100 Best Dive Sites of the World

Here is the SCUBA Travel list of the 100 best dive sites, as voted for by our readers. To cast your vote, scroll down to the bottom of the page.

1. Yongala, Australia
2. Blue Corner Wall, Palau, Micronesia
3. Barracuda Point, Sipadan Island
4. Thistlegorm, Egyptian Red Sea
5. Shark and Yolanda Reef, Egyptian Red Sea
6. Navy Pier, Western Australia
7. Manta Ray Night Dive, Kailua Kona, Hawaii
8. Richelieu Rock, Thailand
9. Elphinstone Reef, Egyptian Red Sea
10. Big Brother, Egyptian Red Sea
11. Ras Mohammed, Egyptian Red Sea
12. Great Blue Hole, Belize
13. Liberty, Bali, Indonesia
14. Sha'ab Rumi South, Sudan
15. Sodwana bay, South Africa
16. President Coolidge, Vanuatu
17. Manta reef, Mozambique
18. Poor Knights, New Zealand
19. Blue Hole, Dahab, Egyptian Red Sea
20. Tubbataha, Palawan, Philippines
21. Bloody bay wall, Little cayman
22. Straits of Tiran, Egyptian Red Sea
23. Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia
24. Fish Rock, Off South West Rocks in NSW, Australia
25. Gordon's Rock, Galapagos
26. Cod Hole, Northern Great Barrier Reef
27. Ulong Channel, Palau
28. Daedelus, Egyptian Red Sea
29. Jackson Reef, Egypt
30. Grand Central Station, Gizo, Solomon Islands
31. Darwin Island, Galapagos
32. Similans, Thailand
33. Wolf Island, Galapogos
34. Aliwal Shoal, South Africa
35. Puerto Galera, Philippines
36. Mnemba Island, Tanzania
37. Sipadan Drop Off
38. Dirty rock, Cocos Island, Costa Rica
39. Ghiannis D, Egypt
40. Pixie pinnacle and pixie wall, GBR, Australia
41. Stingray City, Grand Cayman
42. South Point, Sipadan
43. Protea Banks, South Africa
44. The Zenobia, Cyprus
45. Darwin Arch, Galapagos
46. Barra Reef, Mozambique
47. St Johns, Egypt
48. Blue Hole,Gozo, Malta
49. Cirkewwa, Malta
50. Pedras Secas, Noronha, Brazil
51. Holmes Reef, Coral Sea, Australia
52. Shark Alley, Grand Cayman
53. Half Moon Wall, Belize
54. Hin Muang, Thailand
55. Dos Ojos (Los Cenotes), Playa del Carmen, Mexico
56. Japanese Gardens, Koh Tao, Thailand
57. Peleliu Express, Palau
58. Castle Rock - Komodo National Park, Indonesia
59. The Canyons, Utila, Honduras
60. Booroo, Isle of Man
61. Wreck of the Bahama Mama, New Providence, Bahamas
62. Canibal Rock, Komodo, Indonesia
63. Gili air, Indonesia
64. The Point, Layang - Layang
65. Rainbow Warrier, New Zealand
66. Turtle tavern, Sipadan
67. Los testigos islands, Venezuela
68. Perpendicular wall, Christmas Island, Australia
69. Rangali Madivaru, Maldives
70. Mafia Island, Tanzania
71. Cozumel, Mexico
72. Little Brother, Egyptian Red Sea
73. The Express, Kuredu, Maldives
74. Garuae Pass, Fakarava Island, French Polynesia
75. Blockship Tabarka, Scapa Flow, Orkney
76. Hanging Garden, Sipadan
77. Wakaya Passage,Fiji
78. Santa Rosa Wall, Cozumel, Mexico
79. Lekuan 1, Bunaken National Park, N. Sulewesi
80. Lombok Strait
81. Toucari Caves, Dominica
82. Joel's, PNG
83. Tiputa Pass, Rangiroa, Polynesia
84. Diamond Rocks, Kilkee, Ireland
85. Fujikawa Maru, Truk Lagoon (Chuuk Lagoon)
86. Sugar Wreck, Grand Bahama Island
87. Umbria, Sudan
88. Office, Mozambique
89. Chios island, Greece
90. Palancanar Bricks, Cozumel, Mexico
91. Bay of Pigs, Cuba
92. Tiputa pass, Rangiroa, New Zealand
93. Fish Factory, Vuna Reef, Taveuni, Fiji
94. Shark Fin Point, Fiji
95. Great Basses reef, Sri Lanka
96. East Timor
97. Cenotes, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
98. Marbini Padre, Malaysia
99. Eddystone Reef
100. Malpelo Island, Colombia

Books of the World's Best Dive Sites

Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die

Chris Santella, 2008, 224 pages, Hardback
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Dive Atlas of the World: An Illustrated Reference to the Best Sites

ed Jack Jackson, New Holland Publishers, 2008, 300 pages, Hardback
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Dive - The Ultimate Guide to 60 of the World's Top Dive Locations

by Monty Halls, Ultimate Sports Publications Ltd, 2004, 320 pages, Softback
Monty Halls' book describes 60 of the world's best diving areas, and highlights specific dives not to be missed whilst you are there. It also aims to provide independent travellers with the other information they will need, such as about water temperatures, visa requirements, the best time of year to go and addresses of dive centres and recompression chambers. For more details read our review... or visit amazon.co.uk or amazon.com.
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Diving with Giants: The World's Best Pelagic Dives

by Jack Jackson, New Holland Publishers Ltd , 2006, 160 pages, Hardback
Features the best places in the world's oceans and seas to dive with pelagic species: sharks, manta rays, dolphins, whales, barracuda, etc.
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Diving the World

by Beth and Shaun Tierney, Footprint Handbooks, 2006, 352 pages, Paperback
Some 200 prime sites have been carefully selected, reviewed and photographed by experienced husband-and-wife team, Beth and Shaun Tierney. From the pristine reefs of Papua New Guinea to the warm waters of the Belize Barrier Reef and the legendary wrecks of Micronesia's Truk Lagoon
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The Best Dive Sites of the World

ed Egidio Trainito and Kurt Amsler, White Star, 2007, 364 pages, Paperback
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Scuba Diver's Travel Companion

by Jeremy Agnew, Rizzoli Publications, 1997, 168 pages, Paperback
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How are the votes counted?
The first criteria is number of votes (weighted to favour the first choice dive site above the second). Where two dives tie for a position, priority is given to those with the most enticing descriptions and those whose area has several votes for different dives.

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