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Top Scuba Diving & Snorkeling Destinations: Editor's Top 10

Our Editor's Top 10 list for Top Scuba Diving & Snorkeling Destinations helps you decide where you want to go. Editor's Top 10 lists offer selections from our editors that help you plan your travel based on your lifestyle, entertainment, sightseeing, or recreation options.

If you have snorkeling or diving in mind, the hotels on this list offer some of the best opportunities in breathtaking locales
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1. Anse Chastanet Resort Add to eGuidebook
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$245-$915 
Built: 1968 
Renovated: 2001 
Old French Rd, Soufriere, St Lucia
This small, isolated resort sits on the calm west coast, just north of town, 29 km northwest of Hewanorra International Airport (the last part over a rough dirt road). It attracts young, affluent, mostly American vacationers who come here to dive, relax on the two beaches, and luxuriate among the ju... Read Entire Review »
2. Baan Taling Ngam & Spa Add to eGuidebook
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$280-$830 
Built: 1993 
Renovated: 1994 
295 Moo 3, Taling Ngam Beach, Koh Samui, Thailand
Formerly the Mandarin Oriental Baan Taling Ngam, this superb cliffside compound sits atop a ridge in the undeveloped southwest part of the island, 30 minutes southwest of the airport. Studded with palms and boulders and bursting with vibrant tropical blossoms, the august hotel boasts amazing sunsets... Read Entire Review »
3. Dubrovnik Palace Hotel Add to eGuidebook
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$300-$943 
Renovated: 2004 
Masarykov Put 20, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Isolated from the urban disturbance sits this luxurious and time-altering hotel. The No. 4 bus picks up passengers from opposite the hotel's door for the short, convenient 15-minute bus ride from the Pila gate of the Old Town. Sprawling on a peninsula and surrounded by woods, the pale khaki building... Read Entire Review »
4. Eilat Princess Hotel Add to eGuidebook
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$310-$870 
Built: 1992 
Renovated: 2002 
Taba Beach, Eilat, Israel
Nine km south of the center of Eilat, just north of the Taba Crossing into Egypt, this luxury resort enjoys a secluded location. It operates on a level not far below that of the Dan Eilat, Herods, Hilton and Royal Beach on the city's more frequented and noisy beachfront promenade. Strikingly set aga... Read Entire Review »
5. Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Manele Bay Add to eGuidebook
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$500-$4,000 
Built: 1991 
Renovated: 2006 
1 Manele Bay Rd, Lanai City, HI
A 20-minute drive south from Lanai City, this hotel resides on the island's only leeward beach. It operates at the same deluxe pitch as its sibling, the Four Seasons Resort Lanai-Lodge at Koele, but offers casual seaside environs rather than upcountry formality. Once a Starwood affiliate, this hotel... Read Entire Review »
6. Kewarra Beach Resort Add to eGuidebook
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$330 
Built: 1985 
Renovated: 2002 
Kewarra St Kewarra Beach, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Fronting a picture-perfect beach 20 km north of town, this resort is cloaked in 30 hectares of butterfly- and bird-rich gardens and rainforest. This is the best of the small intimate castaway hotels closest to Cairns. Though its lovely regionally influenced accommodations are a draw, many chose this... Read Entire Review »
7. Ocotal Beach Resort Add to eGuidebook
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$155-$320 
Built: 1980 
Renovated: 2004 
Playa Ocotal, El Coco, Costa Rica
About three miles south of the more popular and crowded Playas del Coco and perched atop a headland at the southern end of the volcanic sand beaches of Playa Ocotal, this stunning resort, considered Costa Rica's premier scuba dive resort, is also notable for its magnificent vistas across the Gulf of... Read Entire Review »
8. Pacific Resort Aitutaki Add to eGuidebook
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$636-$1,176 
Amuri, Aitutaki, Cook Islands
Five km from the airport on Aitutaki's western shore, this luxurious resort stands on a rocky headland bordered by long stretches of sugary white-sand beach. It is the most aesthetically pleasing resort in the Cook Islands, with much old-growth forest still standing and about half the accommodations... Read Entire Review »
9. Small Hope Bay Lodge Add to eGuidebook
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$209-$229 
Built: 1960 
Renovated: 2006 
Small Hope Bay Queens Highway, Fresh Creek, Andros Island, Bahamas
Informal All-inclusive Lodge, ideal for diving, snorkeling & fishing; set in secluded palm grove, 5 miles from Andros Town Airport... Read Full Listing »
10. Sunset Key Guest Cottages Add to eGuidebook
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$500-$2,000 
Built: 1997 
245 Front St, Key West, FL
Located on a 27-acre islet, this hotel is reached via 24-hour ferry leaving from the Westin's dock. This is Key West's best-kept secret, even if it isn't on Key West. A slightly suburban version of the Robinson Crusoe-inspired Little Palm Island on Torch Key, this place offers guests the castaway fe... Read Entire Review »