Reviews
Meanwhile, at the Surface
To non-divers, what scuba-divers do is underwater swimming, but we don’t really think of it as swimming. Read more...
In search of the best underwater photo-editing Apps
Which are the best value-for-money apps for editing your underwater photos? CHARLIE THISBY compares five contenders. Read more...
New Take for the Centenary
After all these years and so many words written about Scapa Flow, it is pleasantly surprising to read new information about the sites. Read more...
Finding The Best Dive-Logging App
In his occasional app-reviews, HENLEY SPIERS considers six ways to keep digital records. Read more...
Big Picture
This well-written guide, sized for portability, can only boost their chances of correctly identifying that pinniped or cetacean. Read more...
Functional Slugfest
This one is all about the pictures, because the accompanying text is minimal. Still, fair enough, how far can you get into describing individual sea-slug species? Read more...
Come to Grief in the West
An attractive coffee-table package that could make a welcome gift for wreck-divers. Read more...
The Black Panther Lives On
Like the Black Panther itself, this book ticks all the boxes. 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...
Shelf Appeal
British-waters divers won’t go far wrong with this handsome book as their guide. 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...
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...
Primer for Future Divers
This is an invitingly illustrated book for bright nine-year-olds-and-up, designed to inform and enthuse them about the underwater world. Read more...
Two-Way Push
The book is a great read, though it could have done with a better title. Yes, it is about recovering gold, but when the salvage turned to the U-boats I felt a little lost before eventually being put back onto the “gold route”. Read more...
Big in the Indian Ocean
Underwater Eden – The Marine Life of Seychelles, by Christophe Mason Parker & Joe Daniels. Read more...
Diving their socks off
ss Thistlegorm – The Ultimate Visual Guide to the World’s Greatest Shipwreck (iBook), by Simon Brown, Jon Henderson, Alex Mustard & Mike Postons. Read more...
Thai Cave Rescue: The Chalk, The Cheese
I was amazed when the first two books on the subject were sent for review in December, fewer than five months from the conclusion of the event. Read more...
How we made Last Breath
The film 'Last Breath' based on an incredible but true story of saturation divers in the North Sea is now in UK cinemas. Read more...
Last Breath
A new film based on an incredible but true story of saturation divers in the North Sea will be in UK cinemas soon Read more...
Elegy for an Eco-Warrior
As with Rob Stewart’s original award-winning film Sharkwater (2006), shark-finning is at the heart of this new documentary. Read more...
Bring on the Cringe Factor
Dive Exceptional: Become the Best Diver You Can Be by Simon Pridmore Read more...
Cephalopod Universe
Octopus, Squid & Cuttlefish: A Visual Scientific Guide by Roger Hanlon, Mike Vecchione & Louise Allcock Read more...
Fast-moving Slug World
Nudibranch & Sea Slug Identification – Indo-Pacific by Terrence Gosliner, Angel Valdes and David Behrens Read more...
Singalonga Cowboy
I Just Wanna Dive (CD by Pup Morse Read more...
Finding the best… dive-gaming APPs
HENLEY SPIERS checks out 16 free or low-price digital offerings that could make (or mar) your festive downtime. Read more...
Books to suit all tastes – Pt2
Printed books remain an ever-acceptable option as a present for all but the most Kindle-dedicated, so here is a selection of some of DIVER’s favourite recent diving-related titles. Read more...
Gifts for Divers – books to suit all tastes – Pt1
Printed books remain an ever-acceptable option as a present for all but the most Kindle-dedicated, so here is a selection of some of DIVER’s favourite recent diving-related titles. Read more...