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Seeing in Depth: What it Takes to Create Underwater Maps

Peter McDougall and his team of dive mappers at Reef Smart Guides, help create detailed, waterproof dive site maps that divers use to navigate underwater

Ask DAN: How Can I Stay Warmer Underwater?

Preparing for cold temperatures is important when getting ready for dives.

Start 'Em Young: How and When to Get Kids Diving

Unsure if your child is ready to become scuba certified? Here's your guide to when and how to get children diving.

Tied Up | Lessons for Life

Lessons to learn from one man's entanglement accident.

Does Flash Photography Hurt Marine Life?

Photographs of marine animals can educate and inspire. In this edition of “Ask a Marine Biologist,” Dr. David Shiffman discusses whether taking those photos hurt the animals.

ASK DAN: How Can I Minimize My Decompression Stress?

Factors to review to prevent decompression sickness (DCS).

Hands-On Diving: American Sign Language in the World of Scuba

PADI’s first deaf course director Thomas Koch on audism, the benefits of American Sign Language and the underwater hand signal you really need to stop using.

The Healing Power of Scuba Diving

The transformative role of scuba diving in one counselor's recovery from an eating disorder and how it now benefits her clients

Finning Techniques All Divers Should Know

Whether you're a newer diver or a seasoned dive pro, it's useful to have a toolkit of finning techniques at your disposal. You don't need to be a tech diver to frog kick. Let's dig in.