Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Judy Koutsky covers adventure, luxury and family travel. Learning to dive while on vacation has been a bucket list activity for ...

My obsession with the ocean started early, in the days when I was so little that my very tall father could hoist me on his shoulder and jump waves near the Santa Monica Pier. I learned to swim in the ...

I’ve gone diving and snorkeling all over the world. But there’s something about cenotes that never gets old. I’m obsessed. Each one is like its own secret swimming hole. Some look small on the outside ...

Best tourist destination: Lizard Island, Australia Best for biodiversity: Raja Ampat, Indonesia Best for shore diving: Bonaire Best for beginners: Key Largo, United States Best for advanced divers: ...

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With its year-round sun and excellent visibility, the waters of the Caribbean offer some of the best scuba diving in the ...

Fiji is made up of 333 tropical islands whose 1.3 million square miles of surrounding blue waters offer the perfect place to learn to dive and advance your diving skills. There are 1,200 types of reef ...

Erik Trinidad is a freelance travel and food journalist and video creator. His work has appeared in Afar, BBC Travel, Fathom, Fodor’s Travel, Food & Wine, InsideHook, Lonely Planet, National ...

Swim through seagrass meadows, explore ancient history and observe dugongs among coral reefs — an awe-inspiring world beneath the waves awaits those willing to dive down and discover. From dramatic ...

The Mediterranean archipelago of Malta was awarded the 2026 Best Cave/Cavern/Grotto in Scuba Diving Magazine’s Readers' ...

For three years, Pennsylvania-born scuba diver Chris Donnelly prepared for the underwater expedition of a lifetime: a journey to the SS Andrea Doria. The so-called “Mount Everest of Shipwrecks,” it’s ...

By the end of the day, we felt caught up, recharged, and ready to get back in the water. It’s been a productive pause, but we ...