COVER STORY Editor's Picks and Nixes The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Here's a wealth of our editor's tips: where to stay and dive operators who will treat you well in Curaçao, Kona, and Kauai; choices for live-aboards in PNG, Thailand, and the Solomons; a new muck-diving heaven that beats both PNG and Kungkungan Bay; and info about another destination that advertises "great diving" - when there isn't a decent dive on the island. Get the full story.   Boot Camp for Divers: Learning Cave Diving in Florida If the cenotés of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula are the big leagues of cave and cavern diving, then northern Florida is triple-A ball, the place divers go to learn the unique skills demanded by overhead environments. Read what an experienced open-water diver thought of his Florida training for cavern and intro cave certification, his cave-diving experiences themselves, and whether certification was worthwhile. Really Diving Into Florida Once you've become cavern-certified, there are plenty of underwater caverns in Florida that invite exploration. Hear about a couple of the most worthwhile and what our correspondent thought of his dives there. Those Pampered American Divers Are American divers pampered? The "Beachcomber" columnist for the British mag Diver certainly thinks so: he recently reported that an American diver "sued his charter-boat skipper on the grounds that the captain had told him it would be calm and it wasn't." Caribbean Travel Tip A Miami hotel has come up with a novel way for travelers to unwind. Next time you have a long layover, forget waiting at the gate, and try relaxing in the pool instead. The Dive Site Name Game Ever wonder how dive sites get their names? We hadn't until we got a letter from Bob Halsted, who years ago opened up Papua New Guinea to live-aboards and in the process named a good many of the dive sites today's boats still visit regularly. Once a dive site has been given a name, can that name be changed? Thumbs Up: No Axe to Grind with Princeton Tec Every now and then we get a letter about a manufacturer willing to go the extra mile to help out a long-term customer. This month it's Princeton Tec. Who's Who at What URL Where would you expect a URL like www.skindiver.net to take you? Odds are your first guess will be wrong: these days when companies enter the online world, they're likely to find that many of the best diving URLs have already been snapped up. Regulator Testing Game: What's the Best Buy in Regulators? Rodale's Scuba Diving and Diver recently published the results of regulator testing that compared bench-test results and divers' in-water, at-depth experiences. Read how four of the leaders performed and how their prices stack up. After Divers Die: The Litigation Begins We divers face all kinds of legal obstacles when we think we're wronged. Besides the cost of initiating litigation, claims are complicated because of releases we sign or because those we pursue are in another state or another nation. Establishing jurisdiction is complicated, and divers are frequently stymied when they seek a home-court advantage. Surfers Are Better If you're worried about shark attacks, keep in mind that 70 percent are directed towards surfers. Achilles Tendon Rupture as a Diving Injury Here's another injury for divers to consider: if they don't make a proper stride when entering the water, they risk rupturing their Achilles tendon, an injury that requires surgical repair and is slow to heal afterwards. Find out how to discern Achilles tendon rupture as well as how to avoid injury in the first place. Flotsam & Jetsam How are operators of glass-bottom boat tours off the Greek island of Zákinthos able to guarantee that passengers will see a turtle? The answer's hardly legit, and neither are some of the other operations we use when we make travel plans. Learn about a costly problem a reader had when she booked a dive trip over the web as well as how to determine the psi equivalent when a divemaster asks "what's your bar?"