What Dive Magazine do you read?

[EricDive]

I am considering subscribing to a dive magazine and was wondering what everyone thoughts were. Which one is best for recreational diving?

EricDive

 

[Don Burke]

I pick up "Diver Training" for free at local shops.

The magazines I have seen are so contaminated by advertiser money, I wouldn't pay for them.

 

[nauifins73]

I subscribe to 5 including Dive Training and by far Dive Training the best.
Becky

 

[Rick Inman]

At least Dive Training actually has some stuff on dive training. The rest are really just travel logs.

 

[Diver0001]

EricDive once bubbled...
I am considering subscribing to a dive magazine and was wondering what everyone thoughts were. Which one is best for recreational diving?

EricDive

I subscribe to a local magazine that I read with great interest every month. I also read "DIVE", the BSAC rag about 8-10 times a year and I get the PADI magazine sent to me a few times a year because I'm a member and I read it with great interest too. I usually visit the Rodales site on internet about 4 times a year to catch up on what they're saying and I visit www.underwatertimes.com every so often for the amusement factor.... They have an article right now (Click Here) with an enormous cuckle factor.

In terms of mainstream magazines available in Canada: from what I've seen I guess Immersed is the one that stimulates the diver in me the most and Rodales (despite being a little sloppy on the diving side) speaks to my under-water nature-lover/tourist side.

And of course I'm addicted to scubaboard. I read "thedecostop" and try (in spurts) to keep up on what's left of tekdiver but I'm not a tek diver so I don't feel qualified to acutally write anything over there (saves a lot of time too... ).

R..

 

[the_dumper]

Go forit, Dive is an excellent magazine, the other two decent mags that we have in the UK are Diver and 990 http://www.990mag.com/home.htm for the teckies.

 

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Florida Scuba News

 

[bridgediver]

seeing that your from canada i suggest "Diver" because its a Canadian pub with lots of local stuff. Rodales is probably OK for a year then it gets repetitive (nice pics though). I personally don't like Diver Training because it's main focus is for US divers

 

[dcsdiving]

for me, i rad the following regularly:

Undersea journal (PADI's professional journal; good)
Nitrox Diver (IANTD's magazine)
Sport Diver (PADI's non-member magazine)
Immersed (which I enjoy)
Alert Diver (DAN's magazine; good)
Rodales Scuba diving, which is invaluable for gear reviews

I read the following occasionally:
Diver (from Britain, and a good rag)
Dive training, great for all levels of diver
Diver's Ocean Planet, which i will probably subscribe to eventually

I don't subscribe to the following any more:
Fathoms

I would subscribe to the following if it wasn't so expensive:
Undercurrents, which is great for dive travel reviews

I really miss the following, since it's no longer published:
aquacorps

Any ideas about good technical diving magazines?

geoff

 

[pipedope]

Underwater, magazine of the Association of Diving Contractors.
Florida SCUBA News
Imersed
Dive Training
Nitrox Diver
Advanced Diver Magazine

Others now and then as I see something interesting.