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2013 JULY ISSUE 20
Stelth diver versus illegal fisherman • Training out bad habits ● Buoyancy & Trim Workshop
● Scotland ’ s beautiful Hispania ● Commensal Ragworm ● The Holland V ● BSAC courses
● Clidive BSAC 410 ● Heated undersuits & wreck research ● Buoyancy ● St Abbs ● The Balearics ● Scott Cassell interview 2013 JUNE ISSUE 19
Super-bright umbilical torches • Wrecks for advanced divers ● Top tips for teaching Ocean Diver ● Outrageous luxury at Rangali Island ● Buddy separation , and how to avoid it ● The corkwing wrasse ● RAF Halton SAC
● Rugby Club diving ● SS Robin ● Maldives
● Black Ice BCD , plus a wreck finding app
2013 MAY ISSUE 18
Snorkel with oceanic sharks • Does UK diving stand alongside the world ’ s best ? ● Sea lions and fiesta in La Paz , Mexico ● Port Napier in west Scotland ● Deep wreck narcosis hit ● Blue Dolphins of Guernsey ● Sarah Conner ● Reef diving ● Garmin handheld GPS , XCEL Thermoflex suit
2013 APRIL ISSUE 17
Seven pages of new cameras and secrets of the Pros • Touring Scotland with Lawson Wood ● A day in the life of the DDRC ● Malta
● Trapped on the Salsette ● Cornwall ’ s James Eagan Layne ● Common starfish ● Southsea SAC ● Croatian adventures ● Celebrating 60 years of BSAC
2013 MARCH ISSUE 16
Stratford ’ s incident reconstruction • A year in the life of Merseyside SAC ● Swindon builds its own clubhouse ● Truk , the world ’ s greatest wreck destination ● Defibrillators for divers ● Jewel anemone ● Dudley Dolphins ● Photo competition ● The SS Burnside , Uist ● Shock therapy ● Swindon SAC
2013 FEBRUARY ISSUE 15
A winter tour of Mull • Luxury liveaboard in the Maldives ● Mixed gas training ● Secrets of the John Dory ● London – BSAC No 1 ● New gear reviews ● Hawksbill turtle ● Taking Control , sharp thinking ● Guide to Farne Islands wrecks , reefs and seals ● BSAC course listings
2013 JANUARY ISSUE 14
St Kilda , the Holy Grail of British Diving , offshore exploration around Scotland • First Class prep team maps Plymouth ’ s Persier ● Latest travel BCs for frequent flyers ● Mask clearing skills ● Thistle Divers ● Banking on a Cayman Island ● Inland Sites , underwater Wessex ● Winter wonderland diving
2012 DECEMBER ISSUE 13
Gadgets and gizmos for Christmas in Tested • Advanced Instructor event in Tenerife ● A guide to Scotland ’ s Islandmagee ● The Octopus Divers ● Two women in the Isle of Man ● Torbay ● The Red Sea ● Shark Trust , protecting an endangered species ● Southerly surprises with Dan Bolt
2012 NOVEMBER ISSUE 12
A guru ’ s guide to underwater photography • Become a Dive Leader ● Mystery of the upside-down ship ● Bathala , a Maldivian jewel ● Lisburn SAC ● The Causeway Coast
● The Sultanate of Oman ● Bathala island ● Inside the Maritime and Rescue Coordination Centre ● Under the ice filming
2012 OCTOBER ISSUE 11
Torches on test • Discover Scotland ’ s remote shore dives ● The subtle art of the try dive ● Weymouth , fast drifts and classic wrecks ● Trimix diving off Newquay ● Malaysia , a journey to Sipadan and beyond ● Oxford SAC ● Exploring the Thurso shore ● Explore the St George ● Chattering scallops
2012 SEPTEMBER ISSUE 10
Devon ' s dolphin , a night dive encounter • Classic wrecks of Oban and Mull ● Cavern diving in Wales ● D-Day tanks and bulldozers in Wrecked ● The lost Liberty Ship ● The marauding sunstar ● Dorking Snorkelling Club ● Taking liberties in Loch Ewe ● 5mm wetsuits on test ● Caribbean hideaways
2012 AUGUST ISSUE 9
Tech divers find the J6 Sub • The rainbow reefs of Falmouth ● Perfect your compass skills ● Explore Plymouth ' s Elk ● Whale shark wonders of Indonesia ● Sea Scorpions without the sting ● Thanet Sub-Aqua Club ● On the Oceana 100 years later ● 5mm wetsuits on test ● Maltese memories
2012 JULY ISSUE 8
The Philippines , Asia ' s bargain hunt • Accelerated deco plan ● Plymouths w recks , reefs and the river ● Real life rescue , anatomy of an incident ● Shore-based in Marsa Alam
● Fins that stand the test of time ● Bracknell Sub-Aqua club ● Braving pentland Firth ● The MV Tapti ● Southern Egypt
2012 JUNE ISSUE 7
Maldives Travel Special • Shore diving , Technique ... planning ... best sites ● Wreck appreciation ● Eyemouth U-boat U-714C ● Spain ’ s Medas Islands ● Undersuits on test ● Temptestous anemones ● High Wycombe Sub-Aqua club ● Ten steps to securing your club ’ s grant ● The Coronation
2012 MAY ISSUE 6
Guide to the Isles of Scilly • RMS Titanic , 100 years on ● The art of diving Cyprus ● Dive computers ● Northumberland ’ s Coryton ● Search and Recovery ● Poseidon MkVI Discovery Rebreather ● Crab versus sea Hare● Portsmouth Uni Sub-Aqua club ● The dream buddy ● Cocos versus Galapagos
2015 APRIL ISSUE 5
Malta & Gozo , travel double-header • Divers ’ tasty treats ● Membrane drysuits ● Discover the sea lochs of West Scotland ● La Paz , Mexico ● HMS / M Submarine A1 ● Ormskirk Sub-Aqua club ● A crab and a sea hare do battle ● Diving a 14,294 tonne Polish liner ● Training in the Red Sea
2012 MARCH ISSUE 4
St Abbs guide • Budget regulators test● Photography ● Summer Isles , three clubs , no pubs ● Controlled Buoyant Lift ● Smallspotted catfish ● Basildon ● The perils of going feet first ● HMS Stock Force ● South Africa : big game , bigger fish ● Thailand dive centre setup ● Watford Underwater Club
2012 FEBRUARY ISSUE 3
Scapa Flow stories , dive deeper into history • 25 fantastic destinations to choose from ● Guernsey wrecks , caves & gullies ● Ice diving
● Velvet swimming crab ● Diving Guernsey with ULSAC ● Bermuda SAC ● A fast ascent in Croatia ● The Cider Wreck ● Cambridge AUV ● Scarborough Sub-Aqua Club
2012 JANUARY ISSUE 2
Rathlin , Ireland ’ s greatest wall dives • Diving ’ s new generation ● Bahamas ● Boat handling , Hartford SAC ● Weymouth ’ s Rowella ● Hybrid BCs ● Budget diving ● Ballan wrasse
● Caithness SAC ● Zero viz at the Zenobia ● FV Rowella ● Djibouti ● Ampleforth in Malta ● HMS Venerable ● Plymouth Sound
2011 DECEMBER ISSUE 1
Shetland ’ s wrecks and reefs • Tyneside divers hit the Highlands ● Southsea SAC dive the SS Mendi ● Diving qualifications ● A day in the life of an Antarctic dive pro ● Spiny star fish ● Dacorum SAC , Hemel Hempstead ● Shetland ’ s wreck sites ● Bali ● Drowning in plastic ● Mola mola ● The Canaries
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