When is the best time to dive where?

Select a diving location

· Cayman Islands

· Galapagos Islands

· Papua New Guinea

· Saba / St. Kitts

· Solomon Islands

· St. Martin / St. Maarten

· Turks & Caicos

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Australia
Jan
Feb
Mar	Whale sharks
Apr
May
Jun	Minke whales
Jul		Humpback whales
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Bahamas
Jan
Feb	Bull & tiger sharks
Mar	Bull & tiger sharks
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Belize
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr	Whale sharks
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep	Whale sharks
Oct
Nov
Dec	Groupers spawning

Cayman Islands
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Costa Rica
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul	Hammerheads
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Cuba
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Djibouti
Jan	Whale sharks
Feb	Whale sharks
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep	Whale sharks
Oct
Nov
Dec

Egypt, Red Sea
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug	Mantas & whale sharks
Sep
Oct
Nov	Grey reef sharks (mating)
Dec

Fiji
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun	Oceanic hammerheads		Manta rays
Jul
Aug		Pilot whales
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Galapagos Islands
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr	Whale sharks
May
Jun		Humpback whales
Jul		Hammerheads
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Hawaii
Jan	Humpback whales
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Indonesia
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr	Manta rays
May	Manta rays
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep	Mola mola
Oct
Nov
Dec

Malaysia
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug	Green turtles mating
Sep	Green turtles hatching
Oct
Nov
Dec

Maldives
Jan	Manta rays
Feb
Mar
Apr
May	Manta rays
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov	Whale sharks
Dec	Manta rays

Mexico
Jan	Whale season
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun	Manta rays
Jul	Manta rays
Aug	Great white shark diving
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Micronesia
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Myanmar
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Panama
Jan	Bull sharks
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul	Hammerheads
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov	Bull sharks
Dec	Bull sharks

Papua New Guinea
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Philippines
Jan
Feb
Mar	Hammerheads
Apr	Hammerheads
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Saba / St. Kitts
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Seychelles
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep	Whale sharks
Oct	Whale sharks
Nov
Dec

Solomon Islands
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun	Scalloped hammerheads
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

St. Martin / St. Maarten
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Thailand
Jan
Feb	Whale sharks
Mar
Apr
May
Jun	Off season
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Turks & Caicos
Jan	Humpback whales
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun	Nurse shark
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC
Australia			Whale sharks			Minke Whales
Australia							Humpback whales
Bahamas		Bull & tiger sharks
Belize				Whale sharks					Whale sharks			Groupers spawning
Cayman Islands
Costa Rica							Hammerheads
Cuba
Djibouti	Whale sharks								Whale sharks
Egypt, Red Sea								Mantas & whale sharks			Grey reef sharks (mating)
Fiji						Oceanic hammerheads
								Pilot whales
						Manta rays
Galapagos Islands				Whale sharks
Galapagos Islands						Humpback whales	Hammerheads
Hawaii	Humpback whales
Indonesia				Manta rays					Mola mola
Malaysia								Green turtles mating	Green turtles hatching
Maldives	Manta rays				Manta rays						Whale sharks	Manta rays
Mexico	Whale season					Manta rays		Great white shark cage diving
Micronesia
Myanmar
Panama	Bull sharks						Hammerheads				Bull sharks
Papua New Guinea
Philippines			Hammerheads
Saba / St. Kitts
Seychelles									Whale sharks
Solomon Islands						Scalloped hammerheads
St. Maarten / St Martin
Thailand		Whale sharks				Off season
Turks & Caicos	Humpback whales					Nurse shark