Data quality
How PickADive keeps dive-site information useful
PickADive helps divers explore real dive sites with practical context in one place: location, access, depth, conditions, reviews, and local notes when available. The goal is simple: make it easier to compare places, shortlist promising sites, and know what to check before planning a dive.
What makes a dive-site page useful
A strong PickADive listing should help a diver understand what the site is, where it is, how people usually access it, and what kind of experience to expect. Some pages are rich with detail; others are early listings that improve as divers and operators add corrections.
- Place context: country, region, map position, and a clear site name.
- Dive context: access type, depth range, difficulty, marine life, hazards, photos, reviews, or local notes when available.
- Planning context: recent conditions, nearby sites, map links, and corrections that help the page become more useful over time.
What stays out of public discovery
Not every reef, fishing structure, map marker, or place listing is useful as a dive-site page. If a listing does not yet have enough dive context, PickADive keeps it out of public discovery until it can help divers instead of creating noise.
- Duplicate or incomplete listings should not appear as separate public pages.
- Community submissions can stay unpublished until they are ready for divers to use.
- Places that are not meaningful dive targets should not inflate country or region counts.
How divers can improve a page
Divers, instructors, shops, and boat operators can report incorrect details from a site page. The most useful corrections explain what changed, what the better value should be, and why local divers would recognize the update as more accurate.
How to use PickADive information
Use dive-site pages for individual site details, the country directory for catalog coverage, and this page for PickADive’s public quality standards. PickADive is a planning resource, not the only authority for whether a specific dive should happen.
For reading condition estimates and limited condition details, see the dive conditions guide.
For the broader trust position behind PickADive, see the PickADive Trust Center.
Common questions about dive-site quality
What makes a PickADive dive-site page useful?
A useful PickADive page helps a diver understand the place before planning a trip. Strong pages include clear location context, access details, depth, difficulty, marine life, hazards, reviews, photos, condition context, or local notes when available.
Why are some dive-site pages more detailed than others?
Dive-site detail varies because some places have more public context, reviews, photos, and local corrections than others. PickADive pages are designed to become more useful as divers and operators add better site knowledge.
Does PickADive publish every underwater feature as a dive site?
No. A public dive-site page should be meaningful for divers. Reefs, structures, markers, duplicates, or incomplete places should not appear as separate public dive destinations unless they have useful dive context.
How can divers improve PickADive information?
Divers, instructors, shops, and operators can report corrections from a site page. The most useful corrections explain what is wrong, what the better detail should be, and why local divers would recognize it.