Melissa Smith is a senior editor for Scuba Diving. An avid writer, scuba diver, backpacker and all-around outdoor enthusiast, she holds degrees in journalism and sustainability studies from the University of Florida. Before joining Scuba Diving, Melissa worked as the executive editor of EcoWatch and as the communications manager of The Ocean Agency, a nonprofit featured in the Emmy award-winning documentary Chasing Coral. Her work and expertise have been featured in outlets such as USA Today, The Guardian, National Geographic, Climbing magazine and MarketWatch.
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Divers logged more than 639 hours and raised $10,000 for breast cancer research thanks a fundraiser hosted by Divetech, a Cayman Island dive shop, on PADI Women’s Dive Day.
Deep Dive Dubai, the world’s deepest diving pool at 196 feet, allows divers to explore a ‘sunken city.’
OceanGate Expeditions is launching a multi-year survey of the Titanic’s wreckage, which will take citizen scientists to the wreck for upwards of $150,000 a seat.
The young dolphin spent an entire dive dazzling divers in the Bahamas.
A diver found the still-legible message in a bottle, which was tossed into a Michigan river by a WWII veteran when he was a teenager.
A portion of sales will support City of Houston Underwater Mariners, the nonprofit dive club behind the design and launch of the new Texas scuba license plate.
The lizards, which are several species of anoles, have evolved to breathe underwater by recirculating air into a bubble that clings to their snouts for minutes at a time.
The Cordillera de Coiba marine protected area is now nearly 38,000 square miles. A management plan is set to be implemented this fall.
New England lobster hunter Michael Packard accidentally got trapped in the mouth of a feeding humpback on a routine dive. He was released from the hospital that afternoon.