Florida-based freelance travel writer and journalist, Terry Ward, lives in Tampa and first got certified as an open water diver as a college elective at the University of Florida. She has reported from and dived on every continent except Antarctica and counts Indonesia (all of it), Palau, French Polynesia, Fiji and Northern Norway among her favorite places to explore underwater and topside. She writes Scuba Diving's Roaming Diver column every issue and is a frequent contributor to publications such as CNN Travel, National Geographic, Afar, Conde Nast Traveler and many more, in addition to being an on-air travel expert. She speaks Spanish, French, some Dutch and German and is always keen to learn a new language.
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Terry Ward Articles
For divers, all archipelagos are not created equal. Follow our lead to nine of the most awe-inspiring of the bunch.
Want to add a little adrenalin to your diving? See if you're ready for the challenge to dive the world's fastest tidal current: Saltstraumen in Norway.
Looking for summertime scuba fun in the good old U.S. of A., where you can make new dive buddies, or dive for a cause? Read on (and then share your club or shop's events with us).
When marine creatures converge for the sake of their species, the results can be a kaleidoscope of a dive.
Tragic history, human skulls and personal bests — exploring the uncanny sunken shipwreck legacy of Operation Hailstorm in Micronesia's Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon.
Where can you dive or snorkel with big animals in the Caribbean? Here are some of the best encounters with sharks, whales, and a host of other pelagics.
Reason No. 1: The RMS Rhone. These legendary isles offer diving on the famed wreck, plus a host of other reasons to vacation here.
The luxurious Cuan Law delivers the best of British Virgin Islands' sunny reefs, hallowed wrecks and over-the-top island fun.
Great white shark diving brings you face-to-face with the ocean’s apex predator. Here’s where you can make it happen.