Walt Stearns, Author at Underwater Journal

North Carolina’s Sand Tiger Sharks

The North Carolina Coast serves up an impressive line of shipwrecks, some sent to the bottom by storms, others by[…]

Dumaguete is located near the southern tip of Negros Island, which is in the Visayas Island group, approximately 500km south[…]

I’ve spent decades covering the Caribbean for major dive magazines. But when it’s time for a personal trip, I usually[…]

For Florida’s Goliath grouper, the unprecedented rise of methylmercury now being discovered in these giant reef fish are now presenting a[…]

I’m not usually a fan of using words such as “ultimate,” “amazing” or “best ever” in a review. But, there[…]

In three of my dive trips to the Philippines, everyone has always included at a week in Anilao. Those familiar[…]

Sometimes, you just need to be in the water. One of the simplest, most cost-effective, and yet thoroughly enjoyable ways[…]

St. Lucia offers some remarkable scuba diving opportunities in the Caribbean as nice complement to the region’s genuine collection of[…]

Much is written about Florida’s freshwater springs, and the unique immersion opportunities these sparkling bodies of water offer divers. But[…]

The beams of our powerful dive lights probe the dark recesses of the cave throwing shadows helter-skelter down its walls.[…]