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MACEDONIA. I'll come back there again… p.32
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Take the memories with you p.46
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I Decided to Become a Diving Instructor p.32
You're older, you have even more opportunities p.34
Ballast – your friend or foe? p.54
Breathing, Hyperventilation and Diving: How Breath Control Can Change Your Life p.58
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in ISSUE 34
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PORTO SANTO. That's the Life p.12
The White Continent (continued). ANTARCTICA p.28
UNDER THE CEILING
MOLNAR. Treasure Hidden Under the Streets of Budapest p.20
FRESH WATER
KNOWLEDGE
Enriched Air – Diving Magic p.40
My adventure with underwater photography p. 50
From Fear to Calm. Techniques for Coping with Anxiety Underwater and on Land p.54
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TIPS & CURIOSITIES
Does your DIVING MASK affect your buoyancy control? p.64
in ISSUE 33
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PALAU, world diving bestseller
FRESH WATER
HEMMOOR'S Kreidesee Lake. Where Boredom Doesn't Exist!
WRECKS
St. George Wreck, THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
LANET EARTH
Unusual behaviour of dolphins near Hurghada
Let's hurry to love black-tailed godwits!
KNOWLEDGE
Diving in the World of Forgotten History
Become a diving master! Get a black belt at the age of 12!
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
in ISSUE 32
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EXPLORE DIVING CENTERS WITH PERFECT DIVER
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LOMBOK. Diving in the shadow of a volcano
Diving Great Britain. PORTLANT
UNDER THE CEILING
Dos fotógrafos. A short story about one fun day in the jungle PLUS an interview with Joram Mennes
FRESH WATER
OUR CONVERSATION
My fairy tale! Or perhaps my hard work?! An interview with Przemek Zyber
PLANET EARTH
By their long beaks you will recognise them
KNOWLEDGE
5 tips for those who want to start diving
Adventure with diving, or a child on a course
Allow yourself to be lost!!! And discover something new
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
Does a headstand affects equipment performance?
in ISSUE 31
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UNDER THE CEILING
Always dark and gloomy? Not this time! Slovak OPAL MINES
TRAVELS
Coiba National Park, PANAMA – from a prison to a national park
Volcanoes of the Atlantic Ocean. LANZAROTE
Diving Great Britain. CROMHALL QUARRY
WRECKS
EVENTS
Diving Farewell to the Year 2023
PLANET EARTH
KNOWLEDGE
Underwater feast or about, what to eat underwater and before diving
My children are not even 10 yet, but they are already diving…
Underwater debut. Exploring the Psychological Dimensions of the First Dive
ICE DIVING. Extreme sensation or adventure of a lifetime
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
in ISSUE 30
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Diving in Great Britain. SWANAGE
PLANET EARTH
Lake Ohrid. Hotspot of freshwater biodiversity
EVENTS
We were brought together by the World Cleanup!
EQUIPMENT
KNOWLEDGE
Underwater Captain – Using Diving Experience in Team Leadership
Perfect buoyancy – an essential diving skill and the greatest difficulty
To swim or not to swim? That is the question
Egyptian DCS or why decompression theory is always called a theory...
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
in ISSUE 29
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TRAVELS
Maldives, it is worth getting off the track sometimes
”It depends” – how to choose a diving safari
WRECKS
Diving in Great Britain. PLYMOUTH
OUR CONVERSATION
Meet Hollis – interview with Nick Hollis
ARCHAEOLOGY
Ancient marine secrets: Cape Gelidonya
UNDER THE CEILING
PLANET EARTH
Bridging Historical Restoration and Marine Conservation
FRESH WATER
Cottage on Głębokie Lake (Poland)
KNOWLEDGE
Choosing a diving buddy is harder than you might think!
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
Electric decompression (impressions and thoughts of a practitioner)
in ISSUE 28
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TRAVELS
Philippines, four o'clock in the morning, just before crowing of cocks
Encounter with a thresher shark
OUR CONVERSATION
Diving. A different state of consciousness – interview with Karolina Gorczyca
At the BARE dry suit factory – interview with Dennis Stivala
UNDER THE CEILING
KNOWLEDGE
Diving, a way to get to know yourself
Where are the boundaries of an adventure?
Adhesion and cohesion... or why you should spit into your mask
Why do I have the urge to pee when diving
FRESH WATER
Diving in Great Britain. CHEPSTOW
PLANET EARTH
Black-and-white, and yet colourful divers from the north
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
in ISSUE 27
In the issue:
TRAVELS
Mexican cenotes. A divers' paradise VIS
Balearic surprise
The village of Czarnogłowy
KNOWLEDGE
BLACKWATER diving: encounter with mysterious underwater creatures of the night
Project Girls
WRECKS
HMS SOUTHWOLD
QUARRY
Diving Great Britain – Stoney Cove
PLANET EARTH
Meet my family, a whole other dimension of wild dolphin watching
Colourful nightingales
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
50 bar / reserve – wild ride. How long will my reserve last?
ARCHIVAL RELEASES
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OUR CONVERSATION
Crete. Recreationally, technically and touristically
TRAVELS
Cyprus. From Limassol to Protaras, part II
Raja Ampat. Unusual underwater meetings, part II
WRECKS
MS Jan Heweliusz – an underwater museum or a cemetery?
EQUIPMENT
KEY CAN
UNDER THE CEILING
The famous Ressel cave
PLANET EARTH
Sticklebacks, ninespine sticklebacks and Spinachia
Blood-beaked wading birds
ARCHAEOLOGY
Uluburun
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
1 million lumens. Completely new flashlights for divers
In the issue:
TRAVELS
Sumbawa, a giant shark adventure
Raja Ampat – the last of Paradise
Visiting Menjangan Island
In Marsa Alam you can see everything… underwater
Italian heel
CAVES
Scuba diving depth world record in Boensmansgat Cave in South Africa
QUARRY
Wetro quarry
KNOWLEDGE
Girls corner, twinset-diving
PLANET EARTH
Extraordinary fate of pilot whales
Generators of happiness… and descendants
EVENTS
Baltictech
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
Freeflow or how to use your regulator
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TRAVELS
Asian island of Europe
Pinnipeds of the Farne Islands – a British grey seal
Scapa Flow – IT ALL DEPENDS
All-inclusive diving in Deep Dive Dubai
CAVES
Picos de Europa
UNDER THE CEILING
Felicitas. German Slate Mine
KNOWLEDGE
Long hair and diving
Virtual diving
PLANET EARTH
Singing divers
The final of the 29th Action Cleaning the World – Poland is already behind us!
EVENTS
Diving Talks recap
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
Procedures. How to become a better diver?
CYPRUS
In the issue:
WRECKS
Scapa Flow. The German 7
TRAVELS
Bali – continued
Krk
Montenegro. The black pearl of the Adriatic
PLANET EARTH
Reef in times of plague. The impact of the pandemic period on coral reefs
Disappearing dolphins
Sharks, part II
What is it like to be a salmon?
Loud wading birds
ARCHAEOLOGY
Endurance. The Polar Mystery
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
Stage cylinder (stage). How to become a better diver?
CYPRUS
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Gozo – I choose you!
All around Malta in a week
Aqaba in Jordan, the kingdom of wrecks for all!
Bali, before you dive
Dahab's "health resort" viewed a little differently
UNDER THE CEILING
Diving in the old Nuttlar lime stone mine
KNOWLEDGE
I started diving because I was scared
PLANET EARTH
Hanifaru Bay. It takes a lot of mantas to start a cyclone Can contact with a cephalopod be therapeutic?
Sharks
Swift swallows
CYPRUS
LANZAROTE
LAKE NIEDACK
EVENTS
Diving Talks 2022
Baltictech 2022
All the trash is ours!
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
How to become a better diver?
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Galápagos. The Republic of animals, part II
Yucatan differently
In the land of dragons
Lavezzi. Treasure of the Strait of Bonifacio
WRECKS
Salem Express
EQUIPMENT
How to choose an undersuit for your drysuit?
OUR CONVERSATION
"Manta" project
Driven by passion
ARCHAEOLOGY
World's Largest Underwater Treasure
PLANET EARTH
Ice cream, free drinks and... whales, how to choose a whale watching cruise operator?
Unusual guests
Screechy reed singers
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
Manometers
In the issue:
TRAVELS
Galapagos.The republic of animals
Far south
Is it worth diving in the Caribbean Sea?
PLANET EARTH
Green and hawksbill. Endangered species of turtles of the Red Sea
Killer whales. Killers, victims, motives and mysteries
Long-tailed ducks. Cold-loving divers
OUR CONVERSATION
For Ocean From Us. About eco glasses talks Marek Kucharz
UNDERWATER INSPIRATIONS
”Reef” on canvas
UNDER THE CEILING
The Cavettes
KNOWLEDGE
A woman’s view on diving
WRECKS
Trip Report. Amoco Milford Haven Wreck, Arenzano, Italy
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
Scuba cylinder valves: introduction and their impact on a diver’s actions
In the issue
UNDER THE CEILING
Swedish princess
Denée. Belgian black marble mine
Slate Mines in Germany
TRAVELS
Mauritius. An island of the dodo bird
Cuba. The Pearl of the Caribbean
Prelude to the Galapagos – Ecuador, on both sides of the equator
ARCHAEOLOGY
Vasa… the most wonderful
QUARRY
'Kamyki' Quarry
PLANET EARTH
Essential Provisions
Pilot Whales from Tenerife
Shoals of herring, matriarchy of killer whales and humpback whales, or Norwegian winter beyond the Arctic Circle
Singing Travelers
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
What kind of divers are women?
In the issue:
TRAVELS
Underwater Croatia
Vámonos! The Sea of Córtes...
WRECKS
My take on the "Torpedownia" torpedo testing station
OUR CONVERSATION
At a turtle’s pace
EVENTS
The first edition of the Diving Talks – International Diving Congress
EQUIPMENT
Underwater Decathlon
PLANET EARTH
Why is the Baltic Sea void of sharks?
Ritual slaughter. The tradition of pilot whale hunting in the Faroe Islands
Harriers from the marsh
Underwater cleanup
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
How to select a diving torch?
In the issue:
TRAVELS
MUSAN. An underwater museum and an artificial reef
Blue sharks. Basque sharks
Wonderful Iceland
Niedackie Lake
PLANET EARTH
Love corals
Ubiquitous wagtails
WRECKS
Malin Head wreck site
Disenchanting the Baltic wrecks. ORP “DELFIN”
FREEDIVING
Static apnoea. Results
KNOWLEDGE
Buddy system. Safe diving with a reasonable approach
EQUIPMENT
Drysuit
Freediver mask. How to choose and use it correctly
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
PowerJet FINS – soft SF and hard HD
In the issue:
PLANET EARTH
Eye to eye with the giant. Manta rays
Eiders. Soft-feathered divers
TRAVELS
Bali under the microscope
El Hierro. A great gift for divers
Diving safari in the red sea. "Golden Triangle"
OUR CONVERSATION
4baltic. Four for Baltic
Conversation with Tomek Ramutkowski
QUARRY
’Hemmoor virus’
KNOWLEDGE
Mermaiding. Mermaid Academy
Diver Rescue. How to effectively provide first aid
FREEDIVING
Static apnoea. Research on athletes
EQUIPMENT
How to select a wetsuit? Tecline PROTERM
Why dive PRISM2
Hayne Mist
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
Useful tips and tricks for beginner technical divers
In the issue:
TRAVELS
Mexico. Journey to the interior of the Earth
What is Waves&Ice?
Spain, the country of wonderful people
My Attersee
KNOWLEDGE
Snoot in underwater photography
FREEDIVING
Static apnoea. Performance factors
ARCHAEOLOGY
Surgery, Disappearing Wrecks and Big Money
How did it start? History of underwater archaeology
REVIEW
Nine 1/2 weeks with MK2i or a subjective Garmin multitool review
PLANET EARTH
Plastic. An enemy or a friend?
Cranes. Long-legged elegance
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
Regulator, part II,
Dispelling the Myths
In the issue:
TRAVELS
Illes Medes. An underwater reserve
Marsa Alam
The Maledives
OUR CONVERSATION
Diving Talks
ARCHAEOLOGY
Underwater archeology courses.
What for? For whom? How?
KNOWLEDGE
Guardian Angels. Polish Medical Air Rescue
PLANET EARTH
Fish-eating ducks
Baltic dolphins
Drainage nets
TIPS & CURIOSOTIES
Regulator
In the issue:
TRAVELS
Lanza
Raja Ampat, the last paradise on earth
The Bahamas, water world
Sardinian tales. Northeast
OUR CONVERSATION
Through the lens – Oksana Maksymova
FREEDIVING
FreeSlovenia
ARCHAEOLOGY
The Baltic Sea 1000 years ago
KNOWLEDGE
Northern Diver heated vest
Full awareness diving
Is it worth participating in wreck and marine diving training?
"Diving into Darkness: A True Story of Death and Survival". Review
PLANET EARTH
What cheeps in the reeds. Little things with moustache
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
A diving hat
In the issue:
TRAVELS
Gulf Islands. In search of the lost sand
Central Dalmatia
Sardinia. Under the sign of Aquarius
Pudding
OUR CONVERSATION
Through the lens – Henley Spiers
ARCHAEOLOGY
Sacred waters
KNOWLEDGE
Video System UV2
#divelocal #divesafe
"Medicine for divers". Review
ROOKIE'S EYE
XI ABC's commandments
PLANET EARTH
The ubiquitous plankton
A goose or not really?
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
Buoyant mood
In the issue:
ARCHAEOLOGY
Astonishing discoveries at Lednica in 2020!
TRAVELS
Sardinia. Northwest, Alghero
Tremiti Islands
What about an Adriatic Safari
Głębokie Lake near Międzyrzecze
KNOWLEDGE
A travelling diver, part II
ROOKIE'S EYE
Safety and emergency situations in water
PLANET EARTH
Crested divers
Lumpfish – picture story
Baltic sea horses
A fish worth more than gold
Cleaning the world
CAVES
Christine mine. An enchanted place
Kantyna Quarry
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
Get it on with underwater cutting
In the issue:
TRAVELS
2 poles. The land of the ice giants
Norway. Dive Bergen
Bornholm as seen from the shore
Sardinia "Pilot". My piece of paradise on earth
Cyprus and everything is clear ... like the sun there
Gozo in a nutshell
Phuket Island
KNOWLEDGE
A travelling diver, part I
"Shush!". On the benefits of diving with a deaf diver
Review – "The Terrible Hours"
ROOKIE'S EYE
How to swim in ABC equipment
PLANET EARTH
Chasing the Eastern Baltic cod
Frigatebirds. Pirates of the skies
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
Diving setups, part IV
Special edition – technical training for divers preparing for emergency response
In the issue:
TRAVELS
Togians. An almost undiscovered paradise
Gili Trawangan
ARCHAEOLOGY
Queen Anne's Revenge
CAVES
"Wieliczka" Salt Mine
PLANET EARTH
A crocodile without legs
Tasza or how to meet a hare underwater
Do dolphins save people?
A world without sharks?
Omnipresent mallards
KNOWLEDGE
EAP – Emergency Assistance Plan. Emergency plans – what is this for?
Review. Caverns Measureless to Man
ROOKIE'S EYE
Wetsuit. Selecting the type and size
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
Elegant and practical, Oceanic dive computers
Diving setups, part III. Harness adjustment
In the issue:
TRAVELS
Rapa Nui. Diver at the end of the world
From Marsa to St. John's or safari in the south of the Egyptian Red Sea
Wadi Lahami, a place where the sun rises
Kas
‘Freshwater’ Portugal
WRECKS
Junkers 87 Stuka
KNOWLEDGE
Can you? You can! Kacper Siciński – about himself and the Water and Diving Rescue Section
Standard Operating Procedures. What is it and what is it for?
Tourist organizer on the diving exhibition market. How does this work in practice?
ARCHAEOLOGY
Quarrel about Our Lady of Mercy
PLANET EARTH
The round goby, a stranger in the Baltic
Coots, temperamental divers
ROOKIE'S EYE
ABC: mask, snorkel, fins. How to select and safely use snorkelling gear
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
Kallweit GmbH, one of the leading German manufacturers of dry suits and diving accessories
Light under water – how to choose a mainlight?
Diving setups, part II
In the issue:
TRAVELS
A new way to experience Egypt
Two faces of Sulawesi
Rummu
Quarry in Uzhgorod (Ukraine – Transcarpathia)
PLANET EARTH
Seahorse
“Dolphin Reef” in Eilat. New opportunities, new threats
Feathered torpedoes
Shore crab
KNOWLEDGE
Hazard ldentification and Risk Assessment - HIRA
ARCHAEOLOGY
Vikings, rulers of the seas
CAVES
Maria Concordia Main, a new place on the diving map of Poland
EVENTS
After and before the Festival of Power
ROOKIE'S EYE
ABC: mask, snorkel, fins. How to select and safely use snorkeling gear
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
Diving setups, part I
In the issue:
TRAVELS
Grüner See
Not far from Cancun…
South Africa, Serengeti of the Seas
Philippines
Viva la Cuba libre!
Lake Bled, the pearl of the Julian Alps
Hemmoor, a story of threatening German rules and regulations…
Portugal
KNOWLEDGE
DAN mobile aplication
CAVES
Miltitz, an old limestone mine between Dresden and Meissen
ARCHAEOLOGY
Sunken cities
FROM A FREEDIVER'S PERSPECTIVE
Discovering Tenerife in one breath
PLANET EARTH
Setubal, the city of dolphins
Geese, noisy travellers
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
Ratio dive computers
Paralenz dive camera
OTS Spectrum full face mask, diving has become simple
Pragmatic decompression, part II
In the issue:
TRAVELS
It is easy to get here, but it is difficult to leave
Bali. Love, eat and… dive
Sudan
Antarctica 2019, in the footsteps of Shackleton
Belis-Fantanele Lake, Transylvania
Between Scylla and Charybdis, the Strait of Messina
FROM A FREEDIVER'S PERSPECTIVE
Freediving with sharks
PLANET EARTH
Seaside sanctuaries, a chance for whales kept in captivity
European flounder, Baltic Chameleon
Swans, heavy weight aviators
Ghost Fishing Poland, we draw nets from the wrecks of the Baltic Sea!
OUR CONVERSATION
About business, diving and flashlights
KNOWLEDGE
Quality of diving trainings
Panic
A diving accident, meaning everything is fine until…
I came, I saw, I tell – the TecLine Academy
ARCHAEOLOGY
A sunken church. "Mister!" There is a sunken church in this lake!!!
CAVES
Opalescence opals…
WRECKS
Schleswig
Wrecks of Istria
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
OTS Guardian
Pragmatic decompression, part I
PROFESSIONAL DIVING
A subjective review of fairs and events related to professional diving in Poland
EVENTS
Report from the conference – European Conference on Scientific Diving
In the issue:
PLANET EARTH
Microplastic. What a diver should know about it?
TRAVELS
Raja Ampat, paradise found
Komodo, diving where two oceans meet
The Cape Verde Islands. They say that they are happy and easygoing, but are they good for diving?
Lastovo, a forgotten island
Seals from Farne Islands
WRECKS
Malin Head
CAVES
The Veneto Region
KNOWLEDGE
Scuba diving and freediving on the same day
FROM A FREEDIVER'S PERSPECTIVE
A return from diving, not always happy
OUR CONVERSATION
On the bottom of the North Sea
PROFESSIONAL DIVING
Stinked challenge
ARCHAEOLOGY
Underwater archeologist, scientist or treasure hunter
NATURE
Plovers, sand trinkets
TIPS & CURIOSITIES
Sidemount – is it worth switching? And if yes how to begin?
Full face mask in diving
Why shouldn't we use hoses in different colours for gas determination?
In the issue:
TRAVELS
Last Maya Bastion
Archaeological Park Baiae
Fiji, kingdom of sharks
Lembeh Island
Toyapakeh Nusa Penida, Indonesia
FROM A FREEDIVER'S PERSPECTIVE
A freediver's suitcase
CAVES
A magical region in France
WRECKS
Plan your Um El Faroud diving in Malta
PLANET EARTH
Escape from „Alcatraz”
A sexy diver, is it possible?
Not so scary as it seems
KNOWLEDGE
#whywedoit
NATURE
Heron, the waterside gentility
EVENTS
Diving Festival of Power
3rd Warsaw Seminar on Underwater Archaeology
In the issue:
TRAVELS
Palau, diving bestseller
The Galápagos Islands, a pearl in the Pacific Ocean
Lake Baikal…
The Cave of the Swallows – Xulo
Expedition to the caves of Bosnia
OUR CONVERSATION
A situation of diving business
Andrea Doria, memories
FROM A FREEDIVER'S PERSPECTIVE
I'm a freediver – does it sound proud or reckless?
Freediving disciplines carried out in open waters
PLANET EARTH
Not only underwater… the phenomenon of whale & dolphin watching tours
The Baltic Sea, an unusual sea for everybody
KNOWLEDGE
Diving Safety Lab on Hańcza Lake
WRECKS
Dreaming to dive a submarine!
The Iron Lady
NATURE
Gulls, yelling and rebellious
In a river…
In the issue:
TRAVELS
Crocodile in nature
Diving Safaris
Dahab, an oasis of peace and quiet and unforgettable dives
Gran Canaria, the "continent" in miniature
PLANET EARTH
Face to face with a dolphin
FROM A FREEDIVER'S PERSPECTIVE
Freediving in Poland
Freediving – disciplines played on the pool
KNOWLEDGE
More water, less bubbles
WRECKS
Bristol Beaufighter, Malta
SUNKEN SECRETS
The terrible hours
TECHNICALLY
Molnar Janos
NATURE
Skuas, the sea robbers
CURIOSITIES
Hańcza, the deepest lake in Poland