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.

The passion Explorer Ventures has for giving guests a boutique liveaboard scuba diving vacation is unmatched by any other liveaboard company.

Find inspiration for your next big dive trip. These dive hotspots earned praise from our readers in this year's Reader Choice survey.

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.

Lovers of the little will find no end to the pleasures found at these three destinations, voted best by Scuba Diving readers for their macro life.

You've spoken–this is the best diving in the world. Our annual Reader’s Choice survey, now in its 32nd year, helps us discover the best of the diving destinations, operators, resorts, liveaboards and family friendly experiences, as told by our most reliable sources: you.

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