In my family, vacations are often a choice between a land adventure, a cruise or an island where I can dive.  My wife does not dive and is not very comfortable in the water.  Cruising allows me to do a 2 -tank dive 2 or 3 times a week, while my wife can do a land [...]

Recently Lori Rackl, Travel Editor for the Chicago Sun-Times wrote about her trip to the Galapagos Islands.  At the Galapagos Islands you can see reef fish, sea lions, sting rays, golden rays, eagle rays, invertebrates, morays, garden eels, turtles, marine iguanas, white tip reef sharks, hammerheads, whale sharks, whales, pelagic fish — all this adds [...]

A couple of years ago I went to Belize to dive.  The coral was beautiful and there was a wide varitety of marine life, including the massive whale sharks.  In addtion, there is the Blue Hole, which most divers consider a must dive.  But now USA Today is reporting “there is trouble, right here in [...]

The Red Sea, one of the world’s premier diving destinations, can be reached from Europe by cheap charter flights. The climate is tropical; prices are reasonable. Unfortunately, the most popular resort areas, like Hurghada and Sharm el Sheikh, are also overrun with tourists, the reefs teeming with as many divers as fish.
I dove at both Sharm el [...]

Our World Underwater will be held in Chicago on Feb 9-11, 2007.  This is one of the largest underwater shows in the world.  The list of speakers is unmatched and include John Chatterton, Cathy Church, Richie Kohler, Stan Waterman and many more.  There are also a wide variety of workshops and seminars you can attend.  You can walk [...]