Do you have what it takes to be a technical diver? Are you a diver with the skills, the grit, and the mental focus to go to 200 feet (or beyond) and safely return? Find out this October at Tech Diver Boot Camp.

#9 Stare down a barracuda to see who blinks first.Jay Jeter of Austin, Texas/

#8 He quivers every time he hears the word "tank."

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.

From pelagic-rich seamounts to World War II wrecks to the primal landscape of the Southern Highlands, we'll take you on a tour so vivid you can almost taste the betel nut.

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