Beauty and Brawn

At 18 feet (5.5 meters) above sea level, Solares Hill is the highest point of land in Key West, Florida.

Jim Hench (right) installs a sensor at Eastern Dry Rocks with Mission: Iconic Reefs specialist James Emm.

Descubrimiento del Dunraven

Wreck diving became the rage of dive tourism in the wake of the 1977 blockbuster movie The Deep.

Soft corals grow on the upturned stern of the Dunraven wreck.

Farewell

After 26 years at DAN, I am moving on to the next chapter of my career. I’ve served as president and CEO of DAN for 16 years, but my involvement with the organization started even earlier.

Bill Ziefle headshot.

Trapped in Ice

Sir John Franklin’s expedition in 1845 to search for the Northwest Passage ended in tragedy when HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, with their combined 129 crew members, vanished in the Canadian Arctic, seemingly without a trace. 

Parks Canada underwater archaeologist Marc-André Bernier.

Borneo

I rarely know as little about a destination before embarking on a liveaboard charter as I knew about Borneo. I had been to Borneo before, but it was after a […]

Dive guide Natalia Athinaiou snorkels above a pristine staghorn coral forest off Kakaban Island.

Santa Lucía

Looking down from space, the Windward Islands resemble an emerald necklace floating in the sea. Viewed from underwater, when you are immersed in that warm, blue sea and surrounded by colorful reefs bustling with life, the Windwards take on new dimensions.

Red erect rope sponges and orange elephant ear sponges