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Travis Marshall

Travis Marshall is an Asheville, North Carolina-based writer and diver covering scuba diving training and travel.

Five Tips for Compass Navigation Underwater

Underwater navigation is one of the most important dive skills to master. Don’t know your lubber line from your bezel? Use our tips to help find your way.

What To Do When Your Divemaster Is Wrong

Do you know what to do if your divemaster breaks the rules? Check out these 4 expert tips to prepare yourself.

5 Tips For Cavern Diving

Interested in becoming a cavern diver? Here’s a look at five skills to perfect before you take the plunge.

Do You Know What to Do in a Silt-Out?

Do you know what to do in a silt-out? Keep cool and remember these tips from the experts if you find yourself in a dangerous situation scuba diving.

Training: 5 Tips to Safely Dive a Shipwreck

Do you know your wreck-diving basics — from your gear, to your dive plan, to using the current? See Travis Marshall's 5 tips to safely navigate a shipwreck.

The Best Places to Go Shark Diving

Many of the world's hottest shark scuba diving spots also offer can't-miss topside thrills to keep your heart rate up between dives.

Dive Training: 5 Tips to Remember if You're Left Behind

Would you know what to do if you are stranded in open water after a dive? Here are five tips that just might save your life.

6 Ripping Drift Dives

Current is king at these 6 global hotspots — choose your flyby and let yourself be swept away.

Encounters: Good Neighbors

From the reef to the open ocean, some marine animals have found ways to ease the daily rigors of survival in the underwater world by joining forces. Symbiotic and commensal relationships sometimes create mutually beneficial relationships for wildly dissimilar creatures — much to the entertainment of divers.