Christian K 0 Posted September 24, 2009 Not in particular order (but Sha'ab Rumi is my #1 so far): Sha'ab Rumi South, Sudanese Red Sed Barracuda Point, Sipadan Island Richelieu Rock, Surin Archipelago/Thailand Manta Reef, Pemba Island, Tanzania Sanganeb north point, Sudanese Red Sea Brother Islands, Egypt (Little Brother north) Manta Reef, Moçambique Elephant Rock, Similan Islands/Thailand s/s Umbrea, Port Sudan Hin Mouang, Andaman Sea, Thailand (unfortunatelly it got destroyed in 2007) good luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markprior 0 Posted September 24, 2009 (edited) This is fun. In no particular order, and only places I have dived more than once: Poor Knights, New Zealand Yongala, Townsville, Australia Little Brother, Egypt Tiputa Pass, Rangiroa, French Polynesia Tiger Beach, Bahamas Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi Manuelita, Cocos (but really everywhere at Cocos) Windjammer Wreck, Bonaire Blue Heron Bridge, Florida, USA Ras Mohammed, Egypt The big thing is though whether a dive site is ON when you're there. If not even the greatest sites can be average. Edited September 24, 2009 by markprior Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedSeaDiver 0 Posted September 24, 2009 In no particular order... Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia E6, Fiji Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia Sha'ab Rumi, Sudan Sha'ab Abu Nuhas, Egypt Brothers, Egypt Cousteau's Conshelf experiment, Sudan Ras Mohammed, Egypt Tiran, Egypt Elphinstone, Egypt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bvanant 179 Posted September 25, 2009 In no particular order... Also in no particular order Channel Islands Southern California Lembeh South Coast New Britain Mary Island (Solomon's) White Beach (Solomon's) Little Cayman St Vincent (With Bill Tewes) Milne Bay Kimbe Bay Bali Gunung Api Actually 11 but they are all great Bill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRC 2 Posted September 25, 2009 Can somebody pin this topic? - it is a great resource for "where do I really _NEED_ to go next" type contemplation. Paul C Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon Rogerson 0 Posted September 25, 2009 I cannot resist.... 1. Darwin Island, Galapagos 2. South Pass, Fakarava Atoll , French Polynesia 3. Big Brother (the drift from the north point), Red Sea Egypt 4. Alcyone, Cocos Island, Costa Rica 5. Tiger Beach, northern Bahamas 6. Cabo Marshall, Isabela, Galapagos 7. Umbria shipwreck, Red Sea, Sudan 8. Liberty shipweck, Tulamben, Bali 9. Out Stack, Shetland, United Kingdom 10. Madivaru Channel, South Ari atoll, Maldives Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Bantin 101 Posted September 25, 2009 I cannot resist.... 1. Darwin Island, Galapagos 2. South Pass, Fakarava Atoll , French Polynesia 3. Big Brother (the drift from the north point), Red Sea Egypt 4. Alcyone, Cocos Island, Costa Rica 5. Tiger Beach, northern Bahamas 6. Cabo Marshall, Isabela, Galapagos 7. Umbria shipwreck, Red Sea, Sudan 8. Liberty shipweck, Tulamben, Bali 9. Out Stack, Shetland, United Kingdom 10. Madivaru Channel, South Ari atoll, Maldives Thanks Simon At least I've got pictures for all of your choices! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeVeitch 0 Posted September 25, 2009 John, we didn't go to south pass Fakarava.. that was north pass.. Hmm.... South Pass Fakarava Apataki, Tuamotu Blue Corner, Palau Goofnuw or Mi'il Channel, Yap, on a good day Alcyone, Cocos Tuau, Tuamotu I only have 6... But, i just watched something on Hanifaru Bay in Baa Atoll, Maldives. It looks like it would be my number one, on a good day! Baa Atoll Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon Rogerson 0 Posted September 25, 2009 Thanks Simon At least I've got pictures for all of your choices! My pleasure. All I need is someone to commission me to go and revisit them all, preferably with private flights and a helicopter! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon Rogerson 0 Posted September 25, 2009 John, we didn't go to south pass Fakarava.. that was north pass.. The north pass is a great dive, but the south pass is beyond amazing. An easy drift, hundreds and hundreds grey reef sharks, beautiful acropora coral in the shallows and schooling fish everywhere. The French dive centres are too lazy to go there most of the time, but there is a little pension located right on the pass. You can have lunch and watch blacktips in the lagoon. .... Chinese resteraunteurs please note.. that's having lunch AND watching the blacktips IN the lagoon – not lunching on the blacktips in the lagoon.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Bantin 101 Posted September 25, 2009 Now new parameters: Your Best dive site in: 1) Eastern Pacific 2) South Pacific 3) Indian Ocean 4) Caribbean 5) Western Atlantic 6) Far East 7) Red Sea 8) Mediterranean 9) Western Pacific 10) Coral Sea Tough, eh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
decosnapper 34 Posted September 25, 2009 Right.....now my "sensible list"....after a visit to Vobster today it just wasn't as good as I remember. Here goes:- 1. HMS Royal Oak, Scapa Flow, Scotland. 2. The cold water coral reef in Trondheim Fiord, Norway 3. The landing stage dive, Skellig Michael, Ireland 4. Te Waikoropupu Springs, New Zealand 5. The Poor Knights, New Zealand. 6. Consul Carl Fisser, Alesund, Norway. 7. Junkers 52, Hartvig, Norway. 8. HMS Swordfish, English Channel. 9. Moldavia, English Channel. 10. Garvie Island bombing range, Cape Wrath, Scotland. Hmmmm.....lots of temperate waters there. The order was quite easy and only after number 8 did I start to pause. It's been good to reflect and review. Number 10 was a surprise. Had forgotten the thrill of finding a 1000lb bomb....Number 4. can't be dived any more, which is a shame, and I am not anticipating seeing number 1 again in my lifetime but its the one dive I would do if there was just one dive left in me. Assuming I could get a permit.... Simon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luko 24 Posted September 27, 2009 Now new parameters: Your Best dive site in: 1) Eastern Pacific 2) South Pacific 3) Indian Ocean 4) Caribbean 5) Western Atlantic 6) Far East 7) Red Sea 8) Mediterranean 9) Western Pacific 10) Coral Sea Tough, eh? Indeed, that is tough ... even in terms of geography, you'd have to be more specific, John, I am not sure your categories are precisely defined enough. For instance what do you you call "South Pacific" compared for instance to "Western Pacific" or even "Coral sea"...where would you pigeonhole Vanuatu or New Caledonia?? Also for Indian Ocean there's an UW world between the Eastern Indian Ocean, and the East African shores, not to say the central Maldivian... why then not split them up? Where would you also put all the IndoPacific area like Borneo/N/Sulawesi, -Indian Ocean?- or or even the Phils (western pac or far east?) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRC 2 Posted September 28, 2009 Ha Ha, The toughest part is I reckon JB is just plumping up a 'wish list' for presentation to say an editor so that he can get to a bucket load of more exotic locations funded by my (our) subscriptions to a certain dive magazine. Please, tell us it not true John - are we really just offering up suggestions (sponsoring) your next round the world junket ? ( and can I carry your bags if so? ). Paul C Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thatporchdawg 0 Posted September 30, 2009 Some of these may be a bit overdone, but its my top ten. And like everyone else, its in no particular order... 1) Seraya Secrets, Tulamben, Bali 2) Liberty wreck, Tulamben, Bali 3) Northern Arch, Poor Knights, New Zealand 4) HMNZS Waikato, Tutukaka, New Zealand 5) Almost anything in Vatu-i-ra Passage, Fiji 6) Stingray City, Grand Cayman 7) Three Sisters Spring, Crystal River, Florida 8) Rainbow River, Florida 9) Dangleben's Pinnacles, Dominica 10) Town Pier, Bonaire I think this list is a great place to find new places to go! Now off to research a place or two! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adamhanlon 0 Posted October 8, 2009 Hi, Non geographically sorted! Ras Mohamed Two mile Reef, Sodwana Bay Cathedral, Aliwal Shoal Raggie Cave, Aliwal Shoal SS Vigsnes, Liverpool Bay Sistema Dos Ojos, Yucatan Daedelus Farne islands (on a good seal day!) SS Norman Court, Menai Bridge SS Produce, off Durban The Gardens (Sharm el Sheikh (I've seen Mantas and whale sharks there!)) Anywhere on Cozumel And a few more spots without names-the hours that I spent somewhere in the Indian Ocean with a lot of Mantas for example! Adam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Bantin 101 Posted October 8, 2009 Ha Ha, The toughest part is I reckon JB is just plumping up a 'wish list' for presentation to say an editor so that he can get to a bucket load of more exotic locations funded by my (our) subscriptions to a certain dive magazine. Please, tell us it not true John - are we really just offering up suggestions (sponsoring) your next round the world junket ? ( and can I carry your bags if so? ). Paul C Ha Ha! I am having to trawl through my archives to find existing pictures. There IS a recession in the UK but probably NOT in the Channel Islands (UK, that is). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stewsmith 14 Posted October 8, 2009 For me it would be: Darwin Arch - Galapagos Manuelita ( night dive ) - Cocos Alcyone - Cocos Dirty Rock - Cocos Nudi Falls - Lembeh Shark/Yolanda - Egypt Little Brother - Egypt Kuredu Express - Maldives Manta point - Komodo Baracuda Point - Sipadan But if you asked me the same question again next month it might be slightly different, Darwin Arch will always be top of the list though. Stew Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jofish 0 Posted October 12, 2009 My choice: - Blue Corner Palau - Peleliu Palau - Barracuda point Sipadan - Richelieu Rock Thailand - Similan Island Thailand - Mile channel Yap - Cannibal Rock Komodo - Ras Mohammed Sharm el Sheikh - Bunaken - Lembeh So many other top dive sites... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RWBrooks 26 Posted October 13, 2009 Diving for the discovery, anywhere. One place though.... Mid June, Capo Testa, Sardinia, just you and your buddy heading out and around the cape in a RIB, dropping the anchor and jumping into the sapphire blue and just exploring, no dive site maps. The steel on your back you've just pumped from a tiny compressor and the possibility that no-one has dived where you are right now. Richard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leonandclaudia 3 Posted October 13, 2009 Number one on my list would have to Cape Kri in the Raja Ampat, everything else pales by comparison.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Travy 0 Posted October 13, 2009 My number 1 would be Richelieu Rock (when the star attraction is around) or a Koh Bon night dive,Similan Islands. Travy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMW 0 Posted October 16, 2009 (edited) #1 Atlantis Resort, Bahamas #2 Sandals Resort, Caribbean #3 Hilton Wakiki, Honolulu and of course... #4 Sea World, San Diego Edited October 16, 2009 by AMW Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shazzah 2 Posted October 20, 2009 (edited) A tropical top 10 . . . Yongala Wreck / Queensland, Australia Manta Alley / Gili Lawa, Indonesia Cannibal Rock / Rinca, Indonesia Torpedo Alley / Rinca, Indonesia Jahir II / Lembeh Strait, Indonesia Roma / Wakatobi, Indonesia Beangabang Bay / Pantar, Indonesia Peleliu Cut / Palau, Micronesia Maytag / Bligh Waters, Fiji Darwin's Arch / Galapagos, Ecuador Edited October 20, 2009 by shazzah Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
