Papua New Guinea may be diving's last best place, a thrillingly exotic wilderness under water and above.

These South Pacific jewels — including Tahiti and the Tuamotus —are for lovers of shark encounters and heart-pounding drift diving.

If you haven't yet dived the Great Barrier Reef, here's your dive vacation planner. For more on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, visit scubadiving.com

With neighbors like Fiji, Australia and Papua New Guinea, you might think the Solomon Islands would have some pretty good diving. And you'd be right

From pelagic-rich seamounts to World War II wrecks to the primal landscape of the Southern Highlands, we'll take you on a tour so vivid you can almost taste the betel nut.

Wanted: A few good divers to explore virgin reefs, deep wrecks and abundant marine life. Tourists need not apply.

The western Pacific is a dream destination. Learn how to make it reality. Start with Palau, Yap and Truk. But don't stop there--we'll show you the best of the exotic western Pacific.

Scuba's best-kept secret? Divers have been yapping about it for years.

Micronesia. The name alone is magic to divers' ears. But to the rest of the world, it's practically unknown. Here's why divers want to keep it that way.