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2019 JULY ISSUE 92
Catsharks • pufferfish poison • BSAC Courses • Skegness Aquarium Centre • The ‘ teapot ’ bell • Deep Danish discovery • Diver Medic Technician • Worcester BSAC head for Harris • Scapa salvage sites • Seeking sixgill sharks • Otter Ultralight • Valencia • Estartit Costa Brava
2019 JUNE ISSUE 91
Cyprus versus lionfish • Malta ' s deep 5 • Neoprene drysuits • Sea urchins • Myths of the deep • RAF Lossiemouth • Islay uncovered • Mental Health Awareness • S SGirdlene • Crawfish • Suunto D5 computer
• Cyprus • Black-lighting blues • dive food choices • A Mediterranean adventure
2019 MAY ISSUE 90
Undersuits group test • Skomer • SS Persier , South Devon classic • New Zealand • Oddicombe desert life • Club accounts for 2018 • lobster love • Liberty CCR • Nuibranch hunting in Pembrokeshire • Garmin Echomap Plus75CV • Bali • Cornish tuna • Divers ’ tales from the clubs
2019 APRIL ISSUE 89
A-Z of shipwrecks • Battleships • Scarpa Flow anniversary issue • Orkney liveaboard • Underwater photography • Swimming crabs • Club Focus , Pontefract SAC • Aqua Lung i770R • Burra ’ s blockships
• BSAC Courses , get your training sorted • Wreck diving skills
2019 MARCH ISSUE 88
Dover soul , HMS Blackwater • Lochs of Cape Wrath • Rays of Kimmeridge • Advanced Diver grade • Guide to the Lembeh Straits • Viviparous blenny • Club Focus , Derby SAC • EuroTek part II • Buddy breathing • Anchor Series 189 • Snell ’ s Window explained • Seniors in South East Asia
2019 FEBRUARY ISSUE 87
Dives of Kinlochbevervie • Into the Cenotes • Dry gloves versus wet glove systems • Dan Bolt • Carlisle SAC • Critters of Loch Carron • EuroTek report , part I • Secre tsof the NI exam
• Weightless worries • Scotland • Stalking jellies in Cornwall • The Oregon • OMS IQ Lite
• Diving dudes in Mexican Cenotes
2019 JANUARY ISSUE 86
Sharks of Loch Etive • 90m buddy rescue • Exploring the Outliers • Carotid Sinus Syndrome • The Siracusa shipwreck • Long-spined sea scorpion • microplastic • SUSAC • Aquatica AGH5 housing • Coral cities of Papua New Guinea • Go supermacro
• Meditative Maldives • Risk assessment
2018 DECEMBER ISSUE 85
Marg Baldwin • Fluorescent wonders • Farnes Wreck • Plymouth Sound BSAC dive the Afric • Maldives majic • Scallops galore • residue effects • Lost landing craft • Coping with cold water • SS Chris Christensen • Women ’ s BCs on test • Laamuu Atol • Longtail encounter
2018 NOVEMBER ISSUE 84
Scapa 100 • Scilly season • Truk , the mysteries of the Ghost Fleet • Buying a RIB
• U-Boat wreck , Das Boot • Symbiosis in the sea • Plymouth Sound • Understanding Camera shutters • Artificial reef creation • Ness divers • U2506 in Donegal • Worthing SAC
2018 OCTOBER ISSUE 83
SS Justicia Donegal wreck • Salsette smiles
• 10 ways to be a better dive leader • Blennies • Scapa salvage • Guiseley SAC • Three Lakes Challenge • Deco dilemma • A fan of fins • Glorious conditions on the Salsette • SS Highcliffe • SS Polynesien • Standard Dress experienc
2018 SEPTEMBER ISSUE 82
Thistlrgorm in 3D • Malin drrp wreck heaven • Thailand cave team rescue operation • 60m and no fins • Red cushion star • Newbury SAC • Going deep at Malin Head • DfA instructor • Wreck diving skills • Castlereagh wreck • Lombok • Master your ISO • Kyarra at 100 • Sea shells on the sea floor
2018 AUGUST ISSUE 81
12 steps to sports diver success • Budget holidays • Diving with octopus , squid and cuttles • Blue-ringed octopus • Cod war • Ill-fitting mouthpiece • Cephaloped special • James Barrie • Prop repair service • TMD explained • Scapa • iDive • Slug love • Loch a ' Chairn Bhain
2018 JULY ISSUE 80
Holidays on a budget • Britain ' s Galapagos • Shetland • Classic Kyarra , Swanage favourite in Wrecked • Compass Jellyfish • Group etiquette • Sussex Diving club • Black Bream
• Wreck diving in France • Dry Tech in the North West • Avoiding the incident pit • Adrift in the dark • Scubapro MK11 / C370
2018 JUNE ISSUE 79
The Humble cod • Orkney • Hot lobster • Bedford Scuba Divers • D-Day landing craft • Stonehaven ’ s secrets • Refresh your rescue skills • Polar seas • Innisjura • Insane in the membrane • Weezle get extreme • Divers ’ tales from the clubs • Indonesian rainbow diving • Deep South diving
2018 MAY ISSUE 78
10 ways to ace your ocean diver • Tompot Blenny • Diver zapped by torpedo • Wreck art • HMT Northcoats • Southport BSAC • A sting in the tail • Man versus marine • Paralenz dive camera • Aquatic ape theory • Tigers and macros • Trash heros in Komod • Semi-closed CCR bailout
2018 APRIL ISSUE 77
Irish treasures • Gallway ' s anemones • Cork ' s U-Boat story • Rathlin • Escaping a flooding car • Red Sea workshop • Boat handling in Wales • Angular Crab • Can you handle a boat • Painkiller panic • UC 42 • Garmin Descent • Southern Ocean smiles • Suit gas choices
2018 MARCH ISSUE 76
Manta mission • SS Somali land • Swanage- beyond the pier • Suunto Eon Core • HMS Pathfinder • Pirate city Port Royal uncovered • Expedition planning • Flame shell theories • Cold water shock • Bexley Sub Aqua club • Plan like a pro • Reel-time problems • Blasket Island seals
2018 FEBRUARY ISSUE 75
Alternative Shetland • Cold water equipment
• Reviewing Aqua Lung ' s Outlaw BC • BSoUP starts • Alfonse Island , relm of the giant trevally • BSAC in Dubai • RNLI sea survival • Red bandfish • Tank girl • Desert Sports diving club Seychelles • SS Royal Fusilier • Great White
2018 JANUARY ISSUE 74
Return to Eyemouth • Ilfracombe ' s railway wreck • The Scapa sub • The Fyne art of buoyancy • Discover Borneo • Snorkelling with a make shark • CCR bailout • Coughs and sneezes • Shark hunt • Bristol • UB 116
• Scubapro Hydro Pro • Unknown marks • Cooking up trouble • St Albans SAC
2017 DECEMBER ISSUE 73
Seven armed starfish • BSAC Conference • Number Severn bus • Putney BSAC • Lost in the haze • UK diving Coll giants • SS Thesis wreck • Waterproof W50 • Travel right , travel light kit • Sodwana Bay • Soft focus photography • Diver ' s tales • Bags of trouble
• Bold explorers
2017 NOVEMBER ISSUE 72
Blue Planet II , exclusive preview of the BBC series • Brixham academy • What to do when attacked by a Tiggerfish • Komodo Island dragons • The Dundar Steamer wreck
• Watch your Wrasse • Head of the Valleys SAC • Scotland • Firth of Forth • Scuba Pro G2 • Lens selection • Cuba diving & dancing
2017 OCTOBER ISSUE 71
Mixed gas planning for rebreathers • Mantas in Japan • Project Highball • Shipwrecks of Skye uncovered • Plan a military-spec adventure • Carantan of Swanage • Budget Regulators • The Deepblu Cosmiq + computer reviewed • Loch Striven • Doha SAC • Peacock worm • The Deepblu Cosmic +
2017 SEPTEMBER ISSUE 70
Galapagos , big fish & big currents • Scotlands Breda wreck • A photographic journey from Alderney to Sark • The new Nautilus Lifeline • Dr Martin Sayer interview • Advanced Instructor • dangers of carbon monoxide • Highland dancer • Jill Heinerth • changing seas • Doing the Dingle dance
2017 AUGUST ISSUE 69
Manchester Uni heads to Mull • islands of the Forth • Rebreather discovery at Try Tech event • The wrecks and reefs of Barbados • underwater photography , • Tour Weymouth ’ s legendary M2 submarine • Sea cucumber • Richmond SAC • MUSAC on tour • Try Tech CCR • Computers tested • Thailand calls
2017 JULY ISSUE 68
The science issue • Real world gas physics explained • Coral rebirth in Bonaire • Nudi Nirvana in the Scillies • Get smart with marine
• SS Excellent shallow wreck in Gibraltar • HMS Vanguard • spider crab • Weed reflections • Kiwi divers • Scilly • Marine survey skills • New kit reviews
2017 JUNE ISSUE 67
Bouys , blobs & beacons , the safety kit every diver should carry • Explore the hospital ships Warilda and Lanfranc • HMHS Britannic • Maldives experience the atolls Carpe Vita • Common cuttlefish • BSAC Courses • South China Diving Club • Cornwall • Scaling the Britannic • SS Salsette • Risk management
2017 MAY ISSUE 66
Wrecks and reefs of West Bay Dorset • Norway ’ s Fjords • Shetland ’ s Fraoch Ban • Dive Croatia ’ s war legacy • Gas planning for technical divers • Pioneering CCR course in the North West • Meet the amazing divers of Tyneside 114 Club • The Sand star • Underwater archaeology • Coral Sea
2017 APRIL ISSUE 65
Humpback whales in Shetland • basking sharks off Ireland • Megafauna special • 14 great primary lights reviewed • HMD Chance
• Sea pens • Panaga SAC • Wookey Hole explored • IPO – the hidden killer • Lamps and lights • Drawing the line • Apeks ’ ultimate cold water reg
2017 MARCH ISSUE 64
West coast wonderland • Winter diving in Scotland ’ s sea lochs • Seals & schooling fish on Mexico ’ s Baja Peninsula • HMS Amphion
• RMS Lusitania • Two-spot goby • Torbet on ice • Kingston and Elbridge junior snorkellers club • Fair Isle • First World War memorial • The Countess of Erne • Hi-viz corals
2017 FEBRUARY ISSUE 63
Mexican cave • Cenotes and crocodiles • Underwater navigation masterclass with Gordon Procter • SS Seniority • tips and tricks for AP users • Scapa crackdown on wreck looting • Devon ’ s geological wonders • Lundy • Charles Hood ’ s best bits • Losing weight • Cambridge SAC • Spiny spider crab
2017 JANUARY ISSUE 62
Your photos from Great British Diving • HMS Hampshire , Scapa ' s forbidden wreck • BSAC reaches out to GUE divers • Malta ' s wartime heritage • technical diving symposium • The elegant sea slug • Flintshire SAC • HMS Hampshire • EUROTEK • New gear rated and reviewed
2016 DECEMBER ISSUE 61
BSAC Conference • Sharks and seals of the South West • Shetland ’ s wreck HMS E49 • Luxury liveaboard in the Philippines • Atlantic awe in County Clare , Ireland • Darlwyne , Cornwall ’ s wreck • tips and tricks for AP rebreather users • Dealing with DCI • Rock & black goby • South Bay Scuba • Philippines
2016 NOVEMBER ISSUE 60
Real world emergencies – and how to survive them • Deep wreck heaven on an expedition to Malin Head • Edinburgh ’ s aircraft carrier dive , HMS Campania • Daedalus Reef • Selby Sub Aqua Club • Side slung pony riders • Lanzarote • Hammerhead hot spot • Dead men ’ s fingers
2016 OCTOBER ISSUE 59
How clubs can dive protected wrecks • Save lives with Practical Rescue Management • Tour the General Consul , Coll • Erb and Rees advise on internal v external flash • Florida ’ s legendary Blue Heron Bridge • Common lobster • Hazel Grove SAC • SS General Consul • Sea caves at St Kilda
2016 SEPTEMBER ISSUE 58
Discover St Lucia ’ s dream resort • Solo diving • Common limpet • Cyprus SAC • Croatia • BSAC ’ s Instructor Development Course • Killer currents • SMS Karlsruhe • Norfolk ’ s eastern promise • Drysuit roundup
• St Lucia • Training and development • Your stories and photos
2016 AUGUST ISSUE 57
Falmouth nightlife , Cornwall ’ s new dive club • Bell Island , Canadian adventure • Explore the Algarve ’ s artificial reefs • K-Class : Submarine wrecks from the ‘ battle ’ of May Island • East Cheshire Sub-Aqua Club • Ocean Diver companion : Indispensable advice for ODs in training • Bass • Tec 3G from Scubapro