Plus: The straight scoop on energy drinks and the book no captain should be without.

Plus answers to your questions about heart conditions and ear pains. Other questions covered: Did Decompression Sickness Cause My Exhaustion? Can DCS Cause Strokes? Can a Person Recover from Paralysis Caused by DCS?

Here's our annual product excellence awards for dive computers, brought to you by Rodale's ScubaLab, the only independent testing facility of scuba life-support equipment.

18 suits that recreational divers can really warm up to.

Stephen Frink shares his experiences capturing images of the ocean's most famous predators in this Nov. 7 - 14, 2003, week in review.

Down the Drain: Diving the hemisphere's largest tidal whirlpool.

A good dive insurance policy may be your best piece of safety equipment.

Getting into underwater photography? Digital definitely deserves a look.

Why your old TTL strobes don't play nice with your new digital camera--and the solutions manufacturers have designed to fix the problem.