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Brooke Morton

I owe my love of diving to summer camp, getting certified at age 14. After college, I became an instructor, teaching on the island of St. Croix. Working for travel magazines, I've been lucky to travel to every continent on assignment, from jumping in the water with humpback whales in Antarctica to swimming alongside mantas in Asia.

Structure Diving: Bridges, Piers and Oil Rigs

Bridges, piers and oil platforms are prime real estate for attracting marine life, from tiny critters to oceangoing giants. Here are some of the world's best.

25 Best Wreck Diving Spots in the United States

See our top picks for the best scuba diving sites in the United States for wreck divers.

Grand Cayman Travel Guide: Best Scuba Diving Sites in the World

Scuba diving in Grand Cayman is for everyone — from Stingray City to the Kittiwake shipwreck to wall diving and macro life — you'll love this island.

The 25 Best Freshwater Dive Sites

These freshwater experiences — from Iceland and the Great Lakes to China and the Florida springs — offer an exhilarating change of pace.

Diving Purpose-Sunk Wrecks

Check out some of our favorite purpose-sunk wrecks — they're just as good, and maybe even better, than the real thing.

Alabama's First Artificial Reef Ready for Divers

Alabama's new artifical reef for recreational divers, LuLu, was sunk off the state's Gulf Coast in May 2013. She's a beauty!

Frankenreefs: When Bio Meets Tech Underwater

These human-assisted habitats act like defibrillation paddles, revving up struggling reefs and reviving declining fish populations from Florida to Indonesia and beyond.

Cave Diving: 7 Best Cave Dives

Stake a claim on the last unknown frontier: It lies just beneath our feet. The wonders of scuba diving in caves.

Encounters: Eight-Legged Freaks!

Due to their keen camouflage tricks and seeming ability to outsmart us, octopuses fascinate divers. The hunt is only the beginning: We scan reef and rubble for tentacles and shell piles, occasionally rewarded with an opportunity to discover this animal’s reactions. Will we be deceived, or do we give octopuses too much credit?