Readers Choice awards as published by Scuba Divers Magazine:
Here they are, the top of the heap, the cream of the crop, the world's best dive destinations today, January/February 2004
CARIBBEAN/ATLANTIC
- 1. Bonaire - 95.2
- 2. Cozumel, Mexico - 93.2
- 3. Grand Cayman - 91.1
- 4. Bimini, Bahamas - 91
- 5. Little Cayman and Cayman Brac - 90.9
- 6. Saba - 89.7
- 7. U.S. Virgin Islands - 89.2
- 8. Belize Atolls - 86
- 9. Grand Turk and Salt Cay, Turks & Caicos - 84.6
- 10. Exumas, Bahamas - 83.3
- 11. Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 83.1
- 12. Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras - 82
- 13. Curaçao - 81.3
- 14. Cay Sal Bank, Bahamas - 80
- 15. Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras - 76.2
- 16. Riviera Maya, Mexico - 76.1
- 17. Ambergris Caye, Belize - 75.9
- 18. New Providence, Bahamas - 75
- 19. British Virgin Islands - 73
- 20. Puerto Rico - 68.2
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PACIFIC AND INDIAN OCEAN
- 1. Papua New Guinea - 100
- 2. Truk, Micronesia - 98.2
- 3. Palau, Micronesia - 97.1
- 4. French Polynesia
(tie) Yap, Micronesia - 96.2
- 6. Egyptian Red Sea - 95.8
- 7. Galapagos Islands - 92.1
- 8. Big Island, Hawaii - 90.7
- 9. Thailand - 88.9
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NORTH AMERICA
- 1. British Columbia 100
- 2. Channel Islands, Calif. 92.9
- 3. North Carolina 91.8
- 4. Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico 90.2
- 5. Southeast Florida* 89.1
- 6. Islamorada and Tavernier, Florida Keys 86
- 7. Key Largo, Florida Keys 79.5
- 8. Washington State 73.1
- 9. Key West, Florida Keys 65
- 10. Marathon, Florida Keys 64.7
- * Broward, Dade and Palm Beach counties.