Plus answers to your questions about heart conditions and ear pains. Other questions covered: Did Decompression Sickness Cause My Exhaustion? Can DCS Cause Strokes? Can a Person Recover from Paralysis Caused by DCS?

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18 suits that recreational divers can really warm up to.

From pelagic-rich seamounts to World War II wrecks to the primal landscape of the Southern Highlands, we'll take you on a tour so vivid you can almost taste the betel nut.

Deepwater Blues (Pacific blue sharks)

Set a course. Whether you follow a compass course from the anchor line or lay out a guide line or do both depends on how much you can see. So does the route you follow. In the worst conditions, a short, straight out-and-back route is probably ...

The boat looks generally battered and unpainted. A captain might be careless about the cosmetic appearance of his boat, but fastidious about maintaining his pumps and filters. More likely, if he neglects what the customers can see, he neglects ...

The Photography of Jim Sands We're proud to honor the work of a photographer whose story is familiar to many of us: He tried scuba during a vacation resort course, fell in love with it and ...

If you only photograph the reef when the sun's out, you're missing half the fun.