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INDepth – Bahamas cruising
The Bahamas offers visiting divers a heady cocktail of luxury and excitement, but do its shallow reefs have enough variety to justify a liveaboard cruise? Paul Critcher reports from the Exuma Cays - 10/8/10
Chambers of delight
The coral caverns of southern Egypt offer a glimpse of the world that has seduced many a cave diver. Words and photographs by Simon Rogerson - 13/1/10
The good, the bad and the bug-eyed
Some say that, with its 18,000 islands and location at the heart of the famous Coral Triangle, Indonesia is the ultimate diving nation. Simon Rogerson is your guide to some of the archipelago’s most popular scuba spots - 12/1/10
Chambers of delight
The coral caverns of southern Egypt offer a glimpse of the world that has seduced many a cave diver. Words and photographs by Simon Rogerson - 29/11/09
INdepth – Lanzarote & Fuerteventura
For a reasonably priced holiday with guaranteed sun and blue water, the Canary Islands offer plenty of scope. - 13/10/09
10 great shore dives in Malta & Gozo
Shore diving is an easy, cheap and convenient option when abroad, offering you the freedom and flexibility to dive where and when you want – and Malta is one destination that’s particularly suited to it. Photos by Tamsin Eyles - 5/10/09
Hard coral, soft option
The new resorts of southern Egypt offer a luxurious experience on land, but is the local diving good enough to lure people away from the established favourites of the north? Jane Morgan reports from the new Werner Lau resort at Marsa Alam - 5/9/09
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Sunshine on a rainy day
With an advancing weather front threatening to put paid to her stay at the Farne Islands, Jane Morgan tries one last dive and strikes it lucky - 9/7/10
Through the looking glass
Europe’s deepest aquarium is offering divers a chance to swim with its sharks, but how does it compare to the real thing? Simon Rogerson finds out - 12/1/10
Shore Thing: Mevagissey Eastern Gullies, Cornwall
Neil Hope checks out a site that’s set to become one of Cornwall’s best-known south coast dives - 30/11/09
It’s a long way to Lochaline via Capernwray
This spring 11 divers from Peterborough Sub-Aqua Club crammed into four cars and took a road trip 430 miles north, converging on Lochaline on the Sound of Mull for a weekend of diving among some of western Scotland’s finest wrecks. - 5/10/09
Palace Pier, Brighton
For a shore dive with a twist, you can’t beat exploring under a pier, as Simon Brown finds on a day trip to Brighton - 30/7/09
Shore Thing: Hamnavoe Harbour, Shetland
Karen Singer ventures to Shetland for an undemanding yet supremely rewarding shore dive among a treasure trove of critters - 20/7/09
Shorething: Cawsand Bay, Cornwall
Neil Hope gears up for the season by visiting a Cornish village with a classic shore dive literally on its doorstep - 27/5/09
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Scapa’s forbidden wreck – The Royal Oak
To mark the anniversary of the sinking of the battleship Royal Oak, a team of Navy divers visited the wreck to honour the dead and raise an ensign. Photographer Simon Brown was given a unique opportunity to document the ceremony - 9/7/10
Sounding out the Bowbelle
The tragic sinking of the Marchioness was one of the defining events of 1989. Twenty years on, JP Trenque joined an emotional expedition to Madeira to dive the wreck of the Bowbelle, the vessel that caused the disaster on the Thames on that fateful night - 30/11/09
In search of the great British wreck
Every wreck has its own story, but the best ones bring together the adventure, beauty and intrigue that inspire generations of divers. We asked some of our writers to revisit the shipwrecks that sum up all that is great about UK diving - 30/7/09
Legacy of the landings
Protected by law, the D-Day wrecks of Normandy offer an unusual spin on UK-style diving. Steve Jones argues that any serious wreck diver should make a pilgrimage across the Channel to dive the enigmatic remnants of Operation Overlord - 20/7/09
Malta wrecks
A long-time favourite with UK holidaymakers, the Maltese archipelago continues to attract divers, but for Charles Hood, it’s all about the wrecks. Here’s his guide to the best sites - 4/11/08
In the belly of the beast
The Zenobia in Cyprus may be one of the world’s most famous wrecks, but it hasn’t given up all its secrets. - 4/11/08
Claimed by the reef
The Egyptian port of Safaga is best known for just one shipwreck – the tragic Salem Express – but recent discoveries have given divers a whole new set of options. - 6/10/08
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Water Column: Giant appetite
Little enough is known about sperm whales, but as Douglas Seifert found on an expedition to the Ogasawara Islands, even less is known about some of the creatures they feed on - 9/7/10
Water Column: Eel appeal
Every diver relishes a decent moray eel sighting, but there’s more to these predators than meets the eye. Douglas Seifert investigates the secret world of the moray and the timeless appeal it holds for coral reef divers - 9/7/10
Water Column: Dance of the mantas
Baa Atoll in the Maldives is the setting for a seasonal spectacle unlike any other witnessed at any other location in the world. Douglas David Seifert reports on the world’s greatest manta ray aggregation - 12/1/10
British Beasts: Red Bandfish
In my early days of diving there was a well-studied population of a curious red fish that lived in muddy burrows off the east coast of Lundy, in the Bristol Channel – an astonishing 14,000 of them, in fact, in a relatively small area. - 12/1/10
Giants of Gibraltar
Snorkellers in Gibraltar have been enjoying some close encounters with pilot whales this year. - 30/11/09
Shark attack – the fallout
Egypt’s diving community was left reeling after a woman was attacked and killed by a shark at St John’s reef. Simon Rogerson reports on the circumstances that led to the attack and its implications for diver safety in the region - 5/10/09
British Beasts: Football Jersey Worm
The football jersey worm belongs to a group of worms known as nemerteans, after Nemertes, one of the 50 Nereids (sea nymphs) of Greek mythology. - 4/9/09
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