You join the divers perched on the entry deck, a mere six feet from the turbid ocean, frothing in the boat’s wake, and the divemaster counts down from 10.

Many of the world's hottest shark scuba diving spots also offer can't-miss topside thrills to keep your heart rate up between dives.

This island nation claimed No. 1 wins in our 2014 Top 100 Readers Choice Awards for Best Overall Diving, Best Big Animals and Best Advanced Diving.

What diver would pass up the chance to experience a shark feed in the gin-clear waters of the Bahamas’ Exuma Cays with a 90-foot-long intact wreck as a stage?

Want to swim with wild Atlantic spotted dolphins in the Bahamas? The Dolphin Dream liveaboard can put you in the water with them!

Have you ever wanted to dive in the dark? Craig Dietrich relives his first night-diving experience and provides tips for nighttime underwater photography.

Ever thought about free diving? Watch Guillaume Nery do that at Dean's Blue Hole in the Bahamas. This video is a compilation of video clips taken over a period of days at Dean's Blue Hole in the Bahamas.

Beautiful, accessible and packed with marine life — these are among the favorite things divers love about the sun-kissed islands in the Caribbean and Atlantic.

Gray reef sharks explore the Ray of Hope shipwreck in Nassau, Bahamas. Watch these divers get up close and personal with a swarm of gray reef sharks.