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The Official Magazine of Britain's Biggest Diving Club<br />
SALCOMBE WRECKS ARE YOU FIT TO DIVE?<br />
AND REEFS The exercises we all need to do<br />
Part two of<br />
our site guide<br />
RUSSIA'S WILDERNESS<br />
BSAC women take on the Kamchatka Peninsula KITTED-UP<br />
WOMEN'S BCS<br />
Atoll stories: Escape the crowds in the Southern Maldives ON TEST<br />
Farnes favourite: Explore the SS St Andre in Wrecked<br />
In the Mix: James Clark on the effects of stress in diving<br />
Issue 54 May 2016 £3.99<br />
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Welcome<br />
I notice that in this issue, two of my unruly columnists have expressed less than appreciative sentiments about<br />
diving in freshwater sites. Nick Lyon and Michelle Haywood are both fortunate enough to live right next to<br />
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<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=16"> SCUBAHub Tyneside 114's Nic Faulks and Simon Smit</a>
<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=17"> SCUBAHUB Underwater Photography Masterclass By Al</a>
<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=18"> Remembering Ernie Crook, BSAC's legal guru </a>
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<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=21"> SCUBAHUB Campaign against mandatory annual cylind</a>
<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=22"> SCUBAHUB British Sub-Aqua Club Financial Review </a>
<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=23"> SCUBAHUB British Sub-Aqua Club Consolidated Inco</a>
<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=24"> SCUBABLOKE Nick Lyon and the Those of us fortu</a>
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<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=27"> SCUBAWOMAN The Lady in Red (is a media myth) Wou</a>
<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=28"> Torbet on the Tube: Andy Torbet's Question Time </a>
<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=29"> SCUBAHUB only snorkel trail. For wildlife, a boa</a>
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<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=33"> SCUBACHAT Special resolution – a comment On the </a>
<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=34"> BSACCOURSES Course diary Develop your diving with</a>
<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=35"> BSACCOURSES Instructor Training Scheme Date</a>
<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=36"> CLUBFOCUS Southend BSAC 22 This merry band of wre</a>
<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=37"> QLeft: Dive de-brief – obviously a good dive </a>
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<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=40"> EXPEDITIONDIVING The end of the map Giulia Grimal</a>
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<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=58"> TAKING CONTROL The unknown quantity Advanced Di</a>
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<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 89" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=89"> KITTED-UP Litehawk A review of BCs without the op</a>
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<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 94" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=94"> TRAVELSPECIAL A journey to the southern Maldives</a>
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<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 108" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=108"> YOUR POSTCARDS Every month we will publish a seri</a>
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<a title="iSCUBA 54 - May 2016 page 113" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/351578a2?page=113"> Contributors Anita Sherwood wrote and photograp</a>
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