The best scuba diving sites in Tasmania and things to do when you take a trip to Tasmania.

This year, more than 5,000 scuba divers weighed in on their picks for the best dives in the world for our 2019 Readers Choice awards.

Ned and Anna DeLoach are rock stars, with ­legions of fans who track them like groupies. Each year the beloved naturalists induct divers into the wonders of fish-ID surveys — and the importance of citizen science — during Marine Life Education weeks at Bonaire’s Buddy Dive Resort.

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Beneath the aquamarine waters surrounding the Bahamas chain lies a silent fleet of shipwrecks. The vast majority of them are buried beneath the sand and reef, strewn across the sandy seabed like lost treasure. They have made the Bahamas famous, rightfully earning the sobriquet, “Wreck Capital of the Caribbean”.

There are thousands of them and most will be left undisturbed forever. But about 50 or so are accessible to divers. Most of these are scattered around the southwest coast of New Providence Island, more than 40 of them sunk over the past four decades by Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas just a short boat ride from the dock. With names like Port Nelson, Sea Trader, Vulcan Bomber, Steel Forest or Twin Sisters, they beckon to underwater explorers searching for adventure, mystery and a taste of a rich maritime history.

For pure visual impact, few underwater experiences surpass the excitement and beauty of descending into the depths and watching a ghost ship with its distinctive lines and bulk slowly but steadily materialize out of the blue, literally.

Located on the San Francisco beach, where two great worlds coexist: fun at the beach and the incredible underwater Palancar reef. Now you can enjoy even more of your diving experience at Allegro Cozumel with our Ultimate Dive Experience program.

Scuba Diving magazine readers voted the Florida Keys, Hawaii and Mexico their favorite places for scuba diving in 2018.

The readers of Scuba Diving magazine ranked the best scuba diving in the world, including awards for snorkeling, beginner diving, and more.

The 2018 Scuba Diving Readers Choice Awards rank the world's best scuba diving sites, operators, resorts and liveaboards.