Good Doctor, What are your diving preferences? Tropical, the moderate, night vs day or both? Salt water -fresh, the challenge of the deep or the joy of the active littoral and shallow depths, etc. If I may extoll the beauty of my home British Columbia. The clarity that winter brings the southwest coast and gulf islands, with kelp forests, some reefs (natural & manmade) we have marine parks and heritage dive sites. Also abundant wildlife-seals, sea otters, etc. and enough varied marine menu items to make gourmet shorelunches. On the other end of the stick-BC is also home to Dr Phil Nuyten (co founder of Oceaneering, the Newt Suit (1 atm hardsuit). Two Maritime Museums, and a tradition, short though it may be, of maritime industry. look forward to your response-Bill