Where has been your favorite Diving and Where else have you dove?

[DiverDebbie]

I just stumbled across this and enjoyed reading about other people's experiences and opinions, so I thought I'd revive it.
I don't think I've done my best diving yet, but since my favourite diving is reefs with a ton of life, preferable large pelagics, warm water, and good viz. I would probably say Maui so far (sharks). GBR from a liveaboard is a very close second, only because the time of year/weather brought the viz. down a bit. But OMG, the life I saw on the GBR! (more sharks) My husband's fav. is still Bonaire (where I haven't been. He hasn't been to Aus.) For "big stuff" I give points to Hornby Island, BC, Canada for diving (playing!) with sea lions. Otherwise, not personally a fan of cold, murky water or ugly brown fish (lol) and rate Vancouver area diving at the bottom. Also been to Jamaica (ok, not the greates, but warm, clear and ridiculously easy conditions ..and dolphins!), and Grand Cayman (seriously over-rated. good if you like swimthough after swimthrough and nothing big to see, but stingray city a unique one time tourist trap) I guess nothing I feel a great need to rush back to, when there's so many more places to dive. Soon to add Provo, Turks and Caicos to the list.

 

[k ellis]

Id have to say my favorite dives have all been in Hawaii. Never once is there a shortage of marine life and always in abundance. I think though if any of my dives was my favorite it would be in Molokini Crater!

Awesome visibility and beautiful scenery!

 

[djjsperry]

Planning a trip to St Kitts How was the diving it is not offered by the Princess Emerald and I'm having to make my own reservations thru a dive shop. Who did you dive with
Janelle

 

[Thalassamania]

I guess I've dove many of the places there are to dive and seen many of the things that there are to see, but my favorites are Monterey, California and Ammem Rock in the GUlf of Maine.

 

[vshearer]

I spent 7 months on Roatan diving on the wall a lot, and it is supposed to be great. But the best places I dove were in the Bahama's, and not the usual areas. South of San Salvador Island, and the very best, was on the ocean (Atlantic) side of Eleuthra. Now that is a wall. And a reef and coral like nothing I had ever seen. Nothing but the deep, deep blue beyond it.

 

[Biridiver]

Favorite: A toss up between Bonaire and the Andaman Islands (Thailand)

Other sites I've visited:

Aruba - a so so wreck dive

St. Martin - below average

Jamaica (Bloody Bay) I've taken many excellent dives here

Club Med Playa Blanca, Mexico - not worth the bother

Puerto Galera, Philippines Excellent- underrated

Apo Island, Philippines good but not great

Biri Island, Philippines (I'm just beginning to explore this area. There aren't any sites mapped out here so I'm blazing a trail. So far I'm very impressed and it may take the number one spot. I'm spending the winter there so I'll have lot's to report when I return to the States next Spring)

Capones Island, Philippines - Good

Koh Tao, Thailand Great place for training

Pattaya, Thailand 2 stars

Viaques, Puerto Rico - fair

Puget Sound - too cold for me!

 

[Biridiver]

I meant to say the Similan Islands in the Andaman sea. I did a 4 day live aboard there out of Phuket Thailand and it was fabulous.

 

[MasterFritts]

So far my favorite dive has been in Rhea's Diving Indoor Pool. In 2 weeks I will be doing my open water at Loch Low-Minn Quarry in Athens TN. I will bet my favorite will change at that time.

 

[Nishan]

My favourite location so far would be Sipadan. 600m walls, prolific and consistent marine life, diversity of diving and life, and generally easy diving.

Favourite sites would be a wreck off Colombo, Sri Lanka and HMS Hermes off eastern Sri Lanka. The first because its where I live so its a nice way to spend a Sunday morning, intact, penetrable, at a depth of 18-32m, good viz in season, and full of life including passing pelagics. The Hermes because of the history (worlds first purpose built aircraft carrier and sunk in action in WWII), and the challenge to dive it at 53m, and of course great fish life and massive black corals.

In addition to the above and most places in Sri Lanka I have also dived in:
Maldives, USA (FL Keys, Gulf of Mexico), Australia (Byron Bay, Coffs Harbour, GBR), Indonesia (Sumatra, Aceh), and Thailand (Similans and Koh Bon)

High priority for the next 10 years:
Palau, Coral Sea, Komodo, Aliwal Shoal, Bahamas, Cocos Islands

Donations to my travel fund are welcome!!!!!!

 

[DIVERDANFOWLER]

Cozumel with Belize in close second!