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Mid-range dive destinations

Comfortable without being upscale -- decent accommodation, a normal range of operator prices, nothing that requires a liveaboard budget to enjoy properly.

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Bonaire / Caribbean Netherlands

Bonaire National Marine Park

Beginner-friendlyMid-range5 dive shops

Bonaire is for people who are here to dive, and nothing else particularly matters. The island is small, flat, …

Mexico / Caribbean

Cozumel Reef National Park

IntermediateMid-range5 dive shops

A genuine diver's island with just enough tourist infrastructure to be comfortable, and not so much that it fe…

Indonesia / East Nusa Tenggara

Komodo

Advanced onlyMid-range7 dive shops

An expedition-feel destination built around Labuan Bajo, a fast-growing but still small port town. Most divers…

Malta

Malta & Gozo

IntermediateMid-range4 dive shops

Malta and Gozo punch well above their size for wreck and cavern diving, with an unusually dense concentration …

Bay Islands, Honduras

Roatán

Beginner-friendlyMid-range4 dive shops

Roatan is the resort-and-liveaboard end of the Bay Islands spectrum: bigger dive operations, all-inclusive pac…

Tanzania

Zanzibar

Beginner-friendlyMid-range3 dive shops

Zanzibar splits between a handful of beach bases -- Nungwi and Kendwa in the north, Jambiani and Paje in the s…