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Caribbean Explorer II, Lesser Antilles , a full dance card in Nevis, Saba, St. Kitts and Statia
The High-Tech Search for a Dead Diver in a Quarry
Why Don’t Pre-Dive Checklists and North Carolina Mix?
Where to Go Diving -- and When , seasons change, and so does the weather at dive spots
Should Diver Certification Last Forever? , not if you haven’t dived since J.R. Ewing was shot
Filefish’s Camouflage: Smelling like Coral
Judges Thumb Their Noses at Disability-Seeking Divers
Aging Divers Have Their Limits , here’s how our readers deal with them
Diving into the Heart of Trouble
More Shark-Stopping Devices on the Market , do they work? And why do I think about goat implants?
A Diver’s Estate Sues for His Wrongful Death
DEMA: The Latest, But Not The Greatest , mostly upgrades and revisions, with GoPro as the buzzword
Flotsam & Jetsam
Kona Diving Company, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii , cool endemic critters and -- with luck -- a manta show
Aqua Lung Recalls All BCs with SureLock II Weight Pockets
What’s a Heated Vest, and Should You Buy One?
Komodo Resort Diving Club, Indonesia , exciting diving at budget prices
We Need Your Reader Reports
The “Ship of Gold” Treasure Hunter Captured In Florida
Life and Death on the Reef , the tale of an Indonesia dive gone wrong in so many ways
Lionfish Aren’t the Only Invaders in Florida Waters
Stop Panic Before It Starts Underwater , simple exercises every diver should do
Dead Diver’s Wife Sues a Shadow Diver Star , grief and greed made this case go on too long
Want to Put Your Name on a Reef? Got $100,000?
Flotsam & Jetsam
Magic Island and Atlantis-Dumaguete, Philippines , creature comforts, incredible sea life, affordable prices
What’s With All the Photo Bullies?
Belize, British Virgin Islands, Hawaii , a KKK leader’s resort, a dive shop’s faulty rental gear
To Avoid Hypothermia, Divers Should Stay “in the Hood”
What’s to Become of Jacques Cousteau’s Calypso?
No Two Dive Computers Are Alike , a study shows they’re not all as conservative as they claim
Two Good Reads for Reducing Your Dive Risks
Don’t Count on Getting That Dive Trip Deposit Back
How Do You Handle a Bully on the Boat? , the debate continues
Regulator-Ripping Diver Sentenced in Underwater Attacks
A Tragedy of Dive Errors , Major bends in Rangiroa leads to a $7.8 million settlement
Mea Culpa
Flotsam & Jetsam
Petit Mustique, St. Vincent and the Grenadines , unbelievable drift and critter diving
Pedasi, Isla Coiba and Bocas del Toro, Panama , a whirlwind dive trip, with great surface intervals
Typhoon Wrecks Truk Liveaboards
Leave the Nautilus Alone
Fiji, Iceland, Maldives, Raja Ampat , trouble in Cozumel, a bad critter-handling policy in Kauai
Readers Weigh in About Turning Rigs into Reefs
Heart Health in Older Divers , are stress tests and defibrillators really that helpful?
The Dive Hood, Your Head and Heat Loss
That Dream Trip Can Be Reality , finding reasonably priced places with less-stressful travel
How Any Diver Can Negotiate Group Dive Discounts
Petit Mustique Diving Lodge , ultimately, the joke was on me
Where Are the Replacement O-Rings?
The Latest Hope for Fighting Caribbean Lionfish?
Molesting Dive Instructor Sees It as “Just Playing” with Female Divers
Flotsam & Jetsam
Aqua Safari and Living Underwater, Cozumel , Two different dive operators, two different views
Your Fellow Divers Need Your Travel Reports
Dehydration and Diving: Facts and Myths
Could This Diver’s Death Have Been Prevented?
Little Cayman, Cocos, Palau, PNG . . . , great liveaboard picks, and a sailfish slaughter in Guam
“They Confirmed He was Dead, Then Left . . . Without the Body”
Brutal Murder of Stuart Cove’s Dock Manager , Bahamas’ crime rate is far higher than NYC or Chicago
The Rarest Dive Watch Ever?
Starving Underwater Photographers: Part I , pity the pro, or pat the amateur on the back?
Skip the Caribbean: Dive Your Nearest Golf Course
Bubbles Up
A Bad Night on the Wind Dancer , divers and crew endangered as reef rips open hull
Don’t Sign This Lionfish Petition
Flotsam & Jetsam
Nautilus Explorer, Socorro Islands, Mexico , big animals, little value
Putting a Camera on a Shark: Not a “Brilliant Idea”
Avoid New Liveaboards for at Least a Month
Belize, Bonaire, Florida, Philippines . . . , and a Cozumel dive shop with a great refund policy
Lionfish Petition Update: We Still Don’t Like It
The Biggest Dive Lawsuit Payout to Date , father and son get $12 million after being run over by dive boat
This Dive Shop Paid $103,000 for a Death by Boat Propeller
Starving Underwater Photographers: Part II , how pros handle contracts and fees -- how you should, too
Spineless: A Spectacular Look at Marine Invertebrates
What to Know About Photo Contests and Contracts
How to Breathe Underwater , or, how to master the “dive deeper, breathe slower” approach
A Better Heart-Check Tool than a Stress Test?
Flotsam & Jetsam
Arenui, Alor Archipelago, Indonesia , a unique critter haven, but a notch below luxury
A Major Mask Recall Due to Shattering Glass
Undercurrent Can Sure Use Your Help
Fantasy Island, Roatan, Honduras , saying goodbye to an old friend
Latest Shark Research: Shields Are Effective, Bubble Curtains Aren’t
Aqua Lung Facing a Class-Action Lawsuit , for faulty dive computers somebody else made
What on Earth Were They Thinking?
Get the Most from Your GoPro Underwater , the accessories that guarantee divers will get better shots
Fugitive Dive Operators Found, Then Charged with Manslaughter
Lessons Learned from Dead Divers
What’s Going on with the Aggressor Fleet? , $500 vouchers may not be enough to quiet complaints
Three Men and No Boat
Send Us Your Reader Reports
Wearables Come to the Dive Industry
Flotsam & Jetsam
Kosrae and Yap, Micronesia , two magical stopovers in the mid-Pacific
Rest in Peace, Gladys Howard
Shark Explorers, Cape Town, South Africa , only if you must see great whites in any way possible
Mozambique, Mexico, Philippines . . . , more on the Thorfinn, and another Bonaire warning
Divers, Your Very Presence Affects Reef Fish Behavior
No Diver Left Behind? , still no foolproof system to get divers get back on board
Just Think, He Might Have Been in Your Dive Class
Shark Bytes
Barracuda Slaughter at McCauley Memorial , what are the rules for spearfishing with underwater scooters?
Letters about our Latest Articles
Is Your Camera Hurting Marine Life? , the effect of strobe and flash lighting on animals
Flotsam & Jetsam
XTC Dive Center, Xcalak, Mexico , face-to-face with crocodiles in the Yucatan
New Rules for Lithium-Ion Batteries on Airplanes
Security Concerns for Diving in Malaysia
Cuan Law, British Virgin Islands , first-class trimaran and service, but the diving . . .
Hammerhead on the California Coast: “It Kept Coming At Me”
No Diver Left Behind: Part II , what works, what doesn’t, to get divers back aboard
The Lionfish Hunter
Anything New at the DEMA Show? , photography and technical diving dominate
Getting Batteries for Old But Reliable Dive Computers
Voices in the Ocean
Do Sport Divers Need a Spare Air? , not if they’re paying attention
Carl Roessler, Steve Jobs and the “Maddened Attack”
Flotsam & Jetsam
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