I owe my love of diving to summer camp, getting certified at age 14. After college, I became an instructor, teaching on the island of St. Croix. Working for travel magazines, I've been lucky to travel to every continent on assignment, from jumping in the water with humpback whales in Antarctica to swimming alongside mantas in Asia.
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Brooke Morton Articles
Scuba Diving magazine's readers voted for the best dive destinations for budget travel, selecting Belize, the Florida Keys and more.
Wreck routes and maps for four of the best dives to get hooked on wreck diving.
What scuba divers can find inside six famous shipwrecks, and the special wreck diving training the it takes to get there.
Shark dives, barrier islands, mantas and fields of soft coral are all the stuff of a Fijian holiday, making it a longtime favorite of divers. But do your homework.
Tons of big animals, endemic fish and macro life make every dive in Hawaii come abundantly alive.
Sheer walls, shallow beginner sites and a wealth of marine life rank the budget‑friendly Bay Islands as a perennial Caribbean diving favorite.
No matter what dream dive is on your bucket list, Mexico can make it happen.
The Dominican Republic is so much more than swim-up bars and white-sand beaches. It delivers both easy reef dives perfectly suited to newer divers and caves that challenge even the most experienced divers.
Sheer walls, shallow beginner sites and a wealth of marine life rank the Bahamas as a budget‑friendly divers’ gem and a perennial favorite.