DIVERNET- Opinion section

Dive pro for hire - will work for scraps - Mark Ellyatt asks why instructors should work for love alone
Weighed down by in-flight regulation - John Bantin looks at baggarge problems.
A river, a RIB and a bottomless bucket - It's surprising what divers can find in rivers.
The thrill of being saved by a dolphin - Fenella Jackson recounts an unforgettable experience
Beware things that go pop in the night - Simon Benjamin hears a pop
One air, one nitrox: what's the beef? - John Bantin defends his deep air gas choice
Trade secrets of a medical examinee - Brian Rees has tips on how to pass the medical
Try-dives: why not make them better? - Len Kerr suggests a winning formula
The cutting edge, the sting in the tail - Fenella Jackson experiences the Incident Pit
Which manoeuvre works for you? - Clearing your nose with Raymond Gallacher
Taking a leap of faith isn't that cool - Monty Halls promotes zero tolerance on gear check avoiders
High priests and holy wreck - Rico Oldfield explains the old school view on conservation
Lingering death of a legend - Geoff Stanton visits the Calypso
The biggest step - Ben Woolnough encounters height fear
Bomb disposal - by pedalo! - Anna Wyatt describes a surprising bomb retrieval
You've made your hammock - lie in it - Bad sailor? Don't go to sea, says John Bantin
Shark or dolphin? - Tim Ecott points out that our preferences tell all
The perfect dive - Bob Halstead says treat your dive as a work of art
Mixed-up gases - Paul Adams cuts through the confusion
Mind that coral, yah? - Monty Halls on the new finishing schools
Michelin man and anchor woman - Maggie Cainen warns about borrowing gear
Buried treasure - Bob Marx sounds the alarm
Beneath the glitz - tracking down a problem
Divers are shark-killers - John Bantin' conspiracy theory
Fitting behaviour - Problems of reaching a certain age
Starting a club on a shoe string - Starting a dive club costs less than you think says Jonathan Page
Try-dive - or trial by water? - Do try-dives put off newcomers? asks Jane Falconer
Time to save your money -
Why Graham Sands likes cheapo watches.
Let's get physical -
Why today's rescue training is for softies.
Picking off the walking wounded - The casualty list mount's down at Jill Wright's club
Whose plan are you diving - Getting into a race above the Kyarra.
Fish, with a splash of vinegar - Do divers care about fish?.
Slaves to the lens - One man's addiction to the lens.
Pirates and insurance companies - covering yourself on a dive boat
Creeping into the cold - adjusting to life in temperate waters
Training material: let's give it away - John Liddiard offers a solution
Nobody to blame but ourselves - John Bantin on aportioning blame after diving incidents
Wild? It was livid! Kim Ronaldson shows sharks some repect.
The cost of taking pot shots - Are we asking to pay for pot treatment.
Don't be a dick - Clubs breed tyrants, says Gavin Haywood
My little pony - Maggie Cainen says its a question of balance
Fast-food approach to diving - John Bantin reckons the sanitisation of our sport is blinding us to its wonders
The dive computer is so primitive - Are diving computer-makers dragging their feet?
That bulldog spirit - The tough get going - Monty Halls on UK diving
It came to me in a flash - John Warburton experiences a flash of insight
Youth in Asia - Far Eastern youth culture has Mark Ellyatt worried
Join the club - please! - Tony Small asks "Doesn't anyone want to go diving any more?"
Spare a thought for the marshal. - Shore marshals desrve some TLC, says Lewis Graham.
Finning before they can paddle - Bob Elliott says depth and speed aren't everything
Did you learn your lesson? - John Liddiard on how to draw the wrong conclusons
We're just a load of lemmings - Mony Halls reckons our kit needs a rethink
Join the perfect diver's club - how should the disabled fit into diving?
Going down to Mexico - a few words of warning for would-be instructors.
When it's best to be alone - Don't rely on your buddy, says John Bantin
Kamikaze or killjoy? - do you dare to be the diver who says no?
Goose pimples Must we torture our trainees in mid-winter?
Waiting to be eaten on camera We're getting too cosy with sharks, says Monty Halls
Why not license helium users? Andrew Phillips argues the case
Do you want to be a diver or a sheep? Stop playing follow-my-leader says John Liddiard
The stately holes of England Graham Sands enjoys the smaller pleasures of life
Burying hatchets in a broad church Martin Read believes his club has the answer
Too many shades of greenConservation groups unite, says Philippe Cousteau
No men in nitroheads anonymous Jill Wright askes why men can't face the facts
Don't be misled by the smileMark Simmonds speaks up for dolphins
Sorting scrapyards from Mary Roses Bob Elliott says end the chaos.
Don't spare the magic gas Bill Woolford in praise of oxygen
Doctor, doctor, get me outta here! Brendan O'Brien on medical emergencies overseas.
Let the Earth take care of itself Monty Halls on conservation.
Divers behaving badly Nick Hanna has been reef-watching.
Dropping a bombshell John Liddiard says diving could be safer
The wages of fear Monty Halls is keeping an eye out
The main man Rico Oldfield talks about his hero, Mel Fisher
All decked up like a christmas tree Bill Woolford speaks for the Luddites
Come back Ursula, all is forgiven Louise Trwavas suggests we clean up our image
More junk, please. John Liddiard votes for dumping.
Has diving gone to the nerds? David Cartwright on the instructor's life.
Stick to drinking beer John Bevan on depth records.
The dive guide from hell Tami Levinson survives a live-aboard week.
Clubbing for the independent John Bantin on club diving.
Going spare on parts John Liddiard wants to get his hands on.
Reading between the lines Graham Sands on log books.
Ripping off the dead. Andrew Phillips on war graves.
Am I a taxi driver or dive marshal? Bob Elliott on standards.
Night of the long-liners Gavin Anderson campaigns against shark fin fishing.
Give old divers a break - Chris West makes a case for the old buggers.
Don't dig yourself into a hole Maryn Farr on cave diving.
24 hours from safety? John Bantin talks about rebreathers.
Let's join forces with SAS Pete Harrison gets to grips with sewage!
When fish die in a good cause Brendan O'Brien asks - What is wrong with spearfishing?
Taking a chance on trimix Gavin Newman thinks that some of today's trimix sport divers might be getting into deeper waters.
Don't just hang there look! Graham Sands whiles away the stops.
Where I go, my BC goes! Pete Harrison disagrees with Neil Kermode.
When dive tables are for sissies Gordon Wright has seen the results.
Nitrox Neurosis Tim Breen asks what makes non-nitrox divers and dive centres hesitate.
Who is that man? Why, it's Shark Diver. Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch bares his teeth.
It's your round, Duncan! Gavin Anderson rallies round the scallop-divers.
Why the industry should pay its way Marguerite St Leger Dowse on diving research funding.
Let's bury this 'them and us' routine Colin Martin replies for the archaeologists
Lift and separate Neil Kermode discusses a technique.
The trouble with keeping mum. Kendamm McDonald with no kind words for archaeologists
The Polaris Principle Rico Oldfield on kamikaze ascents
Rules made to be broken
Death to the octopus