Compiled from divers' votes, here is the definitive list of the best dive sites on the planet. How many of them have you dived?
The list is overwhelmingly dominated by warm water dives, with the only cold water representatives coming from the Galapagos, Iceland and a Scottish wreck.
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- Barracuda Point, Sipadan Island, Malaysia
- Blue Corner Wall, Palau, Micronesia
- Yongala, Australia
- Thistlegorm, Egyptian Red Sea
- Shark and Yolanda Reef, Egyptian Red Sea
- Manta Ray Night Dive, Kailua Kona, Hawaii
- Great Blue Hole, Belize
- Liberty, Bali, Indonesia
- Navy Pier, Western Australia
- Richelieu Rock, Thailand
- Darwin Arch, Galapagos
- Elphinstone Reef, Egyptian Red Sea
- Aliwal Shoal, South Africa
- Tubbataha, Palawan, Philippines
- President Coolidge, Vanuatu
- Big Brother, Egyptian Red Sea
- Tiputa Pass, Rangiroa, Polynesia
- Ras Mohammed, Egyptian Red Sea
- Great white wall, Tavieuni Fiji
- Gordon's Rock, Galapagos
- Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia
- Bloody bay wall, Little cayman
- Ulong Channel, Palau
- Sodwana bay, South Africa
- Castle Rock - Komodo, Indonesia
- Manta reef, Mozambique
- Sha'ab Rumi South, Sudan
- Wolf Island, Galapogos
- Maaya Thila, South Ari Atoll, Maldives
- Blue Hole, Dahab, Egyptian Red Sea
- Verde Island or Drop Off, Philippines
- Poor Knights, New Zealand
- Palancanar Bricks, Cozumel, Mexico
- Bikini atoll, Marshall Islands
- Blue Magic, Raja Ampat, Papua, Indonesia
- South Point, Sipadan, Malaysia
- Jackson Reef, Egypt
- Bunaken, Indonesia
- Magic Mountain, Raja Ampat
- San Francisco Maru, Chuuk Lagoon
- Sipadan Drop Off, Malaysia
- Apo Reef, Philippines
- Daedelus, Egyptian Red Sea
- Similans, Thailand
- Cod Hole, Northern Great Barrier Reef
- Dos Ojos (Los Cenotes), Playa del Carmen, Mexico
- Straits of Tiran, Egyptian Red Sea
- The Boiler, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico
- Fish Rock, Off South West Rocks in NSW, Australia
- Scotts head pinnacle, Dominica
- Punta Sur / Devils Throat, Cozumel, Mexico
- Mnemba Island, Tanzania
- Puerto Galera, Philippines
- Batu Bolong, Komodo, Indonesia
- Canibal Rock, Komodo, Indonesia
- Garuae Pass, Fakarava Island, French Polynesia
- The Zenobia, Cyprus
- Blockship Tabarka, Scapa Flow, Orkney
- Fujikawa Maru, Truk Lagoon (Chuuk Lagoon)
- Malpelo Island, Colombia
- Molokini Crater Wall, Hawaii
- Grand Central Station, Gizo, Solomon Islands
- Silfra, Thingvellir, Iceland
- Alcyone, Cocos Island, Costa Rica
- East of Eden, Ko Similan, Thailand
- Sangalaki Island, East Kalimantan, Borneo. Indonesia
- Wakatobi, Southeast Sulawesi
- Dirty rock, Cocos Island, Costa Rica
- Neptune's Arm, Vamizi Island, Mozambique
- Cirkewwa, Malta
- St Johns, Egyptian Red Sea
- USS Saratoga, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Isles
- Perpendicular wall, Christmas Island, Australia
- Half Moon Wall, Belize
- Hin Muang, Thailand
- Peleliu Express, Palau
- Ghiannis D, Egypt
- Pixie pinnacle and pixie wall, GBR, Australia
- Stingray City, Grand Cayman
- Roca Partida, Revillagigedo Islands, Baja California, Mexico
- Protea Banks, South Africa
- Barra Reef, Mozambique
- Split rock, Kadavu Isle. Fiji
- Pedras Secas, Noronha, Brazil
- Shark Alley, Grand Cayman
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba
- Holmes Reef, Coral Sea, Australia
- Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, Australia
- Canyon, Thomas Reef, Egypt
- Los Roques, Venezuela
- 7 Mile Reef Sodwana Bay
- Balls Pyramid, Lord Howe Island, Australia
- Rainbow Reef, Taveuni, Fiji
- Dos Amigos Pequeña (Small Dos Amigos), Cocos Islands, Costa Rica
- Landslide, Wolf Island, Galapagos
- Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles
- Cathédrale, Hienghène, New Caledonia
- Paradise point, Milne Bay PNG
- Manta Ray Night Dive, Fesdhoo Lagoon, North Ari Atoll, Maldives
- Seaventure House Reef, Mabul
Compiled from divers' votes by Jill Studholme
