Top Seven Underwater Havens of Scuba Diving

Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

The place offers much more than being a centre of scientific discovery. Over here, scuba divers can blend freely below the surface with tortoises, penguins and a multitude of other wildlife
. You can catch numerous aquatic species in action, like sea lions, sting rays, golden rays, morays, marine iguanas etc. 

Gili Islands

The Gilis in Indonesia has gained a status for being the ‘turtle capital of the world’. Its underwater world features some incredible sights like a collection of plant life and sea creatures such as green and hawksbill turtles, mantra rays, bump-head parrotfish, back-tip and white tip reef sharks, plus innumerable varieties of hard and soft corals. Another exciting factor about this place is that it is cheaper than its neighbour Bali.

Hawaii

The place provides some great scuba diving. The islands of Hawaii are surrounded with reefs and wildlife. The northern part of the islands has been converted into the largest aquatic reserve in the United States providing fine scuba diving for years to come.

Costa Rica

The aquatic life of Costa Rica feature immense schools of fish. Set off with the eagle rays at Punta Gorda and then move towards Murcielagos Island and the Catalinas for an affluence of marine life. One gets the chance to see giant mantra rays swimming alongside vibrantly coloured tropical fish and sharks and stunning corals reefs at this place.

Great Barrier Reef

Indeed, the Great Barrier Reef requires no introduction. The place holds all the tropical sea life. It is the world’s longest reef, located off Australia, which features thirty species of whales, dolphins and porpoises. On your diving expedition you may get to see minke whale, Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin and the humpback whale. Large populace of dugongs inhabit its aquatic life. Also that, four hundred species of corals, both hard corals and soft corals is found on the reef.

Micronesia

One thing is always common in tropical islands as beautiful as Micronesia; they are surrounded by vivacious coral reefs. The islands that encompass Palau in Micronesia are a fabulous spot for scuba diving, as it features a 90 mile coral lagoon, over 1,000 species of fish, from barracuda to jelly to shark. Above all, it is economical and immaculate.

The Blue Hole

It is a large underwater excavation situated off the coast of Belize. This site was made renowned by Jacques Cousteau who declared it as one of the best scuba diving sites in the globe. The Blue hole attracts frivolous scuba divers to its crystal clear water and numerous species of fish that include giant groupers, nurse sharks and reef sharks as the Caribbean reef shark and the Blacktip shark.