Top Ten Dive Sites

great post!

Hi,

Non geographically sorted!

Ras Mohamed

Two mile Reef, Sodwana Bay

Cathedral, Aliwal Shoal

Raggie Cave, Aliwal Shoal

SS Vigsnes, Liverpool Bay

Sistema Dos Ojos, Yucatan

Daedelus

Farne islands (on a good seal day!)

SS Norman Court, Menai Bridge

SS Produce, off Durban

The Gardens (Sharm el Sheikh (I've seen Mantas and whale sharks there!))

Anywhere on Cozumel

And a few more spots without names-the hours that I spent somewhere in the Indian Ocean with a lot of Mantas for example!

Adam

Ha Ha,

 

The toughest part is I reckon JB is just plumping up a 'wish list' for presentation to say an editor so that he can get to a bucket load of more exotic locations funded by my (our) subscriptions to a certain dive magazine.

 

Please, tell us it not true John - are we really just offering up suggestions (sponsoring) your next round the world junket ? ( and can I carry your bags if so? ).

 

Paul C

Ha Ha! I am having to trawl through my archives to find existing pictures. There IS a recession in the UK but probably NOT in the Channel Islands (UK, that is).

For me it would be:

Darwin Arch - Galapagos

Manuelita ( night dive ) - Cocos

Alcyone - Cocos

Dirty Rock - Cocos

Nudi Falls - Lembeh

Shark/Yolanda - Egypt

Little Brother - Egypt

Kuredu Express - Maldives

Manta point - Komodo

Baracuda Point - Sipadan

But if you asked me the same question again next month it might be slightly different, Darwin Arch will always be top of the list though.

Stew

My choice:

- Blue Corner Palau

- Peleliu Palau

- Barracuda point Sipadan

- Richelieu Rock Thailand

- Similan Island Thailand

- Mile channel Yap

- Cannibal Rock Komodo

- Ras Mohammed Sharm el Sheikh

- Bunaken

- Lembeh

So many other top dive sites...

Diving for the discovery, anywhere.

One place though....

Mid June, Capo Testa, Sardinia, just you and your buddy heading out and around the cape in a RIB, dropping the anchor and jumping into the sapphire blue and just exploring, no dive site maps. The steel on your back you've just pumped from a tiny compressor and the possibility that no-one has dived where you are right now.

Richard

Number one on my list would have to Cape Kri in the Raja Ampat, everything else pales by comparison....

My number 1 would be Richelieu Rock (when the star attraction is around) or a Koh Bon night dive,Similan Islands.

Travy

#1 Atlantis Resort, Bahamas

#2 Sandals Resort, Caribbean

#3 Hilton Wakiki, Honolulu

and of course...

#4 Sea World, San Diego

A tropical top 10 . . .

Yongala Wreck / Queensland, Australia

Manta Alley / Gili Lawa, Indonesia

Cannibal Rock / Rinca, Indonesia

Torpedo Alley / Rinca, Indonesia

Jahir II / Lembeh Strait, Indonesia

Roma / Wakatobi, Indonesia

Beangabang Bay / Pantar, Indonesia

Peleliu Cut / Palau, Micronesia

Maytag / Bligh Waters, Fiji

Darwin's Arch / Galapagos, Ecuador

Alright, now that I gave this some thought here goes my list:

"Big Mac" reef (northeast corner), Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands

Crystal Bay, Nusa Penida, Bali

Liberty Wreck, Tulamben, Bali

Blue Corner, Palau

USS Saratoga, Bikini Atoll

Cane Bay, St. Croix USVI

Parcel Manuel Luiz, northeast Brazil

St. Paul's Rocks, central Atlantic

Prinz Eugen, Kwajalein Atoll

Northwest corner, Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

I have taken everyone's top 10 list and put them into excel and it is searchable by country, dive site, water/area, and region. Is there a way I can get someone to build a link so people can continue to add to it?

Thanks,

James

Here's mine, not in any particular order:

Mary Island, Solomons

Dodd Narrows, Nanaimo, British Columbia

Marg’s Wall, Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia

Browning Wall, Port Hardy, British Columbia

Nudi Falls, Lembeh Straight, Indonesia

Clown Valley, Alor, Indonesia

Liberty Wreck, Bali, Indonesia

California Dreaming, Lembeh, Indonesia

The Sisters, Grenada

Tanjung Kelapa, North Sulawesi

I prefer Brothers Islands, Red Sea ... number 1 always

South Pass Fakarava, French Polynesia...its a MUST dive for shark enthusiasts and for those looking for an adventure.

- Cape Kri Raja Ampat, Indonesia

- Sardines Raja Ampat, Indonesia

- Marisan Raja Ampat, Indonesia

- Magic Rock Lembeh, Indonesia

- Nudi Falls Lembeh, Indonesia

- Ducomi Pier Dauin, Negros Oriental, Phillipines

- Cocoa aka. Kandooma Thila South Male Atol, Maledives

- Maaya Thila (Night Dive) Ari Atoll, Maledives

- Hafza Thila Ari-Atoll, Maledives

- Embudhu Express South Male Atoll

No particular order.

With Stuart Coves Bahamas- Lots of Sharks

Cozumel Mexico-Huge Grouper, Manta Ray's

Akumal Mexico- Lots of Turtles

Vancouver Island- Kelp forests,seals

1) Larry's Heaven - Triton Bay (West Papua)

2) Never-Never Land - Triton Bay

3) Tiputa Pass - Rangiroa

4) Lauadi - Milne Bay, PNG

5) Galapagos!!!

6) Cape Kri - R4

7) Barracuda Point - Sipaden

8) Magnifica - Wakatobi

9) Paradise 2 - Sipaden Water Village House Reef #2

10) Blue Corner - Palau

Most of my experience is in Australia so I will keep it shor:

1) Osprey Reef, Coral Sea

2) Yongala Wreck off Ayr, Queensland

3) Lighthouse Bommie during Minke Whale season (actually any Ribbon Reef dive site between Flare Point and Cod Hole), Australia

4) Braving the cold of Port Phillip Bay for seals, sea dragons, blue-ringed octopi and seahorses.

This is what I produced, rightly or wrongly!

http://www.divernet.com/Travel_Features/36...perfect_10.html