Alert Diver Category: Features

Bonaire has world-class reefs and fantastic animal attractions — sightings that can spoil any diver. Learn more about how to dive and what to expect in Bonaire.

Embark on a journey with Dive Saba to experience an incredibly varied seascape, perfect for diving enthusiasts and explorers alike.

Great white sharks are capricious fish. They are iconic, impressive, photogenic, and awe-inspiring but also frustrating. That frustration is not all about the animal — part of it is how few places in the world you can go to see them.

This is Fakarava — a remote atoll in French Polynesia that feels more like a gateway to another world than a dive destination. Nestled in the remote Tuamotu Archipelago, this UNESCO biosphere reserve is where discriminating divers come to leave the ordinary behind.

Tubbataha is located in the Sulu Sea in the middle of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. There are nearly 500 species of fish, 373 species of coral and more marine critters.

One of the world’s premiere diving destinations, Key Largo, Fla., has robust marine life, artificial reefs, rich maritime history and great conservation momentum.

The entrants of this year’s Ocean Views photo contest are truly ambassadors for our ocean world. As photographer Brian Skerry states in his introduction to the contest gallery, “The images were produce bear witness to the fact this stunning realm exists.”

Advances in decompression sickness studies and treatments could be made through identification of markers in the blood. Read more about the studies in decompression sickness.

Decompression illness (DCI) is a serious condition, but what is it exactly? Get the basics surrounding DCI including prevention, available treatments and more.

Today more than ever before, society is becoming aware of good reasons and real opportunities to protect the sea we value. It is not too late for the oceans.