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Scuba diving travel guides covering top dive sites, certification destinations, liveaboard reviews, and seasonal visibility data from the Red Sea to the Coral Triangle.

  • Zip lining through a tropical rainforest in Costa Rica with Rainforest Adventures

    Drake Bay

    Drake Bay is one of the few places left where you arrive by boat or plane and leave wondering why the rest of Costa Rica feels so crowded.

  • rocks and blue sky at Camp Pintade in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius

    Mauritius

    Mauritius has an underwater waterfall illusion, seven-colored earth at Chamarel, and a Creole-Indian-French culture that shows up best on every dinner plate.

  • virgin-islands destination image

    Virgin Islands

    The Virgin Islands split between US and British territory with trunk bay snorkeling, Tortola’s sailing, and a Caribbean pace where flip-flops count as formal wear.

  • Beautiful white beach in Saint Lucia, Caribbean Islands

    St. Lucia

    St. Lucia has the Pitons rising from the sea, volcanic mud baths you can actually swim in, and a Caribbean setting that makes other islands feel flat by comparison.

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    Moorea

    Moorea is a 30-minute ferry from Tahiti with volcanic peaks, a lagoon that glows blue-green, and a quieter pace that makes Bora Bora feel like a resort and Moorea feel like an island.

  • Zanzibar shore with boats in Africa

    Zanzibar

    Zanzibar’s Stone Town is a UNESCO maze of carved doors and spice-scented alleys — the beaches on the east coast are the postcard, but the history is the reason to go.

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    Tahaa

    Taha’a is French Polynesia’s vanilla island — no airport, no crowds, and a lagoon shared with Raiatea that smells like vanilla orchids and warm coral.

  • The famous beach, Source d'Argent at La Digue Island, Seychelles

    Seychelles

    The Seychelles scatter 115 granite islands across the Indian Ocean with Anse Source d’Argent’s boulders, giant tortoises, and water that ranges from turquoise to transparent.

  • Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Punta Cana

    Punta Cana

    Punta Cana lines the Dominican Republic’s eastern tip with 30 miles of coconut-palm beaches, all-inclusives, and a Hoyo Azul cenote hidden in the jungle behind the resorts.

  • British Colonial Hotel Nassau Bahamas poolside landscape

    Nassau

    Nassau is the Bahamas’ capital with Atlantis resort, a pirate museum, and a fish fry at Arawak Cay that gives you the local side beyond the cruise port.

  • Airbnb Paris Les Invalides

    New Caledonia

    New Caledonia is a French territory in the South Pacific with the world’s largest lagoon, Kanak culture, and a Nouméa café scene that feels like Paris in the tropics.

  • Tan stone buildings in the ancient city of Mdina, Malta

    Malta

    Malta packs 7,000 years of history into an island smaller than most US counties — Valletta’s fortified streets, Neolithic temples, and a Mediterranean climate that rarely dips below 15°C.

  • Shops in Mexico

    Playa Del Carmen

    Playa del Carmen is Cancún’s cooler sibling — Quinta Avenida for the evening stroll, cenotes for the morning swim, and Cozumel a ferry ride away.

  • A bizarre cocktail featuring an animal eyeball submerged in a drink.

    Phuket

    Phuket is Thailand’s largest island with Patong’s nightlife on one coast and quiet Rawai beaches on the other — the range between party and peace is a 40-minute drive.

  • A bizarre cocktail featuring an animal eyeball submerged in a drink.

    Phi Phi Islands

    Phi Phi’s Maya Bay (the one from The Beach) reopened with visitor caps — the limestone cliffs, snorkeling, and boat access make it Thailand’s most photogenic day trip.

  • paradise-point-resort-spa-lanai-garden-premium-king-guestroom

    Lanai

    Lanai is Hawaii’s most private island — once a Dole pineapple plantation, now home to a Four Seasons, red dirt roads, and a population of about 3,000.

  • Islands in Ang Thong National Marine Park, Tha in Koh Samui, Thailand

    Koh Samui

    Koh Samui balances Thai beach life with resort polish — Chaweng Beach parties on one side, quiet Bophut fisherman’s village on the other, and coconut palms everywhere.

  • Cancun beach at sunset with palm trees

    Cancun

    Cancún’s hotel zone gets the spring breakers, but the cenotes, Mayan ruins at Tulum, and Isla Mujeres ferry ride reveal a different side of Mexico’s Caribbean.

  • Aerial view of Bimini Islands, Bahamas

    Bahamas

    The Bahamas stretch across 700 islands with water so clear the boats look like they’re floating on air. Nassau is just the starting point.

  • A luxurious oceanfront villa in Aruba with stunning views.

    Aruba

    Aruba sits outside the hurricane belt with 300+ days of sun, Eagle Beach consistently ranked among the world’s best, and a happy island energy that’s not an act.

  • Bali, Indonesia, traveler on tree house at Diamond Beach in Nusa Penida Island.

    Nusa Penida

    Nusa Penida’s Kelingking Beach looks like a T-Rex cliff diving into turquoise water — the Instagram photos are real, and the road to get there is an adventure itself.

  • Gorgeous Hawaii sunset on Oahu's North Shore

    Oahu

    Oahu puts Waikiki’s high-rises and the North Shore’s big-wave surfing on the same island — Pearl Harbor, shave ice, and a hike to a WWII pillbox at sunrise.

  • Prambanan Temple Ruins Java Indonesia

    Nusa Lembongan

    Nusa Lembongan is the Bali escape from Bali — a small island off the southeast coast with clearer water, fewer crowds, and a pace that resets your clock.