I'd rather be diving, but telling you about it comes a close second.

Turtle Harbour is one of the most popular places to dive in Utila – which is one of the most popular places to dive in the world. The appeal is the steep and beautiful wall dives and reef drop offs which plummet for many metres beginning quite close to…"

I came for the name, without knowing too much about the conditions but I am recommending it for the lush colours of the healthy coral gardens. Not one for artificial reefs, these wrecks have been positioned perfectly for coral growth and communities of …"

A deep and beautiful dive where hammerheads power gracefully by, first below and then above you as you go lower and the blue of the water darkens to a bright dark colour lined with the green light you get in Hawaii. The largest hammerhead I ever saw I s…"

There are many individual dives to try out in Barkley Sound, several wreck dives among them. The one I remember most was on Renate’s Reef in the Imperial Eagle Channel. Barkley Sound is known for abundant life, all the guide books say it ‘teems’, but t…"

This was my first experience of a coral garden. I didn’t realise it was such a literal phrase, believing it to be more of an accepted term for a coral collective. Palancar reef is very garden like. In the clear water against the pale sand, the coral c…"

Now one of the world’s best known diving sites, Mary’s Place had to close for a while it got so busy. The hype is due to its shape, a main wall off which a maze of crevices and ridges, swim-throughs and caves which have filled with coral growth and attr…"

‘The Wall’ is only one of the Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve dives. The reserve exists because of the huge range of coral the reefs are growing with and variations in the reefs themselves – which also qualify Glover’s as being an incredibly interesting pl…"

Something like a giant diving resort? El Gouna is an excellent place to learn to dive. As well as being well set up as far as hire and teaching facilities the water is warm and there is a pretty generous choice of diving terrain starting at calm coral …"