Dive holidays

Posted By: bruce sawyer

Best places for dive holidays and what to see underwater

Best places in the UK for diving
This list below starts in the North and works its’ way south. There are other sites known only to a few scuba divers which I’m sure we have missed on this site. If you have a favourite let us know the where and what and we’ll update the list.
Scapa – wreck mania
Sound of mull – wreck and reef
The Clyde – wrecks
IOM – reef, some say amongst the best UK diving
North Wales – reefs and further out some good wrecks
West Wales – reefs and a couple of wrecks
Cornwall – wreck and reef mania. Some of the best diving in the UK
South Devon – wreck and ref
South coast – wreck and reef
Farne isles – wreck, reef and seals
St Abbs – reefs

Best places in Europe for diving
Tenerife – reefs and pelagic
Lanzarote – wreck, reef and pelagic
Mainland Spain - reef
Menorca – wreck, reef and caverns
Cyprus – wreck and reef
Greece - reef
Sicily - reef

Best places in Mexico for diving
Cancun – wreck, reef and caves
Cozumel – reef mania
West coast – reef and pelagic

Red sea
Wreck, reef and large pelagic mania

Maldives
Reef and large pelagic mania

Sudan
Reef mania

Far East
Wreck, reef and large pelagic mania

Australia
Reef and large pelagic mania

Pacific
Reef and large pelagic mania

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bruce has dived for 15 years and is a PADI divemaster and underwater photographer

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