Best Of

Best Diving in October

30 dive sites ranked by October conditions — averaging 19m visibility and 23.3°C water temperature across 290 destinations with monthly forecast data.

SeptemberNovember

30 SITES RANKED FOR OCTOBER

Raja Ampat

Indonesia

75MONTH
Viz 25-35mTemp 28°CCurrent MildSea CalmRain DryConfidence 85%
peak season startingmantas return
2

Egyptian Red Sea

Egypt

74MONTH
Viz 25-40mTemp 27°CCurrent MildSea CalmRain DryConfidence 90%
peak season
3

Truk Lagoon (Chuuk)

Federated States of Micronesia

73MONTH
Viz 20-30mTemp 29°CCurrent SlackSea CalmRain WetConfidence 70%
rainy
4

Great Barrier Reef

Australia

71MONTH
Viz 25-35mTemp 26°CCurrent MildSea CalmRain DryConfidence 85%
still excellent
5

Fernando de Noronha

Brazil

71MONTH
Viz 30-44mTemp 28°CCurrent ModerateSea CalmRain DryConfidence 88%
conditions vary
6

Turks & Caicos

Turks and Caicos Islands

70MONTH
Viz 29-42mTemp 27°CCurrent MildSea Light ChopRain WetConfidence 78%
hurricane tail
7

Great Blue Hole

Belize

69MONTH
Viz 29-42mTemp 28°CCurrent MildSea Light ChopRain WetConfidence 65%
hurricane tail
8

Layang-Layang

Malaysia

69MONTH
Viz 30-53mTemp 29°CCurrent ModerateSea Light ChopRain WetConfidence 88%
conditions vary
9

Bikini Atoll

Marshall Islands

69MONTH
Viz 33-54mTemp 28°CCurrent ModerateSea Light ChopRain WetConfidence 78%
conditions vary
10

Cenotes (Yucatan)

Mexico

68MONTH
Viz 37-55mTemp 24°CCurrent ModerateSea Light ChopRain WetConfidence 78%
conditions vary
11

Vis Island

Croatia

67MONTH
Viz 20-30mTemp 23°CCurrent MildSea CalmRain DryConfidence 88%
still excellent
12

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

67MONTH
Viz 14-26mTemp 28°CCurrent MildSea CalmRain DryConfidence 88%
excellent
13

Lembeh Strait

Indonesia

67MONTH
Viz 10-18mTemp 28°CCurrent SlackSea CalmRain LightConfidence 82%
consistent
14

Ras Mohammed

Egypt

67MONTH
Viz 26-40mTemp 26°CCurrent ModerateSea CalmRain DryConfidence 88%
conditions vary
15

Cenote Dos Ojos

Mexico

66MONTH
Viz 30-55mTemp 24°CCurrent MildSea ModerateRain LightConfidence 70%
standard conditions
16

Daedalus Reef

Egypt

65MONTH
Viz 24-34mTemp 27°CCurrent ModerateSea CalmRain DryConfidence 78%
conditions vary
17

Sipadan Island

Malaysia

64MONTH
Viz 20-30mTemp 29°CCurrent MildSea Light ChopRain LightConfidence 70%
shoulder season
18

Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands

64MONTH
Viz 20-35mTemp 28°CCurrent MildSea Light ChopRain WetConfidence 65%
tailing off
19

Zanzibar / Mafia Island

Tanzania

64MONTH
Viz 13-21mTemp 27°CCurrent MildSea CalmRain DryConfidence 88%
dry season ending
20

Marsa Alam

Egypt

64MONTH
Viz 20-32mTemp 27°CCurrent ModerateSea CalmRain DryConfidence 88%
conditions vary
21

Elphinstone Reef

Egypt

64MONTH
Viz 20-32mTemp 27°CCurrent ModerateSea CalmRain DryConfidence 88%
conditions vary
22

Guadalupe Island

Mexico

64MONTH
Viz 23-33mTemp 25°CCurrent ModerateSea CalmRain DryConfidence 88%
conditions vary
23

Flower Garden Banks

United States

63MONTH
Viz 20-32mTemp 27°CCurrent ModerateSea CalmRain DryConfidence 78%
conditions vary
24

SS President Coolidge

Vanuatu

63MONTH
Viz 19-27mTemp 28°CCurrent ModerateSea CalmRain DryConfidence 88%
conditions vary
25

Komodo National Park

Indonesia

62MONTH
Viz 20-30mTemp 26°CCurrent ModerateSea CalmRain DryConfidence 80%
water warms slightly
26

Similan Islands

Thailand

62MONTH
Viz 21-35mTemp 33°CCurrent ModerateSea Light ChopRain WetConfidence 78%
conditions vary
27

Little Cayman

Cayman Islands

62MONTH
Viz 29-42mTemp 28°CCurrent ModerateSea Light ChopRain WetConfidence 55%
conditions vary
28

Brothers Islands

Egypt

62MONTH
Viz 22-27mTemp 27°CCurrent ModerateSea CalmRain DryConfidence 78%
conditions vary
29

El Hierro

Spain

62MONTH
Viz 24-34mTemp 22°CCurrent ModerateSea CalmRain DryConfidence 88%
conditions vary
30

Bora Bora

French Polynesia

61MONTH
Viz 16-26mTemp 27°CCurrent ModerateSea CalmRain DryConfidence 88%
conditions vary

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