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2016 JULY ISSUE 56
Survey Orkney ’ s scenic site • Discover the secrets of seagrass • Diving to protect the marine life • Explore Cuba ' s Jardines de la Reina , • Decompression sickness and the risk for instructors • Could Hands Deep be Plymouth ’ s finest dive site ? • Stoney Cove ’ s Gresham shipwreck • Aqualung ' s i300
2016 JUNE ISSUE 55
Lion ’ s mane jellyfish • Barnsley BSAC Divers
• The helmet wreck • Guide to Shetland ' s Glenisla • Lundy ' s greatest dive , • Truk , dives for all levels • Bikini Atoll , Diving the Nuclear fleet • Split fins on test • Scotland ' s SS Moya
• Shearwater Perdix review • How to safely move and raise a shot line
2016 MAY ISSUE 54
Explore Farnes SS St Andre • James Clark on the effects of stress in diving • Women ' s BCS on test • Escape the crowds in the Southern atolls of the Maldives • The exercises we all need to do • Connemara clingfish • Southend BSAC 22 • Russia ’ s eastern frontier • Salcome Pt2
2016 APRIL ISSUE 53
The Solent ’ s WW2 heritage uncovered • Meet the sharks of Malapascua in Travel Special • Sophie Heptonstall on technical dive management • Dahlia anemone • Eastleigh SAC • Explore Rathlin Island • Norway Narnia • Droylsden SAC Australia dive • Salcome Pt1
2016 MARCH ISSUE 52
Istria ' s deeo secrets , Croatia ’ s WW2 wrecks • Guide to Scapa ’ s Cölnl • Vale Royal SAC in the Outer Hebrides • Remote sea lochs with Nottingham University • Options for CCR divers • Instructor Foundation Course • West Wales in the company of Ammanford BSAC • Ribbon worms
2016 FEBRUARY ISSUE 51
Isle Of man trophy , scenic dives in the Irish Sea • Shetland ’ s Lunokhods wreck • Find your ideal mask • Reverse block on ascent . Now what do you do ? • Marg Baldwin on chartwork and reading the sea • Goldsinny • Ilfracombe and North Devon SAC • Raja Ampat • Rebreathers III
2016 JANUARY ISSUE 50
Escape the winter in Egypt ’ s Deep South • BSAC ’ s rebreather course reviewed • The Chromis-Scubapro ' s wristwatch computer • Tour Mull ’ s shallow option • Confidential The harbour crab • Holborn SAC • SS Meldon • Down south in the Red Sea • Plymouth ’ s easy life
2015 DECEMBER ISSUE 49
Oxygen sensors • Learn the subtle art of black and white photography • The Apeks WSX-25 sidemount • Conference , awards and the NEC Dive Show • Swansea Yacht and Sub-Aqua Club • Outer Hebrides • Gas planning • SS Gallia • Perspectives on Shetland
2015 NOVEMBER ISSUE 48
Scapa ' s MV Huskyan • Severnside SAC returns to Lundy • Why more divers are changing to closed circuit rebreather • The latest and greatest reels unspooled • Sheffield University SAC • SS Chadwick • Life onboard the Huskyan • Barnacles • Panic attacks
2015 OCTOBER ISSUE 47
Newquay steam , 9 page guide to North Cornwall • Diving for wreck artefacts • Does scuba diving really count as exercise • Bermuda lionfish • Explore a different Red Sea in Aqaba • Emergency ascents • Steve Backshall interview • Butterfish • Operation Smash : Valentine tanks • Lee Valley Dive Club
2015 SEPTEMBER ISSUE 46
How CCRs changed the way we dive • Antarctica in a lifeboat • Loch Eriboll by campervan • Pemba ’ s underwater hotel • Torches • Swanage simplicity – tour the Fleur de Lys • Squat lobsters • Lunesdale Sub Aqua Club • Tanzanian tour • At Ningaloo Reef • Macro photography
2015 AUGUST ISSUE 45
First time in the Farnes • Scilly Isles • Birth of a sperm whale • Southsea divers take on Mexico ’ s cenotes • Benefits of self-sufficiency in team diving • Tips and tricks to combat image backscatter • Marg ’ s weight and trim masterclass • Lesser octopus • Huddersfield BSAC • SS Cathcartpark
2015 JULY ISSUE 44
Seahorse surveys in the Medes Islands • Controlled buoyant lifts • The beauty of North Rona • St Abbs , tour the Glanmire • Your ideal decompression gasses • Secrets of diver photography • Large necklace shell • Lutterworth Sub Aqua Club • Staging an ascent • Where to dive in the Philippines
2015 JUNE ISSUE 43
Scapa ' s Wildcat , fragile aircraft wreck discovered after 70 years • Photo special on Cornwall ’ s southern shores • Pre-dive hydration • Explore Corsica • Drysuit masterclass • Topknot • Dealing with an IPO
• Budget BCs on test • HID MK2 drysuit • Diving Porthkerris
2015 MAY ISSUE 42
Darwen BSAC brave the elements in Loch Hourn • Explore Normandy ’ s D-Day heritage
• UK wrecks explained • Is SS Turkia the new Thistlegorm ? • Your ideal undersuit • Red Sea holiday • Anemone hermit crab • University of Sussex SAC • The Metta Catharina • Incident management
2015 APRIL ISSUE 41
How BSAC women took over the Internet • Greater pipefish • St Helens Underwater Group • Pre-season shakedown • Planning for narcosis • Shock therapy with an AED • Diving with diabetes • Dive the Britannia • Sodwana – an African jewel • Sharks in Sydney
2015 MARCH ISSUE 40
Shetland ' s Gwladmena • Technical diving • Grimsby SAC surveys a mystery North Sea aircraft wreck • How to ace your instructor exam • RoHo Endurance drysuit tested • The common whelk • Severnside SAC • Self-health assessment • Going deep in Malta • Underwater geocaching
2015 FEBRUARY ISSUE 39
Investigating Weymouth ’ s hidden heritage • How to use the magic box • The Scapa liveaboard that became a dive site • Toughest regs tested • Black-faced blenny • Hoddesdon Sub Aqua Club • Shark tagging
• Make the most of your GoPro • MV Mara • Maldives : luxury liveaboard or resort ? • Egypt
2015 JANUARY ISSUE 38
Wreck diving from Chelsea-on-Sea • The Aladin Square computer • Explore the Solent ’ s U-90 submarine • Boat handling on the Thames • Out-of-air dilemmas analysed • Scampi • Thomas Guy Sub Aqua Club • Tyneside goes to Tiree • Faulty kit • Rockin ’ out in Cornwall • Indonesia ’ s Lembeh Strait
2014 DECEMBER ISSUE 37
Tech diving in Alicante • Great white cage diving • Touring the Exmouth • Honouring the Pathfinder • Narcosis hit deep down in the pit
• What we can learn in the chamber • SS Exmouth • Oceanic ’ s Omega reg , tried and tested • Beadlet anemone • Dunstable Sub Aqua Club • HMS Pathfinder • Rajah Ampat
2014 NOVEMBER ISSUE 36
Manado , Indonesia ' s original coral paradise • Devons shallow secrets • Weymouth ’ s Black Hawk • Buddy abandonment on the Scylla • Marine Life Appreciation • Subspace GoPro housing • Thornback ray • Mythbusting • Evesham & District SAC • RIBing in the Scillies • Andromeda • Drysuits on test
2014 OCTOBER ISSUE 35
Flying boat wrecks , Oban ' s mystery aircraft • Norway ’ s deep water secrets • Stalking cephalopods in the Algarve • Olympus OM-D E-M10 camera and Nauticam housing On Test • Trapped in a wreck • Common brittlestar • Del-Mar Dive Club • The Silfra botox experience • Dive Leader course guide
2014 SEPTEMBER ISSUE 34
Common cuttlefish • Diving with the Duke of Cambridge • Andy and Monty go wild • Bradford SAC • It ’ s twins – for BSAC ’ s new SDC • Exploring the Shuna • Perfection in Plymouth • Compact camera bundles • Mk21 reg ; Quattro + fins • Aboard a photo-special liveaboard
2014 AUGUST ISSUE 33
New Maldives liveaboard by blue o two • The mystery of the Normans ’ Bay wreck • Explore the UK ’ s great muck dives • AP CO2 sensor , Bersub Focus X2 , SG50 • Tropical suits reviewed • Sports Diver qualification • Thermal planning and war on kit thieves • Common mussel • Poseidon SAC
2014 JULY ISSUE 32
Zen and the art of Yoga diving • Explore the Stassa • Karlsruhe ’ s living skin • Sweden ’ s Mary Rose • North Sea rescue by East Anglia BSAC • BC malfunctions • How to become a snorkel instructor • Cuckoo wrasse • Stroud Valley SAC • Lost in the fog • Bare XCS2 drysuit ; Aqualung Zuma • Balinese reef
2014 JUNE ISSUE 31
Uni divers take on the Hebrides • Buoys and toys tested • Cylinder falls off your BC on ascent … now what ? • Croatia ’ s blue water paradise at Korčula • SS Maine • HRH Duke of Cambridge letter • Edible crab • East Anglian Branch 11 • Underwater photo tips • Aquaviz masks , DiveRite Nomad XT
2014 MAY ISSUE 30
Heaven in Devon • First Aid for divers • Weightbelt worries • Battling a down-current in the Maldives • Underwater photography problems solved • Snakelocks anemone • Mauritius Underwater Group • Guildford goes to Ireland • Caught in a down-current • Body Tec Dual undersuit • Florida Keys
2014 APRIL ISSUE 29
Pride of Portland , 10-page guide to Dorset ’ s finest dives • Otter Ultimate Mk6 drysuit on test • Touring the Rondo • Oceanic pinnacles of the Azores • Making sense of your echo-sounder • Tompot blenny • Search and Recovery SDC • Plymouth Sound • Guns galore on Tyneside • Green gills , blue sharks
2014 MARCH ISSUE 28
Romance in the dive club • Your club compressor • Touring the Isle of Wight ’ s Margaret Smith • Dealing with a free-flowing regulator • Join the fight against shark fin soup • Guide to lightweight fins • Common prawn • Brentwood SELO • Combating stress in Malta • The Maggie • Cuba • Azores
2014 FEBRUARY ISSUE 27
The Scylla 10 years on • Royal Navy ’ s bomb disposal divers • Backplates and wings for twin-sets • Diver training event in Loch Fyne • O ’ Three ’ s Port 10 drysuit • Grey seal antics • Surveying Strangford Lough • Ammanford SAC • Strangford Lough • Port 10 drysuit , GEN3 strobe light • New Zealand • Turkey
2014 JANUARY ISSUE 26
Cold water nudibranchs • Divers rally after Philippines typhoon • Worthing BSAC • Giant jellies in the Summer Isles • The forgotten wreck of Whitsand Bay • Raising Kent ’ s Dornier bomber • The electronic ‘ kill cord ’ that could save your life • Driller-killer dog whelks • Black Country Divers • SS Rosehill
2013 DECEMBER ISSUE 25
Injured soldiers go scuba in Gozo • Eyemouth ’ s U-12 sub • Explore the continental cracks of Iceland • Discover the fabled wrecks of Malin Head • Leopardspotted goby • Edinburgh Divers • The crystal clear waters of Iceland • An unforgettable dive on the SS Breda
2014 NOVEMBER ISSUE 24
60th Anniversary issue , celebrating sixty years of British Diving • HRH the Prince of Wales message • Hermit crab • The history of snorkelling • Alaska with London No 1 Branch • Keeping safe • A vision of the future of diving • Aeris Jetpack and Light & Motion Sola Nightsea lamp • Lincoln & District BSAC
2013 OCTOBER ISSUE 23
Four kayak divers go mad in Devon • Benifits of BSAC membership • Mystical in Bali • Tiree ’ s SS Labrador • Seasearch surveys • Eddystone Lighthouse • Moon jellyfish • Kit bag karma • Aldershot Dolphins • Snorkelling v freediving • Liquivision Lynx computer • St Abbs !
2013 SEPTEMBER ISSUE 22
Dive sites of Penzance • The sunken harbours of West Sussex • Why wreck divers get a kick out of Gulen • Prescription masks • line-laying • Tyneside BSAC revisits the SS Politician wreck • Sea urchin • Calshot Divers
• Around the Mulberrys • Scubapro X-Black BC rated • Fjord perfect in Norway
2013 AUGUST ISSUE 21
Cuttlefish of Babbacombe Bay • Genial George • Glory in Orkney • Hans Hass , tributes to diving pioneer • The wrecks of Grenada • GoPro video skills • Pollock • Crawley Divers • Firth of Forth • The Glen Strathallan • Sherwood Blizzard and Divemaster Evolution 12 • Thailand • Lundy