Kirk McGuire was born in Placerville, California – less than a 3 hour drive to the ocean. Ironically, he didn’t actually get to see it until he was 17 years …

The meandering topography of Puget Sound, my home since 2004, offers in winter a good number of shore dive sites sheltered from inclement weather. However, its relentless overcast sky can …

Scuba Schools International (SSI), recently announced they have been acquired by diving equipment manufacturer Mares and Mares parent sporting goods and sportswear company Head. The acquisition is effective January 1, 2014. There is no word …

On December 25th, Darrin Spivey, 35, and his 15 year-old son, Dillon Sanchez, went cave diving in an area known as the Eagle’s Nest Sink in northwestern Hernando County, Florida.  …

First available in ScubaPro’s catalog in 1966, the ScubaPro Automatic Decompression Meter was a break through in diving technology and a forerunner to the modern dive computer. The meter attempted …

If you’ve been involved in diving for a while, chances are you’ve either met, heard of, or have read some of Steven Barsky’s work. A true veteran of the industry, …

The Avalon Underwater Cleanup is an annual dive event held at Avalon Harbor on Catalina Island. The event was started in the 1970s by the local dive community in an …

The bottom was a grey, featureless expanse of sand and silt, punctuated by occasional islands of debris and detritus. Looking across this apparent desert, our thoughts drifted to the surface …

If you’ve spent some time out on dive boats, been down with other underwater photographers, or gone to many dive shows, you’re no doubt familiar with SeaLife cameras. They have …

The Underwater Photography Guide has recently announced the winners of their 2013 Ocean Art Underwater Photo competition. The contest was open to underwater photographers worldwide, and more than $80,000 in …