Coral reef directory
Every reef we cover, with when to go, what you can do there and how to get there. Filter by region, month, snorkelling or diving and wildlife, or use the map.
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Bahamas
Andros Barrier Reef
A wild barrier reef above the Tongue of the Ocean, with blue holes inland.
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Philippines
Apo Reef
The Philippines’ largest reef, an atoll-like ring far out in the Mindoro Strait.
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Belize
Belize Barrier Reef
Easy snorkelling at Hol Chan, three atolls and the Great Blue Hole.
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Bonaire (Caribbean Netherlands)
Bonaire
Wade in from the shore at dozens of marked sites along a fully protected coast.
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Chagos Archipelago
Chagos Archipelago
Remote, strictly protected atolls that almost no one can visit.
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United States (Florida)
Florida’s Coral Reef
America’s only barrier reef, an easy drive from Miami along the Keys.
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Australia (Queensland)
Great Barrier Reef
The world’s largest reef system: day boats, pontoons, islands and liveaboards.
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Australia (New South Wales)
Lord Howe Island
The world’s southernmost coral reef, with a calm lagoon and a 400-visitor cap.
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Maldives
Maldives
Twenty-six atolls of house reefs, mantas and whale sharks.
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Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras
Mesoamerican Reef
The Caribbean’s great reef, from Cozumel to the Bay Islands, with whale sharks in season.
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New Caledonia (France)
New Caledonia
One of the longest barrier reefs on Earth, around a huge, varied lagoon.
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Mexico (Cozumel)
Palancar Reef
Towering coral pinnacles and Mexico’s most famous drift dive.
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Palau
Palau
Big-animal diving, the Rock Islands and a reef that bounced back.
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United States (Gulf of Mexico)
Pulley Ridge
A deep “twilight zone” reef, too deep to visit but vital to reef science.
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Indonesia
Raja Ampat
The richest coral reefs on Earth, around some 1,500 islands off West Papua.
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French Polynesia
Rangiroa
A vast atoll whose passes bring sharks, dolphins and thrilling drift dives.
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Egypt
Red Sea, Egypt
Warm, clear water and reefs for everyone, from easy beach snorkels to wreck liveaboards.
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Philippines
Tubbataha Reefs
Remote atolls in the Sulu Sea, open to liveaboards for three months a year.
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Fiji
Vatu-i-Ra
Fiji’s soft coral capital: pinnacles and walls swept by strong currents.
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Indonesia
Wakatobi
A remote national park of quiet, healthy reefs off south-east Sulawesi.
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