COVER STORY Provo Off the Beaten Path Flamingo Divers leaves Grace Bay Behind Our reviewer scouts out a small personal dive operation that takes divers to some exceptional diving -- with sharks and a VW-sized jewfish -- and never visits the common, overdived sites of Provo.   Provo Dive Op Alternatives And some other recommended operations to consider for your next trip to Provo   Live-Aboard Lowdown An exploratory cruise next year in Thailand, how some new crews in Palau missed the good diving, a two-day trip to Belize's outer islands at rock bottom prices, why the Hunter sisters are the best bets in Cocos, and tips about Aggressor and Peter Hughes boats in the Red Sea, Cayman, Turks and Caicos and elsewhere.   Should Your Next Trip Be a Live-Aboard? Read why you should consider this alternative, no matter what your reason.   Aluminum tank controversy continues Why you may be paying for unnecessary tests, why they explode, and which tanks may not be safe. Get the full story.   Rescue Devices In an open ocean test of rescue devices, the British find the best device, the best color -- and it's not orange. Color-blind spotters -- up to ten percent of the male population -- can't distinguish rescue colors at sea. Don't let them be spotters on your next live-aboard.   Ms. Diver Two new magazines aimed at women divers. The British magazine, available in the U.S., is a real hoot.   Why Diver's Die, Part IV Embolism, the leading cause of death, and what mistakes divers could have avoided to save their bacon.   And plenty more An equipment tip for Sea and Sea camera users, what happens when Cuban refugees land on Little Cayman, a sport diver finds a body on the bottom of Austin's Lake Travis, that anti-crime march in Bonaire, a Solomon Island update -- the Aggressor cancels all trips, the secret to why whales are beaching themselves -- and much much more.

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