It’s been a busy year for our team: With our ScubaLab Reviews, We’ve evaluated more than 170 pIeces of dive equIpment, from travel gear to regs to fIns. WIth Lab tests and team dives behInd us, and all the data collectIng and number crunchIng completed, here are our picks for the best gear of the year.

One might not hurt you, but how many divers stop at one? Experts weigh in on the risks involved with alcohol in conjunction with diving.

Stuart Cove’s shark-feeding experience is the most famous dive in the Bahamas and with good reason. It’s controlled chaos.

September 11, 2001, changed a lot of lives forever. Here is the account of two men who learned to dive and found solace in scuba following the tragedy.

Suunto's Zoop dive computer is an easy-to-use computer for a beginner scuba diver, but still offers all the features a veteran diver might need.

Human Kinetics: The Premier Publisher for Sports & Fitness

We revisit the findings of a 2006 workshop that evaluated a long-established rule of scuba diving — always make your deepest dive of the day first.

Searching for the best diving in the DR? You'll find it here.