The islands of the Bahamas are a wide-angle paradise. Dolphins, goliath groupers, sea turtles and other hard-to-miss attractions regularly cruise up from the depths to feed in the shallows.

When marine creatures converge for the sake of their species, the results can be a kaleidoscope of a dive.

Current is king at these 6 global hotspots — choose your flyby and let yourself be swept away.

Thank poor captains and skilled explosive handlers for the 40 ships that litter the waters off the Bahamas’ 12 main islands. Here, divers can explore everything from freighters and steamships to airplanes, landing craft and patrol boats.

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

ScubaLab headed to the Bahamas aboard a Blackbeard's liveaboard sailboat to try out some new dive gear — see what our editors had to say.

A close encounter with the Cuban crocodile is an elusive experience on Cuba's Zapata Peninsula.

Diving at Magdalena Grand is provided on property by World of Watersports, a PADI 5 Star, BSAC and NAUI Dive Center with its very own deep training pool.

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