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Advanced Skills

The Practical Guide to Cave Diving

Certified as a cave or cavern diver? Are you sure your training has prepared you? All the things to consider before ever entering a cave.

Florida and Florida Keys Lobstering Guide

Thinking about participating in Florida's mini season for hunting lobsters? Prepare yourself with these expert tips on finding, catching and cooking lobsters — or go home hungry.

21 Tips for Decompression Diving

Most divers are never taught proper deco technique in traditional diving courses. The key to responsible decompression dives is planning and preparing for the things that can go wrong.

Should Scuba Divers Make Their Deepest Dive First? Not Necessarily

We revisit the findings of a 2006 workshop that evaluated a long-established rule of scuba diving — always make your deepest dive of the day first.

Out Of Their Depth

Two divers follow a divemaster beyond the level of their training. Only one comes back.

Commercial Diving: Working Under Water

Years ago, a career in diving meant joining the U.S. Navy. Today, people have a wide range of options for diving careers. Why not consider commercial diving?

Penetrating Questions

When diving a wreck, should you go inside? Not without proper training.

The Search for the Perfect Gas

Should you breathe air, nitrox or trimix? It depends on the dive. See how nitrox and trimix stack up against the stuff you're used to inhaling.

Should You Go Solo?

It may be your ticket to underwater freedom.