Scuba Diving Regions in China

Dongshan Island in Fujian province is one of China’s most underrated diving destinations, a scenic island with crystal-clear water, dramatic wind-eroded granite...

Pingtan Island is Fujian’s largest island and one of China’s most dramatic diving destinations, where powerful ocean currents sculpt extraordinary underwater gr...

Xiamen is one of China’s most beautiful coastal cities and an increasingly popular diving destination where subtropical marine ecosystems thrive along a dramati...

Huizhou and Daya Bay represent Guangdong’s most productive diving region, where extensive artificial reef programs combined with natural rocky reef systems crea...

Shantou and Nan’ao Island represent the easternmost diving in Guangdong province, where the Taiwan Strait currents bring warm tropical water northward to create...

Shenzhen and Dapeng Bay offer surprising diving opportunities along Guangdong’s rapidly urbanizing coastline, where protected marine areas preserve vibrant subt...

Zhuhai and the Wanshan Islands archipelago offer some of Guangdong’s most scenic diving, spread across a chain of over 100 islands situated in the Pearl River E...

Weizhou Island and Beihai represent Guangxi province’s premier diving destination, centered around China’s youngest volcanic island where dramatic geological fo...

Haikou and Hainan’s north coast offer a distinctly different diving experience from the tropical south, with volcanic geological formations, artificial reef pro...

Sanya and Wuzhizhou Island represent the crown jewel of China's tropical diving, located on the southern tip of Hainan Island where warm South China Sea current...

The Wanning and East Coast region of Hainan offers a more remote and pristine diving experience compared to the developed resort areas around Sanya. Dazhou Isla...

Wenchang and the Qizhou Islands represent one of Hainan’s best-kept diving secrets, located along the island’s northeastern coastline where the South China Sea...

Fuxian Lake in Yunnan province is China’s deepest freshwater lake and one of the clearest, reaching a maximum depth of 155 meters with visibility that can excee...

Qiandao Lake (Thousand Island Lake) in Zhejiang province is one of China’s most extraordinary freshwater diving destinations, a vast man-made reservoir created...

Dalian on the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula is China’s northernmost major diving destination, offering a distinctive cold-water diving experience in th...

Qingdao is one of China’s most iconic coastal cities and a surprising destination for temperate diving, where cold-water marine ecosystems thrive along dramatic...

Weihai and Yantai on the northeastern tip of Shandong’s peninsula offer some of northern China’s finest diving, where the convergence of Yellow Sea and Bohai Se...

The Nanji Islands are a nationally protected marine nature reserve off the coast of Wenzhou in Zhejiang province, recognized as one of China’s most biodiverse m...

Ningbo and the historic fishing port of Shipu represent the heart of Zhejiang’s coastal diving scene, where temperate marine ecosystems thrive along rocky shore...

Zhoushan and the Shengsi Islands form China’s largest archipelago with over 1,300 islands scattered across the East China Sea, creating a temperate diving desti...