One family's first post-checkout dive takes a tragic turn.

How to double your safety and practice important skills. Bonus: you waste no time, no air.

How trained tech divers use lines and reels to find their way into wrecks--and out of trouble.

When the waves are rocking, don't come knocking. Follow these tips for diving safely in surging water.

It may be your ticket to underwater freedom.

Avoid task loading. Remember the K.I.S.S. principle, because stupid is what you'll be. If you've got a new and confusing camera housing, get familiar with it at shallow depths.

An out-of-air situation takes a turn for the worse when buddy-breathing divers make a crucial error in judgment.