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Bahamas Aggressor, The Bahamas , sharks and swimming pigs
It’s a Dog’s Life!
Cozumel and the Cenotes, Yucatan, Mexico , commuting to the caverns
Will the Sport of Scuba Diving Survive?
You’ll Need More Than That to Get Me to Visit
Misfortune Follows the Siren Fleet , is there something inherently wrong?
Regulator Servicing: Do It Every Two Years
Wooden Hulls, Tumble Dryers and Single Engines
A Taste of New Products at DEMA 2017
Don’t Skimp on the Oxygen
A Kauai Frogfish Follow-Up , letters from Hawaii and what you thought
What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of our Underwater Cousins
Plastic is Suffocating the Ocean , and the dive industry must share the blame
Catastrophe at Cocos Island, Costa Rica , a diver is killed in a tiger shark attack
Another Tiger Shark Incident
Flotsam & Jetsam
KM Blue Manta, the Banda Sea, Forgotten Islands, Alor , a thousand miles of pristine Indonesian diving
WAOW Liveaboard a Total Loss
Diving and Hepatitis C: Know the Facts
The Chinchorro Banks, Alor, Belize, Roatan , and how cut-rate trips leave early birds steaming
Divers Adrift Eight Hours in the Philippines
Get Bent and Who is at Fault?
Lionfish-Killing Contests Can Work
Diviac Goes to PADI
Rebreathers: What Every Scuba Diver Needs to Know , and know about the diver next to you using one
The Most Dangerous Thing You’ll Meet Underwater? Your Boat’s Propeller
Cozumel Dive Boat Sinks
Get Your Weights Off First!
Panic Kills Too Many Divers , be aware that loss of control is a killer
Fiji and Belize Protect their Reefs
The Diving Industry Must Get Rid of Disposable Plastic
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Warranties , where did my Aeris warranty go?
Roatan Park Rangers Face Death Threats , during the fight to preserve the reefs
Legal Protection for Fish?
Shark Shapes Are Significant
Flotsam & Jetsam
Avalon II, Jardines de la Reina, Cuba , is it the Caribbean’s best?
Easy Travel to Cuba
If Attacked, You’re Not Just a Shark Attack Statistic!
Avalon II, Too
Magic Oceans; Bohol Island, Philippines , another great Philippines bargain
Underwater Bullies
75 Hours Afloat At Sea and Survived! , an unplanned feat of endurance and lessons learned
Less of an Achievement than a Moon Walk
Do You Need Advanced Open Water Certification?
Did Your Travel Insurance Cough Up When Required? , or should you forgo paying those stiff premiums?
What’s the Latin Name For It?
Divers Disappointed in Sipadan
Get Your Weights Off First!
Liability Waivers and the Dive Professional , top lawyers give an insight into the legalities
Woman Divers – Have You Had a “Me Too” Moment? We Need Your Thoughts
Liveaboard Trip Canceled 24 Hours before Departure , and it’s a struggle to get fair compensation
No More Tropical Mosquito Bites
Flotsam & Jetsam
Two Fish Divers, Lembeh and Bunaken, Indonesia , a two-resort budget combo with tip-top diving
Diving in Lembeh Can Be Infectious!
Respect That Lobster
St. Vincent, Maldives, Roatan, Belize , destinations for everyone
Your Travel Reports Are Important
A New Feature for Your Travel Reports
Diving Gear to Stand Well Clear Of!
Suunto/Aqualung Computer Lawsuit Continues
When Diving Disappoints , and big animals are a no-show
A Creative Way to Create Marine Parks and the U.S. Must Step Up
Sending Your Sausage Safely , letting them know where you are before you surface
A Safety Sausage Can Save Your Life
Solutions for Rescue When Lost at Sea , they are not as simple as you might presume
False Liability Release Answers May Have Cost a Widow Dearly
Mares Tests Full-Face Snorkeling Masks in the Light of Snorkeling Deaths
Does Your Light Cause Critters Harm? , are high-powered video lights a concern?
So Who Owns PADI?
More Views on AOW Certifications , get the cert, save the grief!
Flotsam & Jetsam
MV Taka, Solomon Islands , and a word about the Bilikiki
Dwindling Dive Stores
Deadman Diving – Whatever Next?
Your Battery Charger: a Real Risk of Liveaboard Fire
Nicaragua, Lembeh, Thailand, Florida, Socorro , Unusual dives, cheap flights, a new resort
Will East Timor Become a Popular Diving Destination?
An Incredible Voyage
Plastic? Some Dive Operators Step Up
Undercurrent Subscribers Set a Guinness Record: The Oldest Couple Diving
“MeToo” in the Dive Industry , it’s still more like being the “Second Sex” for many women divers
Ghost Net Massacres, Cayman Marine Life
Still Trouble with Full-Face Snorkeling Masks? A Retired Mares Dealer Makes His Reservations Clear
Are Underwater Photography Courses Good Value? We Want To Hear From You
A Real Advanced Open Water Class
No Safety Sausage? Toss Water!
Things Are Not Always As They Seem , especially to an ill-informed passing boater
The End of American Abalone Diving? , a desperate situation demands desperate measures
Flotsam & Jetsam
MV Belize Aggressor III, Belize , good boat, great crew, easy diving
You Won’t Put Down Tropical Ice, A Sensational Scuba Thriller Set In Belize
Flies in the Face of Good Business
When Sport Divers Meet Spearfishers
Atlantis Dumaguete Resort, Negros Island, Philippines , an abundance of creatures in clean muck
Oman Aggressor Continues to Cancel Trips
A DAN Survey on Diver Fitness: Is Your Liver as Healthy as your Heart and Lungs?
The Lesson Of Walden Pond Or Why Not To Pee Underwater
When Diving in the Maldives Disappoints , the right information guides expectations
Phone For Your Deco Too?
Another Non-Native Species in Florida
Scuba Diving Can Be Hazardous to Your Health , the unseen enemy but just as deadly
Will You Be the One to Submit Our 10,000th Reader’s Report?
No Side-Mount Tanks on Aggressors?
Diving Computer Algorithms Are Important , and you should be on the same page as your buddy
Unvarnished Truth Can Hurt But It’s Still the Truth
More Tiger Trouble in Cocos , getting to grips with a troublesome shark
Oxygen Analyzers – What’s New?
Flotsam & Jetsam
Alami Alor, Pulau Alor, Indonesia , luxury resort, luxurious reefs, reasonable prices
Buoyancy Cell Failure Causes Diver Fatality
A Caribbean Influx of Deadly Weed
Undercurrent Receives $1000 Environmental Grant
Okeanos Aggressor II, Caño Island, Costa Rica , well, it’s sure not Cocos Island
Oceanic/Hollis Regulator Recall
The Soul of a Fish Monger , the smartest critter spared from the grill
Do You Want Diving Regulated? , some countries do have statutes
Tulsa Diver Bent in Cozumel Gets Insurance Shock
Plastic Packaging and the Diving Industry , do the big manufacturers care enough?
Mission 2020
Discover Scuba Diving Course Leads to Fatality , a single instructor is not enough
Our 10,000th Reader’s Report
Reminiscing about Being Adrift at Sea , two divers lucky to have made it
Blubber For SEALs and Penguin Feathers
Flotsam & Jetsam
MV Tempest, Red Sea, Egypt , great diving on a liveaboard we’d never recommend
Our Picks for Top Red Sea Liveaboards
Dive Friends, Courtyard Marriott, Bonaire , finally, a way to use hotel points on your overseas dive trip
Shore Diving Is Not for Everyone
An Interesting Way to Off-Gas in Bonaire
Not All Magnifying Glasses Will Spot Critters
You? Run Out of Air? Impossible . . . Right? , what about your buddy? How to be prepared for the last gasp
Just How Much Is a Bar, Anyway?
A Single Drop of Sunscreen Can Kill Coral , yet Reef Safe’s manufacturer continues to market the killer
Quiet, Please! Marine Noise is Making Fish Deaf
Extreme Courage -- and a Good Nose , cave divers’ amazing rescue of the Wild Boar soccer team
Who Are the Rudest Divers? , the slow ones? or those who have to wait for them?
How Did the Maker of Sharkwater Die?
Flotsam & Jetsam
Deefer Diving, Carriacou, Grenada , a frozen-in-time Caribbean isle – including the diving
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Divers Most At Risk for Heart Attacks
Bonaire, Cozumel, Cuba, Fiji, Palau . . . , spear tossers, baggage restrictions and thieving crews
Help Indonesia Recover from Earthquake Disaster
Is Your Mouthpiece Causing You Pain?
Dive Industry, Stop with the Plastic , and how you, our fellow divers, can help
Fitness, Diving and Dehydration , how not to mix these three things in the wrong combination
Florida’s Red Tide Crisis: Which Dive Spots Are Affected
Deadman Diving: Not A Dive Agency Product , but are the dive agencies turning a blind eye to it?
Hawaii Fish Collectors: In a Fine Mesh
How Travelin’ Divers Can Reduce Their Carbon Footprints
In Praise of Liveaboards , why it’s more than just the diving that makes them better
Problems with Sherwood Avid BCs Still Continue
Flotsam & Jetsam
Olympus Dive Center, North Carolina , sharks and shipwrecks galore, but that tank policy . . .
Some Divers Really Need to Drop a Few Pounds
Siladen Resort and Spa, Indonesia , a tranquil place where “chill” dives are the main thrill
What’s the Craziest Thing You’ve Seen While Diving?
Pirates of Papua New Guinea
Part I: The Ups and Downs of Ocean Currents , strategies for surviving them
When It Comes to Diving, Don’t Trust the BBC
Was There a Cover-Up in This Diver’s Death? , many questions about search-and-rescue efforts for Rob Stewart
Why Even Air-Breathing Divers Should Analyze Their Tanks
Who Are You Calling Rude? , our readers sound off on the most offensive divers
Divers and Dolphins: How Much Should They Mix?
Shorter Dive Times at Cocos Island?
Suunto Finally Settles Its Lawsuit , the results may benefit owners of its dive computers
Scubapro Steps Up
Flotsam & Jetsam
Sunset House, Grand Cayman , happy 60th birthday, but you’re really showing your age
Fake News: The Diving Version
Zeagle Recalls Five Types of BCs
Caymans, Cuba, French Polynesia . . . , plus hurricanes, shark dives and two remote sites worth the trip
Sinister Circumstances Surround this Diver’s Death
A New Spin on Dolphin-Human Interactions
Is This Diver Carrying too Much Weight?
Don’t Bust Your Ears
Invasive Lionfish and Crowns-of-Thorns May Have Met Their Match
Part II: The Ups and Downs of Ocean Currents , how to enjoy diving -- and avoid getting lost -- in them
A Tough Lesson to Learn from a Dive Tragedy
How Did This Diver’s Wife Die? , the computer and scuba gear make the husband look guilty as sin
Read This Before Plugging In Your Dive Camera
The “White Shark Cafe”: A Hot New Winter Hangout
The Craziest Things You’ve Seen on Dives , poop, sex toys and, of course, crazy divers
Underwater Statues Are Unwelcome in the Maldives
Flotsam & Jetsam
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