Close Encounters of the Considerate Kind

Many divers top off a trip to the Southern Red Sea by watching a rotund dugong snuffle through seagrass meadows in about 25 feet (7.6 meters) of water.

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus), the largest fish in the sea

Alex Fogg: The Lionfish King

Alex Fogg is known in the dive community for creating the largest invasive lionfish collection and outreach event in the world, the Emerald Coast Open, with tens of thousands of lionfish removed each year during the two-day event. Over the past decade he has personally harvested an unquantifiable number of invasive lionfish from North American waters. 

diver collecting lionfish

Action Cameras

Action cameras are a common compact solution for capturing great video and occasionally stills. With multiple camera brands and plenty of available accessories — including filters, lenses, and lights — it has never been easier to get great footage.

Diver shooting video

Bonaire’s Wild Side

Bonaire is known for continual trade winds, typically blowing in from the east and averaging 12 knots. All the diving on the west side of the island, including Klein Bonaire, is in the lee protection from the wind.

cannons

Brooke Pyke

It doesn’t seem so long ago that I rolled into Key Largo, Florida, with a Nikonos II camera and a darkroom sink in the back of my Chevy van to figure out how to make a living as an underwater photographer. Things have changed since 1978, and underwater photography is not the novelty it was when I started.

Schooling fish steal the show as a hammerhead shark swims over the white sand in the depths of the Galápagos Islands.

Sea Turtle Summer

The Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch (AMITW) had an exceptional summer in 2024. By July 31, AMITW patrollers had documented 683 nests on 9.6 miles (15.4 kilometers) of beach on Anna Maria Island, Florida.

baby sea turtle