Top 100 Readers' Choice Survey
Each year, we ask the most knowledgeable and well-traveled group of divers we know--our readers--to rate their favorite destinations as part of our ongoing Top 100 Readers' Choice survey. Throughout the past 12 months we invited readers to fill out surveys on the destination they experienced. The surveys that are the basis of this report ask divers to rate the quality of the dive experience in several categories--ranging from health of the reef to their overall impression of the diving--using a 1-to-5 scale (5=excellent; 4=very good; 3=good; 2=fair; 1=poor). For this report, we take the destinations that received a statistically valid number of surveys and rank them in order by the percentage of Excellent and Very Good ratings. We couldn't fit the results for Advanced Diving in the magazine so we've included them here. After you read these results, we hope you'll take the time to help us compile the next Top 100 report. Our Top 100 survey is available to you 24/7, 365 days of the year at scubadiving.com/top_100. Fill it out after your next dive trip or for one you've taken in the last three years.
Top Destinations For Advanced Diving
Caribbean & Atlantic Ocean
1.
Little Cayman, Cayman Islands
94.6
2.
Southern Belize (Hopkins, Dangriga, Placencia & Punta Gorda)
94.4
3.
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
92.4
4.
Cozumel, Mexico
91.7
5.
Saba
91.2
6.
Exumas, Bahamas
90.9
7.
Bonaire
90.3
8.
Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos
89.7
9.
Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras
86.8
10.
Belize Atolls
86.6
11.
Ambergris Caye, Belize
86.3
12.
Curaçao
85.1
13.
Providenciales, Turks & Caicos
83.8
14.
Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands
83.6
15.
Bahamas Out Islands
81.8
16.
Southern Eastern Caribbean (Tobago, Grenada & St. Vincent & Grenadines)
78.1
17.
Bimini & Cat Cay, Bahamas
77.4
18.
Dominica
73.5
19.
Barbados
72.4
20.
Puerto Rico
71.4
(tie)
St. Croix, U.S.V.I.s
71.4
21.
Northern Eastern Caribbean (Statia, St. Kitts, Guadeloupe & Antigua & Barbuda)
71
22.
British Virgin Islands
70
(tie)
St. Thomas & St. John, U.S.V.I.s
70
23.
Riviera Maya, Mexico
69.8
24.
St. Lucia
69.6
25.
Providenciales, Turks & Caicos
65.6
Pacific & Indian Oceans
1.
Galapagos
100
(tie)
Palau
100
(tie)
Yap, Micronesia
100
2.
Wakatobi, Indonesia
96.6
3.
Philippines
96.4
4.
Chuuk, Micronesia
95.7
5.
Malaysia
93.9
6.
North Sulawesi & Lembeh Strait, Indonesia
92.7
7.
Bali & Komodo, Indonesia
91.1
8.
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
90.6
9.
Red Sea (Egypt)
88.5
10.
Tahiti & Its Islands
88.1
11.
Fiji
88
12.
Papua New Guinea
87.5
13.
Baja California & Socorro Islands
87.2
14.
Thailand
85
15.
Maui, Hawaii
81.1
16.
Costa Rica & Cocos Island
80.6
17.
Kaui, Hawaii
77.1
18.
Big Island, Hawaii
73.6
North America
1.
British Columbia, Canada
96.4
2.
North Carolina
92
3.
Monterey, Calif.
90.6
4.
Great Lakes
88.9
5.
Key Largo, Fla. Keys
85.2
6.
Florida Springs
82.5
7.
Channel Islands, Calif.
82.1
8.
North Atlantic (N.Y., N.J., Mass. & R.I.)
80.8
9.
Islamorada & Tavernier, Fla. Keys
80
10.
Marathon, Fla. Keys
76
Each year, we ask the most knowledgeable and well-traveled group of divers we know--our readers--to rate their favorite destinations as part of our ongoing Top 100 Readers' Choice survey. Throughout the past 12 months we invited readers to fill out surveys on the destination they experienced. The surveys that are the basis of this report ask divers to rate the quality of the dive experience in several categories--ranging from health of the reef to their overall impression of the diving--using a 1-to-5 scale (5=excellent; 4=very good; 3=good; 2=fair; 1=poor). For this report, we take the destinations that received a statistically valid number of surveys and rank them in order by the percentage of Excellent and Very Good ratings. We couldn't fit the results for Advanced Diving in the magazine so we've included them here. After you read these results, we hope you'll take the time to help us compile the next Top 100 report. Our Top 100 survey is available to you 24/7, 365 days of the year at scubadiving.com/top_100. Fill it out after your next dive trip or for one you've taken in the last three years.
Top Destinations For Advanced Diving
Caribbean & Atlantic Ocean
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| 1.| Little Cayman, Cayman Islands| 94.6| | 2.| Southern Belize (Hopkins, Dangriga, Placencia & Punta Gorda)| 94.4| | 3.| Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands| 92.4| | 4.| Cozumel, Mexico| 91.7| | 5.| Saba| 91.2| | 6.| Exumas, Bahamas| 90.9| | 7.| Bonaire| 90.3| | 8.| Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos| 89.7| | 9.| Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras| 86.8| | 10.| Belize Atolls| 86.6| | 11.| Ambergris Caye, Belize| 86.3| | 12.| Curaçao| 85.1| | 13.| Providenciales, Turks & Caicos| 83.8| | 14.| Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands| 83.6| | 15.| Bahamas Out Islands| 81.8| | 16.| Southern Eastern Caribbean (Tobago, Grenada & St. Vincent & Grenadines)| 78.1| | 17.| Bimini & Cat Cay, Bahamas| 77.4| | 18.| Dominica| 73.5| | 19.| Barbados| 72.4| | 20.| Puerto Rico| 71.4| | (tie)| St. Croix, U.S.V.I.s| 71.4| | 21.| Northern Eastern Caribbean (Statia, St. Kitts, Guadeloupe & Antigua & Barbuda)| 71| | 22.| British Virgin Islands| 70| | (tie)| St. Thomas & St. John, U.S.V.I.s| 70| | 23.| Riviera Maya, Mexico| 69.8| | 24.| St. Lucia| 69.6| | 25.| Providenciales, Turks & Caicos| 65.6|Pacific & Indian Oceans
|||| |---|---|---|
| 1.| Galapagos| 100| | (tie)| Palau| 100| | (tie)| Yap, Micronesia| 100| | 2.| Wakatobi, Indonesia| 96.6| | 3.| Philippines| 96.4| | 4.| Chuuk, Micronesia| 95.7| | 5.| Malaysia| 93.9| | 6.| North Sulawesi & Lembeh Strait, Indonesia| 92.7| | 7.| Bali & Komodo, Indonesia| 91.1| | 8.| Great Barrier Reef, Australia| 90.6| | 9.| Red Sea (Egypt)| 88.5| | 10.| Tahiti & Its Islands| 88.1| | 11.| Fiji| 88| | 12.| Papua New Guinea| 87.5| | 13.| Baja California & Socorro Islands| 87.2| | 14.| Thailand| 85| | 15.| Maui, Hawaii| 81.1| | 16.| Costa Rica & Cocos Island| 80.6| | 17.| Kaui, Hawaii| 77.1| | 18.| Big Island, Hawaii| 73.6|North America
|||| |---|---|---|
| 1.| British Columbia, Canada| 96.4| | 2.| North Carolina| 92| | 3.| Monterey, Calif.| 90.6| | 4.| Great Lakes| 88.9| | 5.| Key Largo, Fla. Keys| 85.2| | 6.| Florida Springs| 82.5| | 7.| Channel Islands, Calif.| 82.1| | 8.| North Atlantic (N.Y., N.J., Mass. & R.I.)| 80.8| | 9.| Islamorada & Tavernier, Fla. Keys| 80| | 10.| Marathon, Fla. Keys| 76|
