Diving in the Mediterranean

Diving by country

• Italy28
• Greece22
• Spain20
• Croatia13
• Turkey13
• France12
• Cyprus6
• Albania2
• Bulgaria2
• Lebanon2
• Montenegro2
• Georgia1
• Malta1
• Morocco1
• Slovenia1
• Tunisia1

Best diving in the Mediterranean for wrecks, big animals, beginners, macro and liveaboards

One destination per theme, picked from the species, dive types, access and site records on each destination page.

• Wrecks

  Malta & Gozo

  Malta

  Its dive sites take in 15 wrecks, including Bristol Beaufighter and Bristol Blenheim.

• Big animals

  Leros & Lakki

  Greece

  Seals & sea lions and dolphins are both on its species list, the most of any destination here.

• Beginners

  Piran & Portorož

  Slovenia

  Rated for beginners, with no current to speak of and shore diving. Best Jun–Aug.

• Macro

  Palavas-les-Flots, Carnon & Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone

  France

  Muck and macro diving is one of its main dive types, with nudibranchs, octopus & cuttlefish and macro critters on the species list.

• Liveaboards

  Vis

  Croatia

  Liveaboards run here alongside day trips, best Jun–Sep; dolphins are on its species list.

When is the best time to dive the Mediterranean?

• Best Apr–Nov

  Aeolian Islands — Lipari & Vulcano

  Italy

  Amphorae of a Roman wreck on a volcanic shoal off Lipari

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Sep–Oct

  Agistri & Poros

  Greece

  A well-preserved 80 m cargo wreck lying from 16 to 47 m off Dorousa

  15–26°C · 59–79°Fintermediate
• Best Jul–Sep

  Akamas Peninsula & Latchi

  Cyprus

  A rock wall at St George's Island with turtles nesting ashore in summer

  17–28°C · 63–82°Fbeginner
• 

  Best Varies

  Al Hoceima

  Morocco

  Boat dives inside a national marine park on Morocco's Mediterranean coast

  15–23°C · 59–73°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Alanya

  Turkey

  Boat dives into air-pocket sea caves around Alanya Castle

  17–29°C · 63–84°Fvis 30 m · 100 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Alonissos & the Peristera Wreck

  Greece

  Four thousand Classical amphorae still stacked on the seabed at 25 m

  15–26°C · 59–79°Fvis 40 m · 130 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun

  Amorgos

  Greece

  A 40 m wall under the monastery filmed in The Big Blue

  16–26°C · 61–79°Fvis 35 m · 115 ftintermediate
• Best Jul–Sep

  Ayvalık & Cunda Islands

  Turkey

  Red coral and gorgonian forest on deep pinnacles in the north Aegean

  13–25°C · 55–77°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Jul–Aug

  Baia & the Phlegraean Fields

  Italy

  Roman villas, mosaics and a sunken harbour inside a protected park

  15–27°C · 59–81°Fvis 20 m · 66 ftbeginner
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Banyuls-sur-Mer & the Côte Vermeille

  France

  Reserve reef diving at Cerbère-Banyuls, France's first marine reserve

  12–23°C · 54–73°Fvis 15 m · 50 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Bastia & Cap Corse (East Coast)

  France

  Two WWII P-47 fighter wrecks on a quiet coast in metropolitan France's largest marine park

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fvis 35 m · 115 ftintermediate
• Best Jul–Sep

  Batumi & the Adjarian Coast

  Georgia

  Wrecks off Kvariati and drift dives along Rock Alley at the Turkish border

  9–27°C · 48–81°Fvis 10 m · 33 ftbeginner
• 

  Best Sep–Oct

  Beirut & Jounieh

  Lebanon

  A 1941 French submarine in two sections on the sand off Beirut

  18–29°C · 64–84°Fadvanced
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Bergeggi, Noli, Spotorno & Finale Ligure

  Italy

  Reserve walls at Bergeggi island and cert-gated gorgonian secche offshore

  13–24°C · 55–75°Fvis 20 m · 66 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Bodrum

  Turkey

  A hot spring vents into the sea off Karaada's caves

  16–27°C · 61–81°Fvis 35 m · 115 ftbeginner
• Best Jun–Aug

  Budva & Jaz

  Montenegro

  A steamer wreck lying in two halves on the sand at 32 m

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fintermediate
• 

  Best May–Oct

  Buggerru & Pan di Zucchero

  Italy

  Limestone caverns and walls beneath the white Pan di Zucchero stack

  14–25°C · 57–77°Fbeginner
• Best Sep–Dec

  Byblos, Amchit & Batroun

  Lebanon

  Barbour's natural stone arches set into the Amchit Wall

  18–29°C · 64–84°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Cabo de Gata-Níjar

  Spain

  Giant groupers in volcanic caves along Andalusia's largest coastal protected area

  10–30°C · 50–86°Fvis 25 m · 82 ftbeginner
• 

  Best Jun–Oct

  Cabo de Palos & Islas Hormigas

  Spain

  Dusky groupers the size of car doors patrol two submerged mountains

  14–27°C · 57–81°Fvis 20 m · 66 ftadvanced
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Cabo Tiñoso (La Azohía, Isla Plana & Puerto de Mazarrón)

  Spain

  A zoned 2016 marine reserve, a sunk minesweeper and a 3 km hypogenic cave

  15–29°C · 59–84°Fvis 20 m · 66 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Cabrera Archipelago

  Spain

  A permit-only national park off Mallorca, capped at 40 divers a day

  14–27°C · 57–81°Fvis 30 m · 100 ftadvanced
• Best Aug–Sep

  Cala Gonone & the Gulf of Orosei

  Italy

  Two Second World War wrecks and a limestone coast full of caves

  14–27°C · 57–81°Fbeginner
• 

  Best Jul–Sep

  Cap d'Agde

  France

  Lobster-packed coralligenous reefs at 20–24 m off the Île de Brescou

  12–22°C · 54–72°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Cap de Creus

  Spain

  Schist walls, tunnels and red gorgonian fans at the Pyrenees' end

  12–24°C · 54–75°Fvis 25 m · 82 ftintermediate
• 

  Best May–Oct

  Cape Greco & Ayia Napa

  Cyprus

  Cape Greco shore-entry caves and tunnels beside the Liberty wreck

  17–28°C · 63–82°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Capo Caccia & Nereo Cave

  Italy

  The Mediterranean's largest sea cave, with entrances from 8 m to 33 m

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fvis 30 m · 100 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Capo Carbonara

  Italy

  Granite seamounts rising to the surface off Sardinia's south-east corner

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fvis 40 m · 130 ftbeginner
• Best Jun–Sep

  Capri

  Italy

  A dive at the Faraglioni stacks, down a steep wall to sand at 32 m

  13–28°C · 55–82°Fadvanced
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Catania & the Cyclops Islands

  Italy

  Basalt sea stacks, resident morays and an ancient-anchor trail off Aci Trezza

  14–27°C · 57–81°Fintermediate
• Best Jun–Aug

  Cavtat & Konavle

  Croatia

  Ancient amphora cargoes and giant Greek storage jars on the seabed

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fintermediate
• Best Sep–Nov

  Çeşme & Ildır

  Turkey

  The Monem, a cargo wreck at 18 m that Open Water divers can explore

  15–23°C · 59–73°Fbeginner
• Best Jul–Aug

  Ceuta

  Spain

  Gorgonian-clad rocks where the Atlantic meets the Mediterranean

  16–23°C · 61–73°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Jul–Sep

  Corfu

  Greece

  A cluster of cavern dives at Paleokastritsa, wrecks and reefs off the north-east coast

  15–26°C · 59–79°Fvis 25 m · 82 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Corsica — Ajaccio & Sagone

  France

  Granite rock heads, arches and a P-51 wreck in the gulfs of Ajaccio and Sagone

  13–26°C · 55–79°Fvis 25 m · 82 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Corsica — Calvi & the Revellata

  France

  A B-17 bomber upright on the sand at 25 m below the citadel

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fvis 25 m · 82 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Corsica — Lavezzi & Bonifacio

  France

  At Mérouville, habituated dusky groupers stay with divers all dive

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fvis 30 m · 100 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Costa Blanca — Calpe, Moraira & Jávea

  Spain

  Boulder passages in the San Antonio reserve and a cave-training coast from Moraira

  13–27°C · 55–81°Fvis 20 m · 66 ftbeginner
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Costa Brava — Blanes, Lloret & Tossa

  Spain

  Town-based Costa Brava diving over granite rock and Posidonia

  12–26°C · 54–79°Fvis 20 m · 66 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Costa Brava — L'Escala & the Montgrí Coast

  Spain

  Tunnels, walls and a shallow wreck under the Montgrí cliffs, dived from L'Escala

  12–26°C · 54–79°Fvis 15 m · 50 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jul–Aug

  Costa Brava — Palamós, Llafranc & Begur

  Spain

  Three seamounts, a navy-tug wreck and gorgonian walls between Palamós and Cap de Begur

  13–25°C · 55–77°Fvis 20 m · 66 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Costa Brava — Sant Feliu de Guíxols

  Spain

  A cave system below the Eden Roc hotel, entered at 25 m from the beach or by boat

  13–25°C · 55–77°Fvis 20 m · 66 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Côte d'Azur — Cannes & the Estérel

  France

  France's largest no-take fishing reserve sits at Cap Roux

  13–25°C · 55–77°Fvis 25 m · 82 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Oct

  Crete

  Greece

  Fossil elephant tusks inside a cave whose entrance is now at 10 m

  16–27°C · 61–81°Fvis 30 m · 100 ftbeginner
• Best May–Nov

  Datça & the Knidos Peninsula

  Turkey

  Huge dusky and golden grouper and circling barracuda in impressive visibility

  17–26°C · 63–79°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Aug

  Dubrovnik & the Elafiti Islands

  Croatia

  Wrecks and island caves a few minutes by boat from Dubrovnik

  13–28°C · 55–82°Fintermediate
• Best Jun–Sep

  Egadi Islands

  Italy

  Roman amphorae and gorgonian caves in the Mediterranean's largest marine reserve

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Elba & the Tuscan Archipelago

  Italy

  A 62 m merchant wreck lying in 2–12 m of water off Pomonte beach

  13–26°C · 55–79°Fvis 25 m · 82 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Sep–Oct

  Fethiye & Ölüdeniz

  Turkey

  Caverns, tunnels and Roman amphorae along a rocky Mediterranean coast

  16–30°C · 61–86°Fintermediate
• Year-round

  Filicudi & Salina

  Italy

  A guided underwater museum of centuries of shipwrecks off Capo Graziano

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Apr–May

  Gallipoli — Dardanelles Wrecks

  Turkey

  WWI battleships and warships from the Dardanelles campaign

  14–25°C · 57–77°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Sep–Oct

  Gökçeada

  Turkey

  Diving inside Blue Bay, the first national underwater park in Turkey

  13–26°C · 55–79°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Golfe de Valinco — Propriano & Porto-Pollo

  France

  Red-gorgonian rock towers rising from 50 m to just under the surface

  15–25°C · 59–77°Fvis 35 m · 115 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Halkidiki — Sithonia

  Greece

  Gorgonian reefs from 24 m down to 90 m, and an all-levels wreck at 4 to 18 m

  14–27°C · 57–81°Fvis 25 m · 82 ftintermediate
• Best Jul–Sep

  Herceg Novi & the Luštica Blue Cave

  Montenegro

  Military wrecks, Yugoslav submarine tunnels and the Luštica Blue Cave

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fintermediate
• Best May–Sep

  Hvar & the Pakleni Islands

  Croatia

  Gorgonian walls and caves in the Pakleni Islands, 10 to 20 minutes by boat

  13–25°C · 55–77°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Jul–Sep

  Ibiza & Formentera

  Spain

  A sunlit limestone cavern, the Don Pedro wreck and the Es Vedrà pinnacles

  14–27°C · 57–81°Fvis 30 m · 100 ftintermediate
• Best May–Jun

  Ios & Folegandros

  Greece

  Koumbara’s underwater mountain, the historic Patris wreck and a stalactite cave

  16–26°C · 61–79°Fintermediate
• Best May–Oct

  Ischia & Procida

  Italy

  Gorgonian and red-coral walls inside Campania's largest marine reserve

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Islas Columbretes

  Spain

  A drowned volcanic crater 50 km offshore, with permit-limited diving

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fvis 40 m · 130 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Istria — Rovinj & Pula

  Croatia

  The Baron Gautsch, mined in 1914, lying at 28–40 m between Pula and Rovinj

  11–25°C · 52–77°Fvis 20 m · 66 ftintermediate
• Best Jun–Oct

  Kalkan

  Turkey

  The 1940s Sakarya wreck and a barracuda wall off Snake Island

  16–28°C · 61–82°Fvis 30 m · 100 ftintermediate
• 

  Best May–Jun

  Kalymnos & Telendos

  Greece

  Caves, arches and gorges in the Labyrinth of Telendos

  17–25°C · 63–77°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Oct

  Kaş

  Turkey

  A sunken DC-3 and a replica Bronze Age ship on the Lycian coast

  16–28°C · 61–82°Fvis 40 m · 130 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun

  Kea Channel

  Greece

  Titanic's sister ship, HMHS Britannic, rests largely intact at up to 122 m

  15–26°C · 59–79°Fvis 25 m · 82 ftadvanced
• 

  Best May–Jun

  Kefalonia & Ithaca

  Greece

  Caves and grottoes lit through their roofs on both sides of the Ithaca channel

  15–26°C · 59–79°Fvis 40 m · 130 ftintermediate
• Best Jun–Aug

  Kemer & Tekirova

  Turkey

  Canyons and an air-filled cave at the protected Three Islands, plus two wrecks

  17–29°C · 63–84°Fadvanced
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Kornati Islands

  Croatia

  Sheer limestone crowns dropping past 80 m into the open Adriatic

  13–25°C · 55–77°Fvis 25 m · 82 ftintermediate
• Best Apr–Oct

  Kos & the Kefalos Peninsula

  Greece

  Amphora shards over 800 years old on The Potteries reef off Pserimos

  17–26°C · 63–79°Fintermediate
• Year-round

  Kuşadası

  Turkey

  An Airbus A300 airliner sunk as an artificial reef in the gulf

  15–26°C · 59–79°Fbeginner
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Kvarner — Cres, Krk & Lošinj

  Croatia

  Selzine's blue and red gorgonian wall, dropping to 45 m off Cres

  12–24°C · 54–75°Fvis 25 m · 82 ftintermediate
• Best Jul–Sep

  Kyrenia (Girne)

  Cyprus

  About twenty reef and wall sites east and west of Kyrenia

  17–29°C · 63–84°Fintermediate
• 

  Best May–Sep

  La Herradura

  Spain

  Orange Astroides walls on a protected cliff coast, dived from a sheltered bay

  14–28°C · 57–82°Fvis 15 m · 50 ftbeginner
• Best Aug–Sep

  Lampedusa & Linosa

  Italy

  Grey shark schools at Lampione and the Secchitella shoal off Linosa

  15–26°C · 59–79°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Oct

  Larnaca — Zenobia

  Cyprus

  A 172 m ferry on her side, lorries still chained to the car decks

  17–28°C · 63–82°Fvis 30 m · 100 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Nov

  Lastovo & the Lastovnjaci

  Croatia

  Walls of gorgonians off Cape Struga that reach 80 m

  14–25°C · 57–77°Fintermediate
• Best Apr–Oct

  Lefkada & Meganisi

  Greece

  The wall and reef under the Cape Ducato lighthouse, dropping to 40 m

  15–26°C · 59–79°Fintermediate
• Best Apr–Oct

  Leros & Lakki

  Greece

  Battle of Leros wrecks from 1943, led by the destroyer Vasilissa Olga

  16–26°C · 61–79°Fintermediate
• Best Apr–Oct

  Lesbos

  Greece

  Volcanic arches and petrified tree trunks on the reef off Sigri

  14–25°C · 57–77°Fvis 30 m · 100 ftintermediate
• Year-round

  Limassol & the Three Stars Wreck

  Cyprus

  A resident grouper on the Costandis, an artificial-reef wreck off Limassol

  16–29°C · 61–84°Fbeginner
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Mallorca — Alcúdia, Pollença & Cap de Formentor

  Spain

  Formentor's cliff walls and a maze of shallow tunnels, run from Port de Pollença

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fvis 25 m · 82 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Mallorca — Palma & the Southwest

  Spain

  Large resident groupers on El Toro's reserve buoys, ten minutes from the marina

  14–28°C · 57–82°Fvis 25 m · 82 ftbeginner
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Malta & Gozo

  Malta

  Shore-entry wrecks and a rock-tunnel sinkhole dive at Gozo's Blue Hole

  15–28°C · 59–82°Fvis 40 m · 130 ftintermediate
• Best May–Oct

  Marmaris & İçmeler

  Turkey

  Daylight pouring through the chimney of Baca Cave

  20–28°C · 68–82°Fadvanced
• 

  Year-round

  Marseille & the Calanques

  France

  Wrecks, deep walls and island dives inside a national park

  13–25°C · 55–77°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Medes Islands

  Spain

  Dusky grouper by the dozen inside a Costa Brava marine reserve

  13–25°C · 55–77°Fvis 20 m · 66 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Menorca

  Spain

  Long limestone caves and the 110 m Malakoff wreck off one Balearic island

  12–27°C · 54–81°Fvis 30 m · 100 ftintermediate
• Best May–Jun

  Milos & Kimolos

  Greece

  Volcanic cliffs and hidden tunnels at Kleftiko and Papafragas

  16–26°C · 61–79°Fvis 30 m · 100 ftbeginner
• Best May–Sep

  Mljet National Park

  Croatia

  A sunlit sea cave and an ancient amphora wreck off Mljet's coast

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fbeginner
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Palavas-les-Flots, Carnon & Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone

  France

  A no-fishing reserve rock and small wrecks 15 minutes off Montpellier

  10–23°C · 50–73°Fvis 15 m · 50 ftbeginner
• 

  Best Jul–Sep

  Pantelleria

  Italy

  Punic and Roman amphorae and gorgonian walls in the middle of the Strait of Sicily

  15–25°C · 59–77°Fintermediate
• Best Apr–Dec

  Paphos & Coral Bay

  Cyprus

  A cave roof encrusted with amphorae, ten minutes from Paphos harbour

  17–28°C · 63–82°Fbeginner
• 

  Best Jun

  Paros & Naxos

  Greece

  A WWII Beaufighter at 34 m and a cavern that surfaces among stalactites

  17–25°C · 63–77°Fvis 25 m · 82 ftintermediate
• Best Jun–Aug

  Piran & Portorož

  Slovenia

  Seahorses on a shore reef, and wartime wrecks minutes away by boat

  9–25°C · 48–77°Fbeginner
• Best May–Jun

  Polignano a Mare & Monopoli

  Italy

  Sea caves and sheer walls in the shore coves between the two towns

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Ponza & the Pontine Islands

  Italy

  A WWII landing ship in two sections at 19 and 30 m off a cave-cut volcanic island

  14–27°C · 57–81°Fvis 35 m · 115 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Port-Cros & Îles d'Hyères

  France

  Dozens of dusky groupers hold station on the rock face at La Gabinière

  13–25°C · 55–77°Fvis 25 m · 82 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jul–Sep

  Porto Cesareo & the Nardò Coast

  Italy

  Sea caves, walls and shoals on Salento's Ionian coast

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Portofino Marine Reserve

  Italy

  Red gorgonian forests below 25 m and a bronze Christ at 17 m

  13–25°C · 55–77°Fvis 20 m · 66 ftintermediate
• Best Jun–Sep

  Premuda

  Croatia

  Limestone chimneys lit from above, and a 1918 battleship at 66 m

  12–25°C · 54–77°Fvis 20 m · 66 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Primošten & Rogoznica

  Croatia

  Gorgonian drop-offs and shallow wrecks from two Dalmatian harbours

  12–25°C · 54–77°Fvis 25 m · 82 ftintermediate
• Best Apr–May

  Punta Campanella & the Sorrento Coast

  Italy

  Gorgonian walls on islets that top submarine mountains in a marine reserve

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Rhodes

  Greece

  Shore-entry walls and caverns at Ladiko and Anthony Quinn Bay, amphora on the seabed

  17–27°C · 63–81°Fvis 30 m · 100 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jul–Oct

  Samos

  Greece

  Ancient anchors, a cannon and artefacts scattered over calm Aegean rock

  16–25°C · 61–77°Fbeginner
• Best Aug

  San Vito Lo Capo & Scopello

  Italy

  Caves, walls and the Capua wreck between San Vito and the Zingaro reserve

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fintermediate
• Best Jun–Aug

  Santa Maria di Leuca

  Italy

  Red and yellow gorgonian forests on the banks off the cape where two seas meet

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Jul–Sep

  Santa Maria Navarrese & Arbatax

  Italy

  Sheer Ogliastra cliffs, a barracuda shoal and three wrecks

  14–25°C · 57–77°Fbeginner
• Best May–Oct

  Santorini & the Caldera

  Greece

  A WWII passenger wreck resting upright at 18 m off Nea Kameni

  16–27°C · 61–81°Fvis 40 m · 130 ftbeginner
• Best Jun

  Sarandë & Ksamil

  Albania

  Six ex-navy ships scuttled off Ksamil and a 1943 wreck in Saranda Bay

  15–26°C · 59–79°Fvis 30 m · 100 ftintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Oct

  Sète & Frontignan

  France

  A 1905 trader at 18 m and a 32 m lagoon resurgence

  12–22°C · 54–72°Fbeginner
• Best Apr–Oct

  Skopelos

  Greece

  A well-preserved 83 m cargo wreck sitting upright in sheltered Panormos Bay

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fintermediate
• Best Jun–Aug

  Sozopol & St. Ivan Island

  Bulgaria

  Black Sea wrecks, a stone forest and spring seahorses off Sozopol

  7–25°C · 45–77°Fbeginner
• Best Jun–Sep

  Stintino & the Asinara National Park

  Italy

  Barracuda schools crossing the seagrass in a marine protected area

  13–24°C · 55–75°Fbeginner
• Best Jul–Sep

  Tabarca & Santa Pola

  Spain

  Large groupers on the protected rocks of a 1986 marine reserve

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Aug

  Tabarka

  Tunisia

  Dusky groupers patrol coral-lined tunnels beneath a Genoese fort

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fvis 30 m · 100 ftintermediate
• Best Jun–Sep

  Taranto & the Gulf of Taranto

  Italy

  A third-century cargo of marble sarcophagi a short swim from the beach

  14–26°C · 57–79°Fintermediate
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Tarragona

  Spain

  A Luftwaffe bomber, harbour wrecks and an underwater park off a working breakwater

  12–27°C · 54–81°Fvis 15 m · 50 ftbeginner
• Best Jun–Sep

  Tavolara & La Maddalena

  Italy

  Pinnacles, walls and granite shoals in two protected marine areas

  14–25°C · 57–77°Fintermediate
• Best May–Oct

  Thassos

  Greece

  Walls, a small cavern and amphora scattered around Virgin Mary Island

  13–26°C · 55–79°Fbeginner
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Tremiti Islands

  Italy

  A bronze Padre Pio stands on a submerged rock at 14 m

  13–26°C · 55–79°Fvis 35 m · 115 ftbeginner
• 

  Best Jun–Sep

  Ustica

  Italy

  Grouper on nearly every dive inside Italy's oldest marine reserve

  15–26°C · 59–79°Fvis 35 m · 115 ftintermediate
• Best Jun–Sep

  Varna & Cape Kaliakra

  Bulgaria

  Warship wrecks and sea caves along Bulgaria's northern Black Sea coast

  7–25°C · 45–77°Fintermediate
• Best Jul–Sep

  Vela Luka & the Blue Hole

  Croatia

  The Blue Hole, a wall and cavern dive among more than 35 sites

  14–25°C · 57–77°Fadvanced
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  Best Jun–Sep

  Vis

  Croatia

  Wartime bombers and a storm-sunk steamship around one Adriatic island

  14–24°C · 57–75°Fvis 25 m · 82 ftadvanced
• Best Jul–Sep

  Vlora, Karaburun & Sazan

  Albania

  Wrecks, caves and vertical walls around the military island of Sazan

  15–25°C · 59–77°Fvis 20 m · 66 ftintermediate
• Best May–Sep

  Zadar & Dugi Otok

  Croatia

  Gorgonian walls and caves on the open-sea side of Dugi Otok

  13–25°C · 55–77°Fintermediate
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  Best Jun–Sep

  Zakynthos

  Greece

  A monk seal is sometimes found sleeping in the Keri caverns

  15–27°C · 59–81°Fvis 25 m · 82 ftbeginner