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It is an active, fast-swimming carnivore found in tropical and subtropical open ocean waters, often near the surface but capable of diving to considerable depths. This species exhibits ovoviviparity and is unfortunately classified as Endangered due to overfishing and slow reproductive rates.","Carnivore","Diurnal","Mixed behavour",[29,30,31,32],"coastal","deep_water","open_water","reef",[34,35,36,37],"Coastal zone","Deep water","Open water","Coral reef",[39,71,90,110,128,146,163,182,199,219],{"id":40,"slug":41,"name":42,"description":43,"countryCode":44,"countryName":45,"isTop":46,"bestMonths":47},49,"apo-reef","Apo Reef","Apo Reef is the second-largest contiguous coral reef system in the world and the largest in the Philippines, renowned for its exceptional biodiversity. It boasts over 400 coral species and between 385 and 530 fish species, including a high chance of encountering sharks, manta rays, and various turtles. The park offers dramatic walls, extensive coral gardens, and often strong currents that attract large pelagic species, making it an adventurous destination best suited for experienced divers.","philippines","Philippines",true,[48,49,51,53,55,57,59,61,63,65,67,69],{"month":22,"probability":22},{"month":50,"probability":22},2,{"month":52,"probability":22},3,{"month":54,"probability":22},4,{"month":56,"probability":22},5,{"month":58,"probability":22},6,{"month":60,"probability":22},7,{"month":62,"probability":22},8,{"month":64,"probability":22},9,{"month":66,"probability":22},10,{"month":68,"probability":22},11,{"month":70,"probability":22},12,{"id":52,"slug":72,"name":73,"description":74,"countryCode":75,"countryName":76,"isTop":46,"bestMonths":77},"fuvahmulah","Fuvahmulah","Fuvahmulah stands out as a unique single-island atoll in the deep Indian Ocean, lacking a surrounding lagoon and rising steeply from the ocean floor. This distinctive geography funnels nutrient-rich currents, making it a world-class destination renowned for year-round encounters with large pelagic species. It is particularly famous as a global hotspot for sharks, offering reliable sightings of tiger sharks, thresher sharks, hammerheads, and oceanic manta rays.","maldives","Maldives",[78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89],{"month":22,"probability":50},{"month":50,"probability":50},{"month":52,"probability":50},{"month":54,"probability":50},{"month":56,"probability":50},{"month":58,"probability":50},{"month":60,"probability":50},{"month":62,"probability":50},{"month":64,"probability":50},{"month":66,"probability":50},{"month":68,"probability":50},{"month":70,"probability":50},{"id":62,"slug":91,"name":92,"description":93,"countryCode":94,"countryName":95,"isTop":96,"bestMonths":97},"galapagos-islands","Galapagos Islands","Diving in the Galápagos Islands offers an unparalleled encounter with unique marine biodiversity, driven by the confluence of powerful ocean currents like the Humboldt, Cromwell, and Panama currents. This nutrient-rich environment attracts an extraordinary array of marine life, including massive schools of hammerhead sharks, whale sharks, manta rays, playful sea lions, and the iconic marine iguanas. While conditions can be challenging with strong currents and variable visibility, the rewards of witnessing such diverse and endemic species in their natural habitat make it a world-class diving destination.","ecuador","Ecuador",false,[98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109],{"month":22,"probability":22},{"month":50,"probability":22},{"month":52,"probability":22},{"month":54,"probability":22},{"month":56,"probability":22},{"month":58,"probability":22},{"month":60,"probability":22},{"month":62,"probability":22},{"month":64,"probability":22},{"month":66,"probability":22},{"month":68,"probability":22},{"month":70,"probability":22},{"id":111,"slug":112,"name":113,"description":114,"countryCode":94,"countryName":95,"isTop":96,"bestMonths":115},31,"gordon-rocks","Gordon Rocks","Gordon Rocks, located off Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos, is renowned as one of the world's premier dive sites for encountering massive schools of hammerhead sharks. Known as 'The Washing Machine' due to its strong and unpredictable currents, this site is strictly recommended for intermediate to advanced divers with at least 25 logged dives. Its unique eroded volcanic topography creates nutrient-rich upwellings, attracting an incredible diversity of large pelagic species.",[116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127],{"month":22,"probability":22},{"month":50,"probability":22},{"month":52,"probability":22},{"month":54,"probability":22},{"month":56,"probability":22},{"month":58,"probability":22},{"month":60,"probability":22},{"month":62,"probability":22},{"month":64,"probability":22},{"month":66,"probability":22},{"month":68,"probability":22},{"month":70,"probability":22},{"id":129,"slug":130,"name":131,"description":132,"countryCode":94,"countryName":95,"isTop":96,"bestMonths":133},30,"kicker-rock","Kicker Rock","Kicker Rock, or León Dormido, is an iconic volcanic formation in the Galápagos Islands renowned as a world-class dive site. Its unique underwater channel, formed by eroded volcanic tuff, attracts an incredible diversity of marine life, including schools of hammerhead sharks, Galápagos sharks, rays, sea lions, and turtles. Diving here offers thrilling encounters with large pelagics, though strong currents, especially during the cool season, make it best suited for intermediate to advanced divers.",[134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144,145],{"month":22,"probability":22},{"month":50,"probability":22},{"month":52,"probability":22},{"month":54,"probability":22},{"month":56,"probability":22},{"month":58,"probability":22},{"month":60,"probability":22},{"month":62,"probability":22},{"month":64,"probability":22},{"month":66,"probability":22},{"month":68,"probability":22},{"month":70,"probability":22},{"id":54,"slug":147,"name":148,"description":149,"countryCode":44,"countryName":45,"isTop":46,"bestMonths":150},"malapascua","Malapascua","Malapascua is one of the world’s most iconic destinations for reliable pelagic encounters, especially early morning dives with pelagic thresher sharks. Divers can also explore vibrant macro life, mandarin fish, pygmy seahorses, reef sharks and technical wreck diving. The island stands out for its unique combination of shark encounters and diverse reef ecosystems.",[151,152,153,154,155,156,157,158,159,160,161,162],{"month":22,"probability":50},{"month":50,"probability":50},{"month":52,"probability":50},{"month":54,"probability":50},{"month":56,"probability":50},{"month":58,"probability":50},{"month":60,"probability":50},{"month":62,"probability":50},{"month":64,"probability":50},{"month":66,"probability":50},{"month":68,"probability":50},{"month":70,"probability":50},{"id":58,"slug":164,"name":165,"description":166,"countryCode":167,"countryName":168,"isTop":96,"bestMonths":169},"ningaloo-reef","Ningaloo reef","Ningaloo Reef is the world's largest fringing reef, easily accessible from the shore and a UNESCO World Heritage site celebrated for its exceptional biodiversity. It is renowned for seasonal aggregations of whale sharks, manta rays, and humpback whales, offering divers pristine corals and abundant marine life in its crystal-clear waters. Be aware of seasonal cyclone risks from January to March and the potential presence of Irukandji jellyfish, especially during warmer months.","australia","Australia",[170,171,172,173,174,175,176,177,178,179,180,181],{"month":22,"probability":22},{"month":50,"probability":22},{"month":52,"probability":22},{"month":54,"probability":22},{"month":56,"probability":22},{"month":58,"probability":22},{"month":60,"probability":22},{"month":62,"probability":22},{"month":64,"probability":22},{"month":66,"probability":22},{"month":68,"probability":22},{"month":70,"probability":22},{"id":18,"slug":183,"name":184,"description":185,"countryCode":94,"countryName":95,"isTop":96,"bestMonths":186},"punta-vicente-roca","Punta Vicente Roca","Punta Vicente Roca, located on the northwest coast of Isabela Island, is a unique dive site defined by a dramatic vertical wall and cold-water upwellings from the Cromwell Current. This nutrient-rich environment creates an exceptional marine ecosystem, attracting elusive Mola mola (ocean sunfish) to cleaning stations, along with playful Galapagos penguins and curious sea lions. Divers can also encounter green turtles, schooling fish, and various endemic species within its shallow caves and along its vibrant reef formations.",[187,188,189,190,191,192,193,194,195,196,197,198],{"month":22,"probability":22},{"month":50,"probability":22},{"month":52,"probability":22},{"month":54,"probability":22},{"month":56,"probability":22},{"month":58,"probability":22},{"month":60,"probability":22},{"month":62,"probability":22},{"month":64,"probability":22},{"month":66,"probability":22},{"month":68,"probability":22},{"month":70,"probability":22},{"id":200,"slug":201,"name":202,"description":203,"countryCode":204,"countryName":205,"isTop":46,"bestMonths":206},43,"revillagigedo-islands","Revillagigedo Islands","The Revillagigedo Archipelago, often called 'Mexico's Little Galapagos', is a UNESCO World Heritage site renowned for its exceptional pelagic encounters. Divers can expect to interact with giant manta rays, numerous shark species, playful dolphins, and seasonal humpback whales. This liveaboard-only destination is best suited for advanced divers due to exposed open-ocean conditions and potentially strong, unpredictable currents, especially outside the main diving season.","mexico","Mexico",[207,208,209,210,211,212,213,214,215,216,217,218],{"month":22,"probability":22},{"month":50,"probability":22},{"month":52,"probability":22},{"month":54,"probability":22},{"month":56,"probability":22},{"month":58,"probability":22},{"month":60,"probability":22},{"month":62,"probability":22},{"month":64,"probability":22},{"month":66,"probability":22},{"month":68,"probability":22},{"month":70,"probability":22},{"id":220,"slug":221,"name":222,"description":223,"countryCode":204,"countryName":205,"isTop":96,"bestMonths":224},42,"socorro-islands","Socorro Islands","The Socorro Islands, part of Mexico's Revillagigedo Archipelago, are a renowned pelagic paradise in the Pacific Ocean, often called the \"Mexican Galapagos\". This UNESCO World Heritage site offers unparalleled encounters with giant manta rays, numerous shark species, playful dolphins, and seasonal humpback and whale sharks. It attracts advanced divers seeking exhilarating big-animal action in its remote, pristine waters.",[225,226,227,228,229,230,231,232,233,234,235,236],{"month":22,"probability":22},{"month":50,"probability":22},{"month":52,"probability":22},{"month":54,"probability":22},{"month":56,"probability":22},{"month":58,"probability":22},{"month":60,"probability":22},{"month":62,"probability":22},{"month":64,"probability":22},{"month":66,"probability":22},{"month":68,"probability":22},{"month":70,"probability":22},null]