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Record Breaking Dive Against Debris Event in Thailand

September's Debris Month of Action saw thousands of divers across the world gear up and dive in to remove dangerous rubbish, nets, fishing traps and household waste from our ocean. On the island of Phuket, Thailand, new records in the fight against debris were smashed on 30th September. Over 650 AWARE divers and beach cleaners took part in the biggest Dive Against Debris event in the world with PADI dive centers working together as part of a recently formed group called Go Eco Phuket.

10 Reasons to Dive Riviera Maya, Mexico

Riviera Maya (Mexico) is probably one of the most popular tourist destinations on earth. Parallel to the coast you find the Mesoamerican Reef — the largest in the Northern Hemisphere and after the Great Barrier Reef in Australia the longest of the planet. With the Island of Cozumel a stone’s throw away, you can understand what a great scuba diving destination Riviera Maya is! Here you have 10 reasons to consider Riviera Maya for your next dive adventures!

10 Reasons to Dive the Yucatan

Mexico’s favorite vacation peninsula offers adventure above and below water.

Editor's Blog: Florida's Wild West!

Florida's west coast may not have the Keys' coral reefs, but dive here and you're practically guaranteed to have in-your-face fish encounters

Related tags: scuba diving destinations | News | Florida

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Stingray photo-op anyone? Priceless!

This hysterical stingray photobomb, originally posted on imgur and reportedly taken in Stingray City, Grand Cayman, has now gone viral with the help of reddit.

Related tags: News | Cayman Islands

5 Best Places for Wall Diving

Awesome drop-offs that offer a thrilling ride for scuba divers. When reefs drop down to the abyss and you descend along the wall's face, you have the sense of flying.

PADI Diving Society Ocean Safari Roatan Event

PADI Diving Society’s Ocean Safari Roatán event, hosted by PADI Five Star Dive Resort Anthony’s Key Resort, is perfect for adventure-seeking divers. From 16 – 23 February 2013, Society members will experience Roatán for eight exuberating days, with six days of three-tank diving, plus two night dives. For those that are truly seeking an adventure on this Honduran Island, a rainforest canopy tour will let them ride above the trees on a unique ecological adventure for an aerial view of Roatán.

Related tags: PADI News | Honduras

Layover Guide: San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport

San Juan's Condado Beach | Sport Diver Magazine

There's more than meets the eye at SJU. Skip the walkabout and score local flavor to go, drink deals and free diversions.

10 Reasons to Dive the Turks & Caicos

Humpbacks will lure you — endless visibility and sheer walls will keep you hooked.

One Fish, Two Fish, 374 Fish!

Record number of species counted on a single dive in Raja Ampat, Indonesia

Related tags: Indonesia | marine life | News

Fall Special: $1190 Inclusive Dive Package Sept 28-Oct 5th

Escape to our beautiful Caribbean Paradise, and experience our valet dive service. Barefoot Cay is a luxury boutique resort on the south shore of Roatan. Take advantage of our great fall special: just $1,190 per person, based on double occupancy in a studio loft or quadruple occupancy in a loft suite, or $1,240 per person in a master bedroom, based on doublé occupancy.

Related tags: Honduras

On Bonaire every 2nd Diver Dives for FREE!

Buddy Dive Resort, Still home of the most complete Drive & Dive package.Inclued: Transfers & taxes, unlimited air or Nitrox, pick-up truck, daily buffet breakfast, accommodations, 6 X’s 1 tank boat dives From $776 pp/per week (based on 6pax/3 bedrm. apt.)2nd Diver Dives for Free when booking our Drive & Dive Package with unlimited shore diving PLUS 6 one-tank boat dives!Valid from: Aug. 17th-Sept. 29th & Nov. 30th – Dec. 20th 2013

Related tags: dive packages | scuba diving vacations | Bonaire

Dive Experience and More at Magdalena Grand Tobago

If you want a great dive experience and more... it's Magdalena GrandTobago is the drift diving capital of the Caribbean. Tobago’s pristine reefs are rich in color and their diversity of sea life, from hammerheads and mantas to the smallest of reef fish. Popular sites include the “Diver’s Dream” and the wreck of the “M/V Maverick”.

Captain Don's Habitat, 2nd Diver Dives Free!

Includes: 7 nights deluxe oceanview accommodations, 6 days of 1-tank boat dives and unlimited shore diving, roundtrip aiport transfers, hotel tax, and service charges.Valid through 5/4/13, 6/1/13-6/29/13 and 8/31/13-10/5/13.

Ocotal Beach Resort Dive Special

Includes: 7 nights accommodations, 5 days of 2-tank boat dives, daily breakfast, roundtrip airport transfers, hotel tax, and service charges.Valid through 12/14/13.

Sunscape Curacao ALL INCLUSIVE - $350 Instant Air Credit

Includes: 7 nights deluxe gardenview accommodations, 5 days of 2-tank boat dives, unlimited shore diving, all meals, snacks and beverages, resort activities, up to $200 in resort coupons per room to use on applicable items as stated by hotel, roundtrip airport transfers, hotel taxes, and service charges.

Sand Dollar/Dive Friends Bonaire September SELLabration

Pay for 5 Nights get the 6th & 7th Night FREEPay for 5 Days of Shore Diving get the 6th Day FREE SAMPLE SELLABRATION PACKAGES: Ride to the Reef packages from $551.00 per diver/$401.00 per vacationer based on four people sharing a two-bedroom/two-bath condominium.

Related tags: dive packages | scuba gear packages | Bonaire

Get the Family out Diving This Summer in Grand Cayman with Divetech at Cobalt Coast Dive Resort

Take advantage of some great diving adventures this summertime for the family. With warm clear waters, colorful shallow reefs and an award winning staff all set in an idilic resort on the NW tip of Grand Cayman, you'll have a great family adventure! Options are available for kids age 8 and up to kern about he marine environment, or continue the adventure for kids and teens already certified. New bookings only. Blackout dates: July 2013. Kids 12 and under stay free. Kids 12-17 qualify for the 25% off diving reward.Kids eat at 50% Kids dive at 25% off

$1199.00 p.p./DOR-SHARK WEEK-4 nights, 2 days-2 tank Shark adventure,1 Shark Cage, Resort Course, Sea Plane

Shark Adventures at Bimini Big Game Club Resort

SHARK ADVENTURE WEEK - Ranked one of the top 100 Dive Resorts in the world FREE Resort Course in the pool to refresh or learn how to Scuba Dive $1199.00 Rate per person/Double Occupancy required SHARK WEEK Adventures Bimini BIg Game Club Resort & PADI Dive Center 60 foot glass bottom dive boat with bathroomsFull Line of Dive Equipment

Arenui Luxury Liveaboard 2013 Calendar: ONLY 1 trip available (7 July Alor-Komodo)

Our 2013 season is almost sold out*! Just 3 cabins in July available, otherwise we’re fully booked until next year. That’s a great excuse to book a last minute trip this summer ... or start planning your 2014/2015 dive calendar! MORE ON OUR 7 JULY 2013 CRUISE This trip is an incredible ‘2 for the price of 1’ itinerary, visiting both of the West Nusa Tengara destinations; KOMODO and ALOR! Trip departs Labuanbajo on 7 July 2013 for 13 nights, ending 20 July in Maumere.

Mexico's Yucatan Cave System

A final frontier in underwater discovery

Related tags: scuba diving destinations | Yucatan

Bonaire Diving: Three Cool Dive Sites to Try in This Divers' Paradise

With nearly 90 named dive sites — more than 50 of them accessible by shore — tiny Bonaire could keep any scuba diver underwater for a long, long time. Here are a couple of standouts from a recent trip — what are your favorites? Red Slave

Underwater Photographers in Indonesia: An Interview with William Tan

Singapore-based underwater photographer William Tan, 48, has been diving for decades and shooting professionally for nearly as long. With 16 years of diving in Lembeh Strait and shooting underwater for magazines under his dive belt, he talked with Sport Diver about his experiences in Indonesia.

Related tags: Indonesia | Underwater photography

Artificial Intelligence

The Northland region of New Zeland is home to a bounty of artificial reefs - much to the benefit of wreck-loving divers. Here are four of the most impressive.

Related tags: scuba diving destinations | News | New Zealand

Underwater Photographers in Indonesia: An Interview with Maurine Shimlock

Burt Jones and Maurine Shimlock, the legendary divers, authors and photographers who run Secret Sea Visions, started working in Indonesia, specifically Raja Ampat, more than a decade ago. Jones and Shimlock have 40 years of combined experience in scuba diving, exotic travel and underwater photography, shooting in Raja Ampat and Lembeh on countless dives.

Related tags: Indonesia | Underwater photography

What it Takes to be a Navy SEAL

Navy SEALs work in some of the most challenging environments in the world, including the middle of the Pacific Ocean

Related tags: Pacific & Indian Oceans

From the Field: Dive Into Mysterious Cenotes Part 4

Follow Sport Diver contributors Michele Westmorland and Deborah Kirk on assignment in the Yucatan. Here, their last cenote dive yields even more mystery in an abandoned well from 17th-century hacienda.

Related tags: Underwater photography | News | Yucatan

From the Field: Dive Into Mysterious Cenotes Part 3

Follow Sport Diver contributors Michele Westmorland and Deborah Kirk on assignment in the Yucatan. Their latest cenote dive yields fascinating discoveries in a reomote, 100-foot deep sinkhole.

From the Field: Dive Into Mysterious Cenotes Part II

Sport Diver contributors Michele Westmorland and Deborah Kirk on an assignment in the Yucatan have deserted civilization for the day to climb Maya ruins and plunge into a 110-feet deep sinkhole.

From the Field: Dive Into Mysterious Cenotes

Sport Diver contributors Michele Westmorland and Deboard Kirk report from an assignment in the Yucatan.

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