Gulf of Maine

The drive to Eastport from my home in southern Maine would typically take about four and a half hours, but I was towing my boat so I prepared for more than six hours on the road.

gray seal

Operasi Matahari Terbit

Kisah pencarian kapal selam Jepang I-52 adalah salah satu dari dua penemuan yang dipisahkan oleh waktu dan tujuan. Dalam kegelapan malam di Samudra Atlantik pada tahun 1944, kapal anti-kapal selam Angkatan Laut AS mencari pertemuan rahasia antara kru angkatan laut Jerman dan Jepang. Beroperasi berdasarkan informasi intelijen yang diperoleh, mereka berusaha mengejutkan dan menenggelamkan kedua kapal selam tersebut. Setengah abad kemudian, I-52 masih belum ditemukan di dasar laut, tetapi kali ini pencarian dilakukan dalam kegelapan lautan dalam untuk mengejar kemungkinan, bukan kehancuran.

Senjata anti-pesawat masih mengarah ke langit di bangkai pesawat I-52

Maladewa

WHILE THE WORLD WAS STILL MOSTLY LOCKED DOWN with travel restrictions, my social media feed was alive with gorgeous photos from the Maldives. The Maldives opened sooner than most foreign dive destinations, so there was ample photographic inspiration for our trip in May. The online coverage included the whale sharks, manta rays, tiger sharks, and […]

penyelam dengan pari manta

Kavieng

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.

A split image shows the house reef at Lissenung.

A Tale of Two Passes

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.

The Tumakohua Pass of South Fakarava

Galeri Foto California Tengah

View Andy and Allison Salmon’s bonus photo gallery that accompanies their feature on diving Central California.

Pulau Cocos

“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. It silently came and went, seemingly carefree, like a giant spotted apparition sliding out of sight into the deep blue.

South Australia’s Great White Shark Adventure

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.

A great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) swims near the surface cage

Thailand’s Surin Islands

The Kingdom of Thailand, a sprawling Southeast Asian country slightly larger than California, shares land borders with four countries and neighbors a fifth by sea.

A pair of cleaner wrasses remove parasites from a longfin batfish

Menjadi Terpusat

Dengan pandemi COVID-19 yang membatasi perjalanan internasional, para penyelam masih dapat memilih untuk menyelam secara lokal. Andy dan Allison Sallmon mengajak kita dalam perjalanan mereka ke lokasi penyelaman California Tengah, di mana kita dapat menemukan subjek makro di Morro Bay dan kehidupan laut yang melimpah di lokasi yang dilindungi dengan baik di Carmel dan Monterey Bay.

Garis pantai Big Sur California