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Caribbean Explorer II, Lesser Antilles , a full dance card in Nevis, Saba, St. Kitts and StatiaThe 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 spotsShould Diver Certification Last Forever? , not if you haven’t dived since J.R. Ewing was shotFilefish’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 themDiving 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 buzzwordFlotsam & Jetsam
Kona Diving Company, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii , cool endemic critters and -- with luck -- a manta showAqua 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 pricesWe 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 waysLionfish Aren’t the Only Invaders in Florida Waters Stop Panic Before It Starts Underwater , simple exercises every diver should doDead Diver’s Wife Sues a Shadow Diver Star , grief and greed made this case go on too longWant to Put Your Name on a Reef? Got $100,000? Flotsam & Jetsam
Magic Island and Atlantis-Dumaguete, Philippines , creature comforts, incredible sea life, affordable pricesWhat’s With All the Photo Bullies? Belize, British Virgin Islands, Hawaii , a KKK leader’s resort, a dive shop’s faulty rental gearTo 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 claimTwo 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 continuesRegulator-Ripping Diver Sentenced in Underwater Attacks A Tragedy of Dive Errors , Major bends in Rangiroa leads to a $7.8 million settlementMea 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 intervalsTyphoon Wrecks Truk Liveaboards Leave the Nautilus Alone Fiji, Iceland, Maldives, Raja Ampat , trouble in Cozumel, a bad critter-handling policy in KauaiReaders 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 travelHow Any Diver Can Negotiate Group Dive Discounts Petit Mustique Diving Lodge , ultimately, the joke was on meWhere 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 viewsYour 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 ChicagoThe 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 hullDon’t Sign This Lionfish Petition Flotsam & Jetsam
Nautilus Explorer, Socorro Islands, Mexico , big animals, little valuePutting 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 policyLionfish 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 boatThis 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, tooSpineless: 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” approachA Better Heart-Check Tool than a Stress Test? Flotsam & Jetsam
Arenui, Alor Archipelago, Indonesia , a unique critter haven, but a notch below luxuryA Major Mask Recall Due to Shattering Glass Undercurrent Can Sure Use Your Help Fantasy Island, Roatan, Honduras , saying goodbye to an old friendLatest Shark Research: Shields Are Effective, Bubble Curtains Aren’t Aqua Lung Facing a Class-Action Lawsuit , for faulty dive computers somebody else madeWhat on Earth Were They Thinking? Get the Most from Your GoPro Underwater , the accessories that guarantee divers will get better shotsFugitive 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 complaintsThree 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-PacificRest in Peace, Gladys Howard Shark Explorers, Cape Town, South Africa , only if you must see great whites in any way possibleMozambique, Mexico, Philippines . . . , more on the Thorfinn, and another Bonaire warningDivers, Your Very Presence Affects Reef Fish Behavior No Diver Left Behind? , still no foolproof system to get divers get back on boardJust 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 animalsFlotsam & Jetsam
XTC Dive Center, Xcalak, Mexico , face-to-face with crocodiles in the YucatanNew 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 aboardThe Lionfish Hunter Anything New at the DEMA Show? , photography and technical diving dominateGetting Batteries for Old But Reliable Dive Computers Voices in the Ocean Do Sport Divers Need a Spare Air? , not if they’re paying attentionCarl Roessler, Steve Jobs and the “Maddened Attack” Flotsam & Jetsam
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