Bob Meistrell, who began making wetsuits for surfers and divers in the early 1950s and with his twin brother, Bill, founded Body Glove, one of the world’s largest wetsuit companies, died on Sunday, June 16, 2013, in Catalina, Calif. He was 84 and lived in Redondo Beach.

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Looking for summertime scuba fun in the good old U.S. of A., where you can make new dive buddies, or dive for a cause? Read on (and then share your club or shop's events with us).

Test your knowledge of dive geography using the three clues to determine the name of this mystery dive spot.

Check out this preview of the 16 new models we dived during the 2013 ScubaLab Regulator Test.

Bare Velocity wetsuits feature Progressive Full-Stretch Technology with three full-stretch materials for maximum comfort and durability. The highest-stretch fabric covers the shoulders, arms and torso sides where unrestricted movement is critical. The fabric covering chest and legs offers more shape retention, compression resistance and durability, and the fabric protecting the knees provides maximum abrasion resistance. Available in 3, 5, and 7 millimeter in a full range of men’s and women’s sizes.

Model R-260-X-L by The Air Line is a high quality hookah dive system enabling divers to dive without scuba tanks as deep as 85 feet, depending on the number of divers on the system.

SCUBAPRO’s Mark 25/S-600 has been restyled for 2013 and is now available in four versions. Each model offers its own unique cosmetics, coatings, and construction materials, but they all have one thing in common—awesome performance.

We Test the Atomic Aquatics Z3 Regulator