans to Havelock and Neil run to timetable, and every dive centre in the territory is open.64
  16. Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalawiBest diving visibility · 1. Aug. – 15. Dez. (meist)The dry season brings the clearest water of the year, with visibility reaching up to thirty metres over the cichlid reefs.59
  17. Malé 🇲🇻 MaledivenWhale sharks in South Ari · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez. (meist)The juveniles off Maamigili are the one aggregation in the country that holds all year, which is why the day boats run out of Male in any month.58
  18. Cairns 🇦🇺 AustralienCoral spawning · 25. Okt. – 10. Dez. (meist)The corals release on a few nights after a full moon in late spring, inshore reefs usually ahead of the outer ones.54
  19. Nosy Be 🇲🇬 MadagaskarWhale sharks · 1. Sep. – 15. Dez. (meist)Whale sharks feed off the north of the island through the last quarter of the year, thickest in October and November.54
  20. Raja Ampat 🇮🇩 IndonesienManta season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)Plankton in the straits brings reef mantas onto the cleaning stations around Dampier and Arborek, densest in the first months of the year.53
  21. Bundesstaat Chuuk 🇫🇲 Föderierte Staaten von MikronesienCalm months on the wrecks · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The north-east trades settle the lagoon from about December to April, which is when the crossings to the far wrecks are comfortable and the water inside the holds is at its clearest.48
  22. Labuan Bajo 🇮🇩 IndonesienManta season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)Plankton in the channel brings reef mantas onto the cleaning stations at Karang Makassar and, further south, Manta Alley.47

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