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Villa on Dunbar Rock, Guanaja, Honduras , a tranquil “round the rock” dive spot in the CaribbeanShearwater Recalls Its Computer Transmitters Save Money on Baggage. Fees: Pack with a Purpose Another Good Story about that Epic Thai Cave Dive Rescue Random Thoughts on Dive Travel Glitches , avoiding cramped cabins, airport issues and nighttime noisesA Diver Boosts the #MeToo Movement in Egypt Why Are Red Sea Sharks Biting More Often? What’s What at the Latest DEMA Show , and do you really need to buy anything they’re selling?Big Trouble at Blue Heron Bridge , an aquarium is accused of plundering its signature marine life“I Very Quickly Realized It Was a Crocodile” Why Divers Die: Part I , being lazy, getting fat and succumbing to panic are big factorsDumping Lead Down the Toilet Gets a $197,000 Fine Readers Have Their Say about Our Review of Sunset House No Abalone Diving in California Until at Least 2021 Wreck Diving for Beginners , should a teenager with four dives really be visiting Chuuk?Confused about Lithium Batteries? Flotsam & Jetsam
Baja Charters, La Paz, Baja California , great snorkeling with whale sharks -- weather permittingStart Sending Us Your 2019 Reader Reports Getting To and Around Baja California Want Your Own Fiji Shark? Bait al Aqaba Resort, Jordan , a Red Sea site worth seeking out for its wreck divingWhat Is Undercurrent’s “Caribbean Scale?” The Cocos-Galapagos Swimway for Turtles and Sharks Why Divers Die: Part II , boat engines, unfamiliar dive gear and hyperhydrationAre Those Bedbugs in Your Dive Gear? Diver Scallops? Give Me a Break A Huge Great White Shark Controversy , what’s the difference between advocacy and self-promotion?New Zealand Just Banned Cage Diving with Sharks Discover Scuba Diving Is Deadly , two more fatalities - one being a 13-year-old boy“Traditional” Fins Are Making a Comeback Our Shocked and Appalled Readers , last month’s stories that made you write letters to usReef Safe Sunscreen Isn’t Safe -- And Its Maker Doesn’t Care Flotsam & Jetsam
Kona Aggressor II, Kona, Hawaii , the most exciting moment wasn’t the manta night diveStrobes Don’t Damage the Marine Life Should You Let the “Dentists of the Sea” Clean Your Teeth? Scubaqua, St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean , dive sites rich with history -- and a dive shop with a full barDo These So-Called Shark Repellants Keep Sharks at Bay? The Fatal Effects of “Rapture of the Deep” , and how drugs and reluctant divemasters may play a big partWhat Fins Do You Fancy? , our reader feedback is as varied as there are fin typesCan a Fish Tell If a Scuba Diver Is Armed? Bad Stories about the Bends , how hospital protocol and a boat crew nearly killed diversIs Menopause a Cause of the Bends? Is Your Old Computer Still Safe? , how to determine whether it’s time for an updateYour Next Dive Safety Device Might Be . . . an Underwater Tent? Shark Fins Are Banned in 12 U.S. States -- But It’s Still on the Menu Flotsam & Jetsam
Blue Lagoon Resort, Chuuk , a set-your-own-pace schedule on Truk Lagoon’s wreck divesSerious BC Issues: A Mares Recall, and a Major Design Flaw Red Tide Is Gone, But Here Is Florida’s New Coastal Threat Splash Inn Dive Resort, Roatan , budget diving that’s best for beginnersSend Your Reader Reports (And Tell Us About Plastic Use) Why You Had Better Confirm Your Flight Itinerary Technical Diving: Is It For You? , “nobody had any problems using air at 180 feet”The “Canaries of the Reef” Are in Trouble Sidemount Diving: Take that Weight off Your Back Lessons from My Wife’s Snorkeling Death , and why I suspect her mask as the culpritMaybe This Is the Reason Why His Wife Drowned What Wetsuit Should You Get? , the right choices for keeping warm in the waterOld Dive Computers, Odd Treatment: Letters to the Editor A Catastrophic Regulator Failure , don’t hold your breath if you have one (I’m serious)Costa Rica Blue Flotsam & Jetsam
Truk Odyssey, Chuuk, Micronesia , great rooms, food, and wreck dives, but an unattentive crewThere’s an Easier Way to Dump Air from Your BC By Land or by Sea: What Makes for the Best Diving? Cozumel, Raja Ampat, Cuba, Grand Turk . . . , plus advice on wetsuits and resort options for older diversReader Reports: Easier to Write, and Now with Photos Got any Tales of Unexpected Dive Travel Bills? Yes, Sport Divers Get PTSD, Too , here’s how to determine whether you’re in that bunchEven Royal Family Members Are Dive Fatalities Snorkeler Gets Swallowed by a Whale Fly for Free to Your Dive Destination , how to play the credit card points gameDragon Smugglers Forcing a Shutdown of Komodo Island Your Letters to the Editor , health hazards, airline issues and divemasters’ responsibilitiesThe Real-Time Data Every Dive Computer Should Have How This Diver’s Coastal Cleanup Plan Has Turned Him into a Hero Trinidad Diver Survives a 44-Mile Swim Don’t Ignore that Dive Injury , beware if you or the crew say no to medical assistanceFlotsam & Jetsam
Caribbean Explorer II, Saba, St. Kitts, St. Martin , reefs survived the hurricanes, but the boat is showing its ageWhy Does Explorer Ventures Still Have a Fuel Surcharge? Are We Americans Good Tippers or Just Total Suckers? El Galleon Resort & Asia Divers, Philippines , money goes a long way (visibility, maybe) in this dive spotApple’s iPhone Plans to Lure Underwater Photographers What’s Your Real Risk of a Diving Death? , the ratios versus the reality of “what happens if . . .”More Global Shipping Means More Invasive Marine Species on Coral Reefs He Was 330 Feet Deep Without Anything to Breathe -- and Survived How You Can Get Great Underwater Pictures , start raw, stalk your subject, and more tipsGalápagos Top Tips from Other Dive Photo Pros The Mission to Save Our Oceans By Next Year , how one dive company is convincing others to dump plasticHelium Is Now Harder to Get Flotsam & Jetsam
Isla Marisol, Glover’s Reef, Belize , where divers are few, but the fish are plentifulUndercurrent Gets Grant for Coverage of Environmental Issues and Advocacy Divers Find the Last Slave Ship Raja Ampat, Bonaire, Maldives, Cozumel . . . , and endless trash spilling into the waterAfter Drifting for Eight Hours, “I’m Just Glad I’m Alive Are Great Whites the Ocean’s Most Fearsome Predators? New Findings Say No Can You Handle A Crisis Underwater? , or are you toast if something unexpected happens?You Tell Us: Are You Prepared As You Should Be on a Dive? PADI Buys America’s Two Biggest Dive Magazines Dump Valves, Customs Scams, Suunto Lawsuit , your letters to the editorKilled by Sharks While Snorkeling with Pigs Diving in Cuba is Harder for Americans Want to Buy a Dive Center or Liveaboard? , we found a few, if you’re looking for something new to doBahamas Master Cancels On Diver Twice In Two Years Why You May Be Experiencing “Oxygen Ear” Flotsam & Jetsam
CoCo View Resort, Roatan, Honduras , Forty years old, and still no better outpost for Caribbean divingA Tragic Accident Brings a Reminder for Safe Travel Diver Uses Nasal Spray to Clear His Ears While Underwater: Is That Smart? Spirit of Freedom, Cairns, Australia , a cramped, colorless experience on the Great Barrier ReefCan Genetic Engineering Save Coral Reefs? For Some Divers, Waiting Only 24 Hours before Flying Is Not Enough Time Beware of False Prophets on Your Dive Trips , instructors and other experts are not always rightHow Good Are You at Knowing if a Diver Is Drowning? Murder, Bombing and Mass Destruction in Sabah , an illegal fishing method becomes a deadly diving hazardFarewell to a Top Treasure Hunter When That Dive Training Came In Handy , letters from readers about how they handled diving crisesFlesh-Eating Bacteria Strikes in Florida Flotsam & Jetsam
Anilao Photo Academy, Balayan Bay, Mabini, Philippines , improving your shooter skills in the muckLetters to the Editor Don’t Free-Dive During the Surface Interval The Seahorses off Long Beach, CA NDS Scuba, Malta, the Mediterranean , wrecks and divers galoreRecent Deaths Highlight the Risks for Older Divers Stupid or What? Atomic Regulator Hose Recall The Dive Trip Tipping Conundrum: Part I , is there an etiquette?The Dawn Chorus Underwater Island Scuba Destinations That Will be Gone in Less than a Century Too Many Divers in Raja Ampat? , how “Instagram Tourism” is ruining dive destinationsIt’s the Tiny Fish That Are Important Is PADI Diver Training Adequate? , there’s more to diving than simply getting a C-cardWhat About the Marine Head? Flotsam & Jetsam
Raja Ampat Explorer, Raja Ampat Indonesia , same stunning reefs, same fish, one-third the priceAdvances in Integrated-Weight Systems Sea Saba, Saba, Dutch Antilles, Caribbean , a delightful village, still pristine divingAfter the Storm -- The Bahamas The Tragic Tale of the Conception Fire , the cause remains unknownDive Vessel Inspections: Not All Insured Liveaboards Have Been Thoroughly Checked Full-Face Flop Bringing Underwater Camera Gear to Dive in Mexico? , it just may cost youClimate Change Affects the Sardine Run Not Getting Enough Time Underwater? Dying Coral Closes Much of Cozumel Diving , and both the reefs and the jobs are on the lineFlotsam & Jetsam
Aiyanar Beach & Dive Resort, Anilao, Philippines , only if you are a macro photographerFiji, Molokai, Little Corn Island, St. Eustatius , following the guide leads to skin bendsHow You Can Purge Plastic from the Ocean Your Dive Boat Sinks Before You Get There , and DAN’s Elite Travel Policy does not cover itSharks are Not Pussycats as Shark Divers Discover The Etiquette of Tipping on Dive Trips: Part II , are Americans just good tippers or total suckers?Parents Sue PADI over the Death of Their 13-Year-Old Son Failing to Turn Your Tank On All the Way Is “Simply Stupid” The Potential of a Liveaboard Fire , how to protect yourselfNew Fire Safety Regulations Coming for US Liveaboards American Diver Dies in Red Sea Aggressor I Fire The Picture of His Life , Yonatan Nir and what lay behind his film of Amos NachoumThose Underwater Photo Courses , some that really deliverA DIN or a Yoke Regulator? It’s Time To Know The Difference Flotsam & Jetsam
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