Dive (move)

Dive ダイビング Diving

Battles Type  Water Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  80 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock Usable outside of battle

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III HM08 in Generation III Move Tutor in Pokémon Platinum Move Tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver HM06 in Generation V

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Can avoid being startled by others once.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  1 ♥ Earn +3 if no other Pokémon has chosen the same Judge.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Dive (Japanese: ダイビング Diving) is a damage-dealing Water-type move introduced in Generation III. It was HM08 in Generation III and HM06 in Generation V.

Effect

In battle

Generation III

On the first turn, the user will dive down for one turn and become invulnerable to most attacks, with the exception of Surf and Whirlpool, which will do twice the damage to the submerged Pokémon. The user can also be hit underwater if it was previously targeted by Lock-On or Mind Reader. Sandstorm, Hail, and Shadow Sky will not cause damage during the semi-invulnerable turn.

Pokémon can be caught during the semi-invulnerable stage of Dive.

Dive's base power is 60.

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, Dive cannot be used unless the user is standing on water.

Generation IV

Dive's base power was raised to 80. All other effects are the same.

Pokémon can no longer be caught during the semi-invulnerable stage of Dive.

The user may now be hit while underwater if it is attacked by a Pokémon with No Guard, or if the user has No Guard themselves.

Due to the lack of diving areas in Sinnoh, Johto and Kanto, this move has been relieved of its HM status.

If a Power Herb is held by the user, Dive can be executed in one turn.

Generation V

Dive has returned to HM status, this time as HM06.

Generation VI

Dive has been relieved of its HM status once again.

Outside of battle

Dive allows players to go underwater in dark patches of water while they are Surfing. The only regions in which these spots (and the HM itself) have been seen are Hoenn and Unova.

Description

Games Description RSE Dives underwater the first turn and strikes next turn.* Dives underwater the 1st turn, then attacks next turn.* FRLG The user dives underwater on the first turn and strikes next turn.* A 2-turn attack in which the user dives underwater on the first turn, then strikes in the next turn.* A two-turn attack. The user dives underwater on the first turn, then hits on the next turn. Diving on the first turn, the user floats up and attacks on the second turn. It can be used to dive deep in the ocean.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
086		Seel	Water		Water				41				41			41
087		Dewgong	Water	Ice				41				45			45
320		Wailmer	Water		Water				41				41			41
321		Wailord	Water		Water				46				46			46
367		Huntail	Water		Water				37				37			37
368		Gorebyss	Water		Water				37				37			37
369		Relicanth	Water	Rock				57				57			57
489		Phione	Water		Water				61				61			'
490		Manaphy	Water		Water				61				61			'
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By HM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I [[|]]		II [[|]]		III HM08		IV --		V HM06		VI --
007		Squirtle	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
008		Wartortle	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
009		Blastoise	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
054		Psyduck	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
055		Golduck	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
060		Poliwag	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	✔						✔		✔
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison	✔						✔		✔
073		Tentacruel	Water	Poison	✔						✔		✔
079		Slowpoke	Water	Psychic	✔						✔		✔
080		Slowbro	Water	Psychic	✔						✔		✔
086		Seel	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
087		Dewgong	Water	Ice	✔						✔		✔
090		Shellder	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
091		Cloyster	Water	Ice	✔						✔		✔
098		Krabby	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
099		Kingler	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
116		Horsea	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
117		Seadra	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
118		Goldeen	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
119		Seaking	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
120		Staryu	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
121		Starmie	Water	Psychic	✔						✔		✔
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying	✔						✔		✔
131		Lapras	Water	Ice	✔						✔		✔
134		Vaporeon	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water	✔						✔		✔
139		Omastar	Rock	Water	✔						✔		✔
141		Kabutops	Rock	Water	✔						✔		✔
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying	✔						✔		✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔						✔		✔
158		Totodile	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
159		Croconaw	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric	✔						✔		✔
171		Lanturn	Water	Electric	✔						✔		✔
183		Marill	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
184		Azumarill	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
186		Politoed	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
194		Wooper	Water	Ground	✔						✔		✔
195		Quagsire	Water	Ground	✔						✔		✔
199		Slowking	Water	Psychic	✔						✔		✔
211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison	✔						✔		✔
223		Remoraid	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
224		Octillery	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
226		Mantine	Water	Flying	✔						✔		✔
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon	✔						✔		✔
245		Suicune	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying	✔						✔		✔
258		Mudkip	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
259		Marshtomp	Water	Ground	✔						✔		✔
260		Swampert	Water	Ground	✔						✔		✔
271		Lombre	Water	Grass	✔						✔		✔
272		Ludicolo	Water	Grass	✔						✔		✔
318		Carvanha	Water	Dark	✔						✔		✔
319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark	✔						✔		✔
320		Wailmer	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
321		Wailord	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
339		Barboach	Water	Ground	✔						✔		✔
340		Whiscash	Water	Ground	✔						✔		✔
342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark	✔						✔		✔
349		Feebas	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
350		Milotic	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
363		Spheal	Ice	Water	✔						✔		✔
364		Sealeo	Ice	Water	✔						✔		✔
365		Walrein	Ice	Water	✔						✔		✔
366		Clamperl	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
367		Huntail	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
368		Gorebyss	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
369		Relicanth	Water	Rock	✔						✔		✔
370		Luvdisc	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic	✔						✔		✔
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic	✔						✔		✔
382		Kyogre	Water		Water	✔						✔		✔
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying	✔						✔		✔
393		Piplup	Water		Water								✔		✔
394		Prinplup	Water		Water								✔		✔
395		Empoleon	Water	Steel								✔		✔
400		Bibarel	Normal	Water								✔		✔
418		Buizel	Water		Water								✔		✔
419		Floatzel	Water		Water								✔		✔
422		Shellos	Water		Water								✔		✔
423		Gastrodon	Water	Ground								✔		✔
456		Finneon	Water		Water								✔		✔
457		Lumineon	Water		Water								✔		✔
458		Mantyke	Water	Flying								✔		✔
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon								✔		✔
489		Phione	Water		Water								✔		✔
490		Manaphy	Water		Water								✔		✔
501		Oshawott	Water		Water								✔		✔
502		Dewott	Water		Water								✔		✔
503		Samurott	Water		Water								✔		✔
515		Panpour	Water		Water								✔		✔
516		Simipour	Water		Water								✔		✔
550		Basculin	Water		Water								✔		✔
564		Tirtouga	Water	Rock								✔		✔
565		Carracosta	Water	Rock								✔		✔
580		Ducklett	Water	Flying								✔		✔
581		Swanna	Water	Flying								✔		✔
592		Frillish	Water	Ghost								✔		✔
593		Jellicent	Water	Ghost								✔		✔
594		Alomomola	Water		Water								✔		✔
614		Beartic	Ice		Ice								✔		✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By Move Tutor

#	Pokémon		Type		Game
					DP	Pt	HGSS
007		Squirtle	Water		Water								✔	✔
008		Wartortle	Water		Water								✔	✔
009		Blastoise	Water		Water								✔	✔
054		Psyduck	Water		Water								✔	✔
055		Golduck	Water		Water								✔	✔
060		Poliwag	Water		Water								✔	✔
061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water								✔	✔
062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting								✔	✔
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison								✔	✔
073		Tentacruel	Water	Poison								✔	✔
079		Slowpoke	Water	Psychic								✔	✔
080		Slowbro	Water	Psychic								✔	✔
086		Seel	Water		Water								✔	✔
087		Dewgong	Water	Ice								✔	✔
090		Shellder	Water		Water								✔	✔
091		Cloyster	Water	Ice								✔	✔
098		Krabby	Water		Water								✔	✔
099		Kingler	Water		Water								✔	✔
116		Horsea	Water		Water								✔	✔
117		Seadra	Water		Water								✔	✔
118		Goldeen	Water		Water								✔	✔
119		Seaking	Water		Water								✔	✔
120		Staryu	Water		Water								✔	✔
121		Starmie	Water	Psychic								✔	✔
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying								✔	✔
131		Lapras	Water	Ice								✔	✔
134		Vaporeon	Water		Water								✔	✔
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water								✔	✔
139		Omastar	Rock	Water								✔	✔
141		Kabutops	Rock	Water								✔	✔
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying								✔	✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic								✔	✔
158		Totodile	Water		Water								✔	✔
159		Croconaw	Water		Water								✔	✔
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water								✔	✔
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric								✔	✔
171		Lanturn	Water	Electric								✔	✔
183		Marill	Water		Water								✔	✔
184		Azumarill	Water		Water								✔	✔
186		Politoed	Water		Water								✔	✔
194		Wooper	Water	Ground								✔	✔
195		Quagsire	Water	Ground								✔	✔
199		Slowking	Water	Psychic								✔	✔
211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison								✔	✔
223		Remoraid	Water		Water								✔	✔
224		Octillery	Water		Water								✔	✔
226		Mantine	Water	Flying								✔	✔
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon								✔	✔
245		Suicune	Water		Water								✔	✔
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying								✔	✔
258		Mudkip	Water		Water								✔	✔
259		Marshtomp	Water	Ground								✔	✔
260		Swampert	Water	Ground								✔	✔
271		Lombre	Water	Grass								✔	✔
272		Ludicolo	Water	Grass								✔	✔
318		Carvanha	Water	Dark								✔	✔
319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark								✔	✔
320		Wailmer	Water		Water								✔	✔
321		Wailord	Water		Water								✔	✔
339		Barboach	Water	Ground								✔	✔
340		Whiscash	Water	Ground								✔	✔
342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark								✔	✔
349		Feebas	Water		Water								✔	✔
350		Milotic	Water		Water								✔	✔
363		Spheal	Ice	Water								✔	✔
364		Sealeo	Ice	Water								✔	✔
365		Walrein	Ice	Water								✔	✔
366		Clamperl	Water		Water								✔	✔
367		Huntail	Water		Water								✔	✔
368		Gorebyss	Water		Water								✔	✔
369		Relicanth	Water	Rock								✔	✔
370		Luvdisc	Water		Water								✔	✔
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic								✔	✔
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic								✔	✔
382		Kyogre	Water		Water								✔	✔
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying								✔	✔
393		Piplup	Water		Water								✔	✔
394		Prinplup	Water		Water								✔	✔
395		Empoleon	Water	Steel								✔	✔
400		Bibarel	Normal	Water								✔	✔
418		Buizel	Water		Water								✔	✔
419		Floatzel	Water		Water								✔	✔
422		Shellos	Water		Water								✔	✔
423		Gastrodon	Water	Ground								✔	✔
456		Finneon	Water		Water								✔	✔
457		Lumineon	Water		Water								✔	✔
458		Mantyke	Water	Flying								✔	✔
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon								✔	✔
489		Phione	Water		Water								✔	✔
490		Manaphy	Water		Water								✔	✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal								✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

File:Relo Dive.png Relicanth
The user dives underwater while letting passengers hold onto it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Relicanth dives underwater while letting passengers hold onto its head fin. While diving, an aura of energy surrounds Relicanth's body and it can swim extremely fast.
Sapphire's Relly	The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon VI		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Outside of battle

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

RSE

Trivia

• Unlike Whirlpool and Defog, which can be freely known by a Pokémon sent forward to Generation V when said Pokémon is transferred from a game they are not an HM in, a Pokémon with Dive will be prevented from being migrated to Generation IV even in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, where Dive is neither usable, required, nor available to the player without trading.
  • Lorelei's Cloyster knows this move, despite the fact that the only way for a Cloyster in FireRed or LeafGreen to know the move legitimately would be to trade one from Ruby, Sapphire or Emerald which knows it.
• Dive is the only HM move not to be featured in the anime.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 潛水 Qián​shuǐ​ Dutch Duik French Plongée German Taucher Greek Κατάδυση Hindi दूब जाओ Duub jao Italian Sub Korean 다이빙 Diving Portuguese Mergulho Portuguese Brazil Mergulhar Portugal Mergulhar Serbian Ronjenje Spanish Buceo

Variations of the move Dig
Dig • Dive

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