Posts Tagged ‘Scuba Diving magazine’

Beneath the Jungle: Journey to the Depths of the Mayan Underworld

By Travis Marshall • Jan 11th, 2010 • Category: Features

Scuba Diving Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2010

Belted into the passenger seat of a four-door pickup — the bed full of dive gear — I’m rolling down a narrow stretch of paved road that cuts through a buzzing swath of Yucatan jungle listening to my dive guide, Nat Wilson, explain the mythology behind the freshwater-filled caverns we’ve been [...]



Advanced Adventure: S.S. Thistlegorm

By Travis Marshall • Sep 24th, 2009 • Category: Features

Uncover the secrets of the Red Sea’s greatest wreck, the S.S. Thistlegorm.



Cracking the Coral Triangle

By Travis Marshall • May 1st, 2009 • Category: Portfolio, Travel

Scuba Diving, Nov. 2008
From the Philippines to the Solomon Islands, the Coral Triangle is the world’s hottest region for on-the-fringe diving.



Crossing the Line: Commercial Diver Training

By Travis Marshall • Oct 12th, 2008 • Category: Features, Portfolio

Scuba Diving Magazine, Dec. 2008
For one weekend, recreational divers can see the world through commercial diving hats at the Ocean Corporation’s Commercial Diving Experience.



Disaster Proof Your Dive Vacation

By Travis Marshall • Sep 28th, 2008 • Category: Portfolio, Travel

Scuba Diving Magazine, Oct. 2008
Ten tips for trouble-free dive travel.
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Cozumel: Where Easy is an Institution

By Travis Marshall • Sep 28th, 2008 • Category: Features, Portfolio

Scuba Diving Magazine, Aug 2008
Ripping drift dives along lush reefs and dramatic walls draw more divers to Cozumel than any other location in the Caribbean. I took a look at the varied reef environments here and gave a service-heavy breakdown of Cozumel’s best dives, along with insiders’ tips from on-island diving experts that help readers dive [...]



Secrets of the Bay Islands

By Travis Marshall • Sep 28th, 2008 • Category: Features, Portfolio

Scuba Diving Magazine, June 2008
When I stepped off the plane in the Bay Islands’ central hub of Roatan, two distinct faces of the dive tourism experience here immediately presented themselves. Outside the arrivals gate, taxi drivers jockeyed for fares for the 25-minute drive to West Bay, where the crowd is young, a variety of languages fills the air and the [...]



Great Whites Off Limits at Guadalupe?

By Travis Marshall • Sep 1st, 2008 • Category: News, Portfolio

Scuba Diving Magazine, Sept. 2008
Guadalupe shark diving operators may lose access to one of the world’s hottest spots for white shark cage diving.
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Alligator vs. Diver

By Travis Marshall • Aug 6th, 2008 • Category: News, Portfolio

Scuba Diving Magazine, Aug. 2008
Know what to do when an alligator attacks underwater? Ike Monreal survived, and you can too.
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Nintendo Dives into Endless Oceans

By Travis Marshall • May 28th, 2008 • Category: News, Portfolio

Scuba Diving Magazine, May 2008
A new “diving simulator” for Nintendo Wii lets gamers get wet from their living rooms.
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10 Tips For Healthy Travel

By Travis Marshall • Apr 6th, 2008 • Category: Portfolio, Travel

Scuba Diving Magazine, Apr. 2008
From the planning stages to post-trip symptoms, here’s how to stay safe abroad.
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Holy *&^#! Killer Squid!

By Travis Marshall • Mar 30th, 2008 • Category: News, Portfolio

Scuba Diving Magazine, Mar. 2008
Meet the Humboldt squid: Length; up to eight feet. Arms; eight, plus two grasping tentacles. Vitals; an inquisative, calculating brain and three hearts pumping cold, blue blood. Defenses; 40,000 teeth embedded in 1,200 suction discs–and one razor sharp beak. Food; anything it can get its suckers on.
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Ready to Get Tank’d?

By Travis Marshall • Mar 6th, 2008 • Category: News, Portfolio

Scuba Diving Magazine, Mar. 2008
Two dive instructors serve up a double shot of underwater action in a new dive travel and adventure TV series.
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