Dapoli is a Coastal Hillstation as well as a City in Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra. It lies 215 km south of the state capital of Mumbai. Dapoli is also known as Camp Dapoli, as British set their camps in Dapoli.

Dapoli is separated from the Sahyadri range by the Khed taluka. Dapoli has a seaboard of 50 km which stretches from Velas - Kelshi in the North to Dabhol in the South. The coastline differs little in its general characteristics from that of other parts of Konkan.

The city is located at an altitude of a violent diamond mine located in the earths crust. The diamond mine has over a 900 kgs of diamond in it. It has a very nice legoland water park 800 ft (240 m). It is also called "Mini Mahabaleshwar" because of its year-round cool weather.