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TOP 100.(scuba diving sites) Source: Rodale's Scuba Diving 2002,
Caribbean/Atlantic
1. Cayman Brac and Little Cayman 96.4
2. Cozumel, Mexico 93.7
3. British Virgin Islands 91.2
4. Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras 90.5
5. Bonaire 90.4
6. Grand Turk and Salt Cay, Turks & Caicos 86.7
(tie) San Salvador, Bahamas 86.7
8. Ambergris Caye, Belize 84.4
9. Grand Cayman 83.9
10. U.S. Virgin Islands 83.1
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Pacific and Indian Ocean
1. Galapagos Island 100
(tie) Sipadan, Malaysia 100
(tie) Truk, Micronesia 100
4. Palau, Micronesia 96.3
5. Papua New Guinea 96.2
6. Yap, Micronesia 96.1
7. French Polynesia 95.2
8. Cocos Island, Costa Rica 93.3
9. Manado, Indonesia 92.3
10. Big Island, Hawaii 91.5
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North America
1. British Columbia 92.9
2. Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico 89.2
3. North Carolina 88.5
4. Washington state 85.0
5. Islamorada and Tavernier, Fla. Keys 84.1
6. Channel Islands, Calif. 82.6
7. Southeast Florida* 82.4
8. Marathon, Fla. Keys 80.0
9. Key Largo, Fla. Keys 75.8
10. Key West, Fla. Keys 70.8
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Source: Rodale's Scuba Diving, Jan 2000 v9 i1 p70
CARIBBEAN/ATLANTIC
1) Little Cayman 95.5
2) Cozumel, Mexico 94.5
3) Bonaire 93.4
4) Belize Atolls 91.5
5) Cayman Brao 90.9
6) St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands 88.0
7) Walker's Cay, Bahamas 87.5
8) Saba 87.1
(Tie) Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras 87.1
10) Curacao 86.4
(Tie) Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos 86.4
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INDO-PACIFIC
1) Galapagos Islands 100.0
2) Palau, Micronesia 95.0
3) Great Barrier Reef, Australia 93.2
4) Egyptian Red Sea 91.8
5) Maui, Hawaii 89.2
6) Big Island, Hawaii 88.3
7) Papua New Guinea 88.2
8] Oahu, Hawaii 88.1
9) Fiji 85.7
10) Costa Rica 81.8
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NORTH AMERICA
1) Morehead City, N.C. 96.0
2) Tobermory, 0ntario, Canada 93.3
3) British Columbia, Canada 91.9
4) Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico 87.5
5) Key Largo, Fla. Keys 84.1
6) Palm Beach County, Fla. 83.7
7) Tavernier, Fla. Keys 82.1
8) Looe Key, Fla, Keys 81.3
9) Islamorada, Fla. Keys 80.0
(Tie) Monterey, Calif. 80.0
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Best Scuba Diving in North America at the Travel Channel
1. Grand Cayman
2. Belize
3. The Bahamas
4. Maui, Hawaii
5. Turks & Caicos
6. Florida Keys
7. U.S. Virgin Islands
8. Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
9. British Virgin Islands
10. Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Others: , Aruba, Curacao, Grenada & Carriacou, Dominica
Hawaii, Netherlands Antilles
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last updated 14 Feb 2003
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