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News round-up
How restored coral reefs grow as fast as healthy ones, Holly Wakely becomes young Course Director, Margo Peyton is inducted into Scuba Diving Hall of Fame, and a new wreck is discovered in the Egyptian Red Sea.
DAN Medical Q&A
The DAN team talk nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis.
Divers Alert Network
The story of a female diver who found herself in deep trouble after issues equalising her ears.
Tasmania
PT Hirschfield meets handfish in the wild and learns how Tasmanian scientists are fighting the extinction of this quirky, benthic animal.
Indonesia
Don Silcock explores the Bandas islands, part of the Indonesian province of Maluku.
The Maldives
Stefan Beskow is on a mission to see sharks in the Maldives, and his liveaboard voyage to the southern atolls more
than delivers.
Mustard’s Masterclass
Alex turns his attentions to that diver favourite – manta rays.
Diving With… Dr Jemina Stuart-Smith
PT Hirschfield speaks with the marine scientist on a mission to save Tasmania’s red handfish from extinction.
Conservation Corner
Sea Shepherd’s Antarctica Defence, and a spotlight on the industrial krill fishing fleet.
Divers Alert Network
The story of a female diver who found herself in deep trouble after issues equalising her ears.
TECH: The Great Lakes
Becky Kagan Schott continues her epic tour of some of the best wreck dives in the Great Lakes of North America.
Diving into the Darkness
PT Hirschfield chats with director Nays Baghai about his newly released, award-winning cave-diving documentary about living legend Jill Heinerth.
Australia
Martin Crossley continues his fishy business around Western Australia’s coast.
What’s New
New gear coming to market, including the SeaLife Lens Adapter for the SportDiver Smartphone Housing, the Avatar 102 Airon ladies drysuit, a new range of apres divewear from Avatar (including fleece, T-shirt and hat), and the Seac Screen dive computer.
Test Extra
Editorial Director Mark Evans rates and reviews the compact but powerful OrcaTorch D710 dive light, which pumps out some serious lumens despite being small enough to tuck into a BCD pocket.
