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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!

 

Average quality of any coral:

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

1:  Queen Charlotte Strait/Po...
100%
in Canada (west)
2:  South Padre Island
96%
in United States (south)
3:  Nuweiba
93%
in Egypt
4:  Zanzibar
91%
in Tanzania
5:  Viti Levu
90%
in Fiji
6:  Mombasa
89%
in Kenya
7:  Bonaire
88%
in Netherlands Antilles
8:  Koror
88%
in Palau
9:  Safaga
88%
in Egypt
10:  Marsa Alam
87%
in Egypt
11:  Bayahibe
87%
in Dominican Republic
12:  Bali
86%
in Indonesia
13:  Little Cayman
86%
in Cayman Islands
14:  Aqaba
86%
in Jordan
15:  US Virgin Islands
85%
in Virgin Islands
16:  Puerto Galera
85%
in Philippines
17:  Utila
85%
in Honduras (inc Bay Islands)
18:  Koh Phi Phi
85%
in Thailand
19:  Roatan
84%
in Honduras (inc Bay Islands)
20:  Soufriere to Anse Cochon
84%
in St Lucia
1:  St Abbs, Eyemouth
42%
in Scotland & Northern Ireland
2:  Lizard
43%
in England & Wales
3:  Catalina
44%
in United States (west)
4:  Crete
45%
in Greece
5:  Plymouth
46%
in England & Wales
6:  Menorca
51%
in Balearic Islands
7:  Cirkewwa
51%
in Maltese Islands
8:  Cabo San Lucas
52%
in Mexico (west)
9:  Lanzarote
53%
in Canaries
10:  Murcia
54%
in Spain
11:  Gozo
55%
in Maltese Islands
12:  Panama City
55%
in United States (south)
13:  Conception Bay
56%
in Canada (east)
14:  Poor Knights
57%
in New Zealand
15:  Mallorca
64%
in Balearic Islands
16:  Channel Islands
65%
in United States (west)
17:  Cancun
67%
in Mexico (East)
18:  Aliwal Shoal
69%
in South Africa
19:  Montego Bay
71%
in Jamaica
20:  Watamu-Malindi
72%
in Kenya


Notes on this type:
The coral quality is only relevant if there is actually any coral there to rank. This value does not mean that there is lots more coral than another location, it is just meant to capture the quality of the coral that is there (what bleaching or diver damage has taken place).