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...

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Overall ranking!	Water visibility!	Coral quality!	Reef fish sightings!	Pelagic fish sightings!	Wrecks!

The chance of seing reef fish:

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1:  Koror 100% in Palau 2:  Nuweiba 100% in Egypt 3:  Koh Lanta 100% in Thailand 4:  North Ari Atoll 100% in Maldives 5:  Liveaboard 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.