The Top 100 Gold List of operators, resorts, liveaboards, experiences (such as best wall, shore and artificial-reef sites), beach bars, topside attractions and more was determined on a “popularity contest” basis. Rankings are based on the total number of responses regardless of category. Don’t see your favorite site, operator or topside activity? Visit www.scubadiving.com/top100 and vote for next year’s Gold List and Top 100 winners.

Best Wall Dive - Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman
Best Dive - Blue Corner, Palau
Best 24/7 Diving - Bonaire
Most Diver-Friendly Airline - Continental
Best Live-Aboard - Cayman Aggressor IV
Best Dive Resort - Anthony’s Key
Best Wall Dive - Santa Rosa, Cozumel
Best Purpose-Sunk Wreck - Spiegel Grove
Best Animal Encounter - Whale sharks, Gladden Spit, Belize
Best Night Life - San Miguel, Cozumel
Best Night Life - Key West
Best Dive Operation - Stuart Cove's
Best Beach - 7 Mile Beach, Grand Cayman
Best Night Dive - Kona Manta
Best Bar - Carlos & Charlie’s, Cozumel
Best Bar - Domino Club, St. Croix
Most Unusual Dive - Au naturel
Best Dive Site - London Bridge, Tobago
Best Dive Site - Darwin’s Arch, Galapagos
Best Animal Encounter - Hammerheads, Cocos
Best Marine Park - Bonaire
Best Marine Park - Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Best Topside Attraction - Mayan Ruins, Riviera Maya
Best Live-Aboard - Star Dancer, Papua New Guinea
Most Romantic - Anse Chastanet, St. Lucia
Best Dive Operation - Ocean Encounters, Curaçao
Best Dive Operation - Buddy Dive Resort, Bonaire
Best Live-Aboard - Truk Odyssey, Truk
Most Diver-Friendly Airline - Singapore Airlines
Best Animal Encounter - Stingray City
Most Diver-Friendly Airline - American Airlines
Best Dive Site - Gran Cenotes
Best 24/7 Diving - Wakatobi
Best Live-Aboard - Galapagos Aggressor I and II
Best Animal Encounter - Mantas, Yap
Best Dive Operation - Sam’s Tours, Palau
Best Animal Encounter - Sea lions, Channel Islands
Best Dive Site - Liberty Wreck, Bali
Best Animal Encounter - Cod Hole, Great Barrier Reef
Best Marine Park - Bunaken, Indonesia
Best Wall Dive - Browning Wall, British Columbia
Best Live-Aboard - Paradise Dancer
Best Dive Operation - Ocean Frontiers, Grand Cayman
Best Wall Dive - Palancar, Cozumel
Best Beach Bar - Da Conch Shack, Provo
Best Dive Site - SS Thistlegorm, Red Sea
Best Wall Dive - North Wall, Grand Cayman
Best Live-Aboard - Kona Aggressor
Best Wall Dive - Great White Wall, Fiji
Best Dive Site - Breakwater, Monterey
Best Dive Site - Superior Producer, Curaçao
Best Dive Operation - Sunset House, Grand Cayman
Best Dive Site - Pixie Pinnacle, Great Barrier Reef
Best Live-Aboard - Mike Ball's Spoilsport
Best Purpose-Sunk Wreck - Hermes, Bermuda
Best Dive Site - Cocoa Thila, Maldives
Most Unusual Dive - Bonne Terre Mine, Missouri
Best Beach Bar - Treetanic, Utila
Best Dive Site - Hilma Hooker, Bonaire
Best Marine Park - Flower Garden Banks, Texas
Best Dive Site - Molokini Crater, Hawaii
Best Animal Encounter - Shark Feeds, Bahamas
Best Animal Encounter - Jellyfish Lake, Palau
Best Shore Dive - Place of Refuge, Hawaii
Best Live-Aboard - Belize Aggressor III
Best Shore Dive - Basura, Anilao, Philippines
Best Animal Encounter - Sand tiger sharks, Papoose, North Carolina
Best Live-Aboard - Taka
Best Animal Encounter - Dolphins, Roatán
Best Dive Site - Yongala, Australia
Best Wall Dive - The Dropoff, Sipadan, Malaysia
Best Animal Encounter - Great white shark, Baja California
Best Wall Dive - West End Wall, Roatan
Best Purpose-Sunk Wreck - Yukon, San Diego
Best Dive Site - Cannibal Rock, Komodo, Indonesia
Most Unusual Dive - Champagne, Dominica
Most Diver-Friendly Airline - There isn’t one!
Best Animal Encounter - Manatees, Crystal River
Best Purpose-Sunk Wreck - Oriskany, Florida
Best Dive Site - Fujikawa Maru
Best Night Dive - Flashlight Fish, Pacific Gas, PNG
Best Animal Encounter - Mimic octopus, Lembeh Strait, Indonesia
Best Dive Site - Bianca C, Grenada
Most Unusual Dive - Chandelier Cave, Palau
Best Wall Dive - Lekuan, Indonesia
Best Dive Operation - Dive Locker, Panama City
Best Beach Bar - Bomba Shack, Tortola
Most Unusual Dive - Silfra Fissure, Iceland
Most Romantic - Sandals, St. Lucia
Best Purpose-Sunk Wreck - USS Vandenberg
Most Unusual Dive - The Passage, Raja Ampat
Best Shore Dive - President Coolidge, Vanuatu
Best Live-Aboard - Komodo Dancer
Best Animal Encounter - Frogfish, Bonaire
Best Night Dive - Maaya Thila, Maldives
Most Unusual Dive Site - Noonachuk Rapids, BC
Most Unusual Dive Site - Seaventures, Malaysia
Best Resort - Scuba Seraya, Bali
Most Unusual Dive - Not fit for print!
Best Topside Attraction - Santa Cruz, Galapagos