New Online Benefits for Subscribers

Now, by virtue of your paid subscription, you have free online access. Here’s what that means:

First, you have access to nearly ten years of past issues. There are endless articles at your finger tips, easily searched. Before your next dive trip, you can
* check the most recent news about malaria prophylaxis for divers
* see what we had to say about travel restrictions and weight limits
* get the latest on flying after diving
* see how your dive insurance policy compares to others
* find the best source of travel insurance for divers
Second, all the Undercurrent reviews, by our writers who pay their own way and travel anonymously, are there for your perusal.
* liveaboards from the Caribbean to Indonesia, from Hawaii to the Red Sea, with details about the accommodations, on board policy, the best cabin to reserve and, of course, the diving
* resorts in Fiji, Belize, Bali, the Bahamas. While the management may have changed and the food improved (we hope), if we found the diving so-so before, you can be sure it won’t be any better today. Don’t spend big money on a trip without researching it.

Third, you can research nearly 10 years of Chapbook Reviews, totaling more than 10,000. Get the water temperatures, visibility, tips on tipping, if unlimited diving actually means three tanks a day, and whether you’re treated like a serious diver or a newbie. We edit every report, throw out those we deem biased, and do our best to ensure they are accurate and informative.

Fourth, you can review hundreds of recent reports submitted online for this year’s Chapbook. They’re there, unedited, for your review.

Fifth, if you can’t wait to get your issue, it will appear online on the first of each month for you to print out.

Finally, there’s a seasonal planner, a compendium of our e-mails, 10 years of Flotsam and Jetsam, fun stories about dive operations that don’t let you pee in your wetsuit, tragic pieces about why divers die (and what you can do to insure you’re not among them), and a number of other features you can enjoy.

And don’t forget - - the profit from any book you order on our Web site goes to save coral reefs. Last year, we contributed $17,000 to projects in Belize and Fiji. In fact, if you click on the Amazon.com icon on the bottom of our book page, you can then order anything from Amazon - - a LCD TV, a garden hose, a cashmere sweater - - and up to five percent of the purchase price will go to our reef-saving projects.

It’s easy to access Undercurrent Online. All you’ll need is your subscriber number, which you can find on page 16 of this issue, above your name. Just visit Undercurrent.

To cover the extensive costs of developing the Web site, subscription prices will soon rise. You can renew online now at the current rates, but act fast because prices will soon jump. However, even at the new prices, Undercurrent will still be a bargain based on all the diving information we provide that you won’t find anywhere else.