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Experience is a wonderful teacher. Too bad I'm a slow learner. At least you can profit from my mistakes and have a laugh, too.

The answer to diving's age-old question can change every minute. Here's why you can't trust the brochures, the dive guide or your own eyes.

Keeping your buddy by your side takes communication--before and during the dive.

Take a crash course and learn how to use your compass like a pro while scuba diving. Our simplified method will get you back to the boat without a lot of unnecessary math.

We asked professional fish finders for their tricks. Now the secrets of the masters can be revealed.

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Make sure your octopus doesn't free flow. Detune it if you can, and mount it so its mouthpiece always points downward. We offer you fourteen strategies, eight tips, one unsolicited opinion on breathing off a tank in "Use Less ...

Stop. Before you leave the mooring line, pause to orient yourself. Are you at the bow, the stern or in between? Visualize the wreck as a ship, with a pointy and a blunt end, two sides, a top and a bottom. This can be deceptive when wrecks are ...