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diversolo:Best vis I've ever seen is 500 ft.+ at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Closest civilian diving resort is the Maldives and I hear that the vis is just as good there.
Maldives was pretty spectacular viz, but after many years, I just don't get the big deal.
Most of the stuff I want to see is 1/2" long and within 6' of my face.
I think that when divers get over their obsessions with seeing the familiar, recognizable and obvious- the need for "great viz" diminishes pretty fast.
That said- I have seen "the viz" go from 35 feet to 200 feet in literaly one minute. Quite unexpected and amusing, but did it make the diving any better? No, not really.