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You don't always need to venture into the depths to experience dazzling underwater spectacles and an array of marine life—these destinations prove that.

Buddy Dive Resort and its dive operation won 14 Readers Choice Awards in 2025, including Quality of the Resort, Quality of the Rooms, Value of Resort and Attention to Safety.

We asked, and you told us. These are the three best hotspots—according to our readers—to dive if your top priority is stunning photo opportunities.

Plaza Beach & Dive Resort and its on-site dive center Toucan Diving combined for a total of 13 awards in the 2025 Scuba Diving Readers Choice Awards.

In the 2025 Readers Choice Awards, Wannadive won a total of seven awards, including Quality of Dive Boats.

VIP Diving nabbed five 2025 Readers Choice Awards in the dive operator category, including Quality of Rental Gear.

Divi Flamingo and Divi Dive Bonaire won 13 2025 Readers Choice Awards, including Quality of Dive Boats and Quality of the Resort.

Darkness is essential for larval animals and spawning coral. In a world that is increasingly becoming flooded with artificial light, what are the consequences for Bonaire—and the planet?