Alert Diver Category: Features

Indonesia boasts many exotic dive destinations but one region, Flores, has not gone completely mainstream. Learn more about diving the island of Flores in Indonesia.

See the winning and highly honored photographs from this year’s Ocean Views photo contest, and share in the joy of those who captured the images.

Ocean Views 2014 displays some extraordinary images of nature by some of the world’s most talented visual artists. Read and view more from Ocean Views.

A cancer diagnosis may upend your scuba diving plans, but it is possible to return t o the water after treatments. Read more about cancer and scuba diving.

Emergency care is vital for injured divers, and yet, hyperbaric medicine programs have rapidly declined. This will immediately impact divers seeking care. Read more about this crisis and what can be done to fix it.

Diving in the arctic is not an unreachable goal. Whether you travel to the north or south pole — or both! — know what to expect and what you’re up against.

In the diving environment, psychiatric well-being is as important as physical health. Psychiatrist Adam Roth presents a reasoned approach to evaluating dive fitness in the context of common and less-common mental illnesses.

Jesse Cancelmo provides a bonus photo gallery of images from Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.

“PURA VIDA!” our dive guide, Sergio, exclaimed with a relaxed smile. Eight dive buddies, Sergio, and I just had an incredible experience: A 35-foot-long whale shark swam a few feet over our heads at one of the better-known dive sites at Cocos Island, Costa Rica. …

As a diver and photographer, I seek remote locations offering unparalleled underwater experiences. The farther away and the fewer the people, the better. Papua New Guinea is such a place.