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Dolphins in the wild

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Where to see dolphins

Pods of spinners, bottlenose and Atlantic spotted dolphins in wild encounters.

9 destinations match this pick.

Underwater and coastal scenery of Costa Rica — Cocos Island and Pacific big animals.

Americas

Costa Rica

Cocos Island liveaboards for hammerhead schools; Caño & Bat Islands from the mainland.

Underwater and coastal scenery of Egypt's Red Sea — Value, wrecks and reefs.

Africa

Egypt

Thistlegorm wreck, Brothers, Daedalus and Elphinstone — pelagics and Technicolor reefs.

Underwater and coastal scenery of French Polynesia — Fakarava and Rangiroa atoll diving.

Pacific

French Polynesia

A wall of 700+ grey reef sharks in Fakarava's South Pass and drift dives at Rangiroa's Tiputa.

Giant oceanic manta ray at Socorro, Mexico — Mexico's Galápagos, on a liveaboard.

Americas

Socorro

Giant Pacific mantas, humpback whales, dolphins and sharks — accessible only by liveaboard.

Underwater and coastal scenery of South Africa — Sardine run and shark diving.

Africa

South Africa

Aliwal Shoal tigers, Protea Banks bull sharks, cage diving with great whites, and the world's greatest migration — the sardine run.

Underwater and coastal scenery of Tahiti — Gateway to French Polynesia.

Pacific

Tahiti

Base for Rangiroa, Fakarava and Moorea — walls of sharks, lagoon rays and giant manta cleaning stations.

Underwater and coastal scenery of the Bahamas — Sharks, blue holes, and 700 islands of options.

Caribbean

Bahamas

From tiger-shark encounters to the swimming pigs, the Bahamas is the Caribbean's wildest sampler.

Underwater and coastal scenery of Mozambique — Manta ray and whale shark hotspot.

Africa

Mozambique

Tofo Beach delivers year-round whale sharks and manta rays plus humpback whales in season.

Underwater and coastal scenery of Turks & Caicos — Wall diving on Providenciales' edge and JoJo the dolphin.

Caribbean

Turks & Caicos

Grace Bay for the topside, and a mile-deep wall along Northwest Point for the diving.

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