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Explore the world’s best cave diving spots

Many divers find it a love and hate relationship with cave diving, but still caves and caverns have this mysterious darkness and narrow passages that attracts many divers. From sinkholes, over grottoes to caverns, whether you are an open water diver or a cave specialist - there is something for everyone. As a diver, you need to step up your game to try it out and you’ll need specialized training to enjoy the best cave dives in the world. Find your next cave-diving adventure!

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Ginnie Springs (★4.5)

Ginnie Springs is one of the best-known spring diving locations in Florida. The park has three different dive sites for certified scuba divers to experience: The Ginnie Ballroom, The Devil’s Spring System, and the Santa Fe River.

Twin Palms SCUBA, 1609 Edenvale

Blue Hole, Dahab (★4.6)

Located 12km North of Dahab, the famous Blue hole dive site is a large submarine sinkhole, 150m across and 110m deep. The dive can start or end at the blue Hole as you can enter the water north of the sink hole at Ells Bells and multi level your dive to end at the blue hole.

Aqualung

Great Blue Hole - Bahamas (★4.6)

Found off Andros, the Great Blue Hole is probably one of the most unique dives in the Bahamas. This natural hole in the open ocean floor is about 100 feet across and over 200 feet deep.

Marina B. (#2598197)

Cenote Dos Ojos (★4.8)

Dos Ojos is one of, if not THE, most popular cenote in Mexico. Diving cenotes, in general, are for advanced and technical divers. This cenote has two different routes, hence the name Dos Ojos, or two eyes.

XPERTCLUB, 620142 Ekaterinburg

Orda Cave / Ординская пещера (★5.0)

Orda Cave is a gypsum crystal cave found underneath the western Ural Mountains of Russia at a maximum depth of 20 meters. The cave system stretches over 5.1 kilometres with the majority being underwater. This makes it one of the longest underwater caves and the largest underwater gypsum cave in the world.

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Truk Lagoon (★4.5)

Truk lagoon is the perfect location for wreck dives. The Japanese naval base was attacked in 1944 by the United States. During this attack more than 60 ships were sunk and more than 200 airplanes went down. The waters here are deep and filled with many historical war artefacts.

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Blue Hole (★4.5)

Blue Hole is the most famous dive site in Gozo with spectacular underwater landscapes and amazing light effects. Look for the remains of the Azure Window (“Azure Alps“), the cavern, and a fun chimney and swim-throughs.

SOUTH WEST ROCKS DIVE CENTRE, 2431 SOUTH WEST ROCKS

Fish Rock Cave (★4.4)

Fish Rock Cave is the only true ocean cave dive in Australia, running 125 meters right through Fish Rock. Fish Rock is in the path of the EAC (East Australian Current) which usually floods the site with warm clear water, bringing a huge variety of temperate and tropical marine species.

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Silfra Diving (★4.7)

Silfra is a rift formed in the divergent tectonic boundary between the North American and Eurasian plates and is located in Iceland. It’s the only place in the world where you can dive between two tectonic plates.

Hobo-Ya Similan, 83120 Phuket

Elephant Head Rock (★4.3)

Located in the middle of the sea between islands 7 and 8 in the Similan Islands, this reef dive site stands out in the middle of the sea. It was named after the shape of the rock sticking out of the water, which resembles the head of an elephant. The point is made up of huge layers of granite, dotted with numerous channels and swim-throughs that create a mystical landscape. The tide is good, and you can expect the feeding scene of the crabs, sharks and big fish in the early morning. In the shallow water, you can often find oversized trevally targeting small fish. This is one of the most dynamic dive sites in the Similan Islands.