Compiled from divers' votes, here is the definitive list of the best dive sites on the planet. How many of them have you dived?
The list is overwhelmingly dominated by warm water dives, with the only cold water representatives coming from the Galapagos, Iceland and a Scottish wreck.
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- Barracuda Point, Sipadan Island, Malaysia
- Blue Corner Wall, Palau, Micronesia
- Yongala, Australia
- Thistlegorm, Egyptian Red Sea
- Shark and Yolanda Reef, Egyptian Red Sea
- Manta Ray Night Dive, Kailua Kona, Hawaii
- Great Blue Hole, Belize
- Liberty, Bali, Indonesia
- Navy Pier, Western Australia
- Richelieu Rock, Thailand
- Elphinstone Reef, Egyptian Red Sea
- Tubbataha, Palawan, Philippines
- President Coolidge, Vanuatu
- Big Brother, Egyptian Red Sea
- Tiputa Pass, Rangiroa, Polynesia
- Ras Mohammed, Egyptian Red Sea
- Great white wall, Tavieuni Fiji
- Gordon's Rock, Galapagos
- Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia
- Bloody bay wall, Little cayman
- Aliwal Shoal, South Africa
- Darwin Island, Galapagos
- Sodwana bay, South Africa
- Castle Rock - Komodo, Indonesia
- Manta reef, Mozambique
- Sha'ab Rumi South, Sudan
- Ulong Channel, Palau
- Maaya Thila, South Ari Atoll, Maldives
- Blue Hole, Dahab, Egyptian Red Sea
- Verde Island or Drop Off, Philippines
- Poor Knights, New Zealand
- Blue Magic, Raja Ampat, Papua, Indonesia
- Bikini atoll, Marshall Islands
- Palancanar Bricks, Cozumel, Mexico
- South Point, Sipadan, Malaysia
- Darwin Arch, Galapagos
- Jackson Reef, Egypt
- Wolf Island, Galapogos
- San Francisco Maru, Chuuk Lagoon
- Magic Mountain, Raja Ampat
- Bunaken, Indonesia
- Apo Reef, Philippines
- Daedelus, Egyptian Red Sea
- Similans, Thailand
- Cod Hole, Northern Great Barrier Reef
- Dos Ojos (Los Cenotes), Playa del Carmen, Mexico
- Straits of Tiran, Egyptian Red Sea
- Batu Bolong, Komodo, Indonesia
- Puerto Galera, Philippines
- Sipadan Drop Off, Malaysia
- Scotts head pinnacle, Dominica
- Punta Sur / Devils Throat, Cozumel, Mexico
- Mnemba Island, Tanzania
- The Boiler, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico
- Fish Rock, Off South West Rocks in NSW, Australia
- Garuae Pass, Fakarava Island, French Polynesia
- Canibal Rock, Komodo, Indonesia
- The Zenobia, Cyprus
- Fujikawa Maru, Truk Lagoon (Chuuk Lagoon)
- Wakatobi, Southeast Sulawesi
- Sangalaki Island, East Kalimantan, Borneo. Indonesia
- East of Eden, Ko Similan, Thailand
- Alcyone, Cocos Island, Costa Rica
- Grand Central Station, Gizo, Solomon Islands
- Molokini Crater Wall, Hawaii
- Malpelo Island, Colombia
- Silfra, Thingvellir, Iceland
- Blockship Tabarka, Scapa Flow, Orkney
- Dirty rock, Cocos Island, Costa Rica
- Neptune's Arm, Vamizi Island, Mozambique
- Hin Muang, Thailand
- USS Saratoga, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Isles
- Half Moon Wall, Belize
- Perpendicular wall, Christmas Island, Australia
- St Johns, Egyptian Red Sea
- Cirkewwa, Malta
- Roca Partida, Revillagigedo Islands, Baja California, Mexico
- Stingray City, Grand Cayman
- Pixie pinnacle and pixie wall, GBR, Australia
- Ghiannis D, Egypt
- Peleliu Express, Palau
- Protea Banks, South Africa
- Dos Amigos Pequeña (Small Dos Amigos), Cocos Islands, Costa Rica
- Rainbow Reef, Taveuni, Fiji
- Landslide, Wolf Island, Galapagos
- Balls Pyramid, Lord Howe Island, Australia
- 7 Mile Reef Sodwana Bay
- Los Roques, Venezuela
- Canyon, Thomas Reef, Egypt
- Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, Australia
- Holmes Reef, Coral Sea, Australia
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba
- Shark Alley, Grand Cayman
- Pedras Secas, Noronha, Brazil
- Split rock, Kadavu Isle. Fiji
- Barra Reef, Mozambique
- Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles
- Paradise point, Milne Bay PNG
- Cathédrale, Hienghène, New Caledonia
- Manta Ray Night Dive, Fesdhoo Lagoon, North Ari Atoll, Maldives
Compiled from divers' votes by Jill Studholme
