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Why not try surfing holidays in the USA? This being America, opportunities come in all shapes and sizes. Enticing resorts and water parks are on the West Coast at California and Hawaii, and the East Coast in Florida. But don’t head north just yet, because the scuba diving Barbados offers is one of the biggest draws. Other key locations to hop around in this area of the Americas include those in the Netherlands Antilles; when it comes to snorkelling and shore diving, Bonaire is the place to be, with the Bonaire diving scene particularly focused around the brilliantly conserved islet of Klein Bonaire, or “Little Bonaire”, to the west, while in Curacao, diving places number some one hundred different locations. Aruba diving, meanwhile, offers similar watery thrills on another of the countless Netherlands-affiliated islands north of Venezuela. A place of astonishingly high standards of living, multi-cultural and affluent Aruba also runs a yearly carnival, has palm-tree lined white beaches and has salsa and merengue evenings in its many clubs and bars, making it a great stopover for those wanting more than just a water sports holiday.

But if you still can’t bear to leave the water, don’t worry, because Grand Cayman diving is on offer in the Cayman Islands to the west, while, even north of the Caribbean, first class diving opportunities still present themselves, namely in the form of Bahamas scuba diving. Bahamas diving is renowned as being amongst the best in the world.

Elsewhere on the international scene, meanwhile, for those who truly like surfing, Samoa is a real treat, offering water sports with a difference in the warm chimes of the South Pacific Ocean.