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Scuba Diving Top 100: Best Dive Sites for Underwater Photography

By Scuba Diving Partner | Updated On December 28, 2023
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Scuba Diving Top 100: Best Dive Sites for Underwater Photography

Stellar diving usually means great photo opportunities — here are 15 of the world's best places to take a camera.

Read more about the best scuba diving in the world: 2014 Reader's Choice Top 100 Awards

best scuba diving destinations for underwater photography

Underwater photography

Christian Vizl

1. Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

2. Belize Atolls

3. Exumas, Bahamas

4. Riviera Maya, Mexico

5. St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

best scuba diving destinations for underwater photography

Underwater photography

Franco Banfi

1. Raja Ampat, Indonesia

2. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia

3. Galapagos Islands

4. Sulu Sea and Tubbataha, Philippines

5. Maldives

best scuba diving destinations for underwater photography

Underwater photography

Brent Durand

1. Channel Islands, California

2. Monterey Bay, California

3. British Columbia, Canada

4. Maui, Hawaii

5. Big Island, Hawaii

best scuba diving destinations for underwater photography

Akumal's shallow reefs are a haven for green turtles

Christian Vizl

Akumal's shallow reefs are a haven for green turtles and healthy hard corals, ranged across sparkling white-sand bottoms.

best scuba diving destinations for underwater photography

Cenote Jardin del Eden hosts creatures

Christian Vizl

Cenote Jardin del Eden hosts creatures like the saltfin molly, which inhabits fresh or brackish waters.

best scuba diving destinations for underwater photography

Manta

Christian Vizl

Manta trains in the open ocean.

best scuba diving destinations for underwater photography

The Pit

Christian Vizl

The Pit has some of the loveliest — and most thrilling — freshwater diving you'll ever experience.

best scuba diving destinations for underwater photography

Sea lions

Paul Souders

Sea lions rarely miss an opportunity to get better acquainted with divers, particularly the young pups.

best scuba diving destinations for underwater photography

Anacapa Island

Ian Shive/Tandem Stock

A tranquil view of lovely Anacapa Island.

best scuba diving destinations for underwater photography

A clown angler

Franco Banfi

A clown angler guards its corner of the reef.

Stellar diving usually means great photo opportunities — here are 15 of the world's best places to take a camera.

Read more about the best scuba diving in the world: 2014 Reader's Choice Top 100 Awards