Got a great underwater image? Here's how to get it noticed by photo editors and make money from your hard work.

Scuba Diving staff took a trip to Blue Heron Bridge with 2012 Rolex Scholar Megan Cook. Check out what we saw on this shallow shore dive.

Here are the ten most popular articles that turned heads and caught eyes in 2012.

Here for your enjoyment: A collection of eels from around the globe, photographed underwater by the members of ScubaDiving.com's Forum.

The answer to the December Geo Quiz is...

The Underwater Competition series returns in 2013 for its 8th year with over $80,000 in prizes. The competitions series, made up of the Our World Underwater and DEEP Indonesia contests, truly showcases the unique art of underwater photography.

SCUBAPRO has teamed its Mark 11 balanced diaphragm first stage with a new second stage, the R-195. Combining a classic downstream valve with a large diaphragm and a center-case purge button, the R-195 comes with a large dive/pre-dive switch that helps prevent surface free-flows. The reversible hose attachment feature lets you use the R-195 as a primary second stage, an octo reg, or the perfect choice for deco tanks.

With the new protection, the South Pacific nation has ended commercial shark fishing and banned the possession, sale and trade of all shark products in more than 756,000 square miles of ocean.

Introducing the world's first bottles made with a blend of recovered ocean plastic.

A load of new gear debuted in 2012, and the ScubaLab team dive-tested just about all of it. After digging deep into both objective and ergonomic test results, on the following pages we celebrate the year’s top-performing fins, BCs, regulators and dive computers, along with some first-rate travel bags, warm-water wetsuits and a couple of our top picks for safety gear.

A well-prepared DIVER is a safe diver: here are our favorites from our recent roundup of smart tools.

Lightweight and capable, our Testers' Choice and Best Buy picks for dive gear roller bags will take the hassle out of world travel.

In 2012, ScubaLab tested new and redesigned fins and these four models were this year's top guns.

The birthplace of recreational scuba diving remains as relevant as ever, with impressive variety from plunging walls to blue-water animal action and haunting cenotes. Let our experts be your guide.