Skin Diver magazine summary: 1961

month, year	vol, num	front cover	cover text | articles (E = Editorial)	# of pages	cover price
January 1961	10, 1		BUFFOONUS AQUARIUS The SEA and the FUTURE 1961 AQUATIC BUYING GUIDE Diving News IUSA World Records International Treasure Hunt Sea and the Future Instrument of Death Aquanauts Assignment Underwater Buffoonus Aquarius The Great Everest Trench The Anchor That Had to Be Raised Aqua Rodeo SDM Previews the 1961 Outboard Motors Operation Bulldozer Lake Erie Treasure Trove Pacific Shellfish Poisoning Dive Shop Feature Underwater Film Festival Venezuelan Divers Ling Cod History	96	$0.35
February 1961	10, 2		KELLER'S DEEP DIVE Diving with Whales OCEANOGRAPHY Wreck of the Hydra SEA ELEPHANTS We Dive at Night Second N.A.U.I. Instructors Course Kansas City, March 6-10 LOBSTER POACHING Addicts and Their Guns Diving with Pilot Whales Canadian Underwater Contest Lobster Poaching Preserving Shellfish Drowning Deep Dive Oceanography (new feature) NATO Divers Wreck of the Hydra Argentine Sea Elephants Addicts and their Guns Spearfishing in Missouri We Dive at Night Moray High School Scuba King Crab Festival What Color Suit? National Open Spearfishing Championships Sea Otters Boat Burns Probable Solution in Underwater Flash Photography	64	$0.35
March 1961	10, 3		VISIT THE "SEA HUNT" SHOOTING SET NAVY FROGMEN & DISPOSALEERS MASSACHUSETTS YANKEE IN KING NEPTUNE'S COURT MAYAN UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY Frogmen and Underwater Disposaleers Mayan Underwater Archaeology Skin Diving Travel Incentive Faroe Island Massachusetts Yankee in King Neptune's Court Hollywood Underwater--Sea Hunt Diving Northland Style UDT Invasion Keene Engineering Discovers Gold Mine Country Club for Divers Tragic Joy Ride South Windansea Lobster BC Diving Tank Diving in Pakistan Out from under Ice Athlete of the Year Killer Whale Incident	72	$0.35
April 1961	10, 4		Coin Divers of Avalon VISUAL EFFECTS OF SKIN DIVING HEART MASSAGE Special Report 3000 YEARS UNDER THE SEA 3000 Years Under The Sea Visual Problems of Skin Diving Comments by Lauphier Coin Divers of Avalon N.O.G.I. Into the Depths (Full Page Picture) Lexington's Gold 'Cuda Bear If A Heart Stops Beating International Film Competition Mexican Tours	72	$0.50
May 1961	10, 5		FICTION FEATURE DUEL IN THE SEA GUAYMAS HOLIDAY Wreck of the ZPG-3W Marineland Mermaid (Full page picture) Guaymas Holiday Why a Physical Examination? Duel in the Sea (Fiction) Fourth International Film Festival Recovery of the ZPG-3W Underwater Instructor's Certification Course Treasure Map Metal Detector for Scuba Divers White Water Recovery No Instructor Can Fail A Student National Scuba Triathalon Film Listing	72	$0.50
June 1961	10, 6		SHARK ATTACK!! DEVIL'S ISLAND DIVING SDM TAKES A HOLIDAY Skin Diver Takes a Holiday Oil Cozumel Devil's Island Diving 120 Miles Out...120 Feet Down Shark Attack!! World Records Insurance and the Diving Dealer Underwater Camera Case The Big Salvage Job	72	$0.50
July 1961	10, 7		JULIE ADAMS stars in UNDERWATER CITY Page 24 FICTION FEATURE ALONE in SHARK WATERS Glasspar Contest The Warship Vasa Killer Whale Diving and Your Body The Warship Vasa Diving and Your Body Underwater City Down Under, Down Under Seminar Lectures Underwater Camera Case (Do It Yourself) Killer Whale!! Underwater Endurance Contest We Dive For Science Underwater Society Convention Alone In Shark Waters (Fiction) Miss International Beach Temptress Memory of an Underseaman	80	$0.50
August 1961	10, 8		WRECKS OF TAKANASSEE BERMUDIAN SHARK ADVENTURE SALTY KNIGHTS IN ARMOR DO-IT-YOURSELF FEATURE UNDERWATER METAL DETECTOR SKINDIVINGMANSHIP YOUR EQUIPMENT CAN PAY FOR ITSELF MYTH OF THE KILLER CLAM DIVING IN PANAMA OPERATION FISH COUNT DO YOU BELIEVE? MERMAIDS OF TIBURON HOLLYWOOD UNDERWATER Mermaids of Tiburon Two For One at Takanassee Salty Knight in Armor Diving In Panama Underwater Metal Detector Skindivingmanship (Humor) Vasa in Drydock The Sea and the Scientists Operation Fish Count New Orleans--Convention City Myth of the Clam Miss International Beach Temptress Bermudian Shark Your Equipment Can Pay For Itself	72	$0.50
September 1961	10, 9		I Survived the White Death GIRLS AND ABALONE DIVERS War God Gets Wet DEEP SHIP TRIESTE Olde Sub Boat G-2 SPECIAL FEATURE CLUB MEDITERRANEE The "Deep Ship" Trieste The Olde Boat G-2 Girls and Abalone Divers The War God Gets Wet I Survived the Great White Death Midwest Fish Reef Wonders Club Mediterranee Need a Diving Buddy? Underwater Camera Case (Do It Yourself) Humane Capture of Live Fish Snorkel Diving Records	64	$0.50
October 1961	10, 10		THE SILVER BAR WRECK PREHISTORIC ARTIFACTS ADDICT GUN UNDERWATER INVESTIGATORS BEACH TEMPTRESS WINNER FICTION FEATURE LORD OF THE DEEP The Winner The Silver Bar Wreck Prehistoric Artifacts Diving Tahoe's Grotto Underwater Investigators Dominator Hawaiian Venture Addict Gun (do it yourself) Israel Underwater Lord of the Deep (Fiction Feature) Underwater Hockey	64	$0.50
November 1961	10, 11		Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau "MANFISH" Jacques-Yves Cousteau . . . Manfish Wreck of the Trinity Ledge Alaskan Gold . . . The Hard Way Diving in Switzerland World Spearfishing Meet Robber Sharks of Rangiroa Diving Girls of Pohang Rockbound Glasspar Contest Winners	64	$0.50
December 1961	10, 12		Christ of the Abysses PERSONALITY SPOTLIGHT HUGH DOWNS CANADIAN FEATURE MAINLINE TO WATERLINE EXPLORING BAJA To Err is Fatal Underwater Research Exploring Baja Mainline to Waterline Miss International Beach Temptress Miami's Diving Firemen Sea Bass Christ of the Abysses Operation Bottleneck If I Die Trying International Underwater Film Festival Carebe Farewell 1961 SDM Index	64	$0.50

Abbreviations

• BC = British Columbia
• IUSA = International Underwater Spearfishing Association
• NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• N.A.U.I. = National Association of Underwater Instructors
• N.O.G.I. = New Orleans Grand Isle Scuba Divers International
• UDT = Underwater Demolition Team

Comments

• May 1961: "Triathalon" is misspelled in the index as "Traithalon."