New Zealand is known for a wild and dramatic terrestrial landscape, but it’s also home to 36 marine reserves and a spectacular array of dive sites. Here are a few of the North Island’s best.
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As divers, we often seek out exotic locales around the world, but things can go wrong. Make every dive a good dive on your next trip by avoiding these top nine dive travel regrets.
A visit to Bali would be incomplete without a dive at the island’s most iconic site, the USAT Liberty wreck, which lies in 10 to 100 feet (3 to 30 m) of water just off the coast of Tulamben.
Rumors began to spread of a mysterious shipwreck that appeared on San Diego’s shore in January of this year. I had to discover it for myself.
This year, Scuba Diver Life is partnering with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to bring you images and stories from each of the United States’ 11 dive-able marine sanctuaries. This month, we’ll visit Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.
With the Rio Olympics just behind us, we’re taking a look at some of the most spectacular underwater wildlife of the Brazilian Amazon.
Manta Point in Nusa Penida, Indonesia, offers an almost guaranteed chance to dive with mantas. There’s no better way to visit them than with PADI Five Star CDC Crystal Divers.
The secret is out: Pristine reefs and few crowds await in the small town of Marsa Alam in southeastern Egypt.
After encountering kids on dive boats and underwater who had no boundaries, patience, or manners, it’s clear that good dive etiquette is as important as saying please and thank you.
Jacques Cousteau once called Barkley Sound on Vancouver Island one of the world’s top dive spots. Find out why.
Bonaire has long been one of the top dive spots in the Caribbean, if not the world. What makes this tiny (Dutch) island so special?
What makes wreck diving so special? Although many become artificial reefs, it’s not only the marine life that draws us to the underwater historical treasures.
Long known for political unrest, this small Southeast Asian nation is an undiscovered gem with it comes to scuba diving.
Across the world there are a few great hot spots for divers who love wrecks. Coron, Philippines is one such place.
When planning a family dive vacation, it’s important to consider everyone’s limitations and desires and to keep the emphasis on “vacation” rather than “dive.”
Crystal Divers South Africa and the Blue Marlin Hotel offer divers the perfect launch pad from which to dive Aliwal Shoal.
Even when a dive vacation doesn’t go to plan, idyllic Long Island, Bahamas, still delivers topside beauty and underwater treats.