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	SCUBA DIVING BEST CHOICE There are essentially three ways to evaluate scuba diving products and services in order to decide where to plunk down your hard-earned cash.  You can roll the dice on old media scuba rag marketing hype that rewards the biggest advertisers with the best ratings.   You can search online dive industry-controlled scuba boards that trade on the inflated and nearly worthless currency of unreliable and untrustworthy testimonial froth.  Or you can take advantage of CYBER DIVER's team of experts and get unbiased, authoritative and trustworthy evaluations of scuba diving products and services. HOW WE CONDUCT EVALUATIONS Our team of expert divers, who collectively have logged over 41,000 dives worldwide, rate destinations and operators according to fixed criteria specific to each category.  Final scores represent the combined ratings of the team on a scale of 0-10. 2009 World Top 10 - Dive Destinations We rated dive destinations on the basis of overall dive site quality, marine species abundance, marine species diversity, visibility and the impact of tourist infrastructure on the environment. Rank Destination Rating 1 Galapagos - Ecuador 9.81 2 Papua New Guinea 9.74 3 Cocos Island - Costa Rica 9.68 4 Sulawesi - Indonesia 9.52 5 Chuuk - Truk Lagoon 9.46 6 Red Sea 9.37 7 Solomon Islands 9.31 8 Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique 9.25 9 Maldives 9.11 10 Fiji 9.06 2009 World Top 10 - LiveAboards We rated liveaboards on the basis of boat design, safety, dive site quality, overall comfort, service, accommodation, crew, food, support equipment, environmental awareness and value. Rank LiveAboard Rating 1 Four Seasons Explorer - Maldives 9.82 2 Telita - New Guinea 9.76 3 Mistral - Galapagos 9.60 4 Whirlwind - Red Sea 9.54 5 Golden Dawn - New Guinea 9.51 6 Royal Evolution - Red Sea 9.44 7 Gaaviya - Maldives 9.40 8 Bilikiki Cruises - Solomon Islands 9.35 9 Hurricane - Red Sea 9.27 10 Lammer Law - Galapagos 9.11 2009 World Top 10 - Topside Attractions We rated topside attractions on the basis of value, local hospitality, restaurants, nightlife, resort facilities, scenic beauty and unique cultural attractions. Rank Destination Rating 1 Puerto Galera, Philippines 9.82 2 Phuket - Thailand 9.73 3 Oahu, Hawaii 9.62 4 Cancun - Mexico 9.51 5 Maui, Hawaii 9.48 6 Bali 9.45 7 Canary Islands - Spain 9.40 8 Jamaica 9.34 9 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt 9.26 10 Cabo San Lucas - Mexico 9.20 2009 World Top 10 - Visibility We rated visibility based on maximum visibility, average visibility and consistency of visibility throughout various dive sites. Rank Destination Rating 1 Antarctica 10.00 2 Red Sea 9.75 3 Cuba 9.58 4 Solomon Islands 9.52 5 Fiji 9.41 6 Honduras 9.36 7 Kona, Hawaii 9.27 8 Mabul - Malaysia 9.20 9 Papua New Guinea 9.14 10 Maldives 9.04 2009 World Top 10 - Marine Life We rated marine life based on marine species abundance and diversity. Rank Destination Rating 1 Galapagos - Ecuador 9.81 2 Cocos Island - Costa Rica 9.70 3 Papua New Guinea 9.68 4 Sulawesi - Indonesia 9.63 5 Cuba 9.51 6 Red Sea 9.44 7 Mabul - Malaysia 9.42 8 Fiji 9.35 9 Philippines 9.26 10 Maldives 9.13 2009 World Top 10 - Eco Diving We rated eco diving based on the condition of marine habitats and government policies related to marine conservation. Rank Destination Rating 1 Cocos Island - Costa Rica 9.61 2 Cuba 9.54 3 Kona, Hawaii 9.48 4 Papua New Guinea 9.32 5 Maui, Hawaii 9.30 6 Costa Rica 9.26 7 Red Sea 9.22 8 Fiji 9.12 9 Maldives 9.09 10 Canary Islands - Spain 9.05 2009 World WORST 10 - Eco Diving We rated the worst eco dive destinations based on the condition of marine habitats and government policies related to marine habitat conservation.  Destinations were not scored and are listed in alphabetical order. Rank Destination Rating 1 Antigua & Barbuda n/a 2 Bahamas n/a 3 Cayman Islands n/a 4 Florida n/a 5 Galapagos n/a 6 Grenada n/a 7 Palau n/a 8 Sipadan n/a 9 St. Kitts n/a 10 St. Vincent n/a   cdnn headlines scuba forum new sites top rated most popular
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