CONTENTS
8 SCUBA HUB
All the latest BSAC and diving news
16 Critter Confidential
Squattie McSquatface! Paul Naylor looks at squat lobsters around Eyemouth
18 Kirsty Andrews
How’ s your Christmas list shaping up? Kirsty knows what she wants
19 Yo-Han Cha
Getting to grips with maritime archaeology( and human error)
21 Ocean Science
Unsung heroes: The fabulous but forgotten fucoids
22 Two Sophies
Hep & Ren set out their advice for teaching the Controlled Buoyant Lift
25 Club Focus
Kristina Pedder profiles North Wales Technical Divers branch
28 Nigel Motyer: Beneath Irish Seas
Enjoy our lavish photo special and interview with Ireland’ s leading underwater photographer
36 A Dive to Remember part 5
Four inspiring stories from our writing competition, featuring Kimmeridge Bay; Whirl Rocks in the Farne Islands; the Hispania in the Sound of Mull and the Plymouth Drop-off
40 Sea change in Plymouth Harrogate SAC members document regime change in the waters off Plymouth
44 Kitted-up: Winterise your world
Kit care in a cold climate. Winterproofing explained, with Neil Hope
50 Volunteer Life
Introducing Snorkel Instructor Edmund‘ Spud’ Ulliott. He’ s a spud you’ ll like.
56 Travel Special: Winter destinations
Tried-and-tested destinations for warm( ish) water over the hibernal months
64 Snorkelling
Introducing children to water and the Tube, with Andy Torbet
66 Crossword
Test your grey cells with Charles Wheeldon’ s latest puzzle
56 Travel Special
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