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The Technical Diving Revolution – part 3

In the last of his three-part retrospective MICHAEL MENDUNO looks back to when tekkies were clamouring to ’bring on the ‘breathers!’ Read more...

Constructive Paranoia – a Survival Technique

It takes confidence to call a dive, but perhaps we should all take more notice of the cave-diving approach to safety, suggests SIMON PRIDMORE Read more...

As Intriguing As Ever

I must admit that my heart sank a little at the prospect of reading yet another book about Lt-Cdr Lionel Crabb, the fallen angel who has inspired a shelf-full of tomes since the 1950s. Read more...

Bleak Expectations

I have watched many documentaries bemoaning the state of the marine environment over the years, and have come to expect them at least to end on an uplifting note. Read more...

Marlin Hunt

Think you’ve seen it all under water and ready for new thrills? HENLEY SPIERS found a hot contender in the new-thrills category recently, off Mexico’s Pacific coast Read more...

People Who Need People

Human beings are big animals, of course, but for a long time RICHARD ASPINALL considered other divers more of a nuisance than a photo-opportunity. 'I was wrong!' he admits now Read more...

Where in the world can you ride out in a small boat and jump into the ocean to see dolphins, sharks and whales up close, all in the same day? It’s possible in South Africa when the greatest show in the ocean takes place. Read more...

TIGER TIGER

If you enjoy the company of sharks, Tiger Beach in the Bahamas is the place to be in winter and spring, says BRANDI MUELLER Read more...

The Technical Diving Revolution – part 2

MICHAEL MENDUNO looks at how technical diving got its name, at the controversy generated by the ‘devil gas’ nitrox, and the battle to get to grips with safety in the early ‘90s. Read more...

Two and a Half to Bandos

A two-year-old along for the ride was no bar to diving for Federica Squadrilli Carr, but her son was far from the only non-diver at one of the Maldives’ oldest resorts. Read more...

Breaking the Chain

It takes confidence to call a dive, but perhaps we should all take more notice of the cave-diving approach to safety, suggests SIMON PRIDMORE Read more...

‘Prepare to be Amazed!’

MARTYN FARR has had more than his share of great underwater experiences, but only now has he come to dive ‘the most beautiful caves in the world’. Read more...

Rust, Flora & Fauna

STEVE DOVER has been diving La Manga – the Sandbar of the Minor Sea – and is a convert to the region’s fiercely protected attractions. Read more...

Light Show

MELISSA HOBSON wasn’t sure what to expect on her first fluo night-dive in Madagascar, but she was anticipating fireworks. Read more...

The Technical Diving Revolution – part 1

MICHAEL MENDUNO is the man who coined the terms ‘technical diving’, as well as ‘tekkie’. In the first of a three-part series, the US diver traces the origins and development of the trend-setting arm of the sport. Read more...

Dive the Pourquoi Pas? Why not?

More than 80 years after the sinking of 20th-century French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot’s ship in Iceland, NICOLAS JOB dives the wreck of the Pourquoi Pas? Read more...

Mermaid at the Museum

MERMAID DEEPBLUE is back, this time getting a tad chilly in the Canary Islands, though her fellow-models don’t feel the cold. Underwater photography by ARTURO J TELLE Read more...

Scapa Flow 100

Scapa diver MIKE WARD looks at the epic story behind the event, the best way to dive the Flow, and talks to Rod Macdonald, author of what many regard as the location’s definitive dive-guide. Read more...

Crystal Blue, Midnight Black

HENLEY SPIERS & JADE HOKSBERGEN cross over to the dark side during a rewarding trip to Anilao. Read more...

To Divemaster and Beyond

Tell a commercial diver training agency that you want to be an instructor and it will extend a warm welcome, says SIMON PRIDMORE. Just don’t kid yourself that you’re submitting a job application – you’re buying a product. Read more...

Shelf Appeal

British-waters divers won’t go far wrong with this handsome book as their guide. Read more...

Adventures in Ringflection

HENLEY SPIERS was looking for a new challenge in underwater photography, and his quest began in a hardware store. Read more...

Nineteen to Intrigue

It’s probably fair to say that awareness of wreck-diving in the five Great Lakes is not high on this side of the Atlantic, but in North America these bodies of water command a big following of divers. Read more...

Under Pressure

What is it like to be a saturation diver? Certainly YAQUB AL-OMOUD seems in no hurry to hand over to the machines. Read more...

Daylight

DIVER’s freediving consultant Marcus Greatwood had been trying to capture the spectacular image below for some time. Read more...

Every One’s a Winner

An image capturing the exact moment a pack of grey reef sharks catch and devour a parrotfish has seen British photographer Richard Barnden named Underwater Photographer of the Year 2019. Read more...

Essentially Entertaining

I’d go so far as to say it’s the most amusing book about the sub-aqua scene I’ve read since the heyday of Andy Blackford, and I know that because I kept laughing out loud as I turned the pages. Read more...