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Readers Choice: Best Destinations For Photography
Species diversity, ideal in-water conditions and weird wonders earn these destinations top honors
In It To Win It
Competition can help you improve your shots
Freediver
Breathing air from a tank isn’t the only way to explore beneath the waves.
Divided Focus
Underwater, it’s vital to remember what’s really important
A Studio In Your Hand
Video can bring non-divers into the underwater action
Underwater photography – Do No Harm
Tips for being an ethical underwater photographer
Ask Dan – Decompression sickness
How can I reduce my risk of decompression sickness?
SOUTH FLORIDA
A smorgasbord of wrecks and reefs ensures you’ l l never run out of photo ops in these warm waters
Sea Hero: JOHN WELLER
How one photographer’s mission to save the Ross Sea is bringing the planet together
16 TH ANNUAL PHOTO COMPETITION: OUR SPONSORS
What’s a contest without prizes? These generous donors—whose ranks include avid shooters like you—help make photographers’ dreams come true.
Eat, Dive, Sleep, Repeat
How to get ready for maximum time in the water
MAXIMUM OVERLOAD
Diving to the limit means different things for different divers
PHOTO GEAR BAG
HOT NEW UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY PRODUCTS
OKLAHOMA
Explore nature underwater and topside in this landlocked prairie state
MEXICO
Get the most out of your next dive trip
THE LIVEABOARD LIFE
A little more planning than usual will ensure the trip of a lifetime yields your best shots
ASK DAN
What do I need to know about oxygen cleaning my cylinder for nitrox use?
ENRICHED AIR DIVER SPECIALTY
What if there were a way to get more bottom time while reducing your risk of getting decompression sickness on most dives?
DREAM BOAT
In our book, there are no bad days on the water, and no bad boats. But some liveaboards have features so impressive, they’re hard to forget. If we could build our own liveaboard, these are some elements our writers and editors might include, and the boats that inspired us.
A WORLD AWAY
Six Dive Locations Reachable Only by Liveaboard
HEEDING THE CALL
Kids Sea Camp has taught thousands of kids to love diving and the ocean in its first 20 years. But for some KSC alum, that connection to the sea has meant so much more.
OH, THE PLACES THEY'LL GO!
For kids and teens, diving is a sport, a path and, sometimes, a calling
TRAVEL TIPS: INDONESIA
Get the most out of your next dive trip
WHERE THE PAST IS ALWAYS PRESENT
IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS’ MUNDA REGION, THE REACH OF HISTORY IS FELT EVERYWHERE, FROM UNTOUCHED WRECKS BELOW TO PROUD VILLAGES ABOVE, AND WONDERS NATURAL AND MAN-MADE COMPETE WITH ISLANDERS’ WARM SMILES TO WIN DIVERS’ HEARTS
LET'S MAKE A DEAL
The Nature Conservancy has a bold plan to protect over 1.5 million square miles of ocean in the next five years
the HOUSE always wins
Some divers have an obsession with squeezing the most out of every experience, like using up every last boat dive in your hotel package or aiming to reach the remotest spots possible. That’s one way to travel. Here’s another: Take your time and explore the house reef—the one that just steps away from the resort’s dive center and staff, and your room.
Sea Hero - DENISE HERZING
Spending 35 years with a single group of dolphins makes clear how their world—and ours—is changing
IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS
Go slowly, look closely, and killer nudi shots could be your reward
FIELD OF DREAMS
TWO HURRICANES, SIX WRECKS AND A HANDFUL OF ISLANDERS ARE SHAPING THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS’ FUTURE UNDERWATER
A RASH OF PROBLEMS
Failing to recognize DCS symptoms, a diver compounds his risk