Compare water topics

Scores are editorial and relative within this atlas.

Every topic, every score

Topic	Accessibility	Skill ceiling	Gear load	Risk	Seasonality	Wow factor
🏊 Pool swimming	90	52	22	16	10	36
🌊 Open-water swimming	56	74	32	64	58	60
🧒 Kids swimming	96	38	18	28	12	40
🏅 Competitive swimming	46	92	44	20	16	52
🤿 Snorkeling	86	40	26	34	42	74
🪸 Reef etiquette	82	34	14	22	32	46
🫧 Recreational scuba	44	66	80	58	46	82
🚢 Wreck diving	20	84	86	90	48	80
🌙 Night diving	26	76	82	84	40	78
🫁 Freediving	38	90	40	80	36	76
🛟 Freedive safety	52	72	34	74	22	38
🏄 Surfing	40	86	54	72	76	84
🛶 Stand-up paddle	74	48	50	36	52	56
🦺 Water safety	88	44	24	42	20	22
🐠 Great Barrier Reef	48	50	56	46	64	96
🪼 Palau	30	66	72	58	50	98
🏝️ Maldives	52	48	60	40	44	93
🦜 Raja Ampat	26	58	74	50	72	99
🌅 Red Sea	54	60	70	56	34	91
🌺 Hawaii	62	64	48	54	38	88
🌴 Caribbean	68	46	54	42	36	86
🌋 Jeju	58	50	42	46	66	78
🐬 Philippines	44	58	62	52	68	92
🐢 Okinawa	56	52	46	44	54	85