As the sun set, the Urban Divers headed back to Clason Point in the Bronx.
There's a sequence where the player is trapped under rubble, but is freed, only to look up and see dozens of enemy divers heading in.
Central American tour operators have begun promoting Belize's jungle as a stopover for scuba divers headed for the coral reef and as an alternative to Costa Rica for ecotourists tired of fighting the crowds.
Cashes Ledge features the largest and deepest cold-water kelp forest on the Atlantic seaboard--with kelp growing so high that in some places it towers over divers' heads.
Divers can head half an hour out to Koh Rang national park, where gin-clear waters and rainbows of coral await.
Along Panama's Caribbean coast, avid snorkellers and divers should head for the idyllic San Blas Islands – an archipelago made up of 365 islands and coral cays, home to dolphins, reef sharks and stingrays.
With the boat bobbing violently, Byrd ordered the divers to head 65 feet straight down the anchor line to rendezvous on the bottom at a part of Molokini known as Reef's End.
Novices can gain confidence in the series of shallow and sheltered tidal lagoons that lie just a short boat ride from most beaches, while more experienced divers can head out to the deeper, exposed drop-offs beyond the reefs to watch for dolphins and humpback and sperm whales.
Beginner divers can head to Menjangan Island for a close-up view of colorful coral reefs, ocean sunfish, seahorses and pipefish.
"It's deceptive just how rough it can be there". To find out if the boat indeed struck the rocks, divers would head out to the island and search for the boat's keel or engine, Avery said.
