Top Ten Dive Resorts for Shore Diving

1. Wakatobi Dive Resort, Indonesia

Wakatobi Dive Resort's house reef is home to a whopping 400 species of coral and 700 species of fish (officially recorded). Head out on a guided tour or enjoy a leisurely drift back to the jetty to waiting staff in time for sundowners.

2. Azura Quilalea Private Island, Mozambique

The protected reefs lining the shores of Azura Quilalea Private Island harbour all sorts of wonderful marine life, including green, hawksbill and leatherback turtles, reef sharks, sting rays, moray eels and humpback whales (seasonal).

3. Angsana Ihuru, Maldives

Forming a perfect circle around the island, Angsana Ihuru houses one of the best house reefs in the Maldives with turtles, rays, sharks and 150 species of fish calling the reef home. There's even a diving concierge on hand to cater to your every whim.

4. Atmosphere Resort & Spa, Philippines

A real muck-diver's paradise, spot blue-ringed octopus, pygmy seahorse, flamboyant cuttlefish, mimic octopus, hairy frogfish and harlequin shrimp at Atmosphere Resort & Spa - not to forget the mating ritual of the colourful mandarin fish after sunset over colourful coral outcrops.

5. Harbour Village Beach Club, Bonaire

Conveniently located out of the hurricane belt, Bonaire benefits from great weather and calm, clear waters year-round. Better still, the surrounding reef means there's a dive spot at every corner boasting incredible coral formations and abundant marine life.

6. Thirtyseven Gozo, Gozo

We can't stop talking about this Mediterranean gem (in fact, check out Gozo's best dive sites). Access caves, wrecks, reefs and a big Blue Hole straight from the island's shores, with Thirtyseven Gozo greeting you on your surface intervals with warm robes and hot chocolate. Obviously.

7. The Oberoi Sahl Hasheesh, Egypt

While there's no denying some of the best dive sites in the Red Sea require boat access (which we can arrange), the Oberoi Sahl Hasheesh has one of the best house reefs we've come across. Insider tip: look out for seahorses expertly camouflaged in the seagrass near the jetty.

8. OBLU Helengeli, Maldives

Another one from the Maldives, OBLU Helengeli's house reef is legendary. Skirting the North Male Atoll, the island enjoys a unique position in the middle of a channel. The result? A house reef that brings something completely different to the table with thrilling currents bringing in plenty of pelagic action and some seriously fishy reefs; this is a diver's paradise.

9. Qamea Resort & Spa, Fiji

With a 100ft vertical coral wall, technicolour soft coral gardens (Fiji is the soft coral capital of the world, after all), drift dives, swim throughs and whirlpools of marine life, no dive is ever the same from Qamea's shores.

10. Lembeh Resort, Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia

The critters residing in the Lembeh Strait are so extraordinary they were featured in Blue Planet II (remember the bobbit worm scene?). Expect eight different species of frogfish, 12 species of octopus and three species of pygmy seahorse, to name but a few.