Freediving Fins Reinvented

By Mark Laboccetta

Q4 2023

IN THE 1900s UMBERTO PELIZZARI was a young diver from Busto Arsizio, Italy, who was making headlines by breaking world records in constant weight and variable weight freediving. Needing an […]

More Than Colorful Coral

Text and photos by Peter Schopfer

Q4 2023

I’M ALWAYS AMAZED at what people will do for love. My girlfriend, who is terrified of the ocean, announced that she wanted to learn to dive and then accompany me […]

Salmon Run

By Franco Banfi; Photos taken under permit of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, British Columbia Parks

Q4 2023

IN THE ADAMS RIVER IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, huge flows of sockeye salmon swim upstream to complete their life cycle, marked by the compelling need to return to their birthplace to […]

Palau

Text and photos by Stephen Frink

Q3 2023

I WAS READING SYLVIA EARLE’S FOREWARD TO Our Ocean, Our Future: Palau, a lovely coffee-table pictorial book by Michael Aw, David Doubilet, and Jennifer Hayes. Earle opened by remarking on […]

Diving in the Turks and Caicos Islands

Text and Photos by Steve Rosenberg

Q3 2023

DIVING IN THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS guarantees plenty of beauty and excitement. This British overseas protectorate entices tourists with the slogan “Beautiful by Nature.” The Caribbean waters throughout the […]

Back to Lembeh

Text and photos by Ned and Anna Deloach

Q3 2023

THE QUESTION PEOPLE MOST FREQUENTLY ASK us about our years of dive travel involves our favorite place to dive. This can be a delicate topic, especially when visiting a resort […]

SS Manasoo

Text and photos by Jeff Lindsay

Q3 2023

NORTH AMERICA’S GREAT LAKES have long provided a natural transportation corridor to the continent’s interior. The Anishinaabe people — the region’s original inhabitants — utilized the Great Lakes for trade, […]

Leopard Seal

Text and photos by Becky Kagan Schott

Q3 2023

EVERY PHOTOGRAPHER HAS A DREAM SHOT. For a long time mine was to see a particular natural predation: a leopard seal hunting a penguin in Antarctica. When I traveled to […]

Recruiting for DAN Research

Q3 2023

DAN RESEARCH IS CONTINUALLY LOOKING for divers, researchers, and health care professionals to volunteer to support our work. Depending on your availability and location, you might qualify as a diver […]