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Ariella Simke

Ariella has been a writer and editor with Scuba Diving Magazine since 2021. She fell in love with the underwater world early in life and worked as a scuba instructor on both coasts of the U.S. while completing college and her graduate work in Marine Biology. When she isn’t on travel assignments or editing stories, she enjoys outdoor adventure sports, tending to the jungle of plants in her home and taking copious photos of her cats, Squid and Ham.

Facing Fear With Nathalie Lasselin: On Embracing the Unknown

Explorers go where few have been before, and that's exactly what motivates Nathalie Lasselin to document her adventures through film. As a tec instructor and underwater explorer, she is an expert on working with her mind to accomplish great things.

How Diving Helps You Face Your Fears

Fear is a powerful emotion. These divers have learned how to harness theirs and use it to fuel their drive to explore. Here's their advice for doing the same.

Facing Fear With Beatrice Rivoira: On Openness and Vulnerability

As a tec instructor, dive safety officer and marine biologist, Beatrice Rivoira prepares herself for challenging dives by studying human factors to keep herself and her teams safe underwater.

Facing Fear With Jill Heinerth: Focus On Breathing

Fear can hold you back or push you further. World-renowned underwater explorer Jill Heinerth shares her practical tips for facing fear, pushing limits and reaching the next level of what's possible. Her new film "Diving Into the Darkness" digs into her journey to becoming an underwater explorer.

Facing Fear With Cristina Zenato: Trust Your Gut

Grand Bahama-based underwater explorer and tec-diving instructor Cristina Zenato has been to parts of caves that no one has explored before. She dives up close and personal with sharks on the regular and is no stranger to the unfamiliar. When she feels fear arise, she trusts her gut, believes in herself and welcomes her inner voice.

Fighting to Save the Caribbean's Coral Reefs

Coral conservation in the Bahamas and across the Caribbean region is in full swing after a warming event caused historic bleaching. Scientists and nonprofits rely on coral tree nurseries, gene banking and outplanting tiny coral fragments back onto the reefs to restore areas that have been decimated.

How to Dive Maui Without Breaking the Bank

Pack your vacation full of budget-friendly underwater time and keep your schedule flexible with the shore diving on Maui

A Liveaboard Trip of A Lifetime

The pristine reefs of Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park and Visayas provide the backdrop for a 10-day family dive trip to the Philippines.

Artist Spotlight: Rachel Brooks

This British marine-scientist-turned-artist describes how her life at sea and first-hand experiences with conservation led to a full-time career as an artist and science communicator.