Kicking versatility through interchangeable blades is the name of the game with Cressi’s new Gara Modular free-diving fin. The standard blade is lightweight and provides a nice mix of power and flexibility.

Traveling divers who like jacket-style BCs are going to love SCUBAPRO’s GO. Although lightweight, this is a full-featured BC with a super-secure integrated weight system, huge cargo pockets with mesh reinforcements and zippered closures, lightweight shoulder strap buckles and large aluminum D-rings.

Cressi’s Lido two-mil shorty provides enough high-stretch neoprene to help keep you warm and protect against stinging critters, but not so much neoprene that you feel overdressed in the bathtub-warm waters of the tropics.

The new RS-790 is Tusa’s flagship regulator. Its first stage, the R-700, is a balanced diaphragm design with a dry ambient pressure chamber for cold-water diving. Its ribbed top cap nearly doubles the surface area for thermal exchange—which is all-important for minimizing freeze-ups in ultra-cold conditions.

You don't have to go deep to have outrageous encounters underwater — here are at least 10 great locations to explore the shallows in.

Despite off-gassing, flying after diving worsens decompression symptoms this diver didn't recognize

Reviews of scuba-diving apps for your mobile device. This week: Fish Phone, a handy guide to ocean-friendly seafood

Bonnier is adding 20 titles from its special-interest magazine portfolio to the Pulse reading stream, including the titles Scuba Diving, Sport Diver, Field and Stream, Parenting, Saveur, Skiing and Sound + Vision. Pulse, which already had some 300 content partners on its platform, says the Bonnier deal is its biggest yet.

Eckerle is also named general manager of Pelican's South Deerfield Facility

The founder of Oceanic has been named Beneath the Sea's 2012 Diving Pioneer

New Patriotic Themed Products Demonstrate Commitment to Veterans

Don’t miss out on the events this June that celebrate Divi Flamingo’s 60th year in hospitality in Bonaire!

Reviews of scuba-diving apps for your mobile device. This week: Pearl Man

Founder of SCUBAdventures, Kevin Sweeney has been teaching diving in Naples since 1974. He has taught over 4000 people to dive and he and his staff are ready to teach you how to safely enjoy scuba diving! If you are already a certified diver we can help you with update classes, advanced and specialty classes, equipment sales service and rentals Looking for a dive trip? We can help from local diving to trips around the world.

During a liveaboard trip to the Galapagos, Scuba Diving editor David Espinosa dived with sharks, sea lions and more at Roca Redonda.