North America

Canada

Canada isn't your typical tropical dive, and that's precisely its charm. We love it for the sheer variety of cold-water experiences, from the dramatic fjords of British Columbia to the surprising freshwater wrecks of the Great Lakes. If you're after something truly wild, head west for the Pacific's monstrous octopuses and wolf eels, best seen when the plankton blooms settle in late summer and fall, giving you decent visibility. Out east, the Atlantic provinces deliver wreck diving with a side of seal encounters; the Bay of Fundy, in particular, has some serious current, so time your dives. It’s a place for robust drysuit diving and spotting species you won't find anywhere else, like the quirky Newfoundland Eelpout.

Mexico

Mexico's a big country, and its diving landscape is just as varied. We're talking everything from the cool, dark cenotes of the Yucatán, where shafts of sunlight pierce through ancient rock formations, to the open Pacific where big animals cruise by. If you’re into the adrenaline of a drift dive, Cozumel really delivers, the current just pulls you along those healthy walls. But for us, the big draw has to be the Sea of Cortez and the Socorro Islands - the sheer volume of life out there, especially during the cooler months from November to May, is just phenomenal. Imagine having a massive manta ray hold still above you while you watch tiny cleaner wrasse do their work, or playfully interacting with sea lions. It's truly something else.

United States

The sheer scale of diving in the United States often catches people off guard. We’re talking about everything from icy wrecks in the Great Lakes to lava tubes in Hawaii, and that's just scratching the surface. For warm water fans, the Florida Keys offer classic reef diving with barracuda and tarpon, while the freshwater springs inland are a completely unique experience, where you can drift past manatees. If you like it cooler, California’s kelp forests are truly special, a chance to swim with playful sea lions in a golden, swaying underwater forest. We’d suggest summer or early fall for the best conditions across most regions, though the Keys are good year-round.