Gramat (Global Adventures): With thousands of known caves, France is one of the premier cave diving areas in the world. If a region stands out, it is an area between the rivers of Lot and Dordogne in the southwest of France. The upper valley of the Dordogne is a series of deep gorges. The cliffs, [...]

Long Island (Global Adventures): The Bahamas Island chain holds many treasurers, but the one technical and cave divers are most interested in are the Blue Holes. Dean's Blue Hole stands out from the rest since it is the deepest known underwater sinkhole in the world. It plunges 663 feet to the ocean floor, making it [...]

Atlanta (Global Adventures): To technical divers, the “SS Andrea Doria” is something like the Mount Everest, something most like to dive at least once, and something many experienced divers did only dive once. The Andrea Doria still is a true graveyard in the Atlantic Ocean decades after its sinking in 1956. Named after the 16th-century [...]

Indonesia (Global Adventures): Will Goodman, a 33-year old scuba instructor, did set a new record for the longest open saltwater scuba dive. The British national spent 48 hours, 9 minutes and 17 seconds under water. The dive was made just off the coast of Gili Trawangan, Indonesia. Goodman, who works as an advanced Trimix and [...]

Live Oak (Global Adventures): Sheck Exley is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of cave diving. He began diving in 1965 at the age of 16. That very year he entered his first cave and was hooked on cave diving for the remaining 29 years of his life. At the age of 23, Exley [...]

Red Sea (Global Adventures): Wikipedia defines blue holes as roughly circular, steep-walled depressions, and so named for the dramatic contrast between the dark blue, deep waters of their depths and the lighter blue of the shallows around them. One of the most famous blue holes in the world is on the Sinai Peninsula, a few [...]

Porta Westfalica (Global Adventures): Germany has a new underwater highlight – an old mine that is partially flooded and now open for divers. The attraction: scuba divers have to descent 800 meters (2,625 feet) before they even reach the water. The lake is called Blue Lagoon, and is currently only partially explored and operational. The [...]