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News round-up
Carriacou gains new underwater sculptures, Avatar actor joins the Coral Gardeners, Iceland resumes whaling, and the Malaysia International Dive Expo is a resounding success.
DAN Medical Q&A
The Divers Alert Network experts offer advice on eye stroke, and conjunctivitis.
New Zealand
Pete Mesley is a passionate wreck diver, and here the wreck photography guru and tech icon presents a guide to some of his favourite wreck dives that lie in the waters off
New Zealand.
Thailand
Thailand is well known as a great place to learn how to dive, but for experienced divers it also boasts exciting and colourful diving โ none better than around the islands of the Andaman Sea.
The Solomon Islands
In the first of a series of features, Don Silcock embarks on an exploration of some of the World War Two wrecks that can be found in the waters around the Solomon Islands.
The Philippines
Nigel Marsh wrote the first guide book to muck diving,
and it covered all the main sites across the Indo-Pacific region, however one destination was missing โ Anda, in the Philippines โ and so he and Helen Rose set off to explore the area.
Diving Withโฆ Benita Vincent
PT Hirschfield chats with the Tasmanian Marine Science PhD with a passion for delivering ocean inspired fashion to the commercial marketplace.
Conservation Corner
Launching Fijiโs Bula Reef โ the largest โwordโ ever written under the sea.
Divers Alert Network
DAN Incident Insight into a case involving missed deco alerts, computer freeze and skin DCS.
TECH: The Aegean Sea
Yana Stashkevich heads for Greece to take part in some deep wreck identification dives, including a Wellington bomber, a paddle steamer, and a magnificent liner.
Whatโs New
The Scuba Diver team takes a look at the brand-new Suunto Ocean wristwatch-style dive computer, which with its multi- sport features, vivid colour screen and incredible battery life โ not to mention a wallet-friendly price โ is set to take the fight to Garmin.
Test Extra
Scuba Diver Editorial Director Mark Evans rates and reviews the latest offering from Shearwater Research โ the Peregrine TX, which takes the extremely popular Peregrine wrist- mounted dive computer and adds a digital compass and air-integration capabilities.
