Our annual Top 100 Readers Choice Awards are based on your real-world dives, and they let us take that journey right along with you. Since 1994, we’ve been presenting our ­readers’ picks for the best diving in the world in our annual Top 100 Readers Choice Awards. It’s a feature that we love to put together, because we consider the results of our annual Top 100 survey a way for magazine readers, fans and online followers to share their most ­remarkable moments ­underwater. Below you'll find the winning destinations for the Best Scuba Diving Destinations For Beginners.

How the Winners are Chosen:

Thousands of Scuba ­Diving subscribers and online users rated their experiences at dive destinations in a ­variety of categories on a scale from 1 to 5. Final scores are an average of the numerical scores awarded. A minimum number of ­responses was required for a destination to be included in these ratings.

Here's the breakdown for top scorers in the Best Scuba Diving Destination For Beginners category:

Caribbean & Atlantic

1. Bonaire
2. Bay Islands
3. U.S. Virgin Islands
4. Cayman Islands
5. Bahamas

North America

1. Florida
2. British Columbia
3. California
4. Washington
5. Great Lakes

Pacific & Indian Oceans

1. Hawaii
2. French Polynesia
3. Malaysia
4. Baja Mexico
5. Phillippines

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