Not a household name, I realize...but, he may have been the best cave/cavern diver and underwater photographer
of the past couple decades. He was referred to as the "Jacques Cousteau" of the US.

My son & I made one of our first father/son dive trips to the fresh water springs of western FL, circa mid '80s,
and we dove Ginnie Springs of course.
Skiles was working the diver check-in shack that morning...I was fairly impressed,
as he was already well known in the dive mags as a budding near genius/skilled cave/cavern diver.
My then teenage son didn't care; he just wanted to get wet in the gin clear fresh water caverns.

NEway, he was one of the best underwater photogs and divers and a regular contributor to Nat Geo mag,
which has some of his stuff in the coming issue.

Apparently drowned in a open water column, using a re-breather...at 52. RIP.

National Geographic Freelance Photographer Wes Skiles Dies - NatGeo News Watch

Wes Skiles DEAD: Underwater Photographer Dies At 52

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