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The lost city of Atlantis conjures fantastical images of underwater exploration, of a mythical people and a lost civilization, which over the centuries has become the stuff of legend.
The home of the brave is also home to adventurous divers looking for warm and cold water diving destinations. Here are six amazing U.S. dive sites.
Diving doesn’t always have to be salty — these worldwide sites offer world-class freshwater scuba diving.
Some sunk, some are man-made—all of these wrecks are beautiful sights to behold for snorkelers and divers alike.
As divers, many of us are looking for ways to contribute to conservation of the ocean and its residents. At the PMMC, there are several ways that you can help.
Scuttled off the coast of Malta to benefit local marine life and scuba divers in 2007, the wreck is one of Malta’s newest, and is therefore in excellent condition.
Among the location’s residents are wobbegong sharks, Port Jackson sharks, and blue-ringed octopus, the latter typically seen in the center of the little cove that is formed by the rocks shielding the beach from the rest of the peninsula.
Hiding in the sea grass just offshore are this site’s real attractions: the local population of green sea turtles and the resident dugong, nicknamed Dennis.
Diving has evolved extensively since the Pre-Industrial Era…we’ve come a long way. Here are some notable achievements in scuba diving tech history.
Dutch fashion brand launches clothing line made from reclaimed ocean plastic
Many divers may wonder what’s so appealing about a cold-water lake in the middle of the wind-swept North Atlantic. The two main draws are the visibility and the geology, which is unlike that any other dive site. You’ll never think of great visibility the same once you’ve dived Silfra.
They’re the second largest fish in the sea, and equally as impressive as their more famous cousins, whale sharks. And yet, basking sharks remain something of a mystery, an oddity that most people will only ever see on television, if at all.
When the valley was flooded to create the lake, the factory remained above the water line, but the mills assumed new identities as complex, submerged ruins, ideally suited to scuba exploration.
Dahab offers easy shore diving, with plentiful coral and fish life within a few breaths of your descent, but also provides sufficient depths for all levels.
Although Salt Cay is rich in history, it doesn’t boast the same tourism industry as Provo, or even Grand Turk. But it is well known for one thing in particular: humpback whales.
Protea Banks is famous for tiger and bull sharks, but depending on your luck and the season, you may also spot great whites, threshers, copper sharks, duskies, sandbar sharks, guitar sharks, oceanic blacktips and shoals of schooling hammerheads.