The Top 100 Gold List of operators, resorts, liveaboards, experiences (such as best wall, shore and artificial-reef sites), beach bars, topside attractions and more was determined on a “popularity contest” basis. Rankings are based on the total number of responses regardless of category. Don’t see your favorite site, operator or topside activity? Visit www.scubadiving.com/top100 and vote for next year’s Gold List and Top 100 winners.

1. Best Wall Dive - Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman
2. Best Dive - Blue Corner, Palau
3. Best 24/7 Diving - Bonaire
4. Most Diver-Friendly Airline - Continental
5. Best Live-Aboard - Cayman Aggressor IV
6. Best Dive Resort - Anthony’s Key
7. Best Wall Dive - Santa Rosa, Cozumel
8. Best Purpose-Sunk Wreck - Spiegel Grove
9. Best Animal Encounter - Whale sharks, Gladden Spit, Belize
10. Best Night Life - San Miguel, Cozumel
11. Best Night Life - Key West
12. Best Dive Operation - Stuart Cove's
13. Best Beach - 7 Mile Beach, Grand Cayman
14. Best Night Dive - Kona Manta
15. Best Bar - Carlos & Charlie’s, Cozumel
16. Best Bar - Domino Club, St. Croix
17. Most Unusual Dive - Au naturel
18. Best Dive Site - London Bridge, Tobago
19. Best Dive Site - Darwin’s Arch, Galapagos
20. Best Animal Encounter - Hammerheads, Cocos
21. Best Marine Park - Bonaire
22. Best Marine Park - Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
23. Best Topside Attraction - Mayan Ruins, Riviera Maya
24. Best Live-Aboard - Star Dancer, Papua New Guinea
25. Most Romantic - Anse Chastanet, St. Lucia
26. Best Dive Operation - Ocean Encounters, Curaçao
27. Best Dive Operation - Buddy Dive Resort, Bonaire
28. Best Live-Aboard - Truk Odyssey, Truk
29. Most Diver-Friendly Airline - Singapore Airlines
30. Best Animal Encounter - Stingray City
31. Most Diver-Friendly Airline - American Airlines
32. Best Dive Site - Gran Cenotes
33. Best 24/7 Diving - Wakatobi
34. Best Live-Aboard - Galapagos Aggressor I and II
35. Best Animal Encounter - Mantas, Yap
36. Best Dive Operation - Sam’s Tours, Palau
37. Best Animal Encounter - Sea lions, Channel Islands
38. Best Dive Site - Liberty Wreck, Bali
39. Best Animal Encounter - Cod Hole, Great Barrier Reef
40. Best Marine Park - Bunaken, Indonesia
41. Best Wall Dive - Browning Wall, British Columbia
42. Best Live-Aboard - Paradise Dancer
43. Best Dive Operation - Ocean Frontiers, Grand Cayman
44. Best Wall Dive - Palancar, Cozumel
45. Best Beach Bar - Da Conch Shack, Provo
46. Best Dive Site - SS Thistlegorm, Red Sea
47. Best Wall Dive - North Wall, Grand Cayman
48. Best Live-Aboard - Kona Aggressor
49. Best Wall Dive - Great White Wall, Fiji
50. Best Dive Site - Breakwater, Monterey
51. Best Dive Site - Superior Producer, Curaçao
52. Best Dive Operation - Sunset House, Grand Cayman
53. Best Dive Site - Pixie Pinnacle, Great Barrier Reef
54. Best Live-Aboard - Mike Ball's Spoilsport
55. Best Purpose-Sunk Wreck - Hermes, Bermuda
56. Best Dive Site - Cocoa Thila, Maldives
57. Most Unusual Dive - Bonne Terre Mine, Missouri
58. Best Beach Bar - Treetanic, Utila
59. Best Dive Site - Hilma Hooker, Bonaire
60. Best Marine Park - Flower Garden Banks, Texas
61. Best Dive Site - Molokini Crater, Hawaii
62. Best Animal Encounter - Shark Feeds, Bahamas
63. Best Animal Encounter - Jellyfish Lake, Palau
64. Best Shore Dive - Place of Refuge, Hawaii
65. Best Live-Aboard - Belize Aggressor III
66. Best Shore Dive - Basura, Anilao, Philippines
67. Best Animal Encounter - Sand tiger sharks, Papoose, North Carolina
68. Best Live-Aboard - Taka
69. Best Animal Encounter - Dolphins, Roatán
70. Best Dive Site - Yongala, Australia
71. Best Wall Dive - The Dropoff, Sipadan, Malaysia
72. Best Animal Encounter - Great white shark, Baja California
73. Best Wall Dive - West End Wall, Roatan
74. Best Purpose-Sunk Wreck - Yukon, San Diego
75. Best Dive Site - Cannibal Rock, Komodo, Indonesia
76. Most Unusual Dive - Champagne, Dominica
77. Most Diver-Friendly Airline - There isn’t one!
78. Best Animal Encounter - Manatees, Crystal River
79. Best Purpose-Sunk Wreck - Oriskany, Florida
80. Best Dive Site - Fujikawa Maru
81. Best Night Dive - Flashlight Fish, Pacific Gas, PNG
82. Best Animal Encounter - Mimic octopus, Lembeh Strait, Indonesia
83. Best Dive Site - Bianca C, Grenada
84. Most Unusual Dive - Chandelier Cave, Palau
85. Best Wall Dive - Lekuan, Indonesia
86. Best Dive Operation - Dive Locker, Panama City
87. Best Beach Bar - Bomba Shack, Tortola
88. Most Unusual Dive - Silfra Fissure, Iceland
89. Most Romantic - Sandals, St. Lucia
90. Best Purpose-Sunk Wreck - USS Vandenberg
91. Most Unusual Dive - The Passage, Raja Ampat
92. Best Shore Dive - President Coolidge, Vanuatu
93. Best Live-Aboard - Komodo Dancer
94. Best Animal Encounter - Frogfish, Bonaire
95. Best Night Dive - Maaya Thila, Maldives
96. Most Unusual Dive Site - Noonachuk Rapids, BC
97. Most Unusual Dive Site - Seaventures, Malaysia
98. Best Resort - Scuba Seraya, Bali
99. Most Unusual Dive - Not fit for print!
100. Best Topside Attraction - Santa Cruz, Galapagos