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What It's Like to Fossil Dive in South Carolina
Contributor Rachel Plunkett chronicles her North American dive adventures while living the nomad lifestyle—finding places to dive wherever her van is parked. Hear what it takes to dive for fossils in South Carolina's Cooper River.
How to Manage Your Diving Task Load
Divers have a lot of tasks to juggle while in the water, and it can get overwhelming. Here's how to efficiently manage your task load and maximize your safety and comfort in the water.
Facing Fear With Nathalie Lasselin: On Embracing the Unknown
Explorers go where few have been before, and that's exactly what motivates Nathalie Lasselin to document her adventures through film. As a tec instructor and underwater explorer, she is an expert on working with her mind to accomplish great things.
How to Travel With a Blue Mind
Water-centric experiences, their benefits and where to partake in them from Costa Rica to the Maldives
Buoyancy Calculator—How Much You Need in Dive Weights

Struggling to find the right amount of weight for scuba diving? Here's how you can test and calculate just how much weight you need for scuba diving.

How Diving Helps You Face Your Fears
Fear is a powerful emotion. These divers have learned how to harness theirs and use it to fuel their drive to explore. Here's their advice for doing the same.
What the New Olympics Judges' Tower Means for Tahiti's Coral Reefs
In the months leading to the 2024 Olympics, conservationists have raised alarms about the construction of a new judges' tower and its potential to harm local reefs. Here's how locals are mobilizing to protect it.
Facing Fear With Beatrice Rivoira: On Openness and Vulnerability
As a tec instructor, dive safety officer and marine biologist, Beatrice Rivoira prepares herself for challenging dives by studying human factors to keep herself and her teams safe underwater.
Facing Fear With Jill Heinerth: Focus On Breathing
Fear can hold you back or push you further. World-renowned underwater explorer Jill Heinerth shares her practical tips for facing fear, pushing limits and reaching the next level of what's possible. Her new film "Diving Into the Darkness" digs into her journey to becoming an underwater explorer.
Facing Fear With Cristina Zenato: Trust Your Gut
Grand Bahama-based underwater explorer and tec-diving instructor Cristina Zenato has been to parts of caves that no one has explored before. She dives up close and personal with sharks on the regular and is no stranger to the unfamiliar. When she feels fear arise, she trusts her gut, believes in herself and welcomes her inner voice.
Marine Scientist Callum Roberts Named August Sea Hero
If there's one thing Callum Roberts has learned during his decades-long career as a marine scientist and educator, it's that success largely depends on getting future generations excited and involved. Here's how Roberts has spent a lifetime working to do just that.
Patagonia Dreams: Up Close With Puerto Madryn’s Eclectic Marine Life
Argentina’s diving capital earned its name for a good reason: It’s home to an assortment of diverse marine animals. Here’s what you might see—and where to best spot them.
How Underwater Mapping Is Changing the Dive World

Rendering accurate 3D models of sunken wrecks is a painstaking job, but the results speak for themselves. See how this technology can make it easier and safer to plan your next underwater adventure.

How Maui's Wildfire Ash Impacted Local Reefs
When wildfires tore through Maui in 2023, among the devastation was toxic ash that poured into the ocean. Now, scientists are studying its impact on marine life—and how to counteract it.
Is a Snorkel Really Necessary When I Dive?
If you've ever mistaken a snorkel with an inflator hose while diving, you're not alone. While you may get frustrated and be tempted to ditch your snorkel, listen to what our expert has to say about a snorkel's importance.