what is the best dive destination in the world

Right on the money Tim...

Just like the best Beer... Always the next one...

Dive safe

DeanB

Right on the money Tim...

 

Just like the best Beer... Always the next one...

 

Dive safe

 

DeanB

I also like beer but i always manage my tounge and humor so, please don't show off your humor.

I think you understand.

Thanks

Claiming the "best" being "the next one" is a cop out...(but understandable given this bunch's thirst for new & exciting locations and experiences...)

I would argue the "best" was likely the "first one," (or one of the first) and we spend the rest of our lives searching to recreate that magical feeling of wonderment we first discovered experiencing the underwater world for the first time.

As for the "best locations:" - it seems to me that all the locations mentioned (and many more that were not) can deliver a "best dive ever" scenario.

Simple example:

After diving Palau, Yap, Guam, and Rota my wife and added a few days in Pohnpei (mostly to visit Nan Madol, the ancient "venice of the pacific"). We dove 3 mornings there, and several of the pass dives led to opportunities to "embed" ourselves (at least that's how it felt) into groups of 150+ grey reefies as they patrolled the pass openings. Nice, but not "best..."

"Best" came when on an incoming tide we were motoring back to the hotel when the dive guide pointed to a number of black & white shapes near the surface off to our side - mantas feeding in the channel. We jump in w/snorkeling gear (and of course I've only got 4 shots left on my NikV), swim over to them, and snorkel with them for the next 45 min while 9-10 mantas feed below and around us.

Well after I blow through my 4 shots there was one moment that I can still see in my mind (like the perfect shot you forever search for) where I was just returning to the surface (after free diving down to try to count how many we were actually looking at) and I look up to see my wife is surrounded on 4 sides by mantas. One below her feet, just about to arc back up, one on her right about to invert, a completely upside down one above her near the surface (with her reaching up trying to touch it's back - just out of reach, and yes - she shouldn't have), and one that was arching back down on her left. The optics were likely slightly off (may not have been traveling in exactly the same plane), but from my pov, at exactly that moment, it was "perfect."

The irony of course is when we get out of the water I'm expecting some kind of comment like "that was one of life's great moments" and instead I get, "that was nice, wonder what's for lunch back at the hotel?" Yet when you ask her about snorkeling every morning with the Spinner Dolphins at Christmas Island (Kiribati) she'll tell you "it's like being in mother nature's presence..."

Go figure - the Spinners are there every single morning and you can basically swim w/them (before the pod is fully awake) pretty much any morning you want...

"Best" will always be subjective - and you balance this with the constant further exploration for the experience that will remind you of what it is you seek.

- Matt

Just like the best Beer... Always the next one...

too bad everywhere you get Amstel or Heineken... it's the same as in the supermarket overhere

The is no "best" destination for me.. Every destination has it's charmes and sweet spots.

sharks?

 

colour?

 

Corals?

 

whales?

 

give us a hint of what you looking for... and i am sure we can help

"Colors "

He is saying about colors.

I like blue one what is your favorite color?

I waiting for your reply.....

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"Colors "

He is saying about colors.

I like blue one what is your favorite color?

I waiting for your reply.....

 

Thanks

Thats coloUr

i like Yellow..

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