Peter Hughes knows a thing or two about live-aboards, and he has a spot in the DEMA Hall of Fame to prove it. In 2011, Hughes received the DEMA Reaching Out Award for helping to evolve the live-aboard diving industry over the past three decades. That same year, after spending more than 25 years building his former live-aboard company, Peter Hughes Diving, Inc., the 40-year scuba diving veteran threw all of his expertise and energy into a new live-aboard venture, the DivEncounters Alliance
From the reef to the open ocean, some marine animals have found ways to ease the daily rigors of survival in the underwater world by joining forces. Symbiotic and commensal relationships sometimes create mutually beneficial relationships for wildly dissimilar creatures — much to the entertainment of divers.
The results are in. Based on the opinions of thousands of divers from across the globe, our annual Top 100 Readers Choice Awards showcase the best scuba diving in the world.
Scuba Dive Asia is offering special early-bird discounts to 125 of the planet's best dive destinations — and the dive travel deal is only available to readers of Scuba Diving Magazine.
The company’s six live-aboards in Southeast Asia will provide two different PADI rebreather scuba courses using the Poseidon MKVI.
Diving from the beach is the ultimate in freedom: There’s no boat, no divemaster and no schedule to keep. For such do-it-yourself divers, getting wet is usually as easy as gearing up and wading in. These 10 scuba diving destinations are among the best places in the world for shore diving, where walk-ins are welcome.
The saying “good things come in small packages” definitely applies to those destinations renowned for macro diving. Here are 10 places that pay off big time when it comes to spotting tiny marine life.







