Americas & Caribbean

News and views and special offers plus top travel tips from the best scuba diving destinations in North and South America and the Caribbean
My perfect dive resort: Bonaire

My perfect dive resort: Bonaire

ByDIVE ContributorsJun 24, 2022
Every diver has a destination that is close to their heart – for regular DIVE Contributor Jeremy Brown, that place is Bonaire
I dived the Gulf of Maine and saw one fish

I dived the Gulf of Maine and saw one fish

ByDIVE ContributorsJun 24, 2022
Nirupam Nigam reports his encounter with a solitary fish diving the overfished Gulf of Maine, historically the breadbasket of North America
Bahamas sharks: protected for nearly 30 years

Bahamas sharks: protected for nearly 30 years

ByDIVE StaffJun 1, 2022
Sharks have been protected in The Bahamas for more than a generation, Alex Kydd is impressed with the results...
sea lions surround a bair ball

Hunting with striped marlin in Baja California

ByDIVE ContributorsMay 13, 2022
Adrenaline diving chasing bait balls in Magdalena Bay - just watch out for the lethal bills of the striped marlin
Sinking Galápagos dive boat leaves ‘superficial’ slick

Sinking Galápagos dive boat leaves ‘superficial’ slick

ByDIVE StaffApr 25, 2022
A boat which sank in the Galápagos National Park carrying 47 barrels of diesel left an extensive but 'superficial' slick according to reports
New Cocos Island Aggressor

New Cocos Island Aggressor

ByDIVE StaffMar 29, 2022
A brand new Cocos Island luxury liveaboard has been announced by Aggressor Adventures, set to commence sailing from 13 January 2023
Divers fear Yucatán train could destroy cenotes

Divers fear Yucatán train could destroy cenotes

Mexico's dive community is rallying to try and halt the new Tren Maya railway line that threatens to destroy the cenotes and their surrounds
The oceanic whitetips of Cat Island

The oceanic whitetips of Cat Island

ByDIVE ContributorsJan 28, 2022
Cat Island is just a 30-minute flight from Nassau, and the big draw for divers is the oceanic whitetip sharks that visit each spring.
The wonder of Mexico’s cenotes with Tom St George

The wonder of Mexico’s cenotes with Tom St George

ByDIVE ContributorsJan 19, 2022
Underwater Photographer Tom St George shares his guidelines for making the diving of Mexico's cenotes safe, exhilarating and sustainable
Seven top dive sites in Belize

Seven top dive sites in Belize

ByDIVE StaffJan 15, 2022
The largest coral reef in the northern hemisphere has some world-class dives on healthy, varied reef with plenty of marine life
Eight of the best places to scuba dive in Mexico

Eight of the best places to scuba dive in Mexico

ByGraeme GourlayJan 14, 2022
DIVE's pick of the best places to scuba dive in Mexico – from dramatic pinnacles surrounded by pelagics to gentle drifts over coral gardens
Diving in God’s Pocket

Diving in God’s Pocket

ByDouglas David SeifertJan 12, 2022
Douglas David Seifert dives the stunning kelp forests and plumose anemone covered reefs of Vancouver Island
The best places in the world to scuba dive

The best places in the world to scuba dive

We asked our readers to name their favourite places to scuba dive around the world. Here are the Top 10 best choices, plus 5 close runners-up
Hunting creolefish Coco Island

The best scuba diving adventures in the world

High-energy scuba diving with the big stars of the oceans. Douglas Seifert on the excitement of the Eastern Tropical Pacific
Belize’s barrier reef – the best diving in the Caribbean

Belize’s barrier reef – the best diving in the Caribbean

ByGraeme GourlayJul 14, 2021
Belize's barrier reef is the key part of world's second-largest coral structure. We report on the struggle to keep it flourishing
Exclusive luxury Caribbean yacht charters with Goolets

Exclusive luxury Caribbean yacht charters with Goolets

Luxury cruising and yacht charter experts Goolets create tailor-made packages for one of the greatest forms of scuba diving escape imaginable
The history of Curaçao’s iconic Superior Producer

The history of Curaçao’s iconic Superior Producer

ByDIVE ContributorsSep 30, 2020
Bryan Horne of takes look at the history of Curaçao’s Superior Producer, and how it became an iconic Caribbean wreck on 30 September 1977.
aerial shot of the Cozumel shoreline

Life after lockdown in post pandemic Cozumel

Aerial shot of Cozumel with the cruise ship piers empty (Photo: L. Scott Harrell/Liquid Motion Academy) Lockdowns are slowly being…

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