Wednesday, March 15, 2006

 

Top 100 Dives of the World

The list of the world's top 100 dive sites, as voted for by SCUBA Travel readers, is now updated. The Yongala (a wreck in Queensland, Australia) keeps its top spot but there are new entries for Dominica, Polynesia, Nassau, Roatan, New South Wales and elsewhere.

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  1. Yongala, AustraliaThe Thistlegorm
  2. Thistlegorm, Egyptian Red Sea
  3. Blue Corner Wall, Palau, Micronesia
  4. Barracuda Point, Sipadan Island
  5. Shark and Yolanda Reef, Egyptian Red Sea
  6. Navy Pier, Australia
  7. Manta Ray Night Dive, Kailua Kona, Hawaii
  8. Big Brother, Egyptian Red Sea
  9. Liberty, Bali, Indonesia
  10. Elphinstone Reef, Egyptian Red Sea

  11. Great Blue Hole, Belize
  12. Sodwana bay, South Africa
  13. Sha'ab Rumi South, Sudan
  14. President Coolidge, Vanuatu
  15. Ras Mohammed, Egyptian Red Sea
  16. Grand Central Station, Gizo, Solomon Islands
  17. Darwin Island, Galapagos
  18. Similans, Thailand
  19. Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia
  20. Straits of Tiran, Egyptian Red Sea
  21. Richelieu Rock, Thailand
  22. Bloody bay wall, Little cayman
  23. Great white wall, Tavieuni Fiji
  24. Stingray City, Grand Cayman
  25. The Zenobia, Cyprus
  26. Darwin Arch, Galapagos
  27. Jackson Reef, Egypt
  28. Pedras Secas, Noronha, Brazil
  29. Holmes Reef, Coral Sea, Australia
  30. Puerto Galera, Philippines
  31. Poor Knights, New Zealand
  32. Shark Alley, Grand Cayman
  33. Half Moon Wall, Belize
  34. Protea Banks, South Africa
  35. Wolf Island, Galapogos
  36. Peleliu Express, Palau
  37. Dos Ojos (Los Cenotes), Playa del Carmen, Mexico
  38. The Canyons, Utila, Honduras
  39. Canibal Rock, Komodo, Indonesia
  40. Mnemba Island, Tanzania
  41. Cozumel, Mexico
  42. Blue Hole, Dahab, Egyptian Red Sea
  43. Gili air, Indonesia
  44. The Point, Layang - Layang
  45. Dirty rock, Cocos Island, Costa Rica
  46. Cod Hole, Northern Great Barrier Reef
  47. Rainbow Warrier, New Zealand
  48. The Express, Kuredu, Maldives
  49. Daedelus, Egyptian Red Sea
  50. Garuae Pass, Fakarava Island, French Polynesia
  51. Hilma Hooker, Bonaire
  52. Hanging Garden, Sipadan
  53. Booroo, Isle of Man
  54. Sound Drift, Isle of Man
  55. Chickens Rock, Isle of Man
  56. Toucari Caves, Dominica
  57. Barra Reef, Mozambique
  58. Wreck of the Bahama Mama, New Providence, Bahamas
  59. Blue Hole, Malta
  60. Joel's, PNG
  61. Tiputa Pass, Rangiroa, Polynesia
  62. Seal rocks, NSW, Australia
  63. Diamond Rocks, Kilkee, Ireland
  64. Fujikawa Maru, Truk Lagoon (Chuuk Lagoon)
  65. Sugar Wreck, Grand Bahama IslandThe Umbria
  66. Umbria, Sudan
  67. Fish Rock, Off South West Rocks in NSW, Australia
  68. Office, Mozambique
  69. South Point, Sipadan
  70. Chios island, Greece
  71. Pixie pinnacle and pixie wall, GBR, Australia
  72. Palancanar Bricks, Cozumel, Mexico
  73. Bay of Pigs, Cuba
  74. Tiputa pass, Rangiroa, New Zealand
  75. St Johns, Egypt
  76. Turtle tavern, Sipadan
  77. Hin Muang, Thailand
  78. Great Basses reef, Sri Lanka
  79. Port Royal, Roatan, Honduras
  80. Eye of the Needle, Saba
  81. Tubbataha, Palawan, Philippines
  82. Steel Forest, Nassau Bahamas
  83. alcyone, Cocos Island, Costa Rica
  84. Tormentous, Cozumel, Mexico
  85. Eel garden, Dahab, Egyptian Red Sea
  86. Boulari pass, New-Caledonia
  87. Am chesonet, St Lucia WI
  88. Aliwal Shoal, South Africa
  89. RMS Wreck of the Rhone, British Virgin Islands
  90. Santa Rosa Wall, Cozumel, Mexico
  91. New Dropoff, Palau
  92. Kunkungan, Lambeh Strait, N. Sulawesi, Indonesia
  93. Cenotes, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
  94. Fernando de Noronha, Brasil
  95. Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia
  96. Punta Sur, Cozumel, Mexico
  97. Lake Malawi, East Africa
  98. Japanese Gardens, Koh Tao, Thailand
  99. James Barrie, Scapa Flow
  100. Los testigos islands, Venezuela


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