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There is great (but cold) invertebrate life in the St. Lawrence near Les Escoumins. Similar for the west coast, Vancouver Island inside passage all the way north to port hardy. Fresh water wrecks in the great lakes are also nice, and at least in the summer less painfully cold. With all that said, these days I'm mainly a lazy vacation diver.
Hi Richard! So I've heard great things about whale sharks and oceanic manta in similan islands so I went. Sadly I missed the whale shark (hopefully I can see some in mexico) but we did encounter a giant manta, beautiful turtles and a great diversity of coral lives! They have a very different ecosystem than caribbean and east pacific... their soft corals are just stunning...Keep in mind tho it is illegal to take any corals with you, not even the ones that got flushed to the beach. The liveaboard I went on was also amazing they provide exeptional services, and the food in Tailand is also to die for! I even tried fried scorpions which is suprisingly good (taste like chicken but with crunchiness and great seasoning).
But do remember to use google translator if you want to travel to non tourist-dense places cuz most of the locals don't understand English...
