Diver UK – August 2019

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AUGUST 2019 Volume 64 No 8

the magazine that’s straight down the line...

COVER IMAGE:

Diver with bigeyes

on the Barge

Wreck, Red Sea,

by Joss Woolf

CONTENTS

FEATURES

The biggest online

resource for scuba divers

divernet.com

18 Appointment with the President

Vanuatu boasts an iconic shore-dive – and more

24 Dry-ish Run.........................

Diving road trip to Croatia – what could go wrong?

29 1919 and Beyond

WW1 is over but the wreck-count is still rising

38 Stopovers on the Highway........

Cath Bates grabs a riotous ride to Socorro

43 Good & Bad Behaviour in Bali ....

All was going well – until the photo comp started

48 Gearing up for 2019

Time for an early preview of this year’s Dive Show

52 Freshwater Mission................

...accomplished by Show speaker Jack Perks

56 The Technical Diving Revolution

Third and final part: “Bring on the ’breathers!”

60 Return of the Amphibians.........

A pioneering UK dive club from the ’40s