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Southern Cross Club Report in Cayman Islands/Little Cayman
"Wonderful resort, beautiful diving, terrible sand fleas"
filed Aug 11, 2025 by Mary Marshall (Experience: 501-1000 dives)
4 stars

I stayed at the Southern Cross Club on Little Cayman between April 23 and May 2, 2025, and did 8 days of diving. This was my first lan... ... Read more Photos available


Nyande Report in Indonesia/Raja Ampat
"Gorgeous location and wonderfully personal diving"
filed Aug 10, 2025 by Keith Willmott (Experience: 251-500 dives, 22 reports, Sr. Contributor )
5 stars

Nyande was our third dive base during a 3 week trip to Raja Ampat, after Raja4Divers and Warahnus Dive Homestay. When we booked we didn... ... Read more Photos available


Warahnus Dive Homestay Report in Indonesia/Raja Ampat
"Dive Raja Ampat’s iconic sites on a budget"
filed Aug 10, 2025 by Keith Willmott (Experience: 251-500 dives, 22 reports, Sr. Contributor )
5 stars

Why Warahnus? We wanted to dive the best-known sites around Kri but without the high costs of a resort. We chose Warahnus because of th... ... Read more Photos available


Raja4Divers Report in Indonesia/Raja Ampat
"Luxurious diving at diverse sites at this miniature Raja Ampat"
filed Aug 10, 2025 by Keith Willmott (Experience: 251-500 dives, 22 reports, Sr. Contributor )
5 stars

Where to start? The location is spectacular - a small dive resort on its own mini-archipelago, Pulau Pef, with mushroom islands, turquo... ... Read more Photos available


Brac Reef Beach Resort Report in Cayman Islands/Cayman Brac
"Sad return to an old friend"
filed Aug 10, 2025 by David Demming (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 46 reports, Top Contributor )
4 stars

[This is my 3rd trip to the Brac Resort in the last 4-5 years. Operations on land and sea excellent. Unfortunately the continued declin... ... Read more


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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:

The value of using a travel agent, 07/25
Flotsam & Jetsam, 07/25
The Avelo System Reviewed in Depth, 06/25
The Call for Regulation of Liveaboards, 05/25
Tariffs and Scuba Gear , 05/25
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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