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When people leave reviews on Big Blue Planet, they supply lots of impartial advice about the locations they have been to.

Here we present the best (and the worst!) locations based on these reviews...

Choose type:

Overall
ranking!

Water
visibility!

Coral
quality!

Reef fish
sightings!

Pelagic fish
sightings!

Wrecks!

 

The chance of seeing pelagics:

If you don't agree with these findings then see the bottom of the page!

1:  Liveaboard
96%
in Maldives
2:  South Male Atoll
94%
in Maldives
3:  North Ari Atoll
94%
in Maldives
4:  Koror
94%
in Palau
5:  Sipadan
90%
in Malaysia
6:  Tofo Beach
89%
in Mozambique
7:  La Paz
88%
in Mexico (west)
8:  Viti Levu
87%
in Fiji
9:  North Male Atoll
86%
in Maldives
10:  Poor Knights
81%
in New Zealand
11:  Malapascua
78%
in Philippines
12:  Manado
77%
in Indonesia
13:  Lhaviyani Atoll
76%
in Maldives
14:  Maui
76%
in Hawaii
15:  Lanzarote
75%
in Canaries
16:  Similan Islands Liveaboar...
74%
in Thailand
17:  Koh Lanta
74%
in Thailand
18:  Togean Islands
72%
in Indonesia
19:  Bali
72%
in Indonesia
20:  Mauritius
70%
in Mauritius
1:  Stoney Cove
8%
in England & Wales
2:  Rarotonga
24%
in Cook Islands
3:  Vancouver Island
25%
in Canada (west)
4:  Cozumel
25%
in Mexico (East)
5:  St Abbs, Eyemouth
28%
in Scotland & Northern Ireland
6:  Monterey
29%
in United States (west)
7:  Panama City
29%
in United States (south)
8:  Plymouth
29%
in England & Wales
9:  Gozo
30%
in Maltese Islands
10:  Sosua
33%
in Dominican Republic
11:  Larnaca
34%
in Cyprus
12:  Pafos
35%
in Cyprus
13:  Halkidiki
35%
in Greece
14:  Gran Canaria
35%
in Canaries
15:  Catalina
36%
in United States (west)
16:  Bonaire
37%
in Netherlands Antilles
17:  Barbados Island
38%
in Barbados
18:  Queen Charlotte Strait/Po...
38%
in Canada (west)
19:  Grand Cayman
39%
in Cayman Islands
20:  Playa del Carmen
39%
in Mexico (East)


Notes on this type:
The top 20 here is a really useful list to quickly identify the best locations to see the big fish.