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Topdive, Bora Bora and Rangiroa, French Polynesia , fantastic diving - - if you can afford itCheaper Ways to Dive French Polynesia Bonaire, Caymans, China. . . , a dangerous Baja dive shop, and what, no octopus for your buddy?Does High-Fat Fast Food Mean a Lower Risk of DCS? Scubapro Nixes its “Free Parts for Life” Program This Year’s Batch of Dive Gizmos , my picks and pans of the annual DEMA showDiver Dies in Sinking Boat Near Key Largo Insurance for Your Next Dive Trip , why you probably shouldn’t leave home without itA New Lionfish Hazard to Worry About The Shark Massacre at Malpelo A Brighter Side of Underwater Photography , how Lembeh resorts are turning their guests into better diversShowdown in Cabo Pulmo Flotsam & Jetsam
The Red Sea, Egypt , three great dive trips, three pricesYes, But Is Egypt Safe? Rendezvous Dive Adventures, British Columbia , a laid-back idyll on Vancouver Island for cold-water diversTwo Letters to the Editors Beneath Cold Seas Dive Stores in the Internet Age , survival means better local serviceDid This Divemaster Commit Suicide, or Was She Silenced? Raja Ampat Liveaboard Goes Down in Flames Still Unclear How Key Largo’s Get Wet Got Wet A Computer for Non-Techie Divers , the $350 Cressi LeonardoHow Divers Can Give Back: Part I , and your dive trip may be tax deductibleLoving the Chambered Nautilus to Death
Solmar V, Baja California, Mexico , a 24-hour steam to wild diving at the SocorrosManslaughter in Australia, An Acquittal in Alabama Kerama Islands, Japan , exotic, challenging dives between Okinawa and TaiwanThumbs Down: DiveNav’s Fake Nitrox Class Cape Eleuthera, Fiji, Maui, Mexico , two more Baja boats, a new dive shop, and a great night diveA Trip Insurance Update The “Discover Scuba Diving” Programs , here’s where the deaths happenFlying After Diving: A Threat Worse than the Bends A Shock to Divers’ Hearts , can portable defibrillators lower heart-related dive deaths?A New Travel-Friendly Fish ID Book for Caribbean Dive Trips When Crew Disrespects Your Gear , what to do when your equipment gets broken or lostFlotsam & Jetsam
Living Underwater, Cozumel, Mexico , back to my first love, who still looks fantasticHunting Lionfish, Then Eating Them Nautilus Swell, British Columbia , and next time, north to AlaskaThe Trouble with Artificial Reefs Cozumel, Anguilla, Palau… , plus a shark dive with no sharks, and two resorts to avoidWe Need Your Reader Reports Death Due to Poor Gear Maintenance , are you more careful than this Virginia police department?What to Do with Smoking Divers , do they have a right to light up on a liveaboard?How Smokers Really Ruin Their Diving Why You Should Skip Trip Insurance How Divers Can Give Back: Part II , more ways to make your dive trips countThat Hovering Fish May Want a Massage Do Water and AEDs Mix? Nautilus Lifeline: User Error or Gear Malfunction? Dolphins Should Be Considered “Non-Human Humans” Flotsam & Jetsam
M/V Bilikiki, Solomon Islands , fishy reefs and WWII wrecksOur Book Pick This Month: Ocean Soul British Virgin Islands, Utila, Raja Ampat , serious inflator problems, credit card ripoffsIntegrated Weights Vest: Helpful or “a Piece of Junk”? Do You Need a Dive Watch? , or is it just expensive arm candy for divers?Should You Splurge on an VO2 Max Test? Where’s That Sound Coming From? More Marine Species on the Brink , these are next on the endangered list189 Failures Lead to Recall of 17,000 Miflex Hoses Taking Kids on Your Next Dive Trip , where to take them, how to keep them entertainedKid-Friendly Dive Resorts When You Least Expect It , minor and potentially lethal dive injuries, all in a few daysBlissed Out or Hotwired? , how the Internet screws up dive vacations
M/V Carpe Diem, Maldives , the abundance of fish is worth the cost and travel timeBonaire, Maui, Phuket… , Francis Coppola’s five-star resort, a clueless Cozumel divemasterThis Time, It’s Not the Lionfish’s Fault Why You Might Remove Your Regulator When You Shouldn’t Those Deadly Downcurrents , do you ride it out or react in the worst way possible?Protected Marine Reserves Are Not So Safe Palau’s Chamber is Working Again, But Not Full-Time DEMA Versus the National Ocean Policy , our trade association sides with oil companies and housing developersSouth Korea Bulks Up on Dive Weapons Why Divers Run Low on Gas , and how one researcher found out the reasonsFlotsam & Jetsam
Mayan Princess, Roatan, Honduras , Disney-like digs and aquarium-like divingCancun, Cabo San Lucas, Fiji, Truk. . . , plus unexpected cold water, and a liveaboard to avoidAn Insider’s Tips on Bonaire Give Your Buddies a Free Undercurrent Subscription Improving Rebreather Safety: Part I , up to 10 times more dangerous than open-circuit divingSo Much for Vetting Widow Blames Dive Gear for Death of Filmmaker Art as Artificial Reefs , a good idea or a distraction from the real problem?Parents of Drowned Boy Sues PADI and Boy Scouts Behind the Masks , what to buy for your face shape, vision, even color preferenceFlotsam & Jetsam
Walindi Plantation and MV FeBrina, PNG , machetes, bare butts and cannibals are part of the packageDiving with Helium May Be Limited Bahamas, Carriacou, Puerto Rico . . . , and choose from land-based or liveaboard options in the GalapagosAtomic Aquatics Recalls 4,200 Dive Computers in North America Is This Dive Operator Right or Wrong? , and is there a way divers can avoid the bad ones?PADI Has a New Owner Where Lionfish Eradication May Be Working Maiden Voyage on a New Dive Boat? Forget It , especially if you want Nitrox and air conditioningBeware of the Hand-Biting Barracudas Reef Fish of the East Indies , and the recent controversy caused by a photo of the authorsAmazing Diving Stories from One of Our Own Writers
Admirals Club, Singer Island, Florida , superb critter diving, trips to the Gulf StreamSend Us Your Reader Reports by November 20 Shore Diving in Intracoastal Tidal Waters Amoray Dive Resort, Key Largo, Florida , mixed reviews, but still a winnerBikini Atoll, Hawaii, Raja Ampat… , and one reader’s Hurricane Sandy dive tripDoes This Seattle Diver Deserve Death Threats? Potential Danger with Aqua Lung Weight Pockets Life Insurance for Scuba Divers , what 14 of the top insurance companies are offeringThese High-Pressure Hose Recalls Should Have Divers Concerned Need a New Wetsuit? , stretch, seams and other factors bring big changesWho Is That Masked Man? Setting the Hook Costa Rica’s Shark Finning: Is the Government in Cahoots? Flotsam & Jetsam
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