Ariella has been a writer and editor with Scuba Diving Magazine since 2021. She fell in love with the underwater world early in life and worked as a scuba instructor on both coasts of the U.S. while completing college and her graduate work in Marine Biology. When she isn’t on travel assignments or editing stories, she enjoys outdoor adventure sports, tending to the jungle of plants in her home and taking copious photos of her cats, Squid and Ham.
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Ariella Simke Articles
Two years after wildfires ripped through Lahaina, we returned to Maui to discover what the dive scene looks like today.
When you're a legend in the dive world, it can be a challenge to field every question from curious fans. That's why, ahead of the release of her film *Diving Into the Darkness*, diver Jill Heinerth launched an AI bot that can answer those burning questions.
Despite being apex predators, sharks are particularly vulnerable creatures. This course helps divers get better acquainted with these fascinating creatures so they can better help protect them.
The video captured the world's attention. Weeks after a lone, now-famous anglerfish ascended from the depths and into the light, scientists still don't know what caused the unusual behavior.
A cave diver's paradise, the Bahamas is home to an extensive network of life-sustaining underwater caverns chock-full of history—and a whole lot of mystery.
This weekend-long competition brought over 150 divers together to get the winning shot. Here are some of the best submissions from this year’s event.
A special bond forges between a new diver and their instructor; it can be so strong it inspires the student to one day become a teacher. Here's the story of one diver who did just that.
Explorers go where few have been before, and that's exactly what motivates Nathalie Lasselin to document her adventures through film. As a tec instructor and underwater explorer, she is an expert on working with her mind to accomplish great things.
Fear is a powerful emotion. These divers have learned how to harness theirs and use it to fuel their drive to explore. Here's their advice for doing the same.