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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 seing reef fish:

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

1:  Nuweiba
100%
in Egypt
2:  Koror
100%
in Palau
3:  Koh Lanta
100%
in Thailand
4:  Liveaboard
100%
in Maldives
5:  North Ari Atoll
100%
in Maldives
6:  Little Cayman
100%
in Cayman Islands
7:  Togean Islands
100%
in Indonesia
8:  Phuket
100%
in Thailand
9:  Zanzibar
100%
in Tanzania
10:  Key West
99%
in United States (south)
11:  Bali
99%
in Indonesia
12:  Marsa Alam
99%
in Egypt
13:  Bonaire
99%
in Netherlands Antilles
14:  Puerto Galera
99%
in Philippines
15:  South Male Atoll
99%
in Maldives
16:  Lhaviyani Atoll
99%
in Maldives
17:  Similan Islands Liveaboar...
98%
in Thailand
18:  Hawaii
98%
in Hawaii
19:  Key Largo
98%
in United States (south)
20:  Viti Levu
98%
in Fiji
1:  Menorca
16%
in Balearic Islands
2:  Stoney Cove
21%
in England & Wales
3:  Larnaca
29%
in Cyprus
4:  St Abbs, Eyemouth
31%
in Scotland & Northern Ireland
5:  Monterey
41%
in United States (west)
6:  Plymouth
41%
in England & Wales
7:  Panama City
50%
in United States (south)
8:  Pafos
53%
in Cyprus
9:  Crete
55%
in Greece
10:  Kalkan
55%
in Turkey
11:  Cape Town / False Bay
58%
in South Africa
12:  Catalina
61%
in United States (west)
13:  Malapascua
61%
in Philippines
14:  Channel Islands
63%
in United States (west)
15:  Weymouth (Portland Harbou...
63%
in England & Wales
16:  Halkidiki
66%
in Greece
17:  Cirkewwa
67%
in Maltese Islands
18:  Vancouver Island
69%
in Canada (west)
19:  Lizard
70%
in England & Wales
20:  Gozo
75%
in Maltese Islands


Notes on this type:
Most diving locations have reef fish of some form or other, and hence the top 20 can be hard to distinguish between locations.