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Bleak Expectations
Film ReviewBleak ExpectationsBlue (DVD / Download), directed by Karina Holden Appeared in DIVER July 2019 This is a blue movie indeed, filled with existential despair. I have watched many...
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Be The Champ! – The Spread
PHOTO TECHNIQUEBe The Champ!The Spread / Alex Mustard – Misool for mantas Reef Manta, taken with a Nikon D5 and Nikon 28-70mm lens with Nauticam WACP. Subal housing. Seacam strobes. 1/200th @ f/9,...
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Waterproof W80 & W-Series Overvest
WETSUITWaterproof W80 & W-Series Overvest Appeared in DIVER July 2019 So many factors affect how we chill under water, apart from water temperature. Some are highly personal and variable. We lose...
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Sali Army
CRITTER DIVERSali ArmyA mighty army of tiny critters, that is, at a near-virgin site in up-and-coming Halmahera. JOHN LIDDIARD reports Looking for critters in Sali Bay. When reading an address, I tend...
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Bony Would Have Died Happy
BIG ANIMAL DIVERBony Would Have Died HappyYes, had Napoleon Bonaparte been into diving, he would soon have realised that St Helena is not the worst place in the world to end your days in exile. SCOTT...
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As Intriguing As Ever
Book ReviewAs Intriguing As EverCrabbgate, by John Bevan Appeared in DIVER July 2019 I must admit that my heart sank a little at the prospect of reading yet another book about Lt-Cdr Lionel Crabb, the...
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Constructive Paranoia – a Survival Technique
TECHNIQUEConstructive Paranoia – a Survival TechniqueWhat does a tree falling in a rainforest have to do with safe diving? Everything, says SIMON PRIDMORE Unusually for a column in a diving magazine,...
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The Technical Diving Revolution – part 3
TECHNICAL DIVERThe Technical Diving Revolution – part 3MICHAEL MENDUNO is the US diver who coined the term ‘technical diving’. In the last of his three-part retrospective on the emergence of technical...
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Scubapro Go Sock
FOOTWEARScubapro Go Sock Appeared in DIVER July 2019 It’s become a bit of a fad to celebrate your 100th dive by doing it naked. But, however toned your body is, once festooned in scuba harness webbing...
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Appointment with the President
VANUATU DIVERAppointment with the PresidentWhat do you do when you have time to spare in Indonesia? Pop over to Vanuatu to dive one of the world’s most iconic wrecks, of course. It only took BRANDI...
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Stopovers on the Highway
SOCORRO DIVERStopovers on the HighwayHowever many videos you watch, you have to dive there to know it – CATH BATES pays a visit to the underwater wonderland known as Socorro A giant Pacific manta ray....
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Oceanic Geo4
COMPUTEROceanic Geo4 Appeared in DIVER August 2019 My first dive computer cost £313, a sufficiently odd price for it to stick in my mind, and it revolutionised my diving. Like the rest of the club I’d...
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Never Mind The Season
RED SEA DIVERNever Mind The SeasonLiveaboard diver MARK B HATTER had enjoyed a Red Sea itinerary in summer and, despite initial mild thermal shock, was also braced by a complementary winter...
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All Things Great & Small
PHILIPPINES DIVERAll Things Great & SmallMoalboal in the south-west of Cebu in the Philippines offers everything from easy snorkelling and spectacular macro diving to extreme tech on rebreathers...
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The Black Panther Lives On
Book ReviewThe Black Panther Lives OnGerman Submarine U-1105 ‘Black Panther’, by Aaron Stephan Hamilton Appeared in DIVER August 2019 Now that’s what I call a dedicated wreck book and a good read....
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How to Find a Legitimate Seller When Buying a Second-Hand Boat
BOAT BUYINGHow to Find a Legitimate Seller When Buying a Second-Hand Boat Trying to find a legitimate seller when searching for a new boat can be difficult. Boats are worth a fantastic amount of money...
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Dry-ish Run
CROATIA DIVERDry-ish RunWILL APPLEYARD and his partner Ana undertake a Croatian diving road-trip, though for long periods it looks set to be no more than a Croatian road-trip! A helping hand after the...
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A Haven for Hardware
JORDAN DIVERA Haven for HardwareAqaba, Jordan’s only coastal city, continues to stake its claim as an underwater playground for metal-loving divers. As other aspiring artificial-reef locations watch...
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Zeagle Scope
MASKZeagle Scope Appeared in DIVER August 2019 ZEAGLE IS A US MAKER and its origins lie in skydiving equipment. Moving into scuba, it was a pioneer in designing wing-type BCs, and an innovator in...
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1919 and Beyond
WRECK DIVER1919 and BeyondIn the final part of a series of wreck-based articles that has spanned the past five years, JOHN LIDDIARD considers the continued diving legacy of the Great War after the...
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