I have not dived with very many good dive operators as I am not a dive travel expert. But...
1) Laguna Beach Resort on Utilla, Bay Islands, Honduras. The people are nice, the customer comes first, excellant diving, good food, fun people, fun staff, and a stable government. Continental flys 737s to Roatan which is 20 minutes by air from Utilla.
2) Pensacola is a Blast. Google search Viking Diving. Morrison Springs and Vortex springs are fun. Lots of wrecks to dive including Oriskany. USN air museum and IMAX theaters are cool. Good restaraunts too.
3) Kailua-Kona, Da Big Island, Hawaii. Kona Honu divers and Big Island divers are A#1. I like staying at the Keahou Beach Resort. Fly Hawaiian Airlines. Puako has great reefs.
4) Moorea, French Polynesia, is not world class for SCUBA diving. If it wasn’t for the Laissez-faire attitude of the French, Moorea, Tahiti, and Roratanga would be WORLD CLASS! It is a 5 hour non-stop hop from LAX on late model planes (French made planes, but they work fine).
5) Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico. This place could be world class; but it isn’t! It is a beautiful place, but not for SCUBA divers.
6) Channel Islands, SoCal, USA. If you don’t mind cold water in the winter and luke warm water in the summer, the southern California basin is full of fun diving spot and many different ways to enjoy diving there.
7) East Coast, Florida, USA. Lots of great places to dive.
Places I want to dive but I am worried about the quality of the dive operations:
1) Puerto Rico’s, Paragaura Wall (sp). I worry about the quality of the dive operators and accomodations.
2) Guam, Saipan, and Tinian.
That’s all I have.
markm