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Whether you're in search of the best dive operation in Cozumel, looking for a live-aboard in Indonesia or Fiji, or news about a dive computer recall, you're in the market for scuba diving information that's independent, authoritative, and easy to find. Published continuously since 1975, we're the source that serious divers have always trusted. Read more

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Editor's Pick of the month

Tropical Ice

Written by Undercurrent's publisher Ben Davison (writing as KL Smith) and set in Belize, Tropical Ice is a story of shark-finning and reef-raping, murder and politics, on an industrial scale, with plenty of diving.

It all takes place at Cap'n Jack's Rum Caye Dive Resort, where Jack's trying to save his failing resort with shark-feeding dives, until a body turns up in the damnedest place.

Tropical Ice is available online from Amazon in paperback or Kindle, and in bookstores.

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Since 1975, Undercurrent, a nonprofit organization, has published a monthly, subscription-only, ad-free newsletter, with travel reviews -- the good, the bad, and the ugly -- by undercover correspondents, the latest on safety, accidents, and divers deaths (what divers must do to dive safely), equipment issues and problems, and features on tipping protocol ... ensuring ocean rescue ... dive insurance shortcomings ... liability lawsuits ... using that safety sausage properly ... problems with online booking agents ... which resorts and liveaboards fail our standards . . . .everything a serious traveling diver needs to know.

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Explorer Ventures -- T&C Explorer II Report in Turks and Caicos *"Group Dive Trip Dec 7-14th"* filed Dec 18, 2024 by John Miller* (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 19 reports, Contributor )*
This was my 4th trip over 12 years on the Explorer II. I have 6100 logged dives, am a SSI Instructor Trainer and SDI Solo Diver Instruc... ... Read more
Under The Jungle Report in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan *"Sidemount Training in Mexican Cenotes"* filed Dec 16, 2024 by Paul Barrett* (Experience: 251-500 dives, 11 reports, Sr. Reviewer )*
I had a quick sidemount training class in the U.S. However, recognizing I did not have enough skill or experience and that I’d be “tha... ... Read more
Aldora Divers Report in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan *"Better than Roatan/Plastic Guilt"* filed Dec 16, 2024 by Barbara Raulston* (Experience: 101-250 dives)*
We flew into Cancun so one in the group could dive cenotes on mainland. We went to Cozumel by ferry. Taxi to the Villablanca Hotel ($7... ... Read more
The Ark Divers Report in Panama/Coiba National Park *"An unforgettable week diving in Panama"* filed Dec 12, 2024 by Richard P Tucker* (Experience: 251-500 dives, 4 reports, Reviewer )*
The Ark Divers is an off-the-grid micro-eco resort based on a hillside above Pixvae, Panama. Pixvae is the closest community to the Coi... ... Read more
Dive Friends Bonaire/Den Laman Report in Bonaire *"Relaxing visit to Bonaire"* filed Dec 12, 2024 by Craig A Wood* (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 55 reports, Top Contributor )*
Bonaire: Den Laman and Dive Friends, October 16-30, 2024 My wife and I recently made our eleventh visit to Bonaire, and like the las... ... Read more

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Read these free articles from past issues:

• 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
• Is COVID-19 Especially Bad News for Divers?, 05/20
• Covid-19 and the Dive Travel Industry, 04/20
• Too Fat to Dive?, 03/20
• A Template for Liveaboard Fire Safety Precautions, 02/20
• Harrowing Tales From the Red Sea Aggressor I Fire, 01/20
• The Potential for a Liveaboard Fire, 11/19
• Fire aboard MV Conception, 10/19
• Improving Shooter Skills in the Muck, 09/19
• Tipping During a Dive Trip. How Much and to Whom?, 09/19
• Some Disappointment on the MV Spirit of Freedom, 08/19
• Flying After Diving?, 08/19
• Isla Marisol, Glover's Reef, 07/19
• Killed by Sharks while Snorkeling with Pigs, 07/19
• Prevent an Incident From Becoming a Crisis, 07/19
• Surviving deep underwater with nothing to breathe, 06/19
• Top tips on getting good photos underwater, 06/19
• How to fly for free to your dive destination, 05/19
• A snorkeler gets swallowed by a whale, 05/19
• Splash in with Splash Inn, Roatan, Honduras, 04/19
• Catastrophic regulator failures should be rare, 04/19
• Is Your Old Computer Still Safe?, 03/19
• Why Divers Die: Part II, 02/19
• Traditional Fins are Making a Comeback, 02/19
• What new equipment appeared at the annual Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association (DEMA) show?, 01/19
• Why are divers now getting bitten by sharks in the Red Sea?, 01/19

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