Scuba Diving readers say these are the top destinations to dive with big animals.

Coral conservation in the Bahamas and across the Caribbean region is in full swing after a warming event caused historic bleaching. Scientists and nonprofits rely on coral tree nurseries, gene banking and outplanting tiny coral fragments back onto the reefs to restore areas that have been decimated.

If you’re looking for the thrill of a lifetime, you’ll want to head for the Shark Arena where Stuart Cove’s world-renowned shark experts promise an experience you’ll never forget.

Want to make the most of your next dive trip? Citizen science trips onboard liveaboards give divers a taste of living and working as a coral, manta ray or shark research scientist.

Planning a trip to one of these top diving locations? Here’s everything you need to know, including when to go, what to see and where to stay.

Plan a vacation with the dive operation that pioneered diving off New Providence Island

The Bahamas is known as the “Wreck Capital of the Caribbean”. With thousands of sunken hulks buried beneath the sand and reef, about 50 wrecks are safely accessible to divers. Most of them surround New Providence Island and were sunk by Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas over the last 30 years. Some have been moved from Nassau Harbor, others sunk intentionally, but the result is still the same: giving divers a new thrill and the ocean a new reef.

Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas is renowned for incredible reef and dramatic wall diving surrounding the island of Nassau.

All Star Liveaboards has four Bahamas boats, giving divers multiple vacation options.