Most divers agree: Exploring a wreck in the depths is an awe-inspiring experience. That experience is only enhanced when you understand the history of each submerged vessel.
Can’t handle being away from the action when you’re not in the water? The books on our list let you expand your ocean exploration from the comfort of your home—using your imagination.
Under the jungle floor along the Yucatan Peninsula, thousands of limestone sinkholes and flooded cave systems--called Cenotes--await adventurous divers who don't mind close quarters. This is what it's like to explore them for the first time
Undersea explorer and educator Joe Dituri sets out to break the Guinness World Record for the longest underwater habitation while conducting groundbreaking research in biomedical and marine science.
Though I’d never seen tankless dive gear in action, the benefit of this system—so small it fitted in a backpack—was obvious. It was light and portable. Not only would it give people access to hard-to-reach bodies of water but it would also serve as “a gateway drug to scuba diving” given you don’t need a scuba certification to try it.
History Channel documentary divers and crew searching for WWII-era aircraft wreckage found the debris in May. NASA has confirmed it is a part of the Challenger space shuttle.