8 SCUBA HUB

All the latest BSAC and diving news

16 Critter Confidential

Paul Naylor is On the Spot in Plymouth Sound

18 Kirsty Andrews

Choosing the photos to big up British diving

19 Yo-Han Cha

When your partner learns to dive

20 Ocean Science

Karen Boswarva braves the zombie barnacle horde

24 SCUBA Chat

Your letters , tributes and announcements

27 Club Focus

Kristina Pedder interviews Torbay BSAC

32 BSAC Diving Conference 2024

Six page report on the club ’ s big October showcase

40 The Apley Project

Leamington & Warwick BSAC locate and dive a lost Navy Trawler

44 Finding HMS Hawke

The full story of this summer ’ s major tech diving discovery

48 A Grand Day Out

South Bay Scuba ’ s annual diving event out of Scarborough

52 Volunteer Life

Advanced Instructor Andy Botten

54 Protect our Seas Kerry MacKay on sustainable seafood + latest scans of HMS Endurance + mystery river pollution in Scotland + Paul Watson detained in Greenland

58 Travel Special

Patrick Holliday gets the lowdown on the British Virgin Islands

64 Snorkelling

Andy Torbet ’ s top five inland snorkel sites for winter

66 Crossword

Another brain-teaser from the desk of Charles Wheeldon

PHOTO : DAN BOLT

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