The Lulu was scuttled in the Gulf of Mexico.

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The judging for our 2013 Underwater Photography Contest has come to a close: Here are our finalists, from sharks to coral to sea turtles.

Twenty-five reasons why we love diving in the good old U.S. of A.

Experience world class scuba diving and snorkeling in Southeast Florida including North Palm Beach, Riviera Beach, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Delray Beach, Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach and Ft. Lauderdale has the best wreck diving and world class reefs. Many sites are accessible from the beach.

The islands of the Bahamas are a wide-angle paradise. Dolphins, goliath groupers, sea turtles and other hard-to-miss attractions regularly cruise up from the depths to feed in the shallows.

Bob Meistrell, who began making wetsuits for surfers and divers in the early 1950s and with his twin brother, Bill, founded Body Glove, one of the world’s largest wetsuit companies, died on Sunday, June 16, 2013, in Catalina, Calif. He was 84 and lived in Redondo Beach.