Most divers agree: Exploring a wreck in the depths is an awe-inspiring experience. That experience is only enhanced when you understand the history of each submerged vessel.
Can’t handle being away from the action when you’re not in the water? The books on our list let you expand your ocean exploration from the comfort of your home—using your imagination.
Researchers are racing to complete digitization of ancient cave art in a submerged Mediterranean cavern as rising sea levels and plastic pollution threaten to scrub them from the annals of history.
Caladan Oceanic Expeditions found the USS *Roberts* in June more than 1,000 feet deeper than USS *Johnston*, the ship previously considered the world's deepest wreck.
Diver set a national spring diving depth record in November at Missouri’s Roaring River Spring, bypassing the previous record of 462 feet set at Texas’ Phantom Springs Cave.
Cousteau and partners mapped ocean floor Curaçao to help site an international underwater research station and contribute to the global seafloor mapping effort.