Scuba Diver Australasia Magazine + ALERTDIVER Issue 07/2015 | Page 7

Lia Barrett

conservation
the brink
20 On
LEATHERBACK TURTLES
line
22 Front
GOING S.O.L.O.
hour heroes
24 11th
LARRY MCKENNA

scuba101

16 ENTER THE OCTOPUS

Aflo/Nature Picture Library

sealife

Henry Jager

38

74 Ask the experts
74 Schooling
GOING DEEP
Health
76 FIT
TO DIVE
77 First-timers
FREEDIVING

82

96

Stephen Frink

These humble cephalopods
are the very weirdest animals
on the planet, with, amongst
other things, bizarre DNA that
looks like it’s been put through
a blender

49

Alert Diver

From DAN Asia Pacific

FROM THE EDITOR
Check this out! We are super excited to present you with this new and
improved Scuba Diver AUSTRALASIA!
It’s also absolutely fitting that this happens to be the “World Records”
edition – with this new look and all-new content, we reckon we are now way
ahead of the curve, and bringing you the world’s best from the big blue. We’ll
now be covering the whole gamut of the world of diving in every issue, with
unbelievable firsthand experiences, bucket-list destinations, the inside track
on dive education, the newest equipment, incredible photography, and so
much more!
This issue is a mind-blowing roundup of the planet’s record-breaking
creatures, people and places, with everything from immortal animals
(seriously, check out the feature on page 38), to people spending days
underwater or diving to more than 250 metres on a single breath (page 30)!
Home to everything from the world’s fastest and deepest to its smartest
and most deadly, this region’s waters easily take the title of the world’s most
impressive and exciting. Are you ready to dive in to them in a whole new way?

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On the cover

World record holder,
freediver William
Trubridge descending
to the deep
Image © Lia Barrett