Scuba divers love to share their favorite tips and tales from dive trips. This column highlights some of those. Coral lover JD Reinbott recalls a haunting dive on a bleaching coral reef during the 2023 mass bleaching event.

An unprecedented marine heat wave has triggered a catastrophic mass-bleaching event on the Florida Reef Tract. The Keys’ coral reef ecosystem is suffering intense, quick bleaching and/or dieoff of corals, sponges, anemones and other marine life.

Kamau Sadiki describes the “intense” experience of diving on the last known slave ship to bring captured Africans into the United States, entering the spaces they lived and suffered in. He helps share their stories over a century later.

Vanuata. Florida Keys. Roatan. Planning a trip to one of these dive hotspots? Here’s what you need to know. Featuring insight from locals, tips for timing seasonal experiences, and the scoop on favorite dive sites, as well as some lesser-known sites you’ll want on your radar too.

Visit the beautiful town of Islamorada in the heart of the Florida Keys and Learn about how important the sharks role is to our eco system, and dive with our local, friendly nurse sharks and earn your PADI AWARE Shark Conservation Specialty

This Florida Keys operator ranked tops in its region for Attention to Safety

This ring-shaped patch reef off Marathon offers all the ingredients for a shallow and spectacular dive

Hen and Chickens

The former island freighter, which had a brief movie career, is now one of the marquee attractions along the Florida Keys Wreck Trek