Featured Dive Travel Specialist – Gene “007” Dold
A conversation with Gene Dold Face it: Doesn't our dashing dive travel specialist look like popular culture's most beloved secret agent? No wonder, years ago while he was in Grenada…
Fiji – Spectacular Diving, Friendliest People
Dive Fiji Fiesta 2011 Making my way through security at LAX, all I could think about was Fiji. I've helped many dive travelers get there, but now I was going.…
Newest LiveAboard in Maldives
A review by STV Liveaboard Specialist Randy Osgerby I just returned from a trip on Explorer Venture's new luxury liveaboard, Carpe Vita. Based in the Maldives, she is a beautiful…
STV has lost a family member and the dive travel industry has lost an icon
It is with great sadness that Scuba Travel Ventures announces the passing of Terri Dold, long time travel agent in the dive industry, friend to all and mentor to many.…
Top 10 Reason to Utilize an STV Dive Travel Specialist
Our agents have a wealth of travel knowledge and decades of dive experience. Our support staff works diligently behind the scenes, ensuring all aspects of your trip go as planned.…
Mark Winslow – Winner of the Mango Inn Giveaway/Florida Dive Show
Dear Mark Winslow, Thank you for stopping by our booth at the Florida Dive Show, Dec. 3 & 4, 2010. You entered in the drawing for the Mango Inn Giveaway.…
Talkin’ Bout an Evolution: Fourth Element’s State of the Art Wetsuit
Divers usually experience a thermocline as an unexpected and often unwelcome cold rush at depth. But British dive gear manufacturer Fourth Element gives the word new meaning with its Thermocline…
Dive Into Mystery and History on STV’s Exclusive Riveria Maya Adventure
If you’ve always dreamed of sinking mind, body and fins into the realm of the Maya underworld and the magical Caribbean Sea, getting your hiking boots in the dusty earth…
Lucky Noah Whitney
Congratulations! Noah Whitney, of Olympia, WA, has won the Scuba Travel Ventures (STV) Free Vacation to Fiji. During the month of May STV exhibited at three consumer dive shows along…
Travel Do’s and Don’ts
Mind your shoes and feet After Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi's threw his shoes at President Bush, the commander-in-chief said he wasn't insulted. He should have been. In Arab countries, the…