You don't have to go deep to have outrageous encounters underwater — here are at least 10 great locations to explore the shallows in.

Don’t miss out on the events this June that celebrate Divi Flamingo’s 60th year in hospitality in Bonaire!

Founder of SCUBAdventures, Kevin Sweeney has been teaching diving in Naples since 1974. He has taught over 4000 people to dive and he and his staff are ready to teach you how to safely enjoy scuba diving! If you are already a certified diver we can help you with update classes, advanced and specialty classes, equipment sales service and rentals Looking for a dive trip? We can help from local diving to trips around the world.

During a liveaboard trip to the Galapagos, Scuba Diving editor David Espinosa dived with sharks, sea lions and more at Roca Redonda.

Nutrient-rich waters from deep underwater canyons give California’s Carmel Bay some of the best diving in the country. Here are the best spots to explore underwater.

Cruising the Conch Republic - Spend a weekend exploring the USS Vandenberg and the shallow reefs of lively Key West

In Michigan, Lake Huron’s Thumb Area Bottomland Preserve beckons wreck seekers

With 840 miles of spectacular Pacific coastline, California offers abundant places for divers to get wet, from easily accessible shore-diving spots to offshore pinnacles and islands. And as underwater photographers will tell you, many of these sites offer gorgeous kelp forests brimming with marine life. We can’t possibly write about them all, but here are five amazing places in California to dive in kelp.

During a liveaboard trip to the Galapagos, David Espinosa filmed hammerhead sharks, a dolphin, and a tiger shark. And that was just one day.