I owe my love of diving to summer camp, getting certified at age 14. After college, I became an instructor, teaching on the island of St. Croix. Working for travel magazines, I've been lucky to travel to every continent on assignment, from jumping in the water with humpback whales in Antarctica to swimming alongside mantas in Asia.
From pelagic animals and tiny underwater critters to magnificent underwater structures and even an underwater museum, these 15 sights are best viewed by scuba divers.
*Scuba Diving* Magazine's readers voted for the world's best destinations for advanced divers.
*Scuba Diving* magazine readers voted Florida, Bonaire and Hawaii the best scuba diving destinations for beginners.
Presenting the 2017 readers choice awards for best overall scuba diving in the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean.
Where to go scuba diving with big animals like sharks and manta rays according to our readers in *Scuba Diving's* 2020 Readers Choice Awards.
Diving in Oman packs a wealth of biodiversity thanks to greater than 204 square miles of reefs influenced by the convergence of three bodies of water: the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, each rich in its own unique marine life.
The U.S. Navy teamed with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division to create the first prototype of a 3D-printed submarine.
What's it like to discover a dive site? Cuba's Zapata Peninsula seems like a good place to find out.
Go deeper and test your skills on one of these eight challenging dives.