Your vacation is fast approaching, and you can’t wait for your well-deserved dive trip, but holiday periods can be quite busy in dive destinations. Here are a few tips to beat the crowds.
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There are over 7,000 islands in the Philippines. Although not all of them offer diving opportunities, plenty of them do. Here are seven of the best spots to splash in.
Overuse by tourists at this popular dive destination in Thailand is to blame for the closure of Koh Tachai to all visitors.
Bringing all your dive gear on a trip can seem daunting, but by trimming weight, downsizing, and investing in travel-specific dive gear, you’ll create the ultimate dive kit.
Roatan, one of the Bay Islands off the Honduras coast, has long been known as a diving mecca. And it’s only getting better.
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 bring you to Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
If you’re hunting for the ocean’s most intelligent invertebrates, both of the Atlantis Dive Resort locations in the Philippines offer you a higher than average chance of being hugely successful — even with some of the rarest species.
Grand Cayman has long been a favorite destination among divers, but do its famous walls and wrecks deliver? The short answer: yes.
There are a lot of cool scuba jobs out there, and one of the coolest is a great-white shark guide. If you’ve ever wondered how to become a shark guide, or just how to find a reputable operator, look no further.
In 2000, Sodwana Bay became internationally known after a group of technical divers rediscovered the prehistoric coelacanth in the depths of the park’s Jesser Canyon, but it is for the incredible biodiversity of the area’s shallower reefs that most divers flock there.
Tiny Malapascua Island off the northern tip of Cebu in the Philippines, draws divers from around the world with the promise of an encounter with the elusive thresher shark.
The Blue Hole, in Dahab, Egypt is one of the most famous of its kind. The site’s famous arch, starting at around 180 feet (55 m), is well out of the range for recreational diving, but it’s accessible to those who take their training a step further.
If you find it difficult to choose between vibrant reefs or wrecks, macro photo opportunities or encounters with the big guys, in Utila, you won’t have to.
There are few remaining secrets in the diving world and this hidden gem surely won’t stay a secret much longer. Puerto Galera, located on the island province of Mindoro, Philippines, is a rising star.
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 bring you to Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
Ask any diver to name their top dive destinations and they’ll likely mention sunshine-drenched spots such as the Red Sea, Fiji and Palau. But the temperate waters of Great Britain have much to offer as well.
Surely one of the ocean’s most unique looking marine creatures, large mola mola, or sunfish as they’re sometimes known, can still prove elusive. Here are three of the best places to see them.
All mountain climbers know about Everest, K2 and Kilimanjaro, but most climbers spend years scaling summits in a more intermediate range, building their experience. Similarly, while most divers have heard of famous (and dangerous) tec-diving sites such as the Andrea Doria and HMHS Britannic shipwrecks, few will ever visit these sites. But tec diving doesn’t have to be extreme: there are many great destinations well within the reach of the everyday tec diver.