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Aggressor 1 Report in Philippines/Tubbataha LiveAboard
"Great diving. Some boat issues"
filed Apr 1, 2025 by John Adams (Experience: 501-1000 dives, 2 reports)
5 stars

Diving was very good. Lots of fish in this protected area including large fish we did not see elsewhere in Philippines. Saw sharks on m... ... Read more Photos available


Little Cayman Beach Resort Report in Cayman Islands
"Little Cayman Review"
filed Mar 30, 2025 by Leona M Holaday (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 8 reports, Sr. Reviewer )
4 stars

This was a trip for three generations of divers - me, my son and grandson, taken during his spring break. I am used to diving in the P... ... Read more


Indo Master Report in Indonesia/Lembeh>Halmahera>Raja Ampat LiveAboard
"Pretty Disappointing"
filed Mar 30, 2025 by Donald Brown (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 6 reports, Reviewer )
2 stars

Based on the few reviews from previous customers, we booked the Indo Master for the one-way trip from Bitung (Lembeh) to Hamahera to Ra... ... Read more


Triton Bay Divers Report in Indonesia/Triton Bay
"Beautiful Reefs and Many Friendly Fish"
filed Mar 28, 2025 by David Marchese (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 22 reports, Sr. Contributor )
5 stars

Triton Bay is different than anything we experienced on our 5 prior trips to Indonesia. The soft corals are spectacular, the fish all s... ... Read more


Pindito Report in Indonesia/Misool, Fakfak, & Triton Bay LiveAboard
"Widespread Bleaching - But good fish life"
filed Mar 28, 2025 by David Marchese (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 22 reports, Sr. Contributor )
3 stars

We started this trip in Misool, traveled south to Fakfak, and ended in Triton Bay. We have been to Misool twice before. What was once p... ... Read more Photos available


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Undercurrent subscribers can now download the 2025 Travelin' Diver's Chapbook with 417 reader reports on liveaboards/dive resorts worldwide, or have it emailed to you, here. Additionally subscribers can generate their own Mini Chapbooks here -- non-subscribers can also do this here.

Read these free articles from past issues:

That Diver's Medical Form, 03/25
Fifteen Years Ago Cocos Island Swarmed with Turtles. Why Have Many Disappeared?, 02/25
Held Hostage Until Signing a Liability Waiver, 02/25
LiPo bags halt battery fires, 10/24
It takes hope to save yourself, 10/24
Does Renting Gear Save Travel Hassle?, 08/24
Having Fun with Artificial Intelligence, 07/24
Diving from the BVI Aggressor in the British Virgin Islands, 06/24
How should we tip the dive crew?, 04/24
Should I Insure Old Scuba Gear?, 03/24
What's happening with liveaboards?, 02/24
Scorkl - Why divers see its potential danger, 01/24
A stroke while diving is serious, 01/24
Emergency evacuation from the Revillagigedo islands, 01/24
Liveaboards: Fertile Ground for COVID, 11/23
Divers of a Certain Age, 11/23
With MY. Bilikiki in the South Pacific's Solomon Islands, 10/23
Cayman, Maui, Raja Ampat, Texas - reader's report, 09/23
Guadalupe island closure cost big money, 08/23

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