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What It's Like to Dive the World's Deepest Pool

Deep Dive Dubai’s is more than a pool — it's got a library, gym, living room, billiards table and more!

"My Octopus Teacher" Director Pippa Ehrlich Earns Sea Hero Honors

Ehrlich's feature film debut, "My Octopus Teacher," ignited love for our oceans around the world. For her powerful storytelling, she is our November 2021 Sea Hero.

Cave Divers Who Saved the Thai Soccer Team Stars of New NatGeo Documentary

The film tells the harrowing story of the Thai soccer team cave rescue from the perspective of the divers who orchestrated and enacted the operation.

Scuba Diver Finds 900-Year-Old Crusader Sword

The diver found the three-foot sword about 15 feet deep off the Carmel Coast among other artifacts dating back between the 11th and 13th centuries.

An Easy Way to Take Underwater Photos with Your iPhone

Join PADI Club and save on the SportDiver housing.

National Geographic Documentary “Becoming Cousteau” Hits Theaters

The 133-minute documentary released in theaters, Friday October 22nd, takes viewers into the life of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the famed father of modern scuba diving.

How Insurance is Protecting the Mesoamerican Reef

Quintana Roo, in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, insured about 100 miles of coastline to protect the reef, which generates about $6.2 billion a year in regional economic activity.

VIDEO: Divers Save Oceanic Manta Entangled in Fishing Line

Divemaster Rugene "Spider" Marinus of Toucan Diving and Phyllis Mihalas cut cluster of line, hooks and rope off the trapped creature.

Two New Artificial Reefs Created Off Jacksonville

Two artificial reefs — Jimmy Dales Reef and Greater Jax Kingfish Reef — joined the Spike, scuttled in 2009, earlier this month.