Australia

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Australia is famous for the Great Barrier Reef, the biggest coral reef system in the world. Known to attract divers worldwide, the teeming waters of Australia has long been one of the world's top diving spots. However there is more to diving in Australia apart from the GBR and each region has different diving on offer from the tropical waters of the north to the more temperate waters of Victoria and Tasmania. The waters team with marine life, both big and small and there are a number of wrecks dotted around the coastline, from historic shipwrecks to the more recent purposely sunk decommissioned warships.

Indonesia

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Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago containing 10 - 15 percent of the world's coral reefs. About 4000 different species are found in the Indonesian waters (over 25% of the planet's fish species), in comparison to the 1000 found in the Red or the 400 from the Caribbean. Invertebrates proliferate throughout the hundreds of patch reefs, sheer walls and barriers reefs. Colourful nudi branch, pipe fishes and seahorses roam amongst the chrynoids, gorgonias and soft corals, a whole rainbow hue covering the entire extension of the reef walls. Big fish pop up every now and then, offering superb sights of big tunas, shoal or barracudas, manta rays and sharks galore.

Palau

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In the 1960's, Jacques Yves Cousteau and his famous ship the Calypso visited Palau. In his journal, Cousteau reported that Palau's colorful Underwater Walls and Drop Offs were, in his opinion, the best in the world. This put Palau on the map of the budding diving community. Despite, the corals of Palau not being the biggest of the world, they are probably the most beautiful and diverse. According to many scientists Palau is the most biologically diverse coral reef of the world. Sea biologists have found 700 coral species and over 1500 fish species in the reefs of Palau.