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Egypt★ 8
SS Thistlegorm, Red Sea
WWII British cargo ship wreck featuring BSA motorcycles, railway locomotives, ammunition stores, truck cargo, and multiple penetration routes. Dawn dives avoid crowds. The wreck was rediscovered by Jacques Cousteau in 1941 and is the most-dived wreck globally. Dive base in Sharm el-Sheikh/Hurghada, infrastructure rated 8/10. Best diving season March-May and September-November. Average daily spend $200-400.
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Iceland★ 6
Silfra Fissure
Dive between tectonic plates with crystal clear, drinking-quality glacial water visibility up to 100m. Water temperatures 2-4°C require drysuit certification. Highlights include swimming the continental divide, Cathedral chamber, Silfra Hall passage, and lagoon finale. Infrastructure rated 8/10 with professional cold water operators. Best season year-round with warmer summer. Average daily spend $400-600.
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USA★ 7
Florida Keys
Deep wreck corridor with notable targets like USS Spiegel Grove and USS Vandenberg. Features technical training courses, Gulf Stream diving, and rebreather facilities. Operational year-round with calmest conditions May to September. Full technical support with infrastructure rated 9/10. Average daily spend $300-600. Known for artificial reef programs and as a technical training capital with mixed gas readily available.
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Belize★ 8
Great Blue Hole
A 124m deep marine sinkhole famous for stalactite formations at 40m depth and a bucket-list dive. Experience Caribbean reef sharks, midnight parrotfish, thermocline layers, and the combination dive with Half Moon Caye. Features include UNESCO World Heritage status and popularity from Jacques Cousteau. Infrastructure rated 7/10; day trips from mainland available. Best visibility occurs from April to June. Average daily spend $300-500.
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Micronesia★ 9
Truk Lagoon (Chuuk)
World's greatest wreck diving site with over 60 Japanese WWII ships, known as the "Ghost Fleet." Key experiences include dives on Fujikawa Maru (with zero fighters in the hold), San Francisco Maru (deepest at 60m, tanks/trucks), Shinkoku Maru (with an intact operating room), Nippo Maru (artillery pieces), engine room penetrations, night wreck diving, technical trimix diving, and opportunities for rebreather diving. The site shows preserved artifacts with coral growth, linked to Operation Hailstone in 1944. Dive infrastructure rated 9/10 with liveaboard and land-based operations available. Average daily spend $400-700. Best diving season is year-round with December-April being calmest.
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Mexico★ 9
Cenotes
Underwater cave systems known for halocline layers and Mayan underworld lore. Key sites include Dos Ojos system, The Pit cenote, Angelita hydrogen sulfide cloud. Cave diving certification courses offered with distinction between cavern and cave diving. Features stalactite and stalagmite formations and technical sidemount diving. Infrastructure rated 9/10 with cave diving capital infrastructure. Best season year-round with warmest May-September. Average daily spend $250-500.
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Scotland★ 7
Scapa Flow
Historical dive site featuring the scuttled WWI German High Seas Fleet with 52 ships sunk in 1919. Dive key ships like SMS Konig, SMS Markgraf, SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm, and the HMS Royal Oak war grave. Diving requires drysuit and nitrox/trimix for cold water (7-14°C) and strong currents. Technical operators score 8/10 in infrastructure. Dive season April-October. Features include historical artifacts and large-scale naval scuttling history. Average daily spend $350-600.
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Marshall Islands★ 9
Bikini Atoll
Known as a nuclear test fleet graveyard featuring the USS Saratoga aircraft carrier among others. Diving includes viewing nuclear blast damage, penetration diving, technical depth requirements, and immersion in historical significance. Annual permits are limited. Infrastructure rated 6/10 with limited liveaboard access. Best season May to September. Average daily spend $500-800.
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Philippines★ 7
Coron Bay
A Japanese WWII fleet with warm water wrecks ideal for penetration diving. Key wrecks include Akitsushima seaplane tender, Okikawa Maru oil tanker, Irako food supply ship, Kogyo Maru freighter, and Skeleton Wreck. Also features Barracuda Lake thermocline and island hopping options. Infrastructure rated 7/10 with growing technical support. Best season March to June. Average daily spend $200-400.
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