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.
See our top picks for the best scuba diving sites in the United States for wreck divers.
Scuba diving in Grand Cayman is for everyone — from Stingray City to the Kittiwake shipwreck to wall diving and macro life — you'll love this island.
These freshwater experiences — from Iceland and the Great Lakes to China and the Florida springs — offer an exhilarating change of pace.
Check out some of our favorite purpose-sunk wrecks — they're just as good, and maybe even better, than the real thing.
Alabama's new artifical reef for recreational divers, LuLu, was sunk off the state's Gulf Coast in May 2013. She's a beauty!
These human-assisted habitats act like defibrillation paddles, revving up struggling reefs and reviving declining fish populations from Florida to Indonesia and beyond.
Stake a claim on the last unknown frontier: It lies just beneath our feet. The wonders of scuba diving in caves.
Due to their keen camouflage tricks and seeming ability to outsmart us, octopuses fascinate divers. The hunt is only the beginning: We scan reef and rubble for tentacles and shell piles, occasionally rewarded with an opportunity to discover this animal’s reactions. Will we be deceived, or do we give octopuses too much credit?
Here are the best place to scuba dive in the U.S., from the East coast to the West coast — and beyond.