SEPTEMBER 1998 • Volume 8 Number 9

THE COVERS	Articles & Editorials	SEPTEMBER 1998 • Volume 8 Number 9
By John Pennington	Some warm-water divers wouldn't dream of donning a dry suit for a day of frigid-water diving. Their motto is "If a palm tree doesn't grow there, I don't dive there." They don't know what they're missing. This month's covers help illustrate our cold-water diving feature - how to equip yourself physically and mentally - and the skills you need to safely and comfortably dive there.

FEATURES

22	Equipping For Cold Water: It's More Than Simply Keeping Warm Some divers argue that "water is water and diving is diving regardless of the water temperature; if you are an experienced diver and equipped to stay warm you can dive anywhere," but that is not necessarily true for most divers. In addition to water temperature, cold-water diving presents a number of other considerations - ones which often require special expertise. Find out what it takes to be a warm and toasty - and safe - cold-water diver.	By Lynn Laymon
28	Learning to See, Seeing to Learn (Part 2): More of What's Going on Underwater In this conclusion of a two-part series about marine animal behavior, the author continues to examine a number of relationships that you can see during many of your dives. Having a basic understanding of these animal behaviors will provide you with keen insight into the inner-workings of underwater communities.	By Marty Snyderman
36	Deep Diving Re-examined: The Forgotten Fifty Feet Divers are an extremely diverse group of folks with a wide variety of interests and motivations. A case in point is deep diving. Some divers prefer the shallows, while today's techies are reaching record depths. The author asks some important questions about what's in between: How deep is deep, and what exactly should the average recreational diver know to dive safely in deeper water?	By Alex Brylske

COMMENTARY

8	Making Fun: Diving, Discipline, and What it Takes to Be a Diver	By Cathryn Castle
10	Buddy Lines: Winning Message, Helpful Tips
14	Diving Notes and News: Angry Ocean: Tsunami Ravages Papau New Guinea And other news from the diving industry	By Greg Laslo
73	No Dumb Questions: Savvy Equipment Purchases, Diving With Hiccups When you hiccup while diving.	By Alex Brylske

DIVE EXPLORATION

56	Geo: The Egyptian Red Sea: Diving the Depths of Antiquity Nearly everything that we go diving for is found in the Red Sea: warm water, great visibility, and clouds of fish. But there's more. Find out why the birthplace of Western civilization is a great dive travel destination.	By Eric Hanauer
80	Dive Traveler: Senior Diving and Travel Diving has no age limits. In fact, diving just may be the fountain of youth for the growing number of senior divers worldwide.	By W. Lynn Seldon Jr.
83	Passport: Dive travel incentives around the world	Compiled by Cathryn Castle

EVERY MONTH

45	Scuba Skills: Using A Redundant Air Source: Are Two Tanks Better Than One? The importance of a redundant air supply - a totally independent air cylinder and regulator for use in out-of-air situations - varies depending upon whom you ask.	By Lynn Laymon
49	Instructor Tips: Pay Attention: A Primer To Good Customer Service Think of customer service as customer attention, and think of customer attention as customer retention.	By Bob Wohlers
53	Always Learning: Overweight Underwater: What's The Rationale For Carrying Too Much Lead? Tips for starting a scuba diving "weight loss program"	By Mark Twombly
63	Weather: Weather at the Water's Edge: Forecasting Coastal Weather Coastal weather can change quickly. Find out how forecasters keep track using Coastal Marine Automated Network (CMAN) system buoys.	By Jack Williams
69	What About: The Dolphin Connection: The Effects of Dolphin/Human Interactions Dolphin-assisted therapies have recently emerged which boast numerous claims of success in the treatment of human illnesses.	By Cynthia Matzke
78	Products: Equipment Showcase	Compiled by Cathryn Castle
86	What's That?: Our Neighbors the Gorgonians, A closer look at sea fans	By Dee Scarr
93	Classifieds
97	Dive Training Quiz Test your knowledge of the information in this month's issue
98	Final Check: What It Looks Like When You Dive Like A Duck While the "bottoms up" technique works fine for scavenging mallards, for divers descending on scuba, a feet-first descent is safer and more effective.	By Linda Lee Walden