I want to know what the best places to scuba dive are, and why you enjoyed them.?

Question

I have been scuba diving in 2 locations so far and I'm looking for new adventures. I'm interested in what types of dives you did and what else there was to do, outside of diving, in the area you were in. For instance, I wouldn't want to scuba dive some good sites if I was miserable once I left the water. Thanks!

Answer 1

i think u shud try boracay/philippines. i think theres also a place called "maldives" in the philippines, but im not sure bout that

Answer 2

Sometimes bra' it can be one or the other...You can have a great dive but...the nite life sux...Look into some of the big resorts or even the towns along the Great barrier reef Australia you come close to getting the best all round,I'm not offering too much advice I dont know how well you dive what your experience is etc..

Answer 3

Lake Tahoe.

It is a cold water dive at elevations, so be prepared for those conditions.

But it is a beautiful area with lots to do.  When we go we camp and then bring up crayfish from the lake and have a feast at night.  There is also the casinos not far away if that floats your boat.

Answer 4

malta...actually, gozo i think it was. where fungus rock is, it looked amazing, I didn't get to do it but I heard the other divers talking about it. there is the big huge plunge hole thing and it's really deep and full of fish....there is also a tunnel in it which leads out to the sea...

If I ever go back and have time, I will defo do it!

Answer 5

most of my diving has been in the carribean.  Grand Caymen, Cozumel, Grand Turk and Roatan were my favorite dives.  Out of those places,  Cozumel probably has the most alternate activities for the times you spending out of the water

Answer 6

key largo FL. john penny camp

Answer 7

I've dived Belize, Cozumel, St Kitts/Nevis, Honduras, Hawaii, Scapa Flow, the Cornwall coast, and a number of rivers and Lakes.

For me...The Great Lakes always come first. Wrecks....wrecks....wrecks. Where else can you dive 1850's schooners that are relatively intact? Where else can you see the effects of glaciers scraping from 10,000 years ago as they bulldozed North America. Cold, fresh water keep all of these things around.

Fish are ok but I can always look at them in an aquarium. Last time I checked, nobody has sunk a historical wreck in a fish tank though.

I almost forgot. Great Lakes diving isn't so crowded.

Answer 8

*****The best diving experience I have had was in Cozumel, Mexico.  It was an excursion from the cruise ship.  The actual dive was a drift dive at around 90 feet, at the area where the drop goes from 100 - 3000 ft.  It took nearly no effort to dive, as the current did the work, and the marine life was incredible.  Take Pictures, Leave Bubbles!

The Pool Is Now Open!

Answer 9

Each place you diove will be a new experience, so in my books thats great every time - but my favourites at the moment are The Red Sea ( Egypt, Sharm el Sheikh) - good variety of sealife, safe diving, some VERY good guides. Ireland - west coast is fantastic in good weather, again good sealife and spectacular rock formations. Thailand - I was lucky in the Andaman sea - we managed to see some fabulous large and small sealife - Leopard sharks, Guitar SHarks, Mant Rays, sea horses, pygmy sea horses...a great trip!

Answer 10

I really enjoyed the diving around Ambergris Caye which is off the coast of Belize--the Blue Hole is a cool site as well as Turneffe elbow.  Lots of pelagics there.  I also liked Cozumel, Mexico--beautiful reef but I didn't see lots of pelagics.  On land there's lots to do in Cozumel, not much in Ambergris Caye but you can visit the mainland (Belize City, Playa del Carmen) and there's lots to see there like Mayan ruins or Dos Ojos which isn't too far from Playa del Carmen--this is the site of the longest cave system and you can go cavern diving.  Hawaii is good but for warm water I prefer the Yucatan or Mexican carribean.  My all time favorite though is Puget Sound.  It's cold but I think the beauty and variety is unmatched.  There is the  San Juans and further north is British Columbia which has (newer) wrecks if you like that stuff.