- With over 7,000 islands and a magnificent coastline, the Philippines deserves its title of the Diving Capital of Asia.  Spectacular drop-offs, deep dives, caves, wrecks, and a richly varied marine life await every diver. ©Rob Andrews Photography

- Diving the Galapagos Islands gives you the opportunity to experience everything from sharks to nudibranchs and more.  The islands are best known for amazing shark diving around Wolf and Darwin Islands.   © Laurent Ouillet for Explorer Ventures

- Triton Bay is one of three regions that comprise the Bird’s Head Seascape (the other two being Raja Ampat and Cenderawasih Bay), which is now considered by marine biologists to be the epicenter of the Coral Triangle and which contains more fish and coral species than anywhere else on the planet. © ROSU Photography & Videography

- Fringing the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, Florida has a coastline stretching 1350 miles and on its Eastern shores sits the World’s second largest barrier reef system. © Nigel Wade for The Scuba Place

- Bonaire’s sea abounds with beautiful marine life and a fascinating variety of multicoloured tropical fish, there is lots to see while diving on Bonaire. Known for shore diving, many dive centres also offer boat dives giving divers the opportunity to explore Klein Bonaire and island just off the coast. © Javier Del Campo

- Barbados, the most easterly island in the Caribbean archipelago is unlike many of the other islands in the Caribbean, which are volcanic. Barbados itself is an ancient coral reef with over 85% of its surface comprised of limestone. © Frogfish Photography

- The islands of the Turks and Caicos are surrounded by turquoise water and contain over 1,000 square miles of living coral reef. An amazing destination for divers from all over the world, the Turks and Caicos Islands are known for incredible underwater visibility, beautiful wall dives, and an abundance of marine life of all sizes.  © Dan Burton

- Palau is among the best dive destinations in the world, famous for its rich underwater environment, healthy hard and soft coral gardens, vast amount of sea life, exciting World War II Wrecks, caves and most importantly the protection of sharks.  © Anatoly Beloshchin