I'm of the opinion that it's really hard, actually darn near impossible, to find a good dive magazine. I just don't think there are any out there today. There may be good dive magazine issues, but there are no dive magazines that are consistently outstanding.
Scuba Diving and Sport Diver are just outlets for paid advertisers. Nothing much objective in them. Advanced Diver is great ... if you're a rebreather diver. Wreck Diver can be interesting, but it's obviously focused on just one type of diving. Plus, I find the majority of the articles focus too much on extremely advanced wreck diving. Alert Diver can be decent, it can also feel like it's the same information just rehashed in a slightly different way. Dive Training is just too basic for my taste. It's great if you're a new diver, but it quickly grows stale.
My favorite was Diving Adventure magazine which was published by SDI/TDI. Unfortunately, now that SDI/TDI has partnered with Underwater Journal, it's been shutdown.
I think the ones I like the best are the free, online magazines X-Ray Mag and Underwater Journal. But even with those, I just download, browse and delete.
Scuba Diving and Sport Diver are just outlets for paid advertisers. Nothing much objective in them. Advanced Diver is great ... if you're a rebreather diver. Wreck Diver can be interesting, but it's obviously focused on just one type of diving. Plus, I find the majority of the articles focus too much on extremely advanced wreck diving. Alert Diver can be decent, it can also feel like it's the same information just rehashed in a slightly different way. Dive Training is just too basic for my taste. It's great if you're a new diver, but it quickly grows stale.
My favorite was Diving Adventure magazine which was published by SDI/TDI. Unfortunately, now that SDI/TDI has partnered with Underwater Journal, it's been shutdown.
I think the ones I like the best are the free, online magazines X-Ray Mag and Underwater Journal. But even with those, I just download, browse and delete.