Historically, sharks left the area when scuba divers entered the water. The bubbles from the regulators scare them off. Since shark dives started in the Bahamas many of the sharks have lost their fear of these bubbles.

With 700 islands, 2,500 tiny cays, and 100,000 square miles of ocean containing it all, the Bahamas collectively comprise a massive scuba and snorkel paradise.

One of the great joys of my diving career has been cruising the islands of the Bahamas on live-aboard dive boats.

The nation's third-largest ship sunk as an artificial reef didn't go down as planned, but is still an amazing dive with plenty to explore.

In northern New England, a virtual history museum awaits in a lake of sunken steamboats and schooners..

Below the waterline, the mammoth oil and gas platforms off the Texas and Louisiana Gulf coasts are living reefs that attract everything from sharks to angelfish.

Great Lakes shipwrecks are Canada's calling card for divers wanting to submerge in history.

Adventures of a lifetime

Discover a treasure trove of colorful macro life on the colorful island of Curaçao.