How to pick a dive site

The checks that separate a great dive from an expensive boat ride, and the questions worth asking before you book.

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Most dive site advice is one person's best day, repeated for a decade. This is how to work out whether a site is actually worth your day, using information that is current rather than a listicle from 2019.

What is inside

  1. Why most dive site advice ages badly
  2. The seven checks that tell you a site is worth it
  3. Seven questions worth asking a dive shop before you book
  4. Red flags that mean book somewhere else
  5. How to log a site so the next diver benefits

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