Where to see Soft corals (Alcyonacea) on dive liveaboards

Discover where divers may see Soft corals (Alcyonacea), including the countries, regions, dive sites, and liveaboards linked to this marine creature.

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8 Countries

39 Regions

190 Dive sites

79 Liveaboards

Where divers may see Soft corals

Explore the countries, regions, dive sites, and dive liveaboards where you can scuba dive with Soft corals (Alcyonacea).

Countries and regions where Soft corals are found:

Country	Regions
Maldives	Addu Atoll (Seenu Atoll), South Male Atoll (South Kaafu Atoll), Vaavu Atoll (Felidhu Atoll), Meemu Atoll (Mulaku Atoll), North Male Atoll (North Kaafu Atoll), Thaa Atoll (Kolhumadulu Atoll), Huvadhoo Atoll (Gaafu Alifu), South Ari Atoll (Alif Dhaalu Atoll), Ari Atoll, North Ari Atoll (Alifu Alifu Atoll or Rasdhoo Atoll), Baa Atoll (Maalhosmadulu Dhekunuburi)
Egypt	Marsa Alam, Straits of Gubal, Daedalus Reef, Elba Reef, Fury Shoals, Hurghada, Safaga, Rocky and Zabargad Islands, Brothers Islands, Straits of Tiran, Ras Mohammed, Siyul Islands, Dahab, St. John's
Bahamas	Nassau, Exumas, Eleuthera
Belize	Turneffe Atoll, Lighthouse Reef, Ambergris Caye, Glover's Reef, Placencia Peninsula
Cayman Islands	Grand Cayman Island, Cayman Brac
Australia	Coral Sea, Northwest region of Western Australia
Micronesia	Marshall Islands
Antarctica	Antarctic

Regions and dive sites where Soft corals are found:

Region	Dive sites
Addu Atoll (Seenu Atoll)	Maakandu manta point (Mudakan Manta Point or Maa Kandu Cleaning Station), Hithadhoo Beru, Kottey (Koattey or Kottey Hithadhoo), HMS British Loyalty Wreck
South Male Atoll (South Kaafu Atoll)	Guraidhoo Kandu (Guraidhoo Corner), Kuda Giri Wreck, Kadooma Thila (Cocoa Thila)
Vaavu Atoll (Felidhu Atoll)	Dhevana Kandu or Devana Kandu (Felidhoo Atoll or Second Channel), Miyaru Kandu (Shark Channel)
Meemu Atoll (Mulaku Atoll)	Vahuravalhi Kandu (VVanhuravalhi Kandu), Kurali Manta Point (Kurali Kandu)
North Male Atoll (North Kaafu Atoll)	Bodu Thila (Boduhiti Thila), Maagiri (or Maa Giri), Kurumba House Reef (Kurumba Faru), HP Reef
Thaa Atoll (Kolhumadulu Atoll)	Dhiyamigili Kandu (Dhiyamigili Corner), Fushifaru kandu
Huvadhoo Atoll (Gaafu Alifu)	Villigili Kandu (Villingili channel or Viligili kandu), Kodey Kandu (Kondey Kandu or Kodey Coral Garden), Gemanafushi Beru, Gemanafushi Thila
South Ari Atoll (Alif Dhaalu Atoll)	MV Kudhimaa Wreck, Kuda Rah Thila (Small Island Thila), Rahdhiga Thila (Kuda Rah Thila), Dhigurah Beyru, Dhigga Thila ( Dhiga Thila), Five Rocks (Reethi Thila), Vilamendhoo Thila, Angaga Thila
Ari Atoll	Panettone
North Ari Atoll (Alifu Alifu Atoll or Rasdhoo Atoll)	Fesdu Wreck (Fasdhoo Wreck), Fish Head (Mushimasmingili Thila), Hafsa Thila (Hafza Thila), Rasdhoo Madivaru (Rashdhoo Madivaru Kandu), Bathala Thila, Dega Thila (Dhega Thila), Hohola Thila, Maalhos Thila (Blue Caves), Maya Thila, Himandhoo Thila
Baa Atoll (Maalhosmadulu Dhekunuburi)	Dhonfanu Thila (Dhonfan Gaa or Dhonfan Thila), Dharavandhoo Thila, Dhigali Haa (Dhigali Thila), Dhigu Thila, Nelivaru Thila, Orimas Thila, Muthaafushi Thila
Marsa Alam	Abu Dabab, Elphinstone Reef, Ras Disha, Shaab Sharm, Mangrove Bay, Marsa Shouna, Marsa Torombi, Shaab Marsa Alam, Gota Marsa Alam, Habili Marsa Alam
Straits of Gubal	Abu Nuhas Reef, Beacon Rock, Rosalie Moller Wreck, Shaab Mahmoud, Shag Rock, SS Dunraven, SS Thistlegorm, Big Gubal Island, Carnatic Wreck, Chrisoula K Wreck, Giannis D Wreck, Kimon M Wreck, Kingston Wreck, Malak, Small Crack, Small Gubal Island, The Barge, Ulysses Wreck, Shaab Ali, Carina Wreck
Daedalus Reef	Daedalus Reef
Elba Reef	Elba Reef, Abu Fendera Reef, Hyndman Reef, Habili Shalal, Il Kamash, Serenaka Island
Fury Shoals	Sataya Reef, Dangerous Reef, Malahi, Shaab Claudio, Shaab Maksur, Abu Galawa Kebira
Hurghada	Shaab El Erg, Umm Gamar, Gota Abu Ramada, El Mina Wreck, Giftun Island, Abu Hasheesh Island, Abu Ramada Island, Balena Wreck, Carless Reef, El Fanadir, Shaab Abu Nugar, Umm Usk, El Fanous, Small Giftun Island
Safaga	Shaab Sheer, Panorama Reef, Ras Abu Soma, Salem Express Wreck, Middle Reef, Abu Kefan, Al Kahfain Wreck
Rocky and Zabargad Islands	Zabargad Island, Rocky Island, Levanzo Wreck, Khanka Wreck, Turtle Bay (Zabargad)
Nassau	Lost Blue Hole, Periwinkle Reef
Exumas	Whale Tail Wall, Austin Smith Wreck, Barracuda Shoals, Cathedral, Cracked Coral Head
Eleuthera	Hole in the Wall
Brothers Islands	Aida II Wreck, Big Brother Island, Little Brother Island, Numidia Wreck
Straits of Tiran	Gordon Reef, Jackson Reef, Thomas Canyon, Thomas Reef, Woodhouse Reef, Blind Reef, Wreck of Hebat Allah, South Lagoon, Yellow Fish Reef, Sharks Bay
Ras Mohammed	Shark Reef, The Alternatives, Yolanda Reef, Anemone City, Jackfish Alley, Ras Ghazlani, Temple, Ras Katy, Ras Um Sid, Ras Za'atar, Eel Garden, Marsa Bareika, Marsa Ghazlani, Shark Observatory
Siyul Islands	Siyul Kebira
Dahab	Blue Hole, Canyon of Dahab, Gabr el Bint
St. John's	Gota Kebir, Gota Soraya, Habili Ali, Habili Gadir, Paradise Reef, St. John's Caves, Gota'a Mymora, Gota'a Wasta, Habili Gaffar
Turneffe Atoll	Turneffe Reef
Lighthouse Reef	The Great Blue Hole, Half Moon Caye
Ambergris Caye	Hol Chan, Ambergris Caye
Glover's Reef	Emerald Forest Reef, Long Caye Wall, 16th & 17th Century Shipwrecks Off Glover's Reef Atoll, Glover Reef
Placencia Peninsula	Laughing Bird Caye National Park
Grand Cayman Island	George Town (Mermaid Statue), Babylon, Oro Verde, North Wall, Big Tunnels, Trinity Caves, Bonnies Arch (crocodile statue), Grand Cayman, East End, West Bay
Cayman Brac	MV Captain Keith Tibbetts
Coral Sea	Great Barrier Reef
Northwest region of Western Australia	Rowley Shoals
Marshall Islands	Bikini Atoll
Antarctic	Antarctic Peninsula

Liveaboards and the dive sites they visit where Soft corals are found:

Liveaboard	Dive sites
Adora Liveaboard	Maakandu manta point (Mudakan Manta Point or Maa Kandu Cleaning Station), Hithadhoo Beru, Kottey (Koattey or Kottey Hithadhoo), Guraidhoo Kandu (Guraidhoo Corner), Dhevana Kandu or Devana Kandu (Felidhoo Atoll or Second Channel), Miyaru Kandu (Shark Channel), Vahuravalhi Kandu (VVanhuravalhi Kandu), Kurali Manta Point (Kurali Kandu), Bodu Thila (Boduhiti Thila), Dhiyamigili Kandu (Dhiyamigili Corner), Villigili Kandu (Villingili channel or Viligili kandu), Kodey Kandu (Kondey Kandu or Kodey Coral Garden), Maagiri (or Maa Giri), Kuda Giri Wreck, MV Kudhimaa Wreck, Kuda Rah Thila (Small Island Thila), Rahdhiga Thila (Kuda Rah Thila), Gemanafushi Beru, Fushifaru kandu, Panettone, Fesdu Wreck (Fasdhoo Wreck), Fish Head (Mushimasmingili Thila), Kurumba House Reef (Kurumba Faru), Kadooma Thila (Cocoa Thila), Dhigurah Beyru, Dhigga Thila ( Dhiga Thila), Hafsa Thila (Hafza Thila), Rasdhoo Madivaru (Rashdhoo Madivaru Kandu), Dhonfanu Thila (Dhonfan Gaa or Dhonfan Thila), Dharavandhoo Thila
Alia Soul Liveaboard	Abu Dabab, Abu Nuhas Reef, Beacon Rock, Daedalus Reef, Elba Reef, Elphinstone Reef, Ras Disha, Rosalie Moller Wreck, Sataya Reef, Shaab El Erg, Shaab Mahmoud, Shaab Sharm, Shaab Sheer, Shag Rock, SS Dunraven, SS Thistlegorm, Umm Gamar, Zabargad Island
All Star Aqua Cat Liveaboard	Lost Blue Hole, Whale Tail Wall, Austin Smith Wreck, Barracuda Shoals, Cathedral, Cracked Coral Head, Periwinkle Reef, Hole in the Wall
All Star Blackbeard’s Morning Star Liveaboard	Lost Blue Hole, Whale Tail Wall, Austin Smith Wreck, Cathedral, Periwinkle Reef
All Star Blackbeard’s Sea Explorer Liveaboard	Lost Blue Hole, Whale Tail Wall, Austin Smith Wreck, Cathedral, Periwinkle Reef
All Star Cat Ppalu Liveaboard	Lost Blue Hole, Cathedral
All Star Ghani Liveaboard	Abu Nuhas Reef, Daedalus Reef, Elphinstone Reef, Shaab El Erg, Shaab Mahmoud, Shag Rock, SS Dunraven, SS Thistlegorm, Umm Gamar, Aida II Wreck, Big Brother Island, Big Gubal Island, Carnatic Wreck, Chrisoula K Wreck, Giannis D Wreck, Gordon Reef, Gota Abu Ramada, Jackson Reef, Kimon M Wreck, Kingston Wreck, Little Brother Island, Malak, Mangrove Bay, Marsa Shouna, Numidia Wreck, Shark Reef, Siyul Kebira, Small Crack, Small Gubal Island, The Alternatives, The Barge, Thomas Canyon, Thomas Reef, Ulysses Wreck, Woodhouse Reef, Yolanda Reef
All Star Scuba Scene Liveaboard	Abu Nuhas Reef, Daedalus Reef, Elphinstone Reef, Shaab El Erg, Shag Rock, SS Dunraven, SS Thistlegorm, Big Brother Island, Chrisoula K Wreck, Giannis D Wreck, Gota Abu Ramada, Kingston Wreck, Little Brother Island, Mangrove Bay, Marsa Shouna, Small Crack, The Alternatives
Alsuraya Liveaboard	Abu Dabab, Abu Nuhas Reef, Daedalus Reef, Elphinstone Reef, Shaab Mahmoud, SS Dunraven, SS Thistlegorm, Umm Gamar, Zabargad Island, Big Brother Island, Carnatic Wreck, Chrisoula K Wreck, Giannis D Wreck, Gordon Reef, Gota Abu Ramada, Jackson Reef, Kingston Wreck, Little Brother Island, Marsa Shouna, Thomas Reef, Ulysses Wreck, Yolanda Reef, Anemone City, El Mina Wreck, Giftun Island, Jackfish Alley, Marsa Torombi, Panorama Reef, Ras Abu Soma, Rocky Island, Salem Express Wreck, Shaab Marsa Alam
Amelie Adventures Liveaboard	Abu Nuhas Reef, Rosalie Moller Wreck, Shaab El Erg, Umm Gamar, Carnatic Wreck, Chrisoula K Wreck, Giannis D Wreck, Kimon M Wreck, Small Gubal Island, Ulysses Wreck, Giftun Island, Abu Hasheesh Island, Abu Ramada Island, Balena Wreck, Blind Reef, Carless Reef, El Fanadir, Shaab Abu Nugar, Umm Usk, Wreck of Hebat Allah
Amelie Liveaboard	Abu Nuhas Reef, Rosalie Moller Wreck, Shaab El Erg, Umm Gamar, Carnatic Wreck, Chrisoula K Wreck, Giannis D Wreck, Kimon M Wreck, Small Gubal Island, Ulysses Wreck, Giftun Island, Abu Hasheesh Island, Abu Ramada Island, Balena Wreck, Blind Reef, Carless Reef, El Fanadir, Shaab Abu Nugar, Umm Usk, Wreck of Hebat Allah
Aphrodite Liveaboard	Abu Dabab, Abu Nuhas Reef, Daedalus Reef, Elphinstone Reef, Sataya Reef, SS Dunraven, SS Thistlegorm, Zabargad Island, Aida II Wreck, Big Brother Island, Carnatic Wreck, Giannis D Wreck, Gordon Reef, Jackson Reef, Little Brother Island, Numidia Wreck, Shark Reef, Thomas Reef, Woodhouse Reef, Yolanda Reef, Rocky Island, Salem Express Wreck, Abu Fendera Reef
Ariyal Liveaboard	Maakandu manta point (Mudakan Manta Point or Maa Kandu Cleaning Station), Villigili Kandu (Villingili channel or Viligili kandu), Kodey Kandu (Kondey Kandu or Kodey Coral Garden), Kuda Giri Wreck, Kuda Rah Thila (Small Island Thila), Fish Head (Mushimasmingili Thila), Kadooma Thila (Cocoa Thila), Rasdhoo Madivaru (Rashdhoo Madivaru Kandu), Dharavandhoo Thila, Bathala Thila, Dega Thila (Dhega Thila), Dhigali Haa (Dhigali Thila), Dhigu Thila, Gemanafushi Thila, Hohola Thila, Maalhos Thila (Blue Caves), Maya Thila, Nelivaru Thila
ASHRAFI Liveaboard	Abu Nuhas Reef, Rosalie Moller Wreck, Shaab El Erg, SS Dunraven, SS Thistlegorm, Big Brother Island, Carnatic Wreck, Chrisoula K Wreck, Giannis D Wreck, Gordon Reef, Jackson Reef, Kimon M Wreck, Kingston Wreck, Little Brother Island, Numidia Wreck, Shark Reef, Thomas Reef, Ulysses Wreck, Woodhouse Reef, Yolanda Reef, Panorama Reef, Salem Express Wreck
AVO Liveaboard	Abu Dabab, Abu Nuhas Reef, Daedalus Reef, Elphinstone Reef, Rosalie Moller Wreck, Sataya Reef, Shaab El Erg, Shaab Mahmoud, Shaab Sharm, SS Dunraven, SS Thistlegorm, Zabargad Island, Big Brother Island, Gordon Reef, Gota Abu Ramada, Jackson Reef, Little Brother Island, Marsa Shouna, Small Gubal Island, Thomas Reef, El Mina Wreck, Panorama Reef, Rocky Island, Salem Express Wreck, Shaab Marsa Alam, Blue Hole, Canyon of Dahab, Dangerous Reef, El Fanous, Gabr el Bint, Gota Kebir, Gota Soraya, Habili Ali, Habili Gadir, Malahi, Paradise Reef, Ras Ghazlani, Shaab Claudio, St. John's Caves, Temple
Bahamas Aggressor Liveaboard	Lost Blue Hole, Austin Smith Wreck, Barracuda Shoals, Cathedral, Cracked Coral Head, Periwinkle Reef
Bahamas Aggressor II Liveaboard	Lost Blue Hole, Austin Smith Wreck, Barracuda Shoals, Cathedral
Belize Aggressor III Liveaboard	Turneffe Reef, The Great Blue Hole, Half Moon Caye, Hol Chan, Ambergris Caye, Emerald Forest Reef, Long Caye Wall
Belize Aggressor IV Liveaboard	Turneffe Reef, The Great Blue Hole, Half Moon Caye, Hol Chan, Ambergris Caye, Emerald Forest Reef, Long Caye Wall, 16th & 17th Century Shipwrecks Off Glover's Reef Atoll, Glover Reef
Belize Aggressor V Liveaboard	Emerald Forest Reef, Long Caye Wall, Laughing Bird Caye National Park

Top liveaboards for diving with Soft corals

The following liveaboards are the highest ranked dive boats by SDE Liveaboard Rating, to help you compare the best options for diving with Soft corals.

How SDE Liveaboard Rating works for the Aphrodite Liveaboard: 80%

The SDE Liveaboard Rating is Scuba Diving Earth’s own scoring system for comparing dive liveaboards at a glance. It adds together six individual category scores, each scored out of 10, covering the boat, cabins, diving, food, drinks, and non-diver companion features.

For the Aphrodite Liveaboard, those category scores combine into an overall SDE Liveaboard Rating of 80%. This helps you compare the overall onboard experience more quickly across the liveaboards shown below.

The SDE Liveaboard Rating for the Aphrodite Liveaboard works by taking the six individual SDE Liveaboard Rating scores, with each one being scored out of 10 and then adding them together. For the Aphrodite Liveaboard are ([Diving:10/10] + [Cabin:7/10] + [Boat:7/10] + [Dining:9/10] + [Drinks:0/10] + [Non-diver:6/10] = 39/60). This total is compared to the maximum possible score of 60/60 to turn it into an overall percentage – which for the Aphrodite Liveaboard is calculated as 39/60 = 80% SDE Liveaboard Rating.

This makes it easy to compare different liveaboards at a glance. See a more detailed explanation of how SDE Liveaboard Rating works together with all dive liveaboards ranked by SDE Liveaboard Rating .