Of course, lists get made to provide insight into other's thoughts. But since others are, by definition, NOT YOU, people naturally review those lists and disagree with them. Perhaps you think Tim Simond's list of the best places to dive in style overly favors warm-water diving. Maybe you believe John Boyle's three favorite dive sites are lackluster. Personally, I found Nick Hanna's recent Top Ten Dive Sites to be short-sighted. Everybody disagrees with everybody else...but at least the list made you think. That's the beauty of lists.
Recently, Scuba Diving News announced its Top 100 Dive Sites. Compiled by a group of its readers, none of the sites are bad sites. But, surprisingly, only one Caribbean site (Belize's Blue Hole) cracked the Top 20. Having done most of my diving in the Caribbean and Southern Africa, I was a bit surprised at the relative UNDER-representation of those areas in the list. But it got me thinking. And that's what the list was supposed to do. Scuba Diving News' Top 10 are as follow:
Yongala, Australia Thistlegorm, Egyptian Red Sea Blue Corner Wall, Palau, Micronesia Barracuda Point, Sipadan Island Shark and Yolanda Reef, Egyptian Red Sea Navy Pier, Australia Manta Ray Night Dive, Kailua Kona, Hawaii Big Brother, Egyptian Red Sea Liberty, Bali, Indonesia Elphinstone Reef, Egyptian Red SeaGood list? Bad list? What do you think?
