Buoyancy Control

DIVE's advice on buying your first BCD as an entry-level diver, with a guide to the large range of options on todays scuba diving market

Visualisation can be used to practice skills without being physically present, but is often overlooked as part of recreational scuba diving

Freediving and Olympic breathing coach, Emma Farrell, shares top tips and two exercises to help improve underwater breathing for divers

A lightweight travel BCD makes the perfect choice for warm-water recreational diving. Here are some of the best weighing in under 3kg

Mark 'Crowley' Russell explains the important difference between weight and mass and how it impacts on your diving

Time out of the water makes dives skills a little rusty and in need of a tune-up, which is where scuba diving refreshers become essential

Some divers believe that extra weight keeps them safe by preventing them from floating to the surface - but the exact opposite is true, and excess weight can be dangerous for divers.

Buoyancy control is the most important aspect of learning to dive - former full-time instructor Mark 'Crowley' Russell gives us some pointers

As the lines between technical and recreational diving start to blur, DIVE takes a look at some technically inspired back-inflation BCDs

Mark 'Crowley' Russell tries out and reviews the Scubapro Go - the new lightweight travel BCD from the popular German manufacturer