Temporada de mergulho, mês a mês pelo mundo
Mantas nas estações de limpeza, tubarões-baleia, os meses do peixe-lua, as semanas de água cristalina.
47 destinos no SeasonMap, ranqueados dentro de cada mês pela nota de conforto — porque a questão não é só onde a temporada está acontecendo, mas se o clima vale a viagem nesse período.
Quando acontece
Temporada de mergulho em janeiro
- La Paz 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale shark season · 1 Out – 30 AbrJuvenile 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
- Fujeira 🇦🇪 Emirados Árabes UnidosGulf of Oman dive season · 15 Out – 15 Mai (normalmente)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
- Quixe 🇮🇷 IrãDiving and beach season · 15 Out – 10 Mai (normalmente)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
- Jamestown Santa HelenaWhale shark season · 1 Jan – 30 Abr (normalmente)Whale sharks aggregate off the island between January and April and boats go out from Jamestown to snorkel with them.88
- Porto Sudão 🇸🇩 SudãoRed Sea liveaboard season · 1 Out – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Gidá 🇸🇦 Arábia SauditaRed Sea dive season · 1 Out – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- The Bottom SabaDive season · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)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
- Djibuti 🇩🇯 DjibutiWhale sharks in the gulf · 1 Nov – 15 Fev (normalmente)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
- Ko Chang 🇹🇭 TailândiaWreck and reef diving season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The months the boats run south to the HTMS Chang wreck and the Rang islands, when visibility is worth the crossing.75
- Havelock Island 🇮🇳 ÍndiaDive and boat season · 15 Out – 15 MaiThe dive centres on Beach No.75
- Porto Blair 🇮🇳 ÍndiaSailing and dive season · 15 Out – 10 MaiThe sea settles, the catamarans to Havelock and Neil run to timetable, and every dive centre in the territory is open.73
- Mombaça 🇰🇪 QuéniaWhale sharks off the coast · 1 Dez – 31 Mar (normalmente)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
- Ko Lanta 🇹🇭 TailândiaHin Daeng and Hin Muang season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The deep pinnacles two hours south are the reason people come here to dive, and the boats only run in the settled months.71
- Byron Bay 🇦🇺 AustráliaLeopard sharks at Julian Rocks · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)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
- Malé 🇲🇻 MaldivasWhale sharks in South Ari · 1 Jan – 31 Dez (normalmente)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
- Vilanculos 🇲🇿 MoçambiqueWhale sharks and mantas · 1 Out – 15 Abr (normalmente)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
- Tofo 🇲🇿 MoçambiqueWhale shark season · 1 Out – 15 Mar (normalmente)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
- Chuuk 🇫🇲 Estados Federados da MicronésiaCalm months on the wrecks · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)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
- Ilhas Raja Ampat 🇮🇩 IndonésiaManta season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)Plankton in the straits brings reef mantas onto the cleaning stations around Dampier and Arborek, densest in the first months of the year.52
- Labuan Bajo 🇮🇩 IndonésiaManta season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)Plankton in the channel brings reef mantas onto the cleaning stations at Karang Makassar and, further south, Manta Alley.49
Temporada de mergulho em fevereiro
- Quixe 🇮🇷 IrãDiving and beach season · 15 Out – 10 Mai (normalmente)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
- Porto Sudão 🇸🇩 SudãoRed Sea liveaboard season · 1 Out – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- La Paz 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale shark season · 1 Out – 30 AbrJuvenile 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
- Fujeira 🇦🇪 Emirados Árabes UnidosGulf of Oman dive season · 15 Out – 15 Mai (normalmente)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
- Jamestown Santa HelenaWhale shark season · 1 Jan – 30 Abr (normalmente)Whale sharks aggregate off the island between January and April and boats go out from Jamestown to snorkel with them.87
- Gidá 🇸🇦 Arábia SauditaRed Sea dive season · 1 Out – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- The Bottom SabaDive season · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)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
- Djibuti 🇩🇯 DjibutiWhale sharks in the gulf · 1 Nov – 15 Fev (normalmente)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
- Havelock Island 🇮🇳 ÍndiaDive and boat season · 15 Out – 15 MaiThe dive centres on Beach No.78
- Porto Blair 🇮🇳 ÍndiaSailing and dive season · 15 Out – 10 MaiThe sea settles, the catamarans to Havelock and Neil run to timetable, and every dive centre in the territory is open.76
- Ko Lanta 🇹🇭 TailândiaHin Daeng and Hin Muang season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The deep pinnacles two hours south are the reason people come here to dive, and the boats only run in the settled months.75
- Roatán 🇭🇳 HondurasWhale sharks in the Bay Islands · 20 Fev – 30 Abr (normalmente)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
- Khao Lak 🇹🇭 TailândiaManta and whale shark season · 1 Fev – 5 Mai (normalmente)The tail of the dive season at Richelieu Rock and Koh Bon, when the plankton is up and the big animals follow it.74
- Ko Chang 🇹🇭 TailândiaWreck and reef diving season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The months the boats run south to the HTMS Chang wreck and the Rang islands, when visibility is worth the crossing.73
- Útila 🇭🇳 HondurasWhale shark season · 1 Fev – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Mombaça 🇰🇪 QuéniaWhale sharks off the coast · 1 Dez – 31 Mar (normalmente)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
- Malé 🇲🇻 MaldivasWhale sharks in South Ari · 1 Jan – 31 Dez (normalmente)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
- Byron Bay 🇦🇺 AustráliaLeopard sharks at Julian Rocks · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)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
- Tofo 🇲🇿 MoçambiqueWhale shark season · 1 Out – 15 Mar (normalmente)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
- Chuuk 🇫🇲 Estados Federados da MicronésiaCalm months on the wrecks · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)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
- Ilhas Raja Ampat 🇮🇩 IndonésiaManta season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)Plankton in the straits brings reef mantas onto the cleaning stations around Dampier and Arborek, densest in the first months of the year.59
- Vilanculos 🇲🇿 MoçambiqueWhale sharks and mantas · 1 Out – 15 Abr (normalmente)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
- Labuan Bajo 🇮🇩 IndonésiaManta season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)Plankton in the channel brings reef mantas onto the cleaning stations at Karang Makassar and, further south, Manta Alley.52
Temporada de mergulho em março
- La Paz 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale shark season · 1 Out – 30 AbrJuvenile 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
- The Bottom SabaDive season · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)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
- Porto Sudão 🇸🇩 SudãoRed Sea liveaboard season · 1 Out – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Jamestown Santa HelenaWhale shark season · 1 Jan – 30 Abr (normalmente)Whale sharks aggregate off the island between January and April and boats go out from Jamestown to snorkel with them.85
- Quixe 🇮🇷 IrãDiving and beach season · 15 Out – 10 Mai (normalmente)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
- Fujeira 🇦🇪 Emirados Árabes UnidosGulf of Oman dive season · 15 Out – 15 Mai (normalmente)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
- Gidá 🇸🇦 Arábia SauditaRed Sea dive season · 1 Out – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Tioman 🇲🇾 MalásiaDive season · 1 Mar – 31 Out (normalmente)The months the dive shops are open and the crossing from Mersing is routine.79
- Ko Tao 🇹🇭 TailândiaWhale shark season · 15 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)They turn up on the pinnacles for a few weeks in the spring, and again in a smaller run around September and October.77
- Con Dao 🇻🇳 VietnãCalm seas and clear water · 1 Mar – 30 Jun (normalmente)Between the two monsoons the crossing settles and the water over the reef clears.77
- Havelock Island 🇮🇳 ÍndiaDive and boat season · 15 Out – 15 MaiThe dive centres on Beach No.76
- Placencia 🇧🇿 BelizeWhale sharks at Gladden Spit · 15 Mar – 15 Jun (normalmente)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
- Útila 🇭🇳 HondurasWhale shark season · 1 Fev – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Porto Blair 🇮🇳 ÍndiaSailing and dive season · 15 Out – 10 MaiThe sea settles, the catamarans to Havelock and Neil run to timetable, and every dive centre in the territory is open.75
- Roatán 🇭🇳 HondurasWhale sharks in the Bay Islands · 20 Fev – 30 Abr (normalmente)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
- Praslin 🇸🇨 SeichelesThe calm between monsoons · 25 Mar – 10 Mai (normalmente)The turn between the two winds: barely any breeze, water like a pool and the visibility divers come for.71
- Tofo 🇲🇿 MoçambiqueWhale shark season · 1 Out – 15 Mar (normalmente)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
- Ko Lanta 🇹🇭 TailândiaHin Daeng and Hin Muang season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The deep pinnacles two hours south are the reason people come here to dive, and the boats only run in the settled months.70
- Vilanculos 🇲🇿 MoçambiqueWhale sharks and mantas · 1 Out – 15 Abr (normalmente)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
- Khao Lak 🇹🇭 TailândiaManta and whale shark season · 1 Fev – 5 Mai (normalmente)The tail of the dive season at Richelieu Rock and Koh Bon, when the plankton is up and the big animals follow it.68
- Exmouth 🇦🇺 AustráliaNingaloo coral spawning · 5–31 Mar (normalmente)The reef releases on the nights after the March full moon.68
- Mombaça 🇰🇪 QuéniaWhale sharks off the coast · 1 Dez – 31 Mar (normalmente)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
- Malé 🇲🇻 MaldivasWhale sharks in South Ari · 1 Jan – 31 Dez (normalmente)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
- Vitória 🇸🇨 SeichelesInter-monsoon calms · 15 Mar – 15 Mai (normalmente)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
- Ko Chang 🇹🇭 TailândiaWreck and reef diving season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The months the boats run south to the HTMS Chang wreck and the Rang islands, when visibility is worth the crossing.66
…e mais 4 em março.
Temporada de mergulho em abril
- Jamestown Santa HelenaWhale shark season · 1 Jan – 30 Abr (normalmente)Whale sharks aggregate off the island between January and April and boats go out from Jamestown to snorkel with them.87
- La Paz 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale shark season · 1 Out – 30 AbrJuvenile 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
- The Bottom SabaDive season · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)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
- Byron Bay 🇦🇺 AustráliaLeopard sharks at Julian Rocks · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)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
- Porto Sudão 🇸🇩 SudãoRed Sea liveaboard season · 1 Out – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Tioman 🇲🇾 MalásiaDive season · 1 Mar – 31 Out (normalmente)The months the dive shops are open and the crossing from Mersing is routine.76
- Vilanculos 🇲🇿 MoçambiqueWhale sharks and mantas · 1 Out – 15 Abr (normalmente)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
- Exmouth 🇦🇺 AustráliaWhale shark season · 10 Mar – 10 Ago (normalmente)Whale sharks feed along the outside of the reef from March into August, spotter plane overhead and a licensed boat below.75
- Útila 🇭🇳 HondurasWhale shark season · 1 Fev – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Gidá 🇸🇦 Arábia SauditaRed Sea dive season · 1 Out – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Placencia 🇧🇿 BelizeWhale sharks at Gladden Spit · 15 Mar – 15 Jun (normalmente)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
- Quixe 🇮🇷 IrãDiving and beach season · 15 Out – 10 Mai (normalmente)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
- Roatán 🇭🇳 HondurasWhale sharks in the Bay Islands · 20 Fev – 30 Abr (normalmente)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
- Con Dao 🇻🇳 VietnãCalm seas and clear water · 1 Mar – 30 Jun (normalmente)Between the two monsoons the crossing settles and the water over the reef clears.71
- Ko Tao 🇹🇭 TailândiaWhale shark season · 15 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)They turn up on the pinnacles for a few weeks in the spring, and again in a smaller run around September and October.70
- Havelock Island 🇮🇳 ÍndiaDive and boat season · 15 Out – 15 MaiThe dive centres on Beach No.70
- Fujeira 🇦🇪 Emirados Árabes UnidosGulf of Oman dive season · 15 Out – 15 Mai (normalmente)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
- Porto Blair 🇮🇳 ÍndiaSailing and dive season · 15 Out – 10 MaiThe sea settles, the catamarans to Havelock and Neil run to timetable, and every dive centre in the territory is open.68
- Praslin 🇸🇨 SeichelesThe calm between monsoons · 25 Mar – 10 Mai (normalmente)The turn between the two winds: barely any breeze, water like a pool and the visibility divers come for.67
- Malé 🇲🇻 MaldivasWhale sharks in South Ari · 1 Jan – 31 Dez (normalmente)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
- Beau Vallon 🇸🇨 SeichelesCalm seas between the monsoons · 1 Abr – 15 Mai (normalmente)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
- Vitória 🇸🇨 SeichelesInter-monsoon calms · 15 Mar – 15 Mai (normalmente)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
- Ko Lanta 🇹🇭 TailândiaHin Daeng and Hin Muang season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The deep pinnacles two hours south are the reason people come here to dive, and the boats only run in the settled months.61
- Ko Chang 🇹🇭 TailândiaWreck and reef diving season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The months the boats run south to the HTMS Chang wreck and the Rang islands, when visibility is worth the crossing.61
- Khao Lak 🇹🇭 TailândiaManta and whale shark season · 1 Fev – 5 Mai (normalmente)The tail of the dive season at Richelieu Rock and Koh Bon, when the plankton is up and the big animals follow it.61
…e mais 4 em abril.
Temporada de mergulho em maio
- Exmouth 🇦🇺 AustráliaWhale shark season · 10 Mar – 10 Ago (normalmente)Whale sharks feed along the outside of the reef from March into August, spotter plane overhead and a licensed boat below.84
- Douglas Ilha de ManBasking shark season · 15 Mai – 15 Ago (normalmente)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
- Útila 🇭🇳 HondurasWhale shark season · 1 Fev – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Nadi 🇫🇯 FijiManta season in the Yasawas · 1 Mai – 31 Out (normalmente)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
- Tioman 🇲🇾 MalásiaDive season · 1 Mar – 31 Out (normalmente)The months the dive shops are open and the crossing from Mersing is routine.71
- Ilha Holbox 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale shark season · 15 Mai – 17 SetThe season is fixed by permit, mid-May to mid-September, and boats leave before dawn for the feeding aggregation well offshore.69
- Ilha das Mulheres 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale shark season · 15 Mai – 17 SetPermits run mid-May to mid-September for the aggregation twenty-odd miles north of the island.68
- Placencia 🇧🇿 BelizeWhale sharks at Gladden Spit · 15 Mar – 15 Jun (normalmente)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
- Gidá 🇸🇦 Arábia SauditaRed Sea dive season · 1 Out – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Parque Nacional de Dry Tortugas 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosCalm-water snorkelling season · 1 Mai – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
- Ko Tao 🇹🇭 TailândiaWhale shark season · 15 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)They turn up on the pinnacles for a few weeks in the spring, and again in a smaller run around September and October.63
- Porto Sudão 🇸🇩 SudãoRed Sea liveaboard season · 1 Out – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Praslin 🇸🇨 SeichelesThe calm between monsoons · 25 Mar – 10 Mai (normalmente)The turn between the two winds: barely any breeze, water like a pool and the visibility divers come for.61
- Con Dao 🇻🇳 VietnãCalm seas and clear water · 1 Mar – 30 Jun (normalmente)Between the two monsoons the crossing settles and the water over the reef clears.59
- Quixe 🇮🇷 IrãDiving and beach season · 15 Out – 10 Mai (normalmente)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
- Beau Vallon 🇸🇨 SeichelesCalm seas between the monsoons · 1 Abr – 15 Mai (normalmente)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
- Vitória 🇸🇨 SeichelesInter-monsoon calms · 15 Mar – 15 Mai (normalmente)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
- Honiara 🇸🇧 Ilhas SalomãoClearer water on Iron Bottom Sound · 1 Abr – 30 Nov (normalmente)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
- Malé 🇲🇻 MaldivasWhale sharks in South Ari · 1 Jan – 31 Dez (normalmente)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
- Havelock Island 🇮🇳 ÍndiaDive and boat season · 15 Out – 15 MaiThe dive centres on Beach No.50
- Manado 🇮🇩 IndonésiaCalmest months for Bunaken · 1 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)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
- Porto Blair 🇮🇳 ÍndiaSailing and dive season · 15 Out – 10 MaiThe sea settles, the catamarans to Havelock and Neil run to timetable, and every dive centre in the territory is open.46
- Khao Lak 🇹🇭 TailândiaManta and whale shark season · 1 Fev – 5 Mai (normalmente)The tail of the dive season at Richelieu Rock and Koh Bon, when the plankton is up and the big animals follow it.46
- Fujeira 🇦🇪 Emirados Árabes UnidosGulf of Oman dive season · 15 Out – 15 Mai (normalmente)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
Temporada de mergulho em junho
- Exmouth 🇦🇺 AustráliaWhale shark season · 10 Mar – 10 Ago (normalmente)Whale sharks feed along the outside of the reef from March into August, spotter plane overhead and a licensed boat below.86
- Douglas Ilha de ManBasking shark season · 15 Mai – 15 Ago (normalmente)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
- Nadi 🇫🇯 FijiManta season in the Yasawas · 1 Mai – 31 Out (normalmente)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
- Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EquadorWhale sharks at Darwin and Wolf · 15 Jun – 15 Nov (normalmente)Large females pass the far northern rocks through the cool season.80
- Tioman 🇲🇾 MalásiaDive season · 1 Mar – 31 Out (normalmente)The months the dive shops are open and the crossing from Mersing is routine.73
- Malé 🇲🇻 MaldivasWhale sharks in South Ari · 1 Jan – 31 Dez (normalmente)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
- George Town Ilhas CaymanSilversides in the swim-throughs · 15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)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
- Honiara 🇸🇧 Ilhas SalomãoClearer water on Iron Bottom Sound · 1 Abr – 30 Nov (normalmente)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
- Ilha Holbox 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale shark season · 15 Mai – 17 SetThe season is fixed by permit, mid-May to mid-September, and boats leave before dawn for the feeding aggregation well offshore.60
- Cancún 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale sharks off Isla Mujeres · 15 Jun – 15 SetHundreds 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
- Ishigaki 🇯🇵 JapãoManta season at Kabira · 1 Jun – 30 Nov (normalmente)The cleaning stations off Kabira draw mantas through the second half of the year, with the best odds from August to October.57
- Con Dao 🇻🇳 VietnãCalm seas and clear water · 1 Mar – 30 Jun (normalmente)Between the two monsoons the crossing settles and the water over the reef clears.57
- Ilha das Mulheres 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale shark season · 15 Mai – 17 SetPermits run mid-May to mid-September for the aggregation twenty-odd miles north of the island.57
- Parque Nacional de Dry Tortugas 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosCalm-water snorkelling season · 1 Mai – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
- Placencia 🇧🇿 BelizeWhale sharks at Gladden Spit · 15 Mar – 15 Jun (normalmente)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
- Manado 🇮🇩 IndonésiaCalmest months for Bunaken · 1 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)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
Temporada de mergulho em julho
- Exmouth 🇦🇺 AustráliaWhale shark season · 10 Mar – 10 Ago (normalmente)Whale sharks feed along the outside of the reef from March into August, spotter plane overhead and a licensed boat below.93
- Douglas Ilha de ManBasking shark season · 15 Mai – 15 Ago (normalmente)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
- Nadi 🇫🇯 FijiManta season in the Yasawas · 1 Mai – 31 Out (normalmente)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
- Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EquadorWhale sharks at Darwin and Wolf · 15 Jun – 15 Nov (normalmente)Large females pass the far northern rocks through the cool season.83
- Nusa Penida 🇮🇩 IndonésiaMola season · 1 Jul – 31 Out (normalmente)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
- Tioman 🇲🇾 MalásiaDive season · 1 Mar – 31 Out (normalmente)The months the dive shops are open and the crossing from Mersing is routine.77
- Cancún 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale sharks off Isla Mujeres · 15 Jun – 15 SetHundreds 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
- George Town Ilhas CaymanSilversides in the swim-throughs · 15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)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
- Ilha Holbox 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale shark season · 15 Mai – 17 SetThe season is fixed by permit, mid-May to mid-September, and boats leave before dawn for the feeding aggregation well offshore.65
- Ilha das Mulheres 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale shark season · 15 Mai – 17 SetPermits run mid-May to mid-September for the aggregation twenty-odd miles north of the island.65
- Malé 🇲🇻 MaldivasWhale sharks in South Ari · 1 Jan – 31 Dez (normalmente)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
- Parque Nacional de Dry Tortugas 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosCalm-water snorkelling season · 1 Mai – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
- Honiara 🇸🇧 Ilhas SalomãoClearer water on Iron Bottom Sound · 1 Abr – 30 Nov (normalmente)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
- Ishigaki 🇯🇵 JapãoManta season at Kabira · 1 Jun – 30 Nov (normalmente)The cleaning stations off Kabira draw mantas through the second half of the year, with the best odds from August to October.55
- Manado 🇮🇩 IndonésiaCalmest months for Bunaken · 1 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)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
Temporada de mergulho em agosto
- Exmouth 🇦🇺 AustráliaWhale shark season · 10 Mar – 10 Ago (normalmente)Whale sharks feed along the outside of the reef from March into August, spotter plane overhead and a licensed boat below.94
- Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalawiBest diving visibility · 1 Ago – 15 Dez (normalmente)The dry season brings the clearest water of the year, with visibility reaching up to thirty metres over the cichlid reefs.91
- Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EquadorWhale sharks at Darwin and Wolf · 15 Jun – 15 Nov (normalmente)Large females pass the far northern rocks through the cool season.87
- Douglas Ilha de ManBasking shark season · 15 Mai – 15 Ago (normalmente)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
- Nusa Penida 🇮🇩 IndonésiaMola season · 1 Jul – 31 Out (normalmente)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
- Nadi 🇫🇯 FijiManta season in the Yasawas · 1 Mai – 31 Out (normalmente)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
- Parque Nacional das Ilhas do Canal 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosThe clear-water months · 15 Ago – 31 Out (normalmente)Late summer into October brings the calmest seas, the warmest water and visibility that can reach thirty metres in the kelp.78
- Tioman 🇲🇾 MalásiaDive season · 1 Mar – 31 Out (normalmente)The months the dive shops are open and the crossing from Mersing is routine.77
- Beau Vallon 🇸🇨 SeichelesWhale sharks off the bay · 1 Ago – 31 Out (normalmente)The monitoring programme runs from August to the end of October and the boats go out from the bay itself, spotter plane overhead.75
- Vitória 🇸🇨 SeichelesWhale sharks off Mahé · 15 Ago – 15 Nov (normalmente)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
- Roatán 🇭🇳 HondurasCoral spawning nights · 20 Ago – 25 Set (normalmente)The reef spawns on the nights after the late-summer full moons and the shops run boats out at nine or ten.64
- Malé 🇲🇻 MaldivasWhale sharks in South Ari · 1 Jan – 31 Dez (normalmente)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
- George Town Ilhas CaymanSilversides in the swim-throughs · 15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)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
- Ilha Holbox 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale shark season · 15 Mai – 17 SetThe season is fixed by permit, mid-May to mid-September, and boats leave before dawn for the feeding aggregation well offshore.61
- Cancún 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale sharks off Isla Mujeres · 15 Jun – 15 SetHundreds 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
- Ilha das Mulheres 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale shark season · 15 Mai – 17 SetPermits run mid-May to mid-September for the aggregation twenty-odd miles north of the island.60
- Manado 🇮🇩 IndonésiaCalmest months for Bunaken · 1 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)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
- Honiara 🇸🇧 Ilhas SalomãoClearer water on Iron Bottom Sound · 1 Abr – 30 Nov (normalmente)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
- Parque Nacional de Dry Tortugas 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosCalm-water snorkelling season · 1 Mai – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
- Ishigaki 🇯🇵 JapãoManta season at Kabira · 1 Jun – 30 Nov (normalmente)The cleaning stations off Kabira draw mantas through the second half of the year, with the best odds from August to October.51
Temporada de mergulho em setembro
- Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EquadorWhale sharks at Darwin and Wolf · 15 Jun – 15 Nov (normalmente)Large females pass the far northern rocks through the cool season.88
- Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalawiBest diving visibility · 1 Ago – 15 Dez (normalmente)The dry season brings the clearest water of the year, with visibility reaching up to thirty metres over the cichlid reefs.83
- Nusa Penida 🇮🇩 IndonésiaMola season · 1 Jul – 31 Out (normalmente)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
- Nadi 🇫🇯 FijiManta season in the Yasawas · 1 Mai – 31 Out (normalmente)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
- Ilha Nosy Be 🇲🇬 MadagáscarWhale sharks · 1 Set – 15 Dez (normalmente)Whale sharks feed off the north of the island through the last quarter of the year, thickest in October and November.78
- Parque Nacional das Ilhas do Canal 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosThe clear-water months · 15 Ago – 31 Out (normalmente)Late summer into October brings the calmest seas, the warmest water and visibility that can reach thirty metres in the kelp.77
- Tioman 🇲🇾 MalásiaDive season · 1 Mar – 31 Out (normalmente)The months the dive shops are open and the crossing from Mersing is routine.75
- Beau Vallon 🇸🇨 SeichelesWhale sharks off the bay · 1 Ago – 31 Out (normalmente)The monitoring programme runs from August to the end of October and the boats go out from the bay itself, spotter plane overhead.64
- Vitória 🇸🇨 SeichelesWhale sharks off Mahé · 15 Ago – 15 Nov (normalmente)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
- Roatán 🇭🇳 HondurasCoral spawning nights · 20 Ago – 25 Set (normalmente)The reef spawns on the nights after the late-summer full moons and the shops run boats out at nine or ten.62
- Malé 🇲🇻 MaldivasWhale sharks in South Ari · 1 Jan – 31 Dez (normalmente)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
- George Town Ilhas CaymanSilversides in the swim-throughs · 15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)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
- Ilha Holbox 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale shark season · 15 Mai – 17 SetThe season is fixed by permit, mid-May to mid-September, and boats leave before dawn for the feeding aggregation well offshore.59
- Cancún 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale sharks off Isla Mujeres · 15 Jun – 15 SetHundreds 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
- Ilha das Mulheres 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale shark season · 15 Mai – 17 SetPermits run mid-May to mid-September for the aggregation twenty-odd miles north of the island.58
- Honiara 🇸🇧 Ilhas SalomãoClearer water on Iron Bottom Sound · 1 Abr – 30 Nov (normalmente)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
- Manado 🇮🇩 IndonésiaCalmest months for Bunaken · 1 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)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
- Ishigaki 🇯🇵 JapãoManta season at Kabira · 1 Jun – 30 Nov (normalmente)The cleaning stations off Kabira draw mantas through the second half of the year, with the best odds from August to October.50
Temporada de mergulho em outubro
- Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EquadorWhale sharks at Darwin and Wolf · 15 Jun – 15 Nov (normalmente)Large females pass the far northern rocks through the cool season.87
- Tofo 🇲🇿 MoçambiqueWhale shark season · 1 Out – 15 Mar (normalmente)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
- Vilanculos 🇲🇿 MoçambiqueWhale sharks and mantas · 1 Out – 15 Abr (normalmente)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
- Cairns 🇦🇺 AustráliaCoral spawning · 25 Out – 10 Dez (normalmente)The corals release on a few nights after a full moon in late spring, inshore reefs usually ahead of the outer ones.78
- Parque Nacional das Ilhas do Canal 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosThe clear-water months · 15 Ago – 31 Out (normalmente)Late summer into October brings the calmest seas, the warmest water and visibility that can reach thirty metres in the kelp.77
- Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalawiBest diving visibility · 1 Ago – 15 Dez (normalmente)The dry season brings the clearest water of the year, with visibility reaching up to thirty metres over the cichlid reefs.77
- Nadi 🇫🇯 FijiManta season in the Yasawas · 1 Mai – 31 Out (normalmente)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
- Nusa Penida 🇮🇩 IndonésiaMola season · 1 Jul – 31 Out (normalmente)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
- Ilha Nosy Be 🇲🇬 MadagáscarWhale sharks · 1 Set – 15 Dez (normalmente)Whale sharks feed off the north of the island through the last quarter of the year, thickest in October and November.71
- Tioman 🇲🇾 MalásiaDive season · 1 Mar – 31 Out (normalmente)The months the dive shops are open and the crossing from Mersing is routine.70
- Beau Vallon 🇸🇨 SeichelesWhale sharks off the bay · 1 Ago – 31 Out (normalmente)The monitoring programme runs from August to the end of October and the boats go out from the bay itself, spotter plane overhead.70
- Vitória 🇸🇨 SeichelesWhale sharks off Mahé · 15 Ago – 15 Nov (normalmente)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
- Porto Sudão 🇸🇩 SudãoRed Sea liveaboard season · 1 Out – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Gidá 🇸🇦 Arábia SauditaRed Sea dive season · 1 Out – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Fujeira 🇦🇪 Emirados Árabes UnidosGulf of Oman dive season · 15 Out – 15 Mai (normalmente)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
- Quixe 🇮🇷 IrãDiving and beach season · 15 Out – 10 Mai (normalmente)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
- Malé 🇲🇻 MaldivasWhale sharks in South Ari · 1 Jan – 31 Dez (normalmente)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
- Ishigaki 🇯🇵 JapãoManta season at Kabira · 1 Jun – 30 Nov (normalmente)The cleaning stations off Kabira draw mantas through the second half of the year, with the best odds from August to October.59
- La Paz 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale shark season · 1 Out – 30 AbrJuvenile 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
- Honiara 🇸🇧 Ilhas SalomãoClearer water on Iron Bottom Sound · 1 Abr – 30 Nov (normalmente)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
- Havelock Island 🇮🇳 ÍndiaDive and boat season · 15 Out – 15 MaiThe dive centres on Beach No.54
- Porto Blair 🇮🇳 ÍndiaSailing and dive season · 15 Out – 10 MaiThe sea settles, the catamarans to Havelock and Neil run to timetable, and every dive centre in the territory is open.51
Temporada de mergulho em novembro
- Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EquadorWhale sharks at Darwin and Wolf · 15 Jun – 15 Nov (normalmente)Large females pass the far northern rocks through the cool season.86
- La Paz 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale shark season · 1 Out – 30 AbrJuvenile 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
- Fujeira 🇦🇪 Emirados Árabes UnidosGulf of Oman dive season · 15 Out – 15 Mai (normalmente)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
- Quixe 🇮🇷 IrãDiving and beach season · 15 Out – 10 Mai (normalmente)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
- Vilanculos 🇲🇿 MoçambiqueWhale sharks and mantas · 1 Out – 15 Abr (normalmente)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
- Tofo 🇲🇿 MoçambiqueWhale shark season · 1 Out – 15 Mar (normalmente)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
- Cairns 🇦🇺 AustráliaCoral spawning · 25 Out – 10 Dez (normalmente)The corals release on a few nights after a full moon in late spring, inshore reefs usually ahead of the outer ones.71
- Gidá 🇸🇦 Arábia SauditaRed Sea dive season · 1 Out – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalawiBest diving visibility · 1 Ago – 15 Dez (normalmente)The dry season brings the clearest water of the year, with visibility reaching up to thirty metres over the cichlid reefs.70
- Porto Sudão 🇸🇩 SudãoRed Sea liveaboard season · 1 Out – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Djibuti 🇩🇯 DjibutiWhale sharks in the gulf · 1 Nov – 15 Fev (normalmente)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
- Ishigaki 🇯🇵 JapãoManta season at Kabira · 1 Jun – 30 Nov (normalmente)The cleaning stations off Kabira draw mantas through the second half of the year, with the best odds from August to October.66
- Ko Chang 🇹🇭 TailândiaWreck and reef diving season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The months the boats run south to the HTMS Chang wreck and the Rang islands, when visibility is worth the crossing.65
- Havelock Island 🇮🇳 ÍndiaDive and boat season · 15 Out – 15 MaiThe dive centres on Beach No.62
- Ilha Nosy Be 🇲🇬 MadagáscarWhale sharks · 1 Set – 15 Dez (normalmente)Whale sharks feed off the north of the island through the last quarter of the year, thickest in October and November.62
- Vitória 🇸🇨 SeichelesWhale sharks off Mahé · 15 Ago – 15 Nov (normalmente)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
- Porto Blair 🇮🇳 ÍndiaSailing and dive season · 15 Out – 10 MaiThe sea settles, the catamarans to Havelock and Neil run to timetable, and every dive centre in the territory is open.60
- Ilhas Raja Ampat 🇮🇩 IndonésiaManta season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)Plankton in the straits brings reef mantas onto the cleaning stations around Dampier and Arborek, densest in the first months of the year.56
- Malé 🇲🇻 MaldivasWhale sharks in South Ari · 1 Jan – 31 Dez (normalmente)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
- Labuan Bajo 🇮🇩 IndonésiaManta season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)Plankton in the channel brings reef mantas onto the cleaning stations at Karang Makassar and, further south, Manta Alley.50
- Honiara 🇸🇧 Ilhas SalomãoClearer water on Iron Bottom Sound · 1 Abr – 30 Nov (normalmente)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
- Ko Lanta 🇹🇭 TailândiaHin Daeng and Hin Muang season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The deep pinnacles two hours south are the reason people come here to dive, and the boats only run in the settled months.47
Temporada de mergulho em dezembro
- La Paz 🇲🇽 MéxicoWhale shark season · 1 Out – 30 AbrJuvenile 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
- Fujeira 🇦🇪 Emirados Árabes UnidosGulf of Oman dive season · 15 Out – 15 Mai (normalmente)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
- Quixe 🇮🇷 IrãDiving and beach season · 15 Out – 10 Mai (normalmente)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
- The Bottom SabaDive season · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)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
- Gidá 🇸🇦 Arábia SauditaRed Sea dive season · 1 Out – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Ko Chang 🇹🇭 TailândiaWreck and reef diving season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The months the boats run south to the HTMS Chang wreck and the Rang islands, when visibility is worth the crossing.77
- Porto Sudão 🇸🇩 SudãoRed Sea liveaboard season · 1 Out – 31 Mai (normalmente)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
- Djibuti 🇩🇯 DjibutiWhale sharks in the gulf · 1 Nov – 15 Fev (normalmente)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
- Byron Bay 🇦🇺 AustráliaLeopard sharks at Julian Rocks · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)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
- Mombaça 🇰🇪 QuéniaWhale sharks off the coast · 1 Dez – 31 Mar (normalmente)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
- Tofo 🇲🇿 MoçambiqueWhale shark season · 1 Out – 15 Mar (normalmente)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
- Ko Lanta 🇹🇭 TailândiaHin Daeng and Hin Muang season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The deep pinnacles two hours south are the reason people come here to dive, and the boats only run in the settled months.66
- Havelock Island 🇮🇳 ÍndiaDive and boat season · 15 Out – 15 MaiThe dive centres on Beach No.66
- Vilanculos 🇲🇿 MoçambiqueWhale sharks and mantas · 1 Out – 15 Abr (normalmente)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
- Porto Blair 🇮🇳 ÍndiaSailing and dive season · 15 Out – 10 MaiThe sea settles, the catamarans to Havelock and Neil run to timetable, and every dive centre in the territory is open.64
- Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalawiBest diving visibility · 1 Ago – 15 Dez (normalmente)The dry season brings the clearest water of the year, with visibility reaching up to thirty metres over the cichlid reefs.59
- Malé 🇲🇻 MaldivasWhale sharks in South Ari · 1 Jan – 31 Dez (normalmente)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
- Cairns 🇦🇺 AustráliaCoral spawning · 25 Out – 10 Dez (normalmente)The corals release on a few nights after a full moon in late spring, inshore reefs usually ahead of the outer ones.54
- Ilha Nosy Be 🇲🇬 MadagáscarWhale sharks · 1 Set – 15 Dez (normalmente)Whale sharks feed off the north of the island through the last quarter of the year, thickest in October and November.54
- Ilhas Raja Ampat 🇮🇩 IndonésiaManta season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)Plankton in the straits brings reef mantas onto the cleaning stations around Dampier and Arborek, densest in the first months of the year.53
- Chuuk 🇫🇲 Estados Federados da MicronésiaCalm months on the wrecks · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)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
- Labuan Bajo 🇮🇩 IndonésiaManta season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)Plankton in the channel brings reef mantas onto the cleaning stations at Karang Makassar and, further south, Manta Alley.47