Developing a deeper appreciation for wreck diving with intensive training on the Kittiwake.

Shore diving can be the ultimate do-it-yourself adventure. Beyond choosing your schedule, planning your profile, and staying down as long as you please, you can access sites that some commercial operators wouldn’t touch. We asked locals about eight of the most extreme shore dives on the planet, from British Columbia to Bonaire, Maui, Vanuatu and beyond. Are you up to the challenge?

 Scuba Diving Photo Editor reports from the Backscatter Digital Shootout at the Little Cayman Beach Resort  

 An enormous photographic installation by photographer Cathy Church celebrates Grand Cayman’s underwater beauty.