X-Ray Magazine has provided excellent scuba, photo, and marine news in their downloadable magazines since February of 2004. This weekend, they released their 10th issue. As usual, it’s completely free. Also as usual, it’s completely great: X-Ray is quickly proving itself to be among the best dive-related resources out there!

The 100-page issue covers recent marine discoveries at Davidson Seamount and off Saba Bank Atoll; explains why corals like the North Sea’s oil rigs; reports on dive shows in Chicago, Genoa, and Moscow; and has a bunch of information about whales, sharks, turtles, and shipwrecks. There is also a lengthy section devoted to dive fashion.

In their travel section, they feature diving in Norway. Although I don’t shiver with excitement at the thought of cold-water diving (actually, I just shiver), the pictures and descriptions of Nordkapp, Lofoten Islands, Trondheim and the other locations really got me pumped. They also have a fascinating feature on the Ordinskaya, the longest underwater cave in Russia. And don’t skip the great sections devoted to diving in New Britain, PNG or in Hawaii. I also recommend checking out the article about whether being certified as an “advanced diver” really makes you advanced (page 57).

Finally, be sure to check out page 12 of the issue. The editors deemed our podcast with Lloyd Godson newsworthy! Thanks, guys!