These are 10 most beautiful diving places with the passionate divers’ high appreciation in the world.
1. Similan Island, Thailand
Similan island located in the western Andaman sea is considered to be the most beautiful diving area in Thailand. In this area, there are 9 islands covered by tropical forests and the romantic white sand beaches. However, scene beneath ocean may impress you more.
There are 2 places for diving here. The ocean views in the East are very wonderful with a lot of coral reefs and underground rock circuits. Whereas, in the west , there are many massive granite boulders covered by the coral reefs. It is as deep as 15-40m under the seabed where many kind of fishes and marines living in the deep sand sea.
2. Underground rock circuits in Maldives
Maldives is famous for not only its tropical beauty but also the greatest diving places all over the world. Moreover, the most interesting things which attract the tourists in each ocean tour in Maldives are underground rock circuits and the variety of marines living there.
Colorful Parrotfishes
Underground rock circuits around Maldives are the shelters for colorful parrotfishes, sweetlip fishes, algae and many invertebrates.
3. Bunaken, Indonesia
Located in the North of Indonesian Sulawesi island, Bunaken is one of the most famous place for diving in Indonesia. The best time for diving here is between April and November.
Bunaken is a part of Bunaken Marine Park where you can see over 70% of fishes living in the Western Pacific. It is an ideal destination to dive and explore the ocean.
4. The Great Blue Hole, Belize
The Great Blue Hole is about 96 km off the coast of Belize and one of the top diving places in the world. The Blue hole is located near Reef beacon and is a roundly circular with dark blue water in shape.
The blue hole was formed by the collapse of all limestone terrains during past ice-ages. Tourists can discover a lot of marines such as angelfish, grouper fish or luminescent gobies when diving.
5. Cocos island, Costa Rica
Cocos island is located 483 km off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. This island covered by tropical forests almostly has no people but many impressive scene on the seabed.
Batfish fish with petal lips
Cocos island is an extremely ideal destination for tourists who like shark such as hammerhead shark, white shark, and Matas and tuna fish.
6. Sipadan, Malaysia
Located at the coast of the Eastern Malaysian Borneo, Sipadan seems like a fairy garden with ideal destinations for professional divers. There are many marines living here like colorful rainbow fishes, sea turtles, hammerhead sharks.
The photograph of the luces taken by John Hill in Sipadan, Borneo, Malaysia
Recently, Sipadan is being protected and resorts on the beaches must be closed. Diving is still admitted but tourists must be move by ferry out over the sea with a total of only 120 people each day.
7. Palau, Micronesia
Paula is the most wonderful diving place of Micronesia and famous for the shipwrecks in civil war 2. This is not only the place that sea turtles usually appear but also where a lot of the lionfishes live.
8. Darwin and Wolf Island
Galapagos is the huge MPAs in the world with 70.000 km2 in width. In Galapagos, unlike other popular diving places, the most attractive things aren’t underground rock circuits , but the diversity of the marines.
hammerhead sharks.
Darwin and Wolf Islands are some of the greatest diving places here in which a lot of the marines live such as hammerhead sharks.
9. Underground rock circuit at Red sea, Egypt
Red sea in Egypt is the most beautiful place in the world. The vast coral reefs on underground rock circuits are shelters for thousands of the sea creatures. Sure, you are very excited when you visit the ocean of Red sea.
10. Great Barrier Reefs, Australia
Great Barrier reef system is the largest coral reef in the world, including approximately 3,000 rocks and 900 islands stretching about 2.600km. Reef is located in the Coral Sea located off the coast of Queensland in northeast Australia. A large part of the reef is protected by the Great Barrier Park.
