Skin Diver magazine summary: 1976

month, year	vol, num	front cover	cover text | articles (E = Editorial)	# of pages	cover price
January 1976	25, 1		Octopus Regulator Roundup How a Mask Is Made Try Cozumel In '76 Giant Kelp Aquaculture E. Knowing Where You're At . . . . Octopus Regulators How a Mask is Made The ABC's of Underwater Photography Giant Kelp Aquaculture Under the Top of the World Bermuda's Ring of Wrecks Cozumel for '76	80	$1.25
February 1976	25, 2		AN INSIDE LOOK AT PRESSURE GAUGES AND NOW... A GREAT BLUE SHARK TOBAGO'S DAZZLING CORAL GARDENS SCUBA GOES TO COLLEGE SDM SUPERISSUE...116 PAGES! E. A Lift for Life Submersible Pressure Gauges The Pro-Sling Underwater Kinetics Halogen Light The ABC's of Underwater Photography Scuba Goes to College The Great Blue Shark Beneath Tennessee Seas Tobago The Year of the Monitor	114	$1.25
March 1976	25, 3		LLOYD BRIDGES DIVES FOR OCEAN SCIENCE WHY DID THE ANDREA DORIA SINK? FREE DIVING'S DEEPEST MAN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA'S ABALONE COUNTRY NEW REGULATOR MAKES IT'S DEBUT E. Tank Inspection . . . Trouble Within Deepest Man in the World ABC's of Underwater Photography California's Wine Country Project Score Mystery of the Andrea Doria Cavalero Sherwood Selpac Regulators SDM Guide to the BVI	88	$1.25
April 1976	25, 4		Buoyancy Compensators: What They Are--What They Do Diving Pennekamp Park's "Elbow" Roatan's Magical Keyhole in the Reef What is Bone Necrosis? SDM Spotlights: Farallon Mask Scubapro Knife E. Time for a Spring Tune-Up Farallon's Prismatic Mask The Knife from Scubapro The Ins and Outs of Buoyancy Compensators Man Beneath the Sea Aseptic Bone Necrosis The Emperor Wreck The ABC's of Underwater Photography Last Flight of the Wingless Duck The Hole in the Wall The Elbow	96	$1.25
May 1976	25, 5		AN INSIDE LOOK AT DEPTH GAUGES MISSOURI'S ROCKY REEFS WHERE HAVE ALL THE WHALES GONE? NEW GUIDE TO U/W HAND SIGNALS BEST OF THE CAYMANS...TOP 11 SPOTS RATED GIANT ISSUE...116 PAGES E. Spotting A Good Diver Arterial Embolism Tank Explosion Safety Signals Scubapro's Hypo-Allergenic/Translucent Mask Depth Gauges: The Story on Mechanics & Accuracy The ABC's of Underwater Photography Missouri's Rocky Reefs Vanishing Leviathans Trauma in a Tank The Best of the Caymans	114	$1.25
June 1976	25, 6		U-352 Nazi Sub Wreck Time Capsule / Time Bomb THE GREAT BARRACUDA monster or pussycat? Preview of Scubapro's Revolutionary Regulator Roatan's Fabulous West End Reef E. Finding Mr. Fix It The Sonic Research SR 2000 Scubapro's Pilot Regulator The ABC's of Underwater Photography Time Bomb on the Bottom Rescue of the Unconscious Diver Roatan's Wondrous West End Reef Meet Billy Barracuda Sinai Sojourn	112	$1.25
July 1976	25, 7		Are Sharks Really Dangerous To Divers? SDM Compares Fact To Fiction Buoyancy Compensating Packs What They Do And Don't Do The Mysterious Marching Lobsters L.A.'s Dive Boat Fleet E. No Rip Off Intended Los Angeles Dive Boat Fleet The Other Side of the Coin The Mysterious Spiny Lobster The Up's and Down's of BC Packs The ABC's of Underwater Photography The U.S. New Hampshire The Jeppesen Sport Diver Learning System Diving Blind Palau	104	$1.25
August 1976	25, 8		IMPROVE YOUR UNDERWATER VISION GREEN GOLD FROM CALIF'S. RUGGED COAST PENNEKAMP PARK'S FISHBOWL FANTASIA RARE PHOTOS OF A CARIBBEAN RED LOBSTER SDM'S LIST OF DIVING DOCTORS E. SPG's Adopted for Scuba Training Corrected Underwater Vision American Bristol's Fresh Air 4 The ABC's of Underwater Photography Oahu's Sunken Squadron Dive Utah The Little Red Lobster Diving Doc's A Gem of a Story Molasses Reef	88	$1.25
September 1976	25, 9		VISUAL TANK INSPECTION Save a Tank--Save Your Life SWIFT WATER DIVING Off Palm Beach PRODUCT REPORTS: Bayley's Plush Wet Suit AGA's Full Face Mask STELLA MARIS: A Dive at the U/W Zoo E. Controversy Over Buddy Breathing The Great Northwest Dive In Visual Tank Inspection Bayleysuit AGA Mask The Long Road Back Shenandoah's Unspoiled Waters The ABC's of Underwater Photography Palm Beach Swift Water Diving Stella Maris	98	$1.25
October 1976	25, 10		PENNEKAMP PARK'S U/W PLAYMATES A DIVER'S FOND LOOK AT CALIF'S CHANNEL ISLES UNDERSTANDING HEAT LOSS IN DIVERS SDM SPOTLIGHTS: Tekna T-1100 Mask Oceanic 2003 Strobe Stebco 49BCP Compensator E. What's Wrong with The Octopus? Heat Loss in Divers The ABC's of Underwater Photography Oceanic 2003 Underwater Strobe Tekna T-1100 Mask Stebco's 49 BCP Buoyancy Compensator California's Northern Channel Islands The Ultimate Adventure Underwater Playmates Wreck Dive North Carolina	98	$1.25
November 1976	25, 11		HOW SCUBA TANKS ARE MADE A LOOK AT THE BIZARRE WORLD OF NUDIBRANCHS HASSELBLAD'S NEW HOUSING FOR THE 500 EL/M HIGH DIVE IN HAWAII'S CRATER LAKE DIVING SO. CAROLINA'S ARTIFICIAL REEFS E. Basic Scuba Certification is Only The Beginning How Scuba Tanks are Made Hasselblad U/W Housing 500 EL/M Radon Boats Undersea Pictorial The ABC's of Underwater Photography South Carolina's Living Reefs Michigan's Wreck Problems Bizarre World of Nudibranchs Coral Reef Damage Jupiter's Undersea Ledges	98	$1.25
December 1976	25, 12		HAITI'S KALOA BEACH A different Kind of Dive Trip DIVER'S GUIDE FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING THE OCTOPUS ALTERNATIVE SDM REPORTS: SUPERSUIT II 25th ANNIVERSARY ISSUE! E. Scuba Safety is Everybody's Business The Grouper Family The Octopus Alternative O'Neill's Second Generation Supersuit Bottom Timer The ABC's of Underwater Photography Close-up Photography Breakwater Diving Treasure! Haiti's Kaloa Beach	96	$1.25

Abbreviations

• AGA = ? ("a long established, reputable Swedish firm")
• BC = Buoyancy Compensating
• BCP = Buoyancy Compensator Pack
• BVI = British Virgin Islands
• SPG = Submersible Pressure Gauge

Comments

• March 1976: "It's" on the front cover should be "Its."