If you could only dive in one spot for the rest of your life...

[nereas]

... I find Mexico lacking in safety. ...

Then you definitely would not like Fiji nor parts of Australia either.

 

[Kydonia]

Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia for
Shore diving, few meters from your breakfast, easy, warm water, no current - great wreck, fringe reef, coral garden, steep wall - all there with outstanding marine diversity, makro/muck diving, jackfish school, baracuda, shark, mola-mola (if lucky)
they will bring your gear and set-up a meter from water, massage after diving for less than 10 bucks

lol, I'm SOLD....

For me, it would be Bora Bora and the French Polynesian Islands.
Bonaire would be a close second

 

[TSandM]

Boy, I'm surprised to see somebody say French Polynesia. After two weeks of diving there, there only place we thought was really delightful was Rangiroa. Everyplace else (Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, Tubuai) had way too much dead coral, and was kind of depressing.

 

[RJP]

If you could only dive in one spot for the rest of your life?

NJ - I'd be able to dive every weekend.



Besides, it's my favorite place to dive anyway!

 

[Daveo957]

Louisiana Oil Rigs

 

[Daveo957]

every rig is like its own little island and there are hundreds of them, big fish awesome coral, its great.

 

[ncchuck]

No doubt for me. Raja Ampat in Indonesia.

 

[blawler1]

If it was the only spot to dive, then I would expect to live there and by living there, drink the water and eat local fare, which rules out Mexico.

While I like Bonaire, I would pick Curacao or Aruba for living, my wife would pick Bonaire or Curacao, so we could probably compromise on Curacao.

 

[tridacna]

I'd be on my private yacht drifting around Australia and Indonesia...

 

[MaxBottomtime]

Marineland, SoCal. I've made over 300 dives there and each new dive excites me. So much to see in a relatively small area.