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Ibrahim Nazeer, 43, is a scuba divemaster at the Four Seasons Resort in the Maldives. He leads scuba dives for resort guests, some of whom charter a private catamaran for [...]

It was a Saturday morning in early June, and I had been given the task of helping my dad clean the garage. For me, it was the beginning of summer [...]

Beauty Worth the Storm ANEGADA IS THE LAST FRONTIER FOR US,' a WOMAN from Tortola in the British Virgin Islands tells me. 'We all know it is the last pristine [...]

The world is askew. Luxuriant kelp surrounds me, amber blades streaming in the current. But the water is an intense blue, not the murky green I usually associate with the [...]

above a cold, swollen sea, a sunny day gives way as clouds wrap the sky in silver gauze. Rain, as always, is coming. The boat slaps a drumbeat as we [...]

A tale of a pregnant woman rejected by her boyfriend, who learnt scuba diving, is narrated. The lady learnt scuba diving at a natural sink hole, the Blue Hole, in the desert town of Santa Rosa, New Mexico but while learning diving in the last tank, things went horribly wrong.

'THINK OF THE REEF HERE ON BONAIRE as one big Venezuelan soap opera,' says naturalist Jerry Ligon, referring to the imported TV bodice-rippers that mesmerize the native women of this [...]

THE TWO QUESTIONS I HAVE, after our first day of diving Costa Rica's remote Osa Peninsula, are these: Where did all the whales come from, and who the hell built [...]

As the sun slips behind the mangrove forest on the western edge of Yap's Tomil Harbor, the mandarinfish awake. Bug-eyed with vibrant blue, green and orange striations, pairs of mandarinfish [...]

My buddy stared down at the whirlpools swirling through the water below. 'Please tell me this isn't the place.' 'Sorry,' I said, pulling tanks from the trunk of our car. [...]

The arctic air was crisp as I waited for my dive buddy Rob, who was still in the Zodiac, to don his drysuit. A light breeze rippled across the smooth […]

Sometimes if you're good, do the right thing as often as possible and take the high road at every opportunity, life throws you a bone. A really nice bone. There […]

After more than 20 years of diving the reefs and walls of the Cayman Islands, for my first Cayman dive of the new millennium, I arranged to do the ultimate […]

Iscreamed into my mouthpiece to get Jen's s attention, but it was too late. At the last second she lifted her head and her head and her body instantly went […]

I had heard plenty about what a great sailing destination the British Virgin Islands were, but when it came to the diving I had heard mostly about the famous wreck […]

FROM BEHIND THE TINTED GLASS OF THE WHEEL HOUSE WE SURVEY OUR LABORATORY, THE OPEN SEA. OUR SUPPORT SHIP is a high-tech, 120-foot-long steel palace with twin dinghies, full-on gas […]

If you are like most divers, you've probably dreamed of that once-in-a-lifetime dive trip, exploring some far-off, exotic ocean on reefs that have never been dived before; walking on deserted, […]

It's 78 [degrees] F, the sky is sapphire and I'm comfortably in cruise control at 50 miles per hour in a sparkling new Jeep Wrangler. Led Zeppelin is pumping out […]

SAILING AND DIVING THE ATOLLS OF BELIZE Moored at the southern end of Lighthouse Reef, our sailing sloop Mondriaan strikes a pose. Her white hull and twin masts are framed […]

MY FAVORITE DIVEMASTER IN THE MALDIVES, MANIK MOHAMMED OF THE MANTHIRI LIVE-ABOARD, HAS A GREAT WAY OF REFERRING TO THE OPEN OCEAN - HE CALLS IT "THE BIG BLUE." SO, […]

Reefs and wrecks undergo a radical transformation under the cover of darkness. Following sunset, the daytime activities of most species of fish grind to a halt as they disappear into […]

ENTER A WORLD OF UNLIMITED ADVENTURE IN THE SOCORRO ISLANDS I leveled off at 80 feet with solid rock to my back, the bottom somewhere far below and the open […]

French Polynesia continues the struggle to preserve its culture and regain its freedom after 150 years of French rule. The region's dependency on France is causing unemployment, inflation, and rising crime rates following the pull out of nuclear testing facilities at Mururoa.

With a last look at the dormant volcano that made the island of Saba, I slipped beneath the warm waves of the Eastern Caribbean with Hank and George. The last [...]

From Fear to Familiarity - One Diver's Journey LEVEL ONE: The very first time dipped a fin into the ocean, was seriously concerned about sharks. Come to think of it, […]

Forget the beaches; forget the bars. Learning scuba on a sailing charter adds depth to a Caribbean holiday After eating lobsters most of my life, I finally knew what it […]

Something about wrecks fascinates divers. What kind of wrecks will start adrenaline flowing? The incongruity of an aircraft sitting on the ocean bottom might grab some divers. The awesome structure […]