Saipan

Saipan is frequently rated one of the world's top diving sites and an underwater photographer's dream dive destination. The walls are covered in coral and macro marine life, and entry is by land after climbing 112 steps into the top of the cavern.

Divers frequently spot turtles, schools of barracuda, and other fish near the three undersea entrances to the open ocean. The Chinsen Maru was an Imperial Japanese Navy cargo that was torpedoed during WWII and destroyed in 1944.

The shallow wreck stands on the bottom at only 35 feet deep, with part of it breaking the surface, making it a simple wreck to examine and ideal for beginner divers. On this wreck, octopuses are plentiful, jacks frequent the region, and white tip sharks are generally seen beneath the ship.

Lao Lao Bay, also on Saipan, is a terrific shore dive with amazing coral formations and many of turtles. Eagle Ray City is an excellent place to watch eagle rays, which can number in the hundreds. Ice Cream is a famous diving spot called from the vivid ice cream cone corals that house even more spectacular fish life.