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Sipadan Water Village, Borneo, Malaysia , orangutans in the jungle, orangutan crabs underwaterDigital Fish ID The Magnificent Name Game Bandito Charters, Tacoma, Washington , how warm-water divers from Florida did diving Puget SoundHow About Recycling Your Old Dive Gear? Bonaire, Cozumel, St. Vincent… , legendary guide retires, dive shop disputes, and moreDeath in Belize from Exploding Tanks A 24-Hour Sea Hunt Marathon What Dive Shops Think About Your Gear , especially if you didn’t buy it from them“Naive” Fish Are Easy Targets Post-Op Diving , how you can suit up after major medical workThe Dangerous Risk of Boats Without Dive Ladders Watch That Giant Stride Mastering Rebreathers, 2nd Edition What’s the “One DEMA” Product This Year? , John Bantin reports on what’s worth buying and ignoringMaiden Dive Boat Trips: Another Liveaboard Owner’s Point of View Flotsam & Jetsam
Dolphin Dive Center, Loreto, Baja CA, Mexico , dolphins and a mix of marine life in the Sea of CortezTwo Easy Ways to Recycle Your Dive Gear Cedar Beach Ocean Lodge, B.C., Canada , gourmet heaven for cold-water diversThe DEMA Dive Show , a slightly irreverent reviewYes, Another High-Pressure Hose Recall Yes, the Dive Gear Caused His Death , but no, his sister can’t sue the manufacturerWhy DEPP Has Been Giving the Silent Treatment to Divers Filling Cylinders In Water , perhaps a cause of a tank explosionThe Debate About Fish and Pain is Settled -- Or Is It? Middle-Age Women and DCS , are they at higher risk of getting the bends?Diving in “Shark-Infested” Waters , with oxygen tanks, to bootLionfish Control: Targeted Areas, Lots of Manpower Flotsam & Jetsam
Kasai Village, Cebu, Philippines , even a typhoon can’t affect the good divingBelize, Hawaii, Cozumel, Palau . . . , Caribbean winter warnings and more trouble with the Siren fleetThe Reason for Wrinkled Fingers A Lost–at-Sea Diver Tells His Tale , a 14-hour swim from Gordo Banks back to the mainlandComparing Dive Computer Watches , Suunto, the originator, versus everyone elseChinese Price Gouging and DCS Too Dead Divers’ Bad Mistakes: Part I , like wearing a too-small BC -- or diving without oneHey, There’s an App for that Dive , digital dive info worth downloading onto your iGadgetDon’t Call Them “Shark Attacks” Anymore Flotsam & Jetsam
Blue Lagoon Resort, Chuuk, Micronesia , the non-liveaboard experienceAnother Chuuk Option: the Truk Odyssey Flying to Micronesia? Options to Avoid United Belize Diving Services, Caye Caulker, Belize , Old Caribbean living, the reality of current Caribbean divingBad Mistakes Dead Divers Make: Part II , like pre-dive drug use or faking your medical examWhy Not Make the Costa Concordia a Diver’s Paradise? DEPP: Off the Recommended List , nobody wrote in to rave about their great serviceFive Websites That Makes Dive Travel Easier “Another” Recall for Aqua Lung’s SureLock Weight Pockets Camera Housing Leak Tests , a better way to ensure your pricey camera is waterproofA Bad Dive Weekend Coast to Coast Humans Have Changed Stingrays’ Ways Flotsam & Jetsam
Turneffe Island Resort, Belize , concierge diving on a remote private islandMaui Boat Captain Fined for Diver’s Death The Resort’s Off-Putting Documents Key Largo, Maui, New Zealand . . . , maiden voyage kinks in Thailand, a rude photo pro in BonaireLionfish Update: The Good and Bad News Is Your Dive Computer Correct? , for depth and temperature, it may not be so accurateCause of Death: A Deteriorated Mouthpiece? Diving Deep into Danger What to Tip on Your Next Dive Trip: Part I , and the myriad of factors that determine the amountHow Many Calories Do You Burn Diving? Why Divers Should Know CPR , especially when you’re doing dive trips in the Third WorldWhere Exactly Is the South Pacific? Flotsam & Jetsam
Hawk’s Nest Lodge, Cat Island, The Bahamas , hanging in the blue with oceanic whitetipsFiji Airways: A Major Link in the Shark Fin Trade New Caledonia, South Pacific , an utter lack of Americans, an abundance of pristine dive sitesWhat to Tip on Your Next Dive Trip: Part II , tips about tipping by the pros“Now I Can Pig Out on Trips with Less Guilt” Why Some Indonesia Liveaboards Don’t Take Credit Cards Barracudas’ Nasty Bites , not only hands -- feet and faces, tooWill Honduras End Scuba Diving for Lobster? Problems with Weight Pockets , the complaints keep on comingAre You Getting Free Gear to Review? Whale Sharks Are Getting Too Much Love , good intentions may be having a bad influenceFlotsam & Jetsam
WAOW, Indonesia , fiery volcanoes, dangerous dragons and colorful divingHow Diving Inspires This Science-Fiction Writer Bahamas, Hawaii, the Red Sea. . . , one Micronesia resort worth visiting, another that’s notLawsuit over Diver Death on San Diego’s Yukon DEMA’s “Reaching Out” Award , not worth winning, says Bret GilliamThe Disappearing Dive Shop Navy Divers Got it Wrong Shark Baiting and Feeding , what’s so wrong with it, John Bantin asksA Win for Shark Fins: Fiji Airways Reverses Its Stance Undercurrent Is Awarded a Grant for Environmental Coverage What Happens to Those Aging Dive Guides? , the Lahaina Divers 35th reunionLost Your PADI Card? How to Avoid the $37 Fee Flotsam & Jetsam
SeaQuest Dive Center, Philippines , a four-resort, 10-day dive “Seafari” for $150 a dayDecongestants and DCS: No Link, So Far Knives or Scissors? Other Philippines Dive Sites , more destinations for cool critters and great valuesThe Right Way to Store Your Wetsuit DEPP: Guilty of Insurance Fraud , how one of our subscribers helped shut the company downFeds Seize Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Boat , but why was someone else given the criminal charges?Spearfishing and Fish Collecting Limited in Hawaii -- Will It Help? Galapagos Aggressor I Runs Aground , equipment or human error? the Fleet’s not sayingSubscribers Speak up about Shark Feeding , the results? Seems to be split down the middleNew Research: Shark Feeding May Not Affect Behavior There Are Dives . . . , . . . and then there are “dives”Underwater Photography for Compact Camera Users Flotsam & Jetsam
Yucatek Divers, Playa del Carmen, Mexico , whale sharks, cenotes and reefs on demandWhere Do Whale Sharks Spend the Winter? An Alternative Whale Shark Dive Suunto Recalls Dive Computer Hoses Eritrea, Kiribati, Sipadan . . . , why to consider Wananavu, when not to consider the OdysseyWe Need Your Reader Reports An Analysis of Rebreather Deaths , why rebreather diving is 10 times more dangerousYour High-SPF Sunscreen May Not Be So Great After All Mantas Are More Valuable Alive than Dead The Disappearing Recompression Chamber , there are more than ever, but fewer are for diversWhich Divers Get DCS? DAN Tries to Determine Are You Diving Less These Days? , why divers are making few trips or quitting altogetherBikini Protest Want to Be One of Our Bloggers? Flotsam & Jetsam
Turks & Caicos Explorer II , Plenty of fish - - and mysterious gnomesGnomes Below? Seeking More Exotic Diving? , how about Russia, the Sardine Run, or an underwater cemetery?When Shark Shields and Great Whites Collide Sunscreens that Protect Divers as well as Reefs GoPro vs. a Standard Camera , which one fits your photo/video skills and needs?Divers Who Do Good , they love the ocean so much, they started nonprofitsThanks to Our Subscribers, We’re Giving Away $3,000 You Don’t Have to Start a Nonprofit to Do Good How to Avoid a Flight from Hell , it often boils down to how you book your plane ticketsA Diver with Heart Issues: Could His Death Not Be Accidental? I’m Offended by This! , what we dive boat captains must encounterCan Divers’ Potentially Fatal Heart Changes Really be Found? Flotsam & Jetsam
Cane Bay Dive Shop, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands , easy diving, easy vacationR/V Coral Reef II, Bahamas , on the hunt for 1, 337 fish to stock the New England AquariumExperienced Divers Aren’t Excited by Artificial Reefs Maldives, Hawaii, Indonesia . . . , some dive operators who need to change their rulesHow Long Will Your Dive Computer Last? , and will that warranty really help you?Warranties: What to Look at, What to Ask Buy a Cockroach for Christmas Travel Tips for Long-Haul Flights , how to spend less on -- and survive -- grueling dive trips overseasGood News about Lionfish Culling in the Caribbean The Fight to Stop Seahorse Photography , but it’s not the strobe, it’s the manhandlingWhy Divers Should Be Excited about The Wave Flotsam & Jetsam
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