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Scuba Diving Top 100: Best Big Animal Dives

By Scuba Diving Partner | Published On January 2, 2014
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Scuba Diving Top 100: Best Big Animal Dives

Get your motor running with these 15 big-animal encounters, from sharks and manta rays to seals and humpback whales.

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

Get your motor running with these 15 big-animal encounters, from sharks and manta rays to seals and humpback whales.

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

best big animal scuba diving destinations

1. Galapagos Islands

2. Yap, Micronesia

3. Cocos Island, Costa Rica

4. Moalboal, Cebu, Philippines

5. Maldives

Mike Veitch/SeaPics
best big animal scuba diving destinations

1. Morehead City, North Carolina

2. Florida Springs

3. Channel Islands, California

4. Flower Garden Banks, Texas

5. South Florida (Miami, Broward and Dade Counties)

Michael Gerken
best big animal scuba diving destinations

1. New Providence and Grand Bahama, Bahamas (tie)

2. Gladden Spit, Belize

3. Bimini, Bahamas

4. Ambergris Caye, Belize

5. Silver Bank, Dominican Republic

Ellen Cuylaerts