Friday, November 16, 2007

Top 100 Dive Sites in The World

Was surfing the web and found this... places in red are places i dived before

SCUBA Travel: The Independent Guide to Diving around the World have updated their list (2005) of top 100 dive sites from around the world.

Here is the list of the 100 top dive sites.

1) Yongala, Australia
2) Blue Corner Wall, Palau, Micronesia
3) Thistlegorm, Egyptian Red Sea
4) Navy Pier, Australia
5) Big Brother, Egyptian Red Sea
6) Barracuda Point, Sipadan Island (best place i dived)
7) Elphinstone Reef, Egyptian Red Sea
8) Shark and Yolanda Reef, Egyptian Red Sea
9) Manta Ray Night Dive, Kailua Kona, Hawaii
10) Great Blue Hole, Belize
11) Sodwana bay, South Africa
12) Sha'ab Rumi South, Sudan
13) Liberty, Bali, Indonesia
14) Similans, Thailand
15) Darwin Island, Galapagos
16) Bloody bay wall, Little cayman
17) The Zenobia, Cyprus
18) Jackson Reef, Egypt
19) Pedras Secas, Noronha, Brazil
20) Holmes Reef, Coral Sea, Australia
21) Puerto Galera, Philippines
22) Poor Knights, New Zealand(Coldest place i dived)
23) Shark Alley, Grand Cayman
24) Richelieu Rock, Thailand
25) Dos Ojos underwater cavern in Playa del Carmen, Mexico
26) Ras Mohammed, Egyptian Red Sea
27) Mnemba Island, Tanzania
28) Stingray City, Grand Cayman
29) Hanging Garden, Sipadan
30) Booroo, Isle of Man
31) Sound Drift, Isle of Man
32) Chickens Rock, Isle of Man
33) Darwin Arch, Galapagos
34) Barra Reef, Mozambique
35) Grand Central Station, Solomon Islands
36) Gizo, Solomon Islands
37) Wreck of the Bahama Mama, New Providence, Bahamas
38) Blue Hole, Malta
39) Turtle tavern, Sipadan
40) Hin Muang, Thailand
41) Great Basses reef, Sri Lanka
42) East Timor
43) lcyone, Cocos Island, Costa Rica
44) Tormentous, Cozumel, Mexico
45) Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia
46) Eel garden, Dahab, Egyptian Red Sea
47) Diamond Rocks, Kilkee, Ireland
48) Boulari pass, New-Caledonia
49) Am chesonet, St Lucia WI
50) Aliwal Shoal, South Africa
51) RMS Wreck of the Rhone, British Virgin Islands
52) Santa Rosa Wall, Cozumel, Mexico
53) New Dropoff, Palau
54) Kunkungan, Lambeh Strait, N. Sulawesi, Indonesia
55) Great white wall, Tavieuni Fiji
56) Cenotes, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
57) The Express, Kuredu, Maldives
58) Fujikawa Maru
59) Fernando de Noronha, Brasil
60) Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia
61) Punta Sur, Cozumel, Mexico
62) Sugar Wreck, Grand Bahama Island
63) Lake Malawi, East Africa
64) Blue Hole, Dahab, Egyptian Red Sea
65) Koh Tao, Thailand
66) James Barrie, Scapa Flow
67) Utila, Honduras
68) Mahdia
69) Los testigos islands, Venezuela
70) Umbria, Sudan
71) Amazing, Coral Sea
72) Dolphin House, Red Sea
73) El acuario, Catalina Island, Dominican Republic
74) Marbini Padre, Malaysia
75) Manta Point, Maldives
76) Fish Rock, Off South West Rocks in NSW, Australia
77) Office, Mozambique
78) Tepekong, Bali, Indonesia
79) Fanore, Ireland
80) South Point, Sipadan
81) Chios island, Greece
82) Half Moon Wall, Belize
83) Mayafushi, Maldives
84) Pixie pinnacle and pixie wall, GBR, Australia
85) Palancanar Bricks, Cozumel, Mexico
86) Bay of Pigs, Cuba
87) Tiputa pass, Rangiroa, New Zealand
88) Wolf Island, Galapogos
89) Dirty rock, Cocos Island, Costa Rica
90) Protea Banks, South Africa
91) Albatross Passage, Kavieng, PNG
92) Peleliu Express, Palau
93) Donovan's dream, Alor, Indonesia
94) Hin Daeng, Thailand
95) Sanganeb, Sudan
96) Manuelita, cocos island, costa rica
97) Gili air, Indonesia
98) Cement Wreck, Brunei
99) Cebu, Philippines
100) Panorama Reef, Safaga, Red Sea

Source: http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/