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Portugal★ 7
Azores
The Azores Islands provide blue shark freediving, Atlantic wilderness exposure, and volcanic underwater landscapes. Experiences include freediving with blue sharks, visiting Princess Alice Bank offshore, manta ray encounters, deep water freediving training, island hopping, whale watching, volcanic hot springs, and cultural immersion in Portuguese traditions. Known for a pelagic highway and sustainable tourism approach.
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Croatia★ 6
Vis Island
Vis Island offers freediving in the Blue Cave with remarkable Adriatic water clarity. Freedivers can experience cave light phenomena and various depth training sites. The island has a military history and pristine waters, enhancing the unique freediving experience.
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Thailand★ 5
Koh Tao
Koh Tao is a budget-friendly freediving paradise integrated with the diving industry. It offers affordable certification courses, drift freediving at Shark Island, shallow training at Japanese Gardens, night freediving, cross-training with scuba, and a vibrant social freediving scene. This island offers year-round favorable conditions, 20+ freediving schools, and a party island balance with established diving infrastructure.
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USA★ 8
Big Island
Big Island in Hawaii offers pelagic freediving with cultural heritage and unique experiences such as night manta ray freediving, wild dolphin encounters, pelagic blackwater freediving, traditional Hawaiian techniques, deep water training, and immersion in ocean culture with the Kona freediving community. The offshore water reaches depths of up to 3,000m providing challenging and rewarding freediving opportunities.
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Mexico★ 6
La Paz
La Paz offers sea lion freediving and seasonal whale shark encounters. Freedivers can interact playfully with sea lions and witness whale sharks in the Sea of Cortez, known for its biodiversity.
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Honduras★ 6
Roatan
Roatan features the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef and growing freediving tourism. Key experiences include wall freediving and enjoying Caribbean water conditions. It is recognized as the second largest reef system in the region.
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Indonesia★ 8
Nusa Penida
Nusa Penida offers freediving at manta ray cleaning stations with challenging strong currents ideal for drift freediving skill development. Key experiences include manta point freediving and year-round manta ray sightings with seasonal Mola mola encounters.
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Philippines★ 6
Coron
Coron is famous for warm water wreck freediving and lake freediving. Experiences include shallow wreck penetration and freediving at Barracuda Lake with its unique thermocline. There are multiple dive sites and island hopping opportunities, providing diverse training environments.
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Vanuatu★ 6
Vanuatu
Vanuatu offers dugong freediving and blue hole exploration. Experiences include diving at Million Dollar Point and cultural immersion. The reefs remain largely untouched, and the local culture is deeply integrated with freediving activities.
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