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10 Things To Do In Cape Lookout, N.C.

Dive the U-352, try a shrimpburger, learn to spearfish, and more.

10 Things to Love About the Flower Garden Banks

World-class diving at backyard prices. Need another reason to dive the Flower Garden Banks? How about 10 of them.

Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary

Ready for a little southern rock?

9/8: How To Wash a Regulator

If you have a tank, mount the regulator to it and turn on the air to pressurize. While hosing or soaking the regulator, press the purge button to wash inside the second stage. If you don't have a tank, be sure the regulator's dust cap ...

9/9: Buying a Dive Light

More v. Bigger. In general, look for more batteries (six or eight) if you want a brighter light; look for bigger batteries (C or D cells) if you want longer burn time. You can find more light buying tips in Night Skills, our feature devoted to ...

9/10: Equalizing Made Easy

Avoid tobacco and alcohol. Both tobacco smoke and alcohol irritate your mucus membranes, promoting more mucus that can block your eustachian tubes. Learn the ins and outs of the ear with our "11 Tips For Easy Equalizing".

9/13: BC Care: After Ever Dive

Check for leaks. Pressurize the BC using the oral or power inflator and submerge it to look for leaks. Rotate it in all directions to give small bubbles a chance to escape. Want to keep your BC in tip-top shape? Then take care of it. Read ...

9/14: Diving in Low-Vis

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 ...

Buddy Diving: Legal Liabilities

If your dive buddy gets hurt or dies, could you be found liable in a court of law? In a word, yes.