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Bahamas Aggressor, The Bahamas , sharks and swimming pigsIt’s a Dog’s Life! Cozumel and the Cenotes, Yucatan, Mexico , commuting to the cavernsWill the Sport of Scuba Diving Survive? You’ll Need More Than That to Get Me to Visit Misfortune Follows the Siren Fleet , is there something inherently wrong?Regulator Servicing: Do It Every Two Years Wooden Hulls, Tumble Dryers and Single Engines A Taste of New Products at DEMA 2017 Don’t Skimp on the Oxygen A Kauai Frogfish Follow-Up , letters from Hawaii and what you thoughtWhat a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of our Underwater Cousins Plastic is Suffocating the Ocean , and the dive industry must share the blameCatastrophe at Cocos Island, Costa Rica , a diver is killed in a tiger shark attackAnother Tiger Shark Incident Flotsam & Jetsam
KM Blue Manta, the Banda Sea, Forgotten Islands, Alor , a thousand miles of pristine Indonesian divingWAOW Liveaboard a Total Loss Diving and Hepatitis C: Know the Facts The Chinchorro Banks, Alor, Belize, Roatan , and how cut-rate trips leave early birds steamingDivers Adrift Eight Hours in the Philippines Get Bent and Who is at Fault? Lionfish-Killing Contests Can Work Diviac Goes to PADI Rebreathers: What Every Scuba Diver Needs to Know , and know about the diver next to you using oneThe Most Dangerous Thing You’ll Meet Underwater? Your Boat’s Propeller Cozumel Dive Boat Sinks Get Your Weights Off First! Panic Kills Too Many Divers , be aware that loss of control is a killerFiji and Belize Protect their Reefs The Diving Industry Must Get Rid of Disposable Plastic Mergers, Acquisitions, and Warranties , where did my Aeris warranty go?Roatan Park Rangers Face Death Threats , during the fight to preserve the reefsLegal Protection for Fish? Shark Shapes Are Significant Flotsam & Jetsam
Avalon II, Jardines de la Reina, Cuba , is it the Caribbean’s best?Easy Travel to Cuba If Attacked, You’re Not Just a Shark Attack Statistic! Avalon II, Too Magic Oceans; Bohol Island, Philippines , another great Philippines bargainUnderwater Bullies 75 Hours Afloat At Sea and Survived! , an unplanned feat of endurance and lessons learnedLess of an Achievement than a Moon Walk Do You Need Advanced Open Water Certification? Did Your Travel Insurance Cough Up When Required? , or should you forgo paying those stiff premiums?What’s the Latin Name For It? Divers Disappointed in Sipadan Get Your Weights Off First! Liability Waivers and the Dive Professional , top lawyers give an insight into the legalitiesWoman Divers – Have You Had a “Me Too” Moment? We Need Your Thoughts Liveaboard Trip Canceled 24 Hours before Departure , and it’s a struggle to get fair compensationNo More Tropical Mosquito Bites Flotsam & Jetsam
Two Fish Divers, Lembeh and Bunaken, Indonesia , a two-resort budget combo with tip-top divingDiving in Lembeh Can Be Infectious! Respect That Lobster St. Vincent, Maldives, Roatan, Belize , destinations for everyoneYour Travel Reports Are Important A New Feature for Your Travel Reports Diving Gear to Stand Well Clear Of! Suunto/Aqualung Computer Lawsuit Continues When Diving Disappoints , and big animals are a no-showA Creative Way to Create Marine Parks and the U.S. Must Step Up Sending Your Sausage Safely , letting them know where you are before you surfaceA Safety Sausage Can Save Your Life Solutions for Rescue When Lost at Sea , they are not as simple as you might presumeFalse Liability Release Answers May Have Cost a Widow Dearly Mares Tests Full-Face Snorkeling Masks in the Light of Snorkeling Deaths Does Your Light Cause Critters Harm? , are high-powered video lights a concern?So Who Owns PADI? More Views on AOW Certifications , get the cert, save the grief!Flotsam & Jetsam
MV Taka, Solomon Islands , and a word about the BilikikiDwindling Dive Stores Deadman Diving – Whatever Next? Your Battery Charger: a Real Risk of Liveaboard Fire Nicaragua, Lembeh, Thailand, Florida, Socorro , Unusual dives, cheap flights, a new resortWill East Timor Become a Popular Diving Destination? An Incredible Voyage Plastic? Some Dive Operators Step Up Undercurrent Subscribers Set a Guinness Record: The Oldest Couple Diving “MeToo” in the Dive Industry , it’s still more like being the “Second Sex” for many women diversGhost Net Massacres, Cayman Marine Life Still Trouble with Full-Face Snorkeling Masks? A Retired Mares Dealer Makes His Reservations Clear Are Underwater Photography Courses Good Value? We Want To Hear From You A Real Advanced Open Water Class No Safety Sausage? Toss Water! Things Are Not Always As They Seem , especially to an ill-informed passing boaterThe End of American Abalone Diving? , a desperate situation demands desperate measuresFlotsam & Jetsam
MV Belize Aggressor III, Belize , good boat, great crew, easy divingYou Won’t Put Down Tropical Ice, A Sensational Scuba Thriller Set In Belize Flies in the Face of Good Business When Sport Divers Meet Spearfishers Atlantis Dumaguete Resort, Negros Island, Philippines , an abundance of creatures in clean muckOman Aggressor Continues to Cancel Trips A DAN Survey on Diver Fitness: Is Your Liver as Healthy as your Heart and Lungs? The Lesson Of Walden Pond Or Why Not To Pee Underwater When Diving in the Maldives Disappoints , the right information guides expectationsPhone For Your Deco Too? Another Non-Native Species in Florida Scuba Diving Can Be Hazardous to Your Health , the unseen enemy but just as deadlyWill You Be the One to Submit Our 10,000th Reader’s Report? No Side-Mount Tanks on Aggressors? Diving Computer Algorithms Are Important , and you should be on the same page as your buddyUnvarnished Truth Can Hurt But It’s Still the Truth More Tiger Trouble in Cocos , getting to grips with a troublesome sharkOxygen Analyzers – What’s New? Flotsam & Jetsam
Alami Alor, Pulau Alor, Indonesia , luxury resort, luxurious reefs, reasonable pricesBuoyancy Cell Failure Causes Diver Fatality A Caribbean Influx of Deadly Weed Undercurrent Receives $1000 Environmental Grant Okeanos Aggressor II, Caño Island, Costa Rica , well, it’s sure not Cocos IslandOceanic/Hollis Regulator Recall The Soul of a Fish Monger , the smartest critter spared from the grillDo You Want Diving Regulated? , some countries do have statutesTulsa Diver Bent in Cozumel Gets Insurance Shock Plastic Packaging and the Diving Industry , do the big manufacturers care enough?Mission 2020 Discover Scuba Diving Course Leads to Fatality , a single instructor is not enoughOur 10,000th Reader’s Report Reminiscing about Being Adrift at Sea , two divers lucky to have made itBlubber For SEALs and Penguin Feathers Flotsam & Jetsam
MV Tempest, Red Sea, Egypt , great diving on a liveaboard we’d never recommendOur Picks for Top Red Sea Liveaboards Dive Friends, Courtyard Marriott, Bonaire , finally, a way to use hotel points on your overseas dive tripShore Diving Is Not for Everyone An Interesting Way to Off-Gas in Bonaire Not All Magnifying Glasses Will Spot Critters You? Run Out of Air? Impossible . . . Right? , what about your buddy? How to be prepared for the last gaspJust How Much Is a Bar, Anyway? A Single Drop of Sunscreen Can Kill Coral , yet Reef Safe’s manufacturer continues to market the killerQuiet, Please! Marine Noise is Making Fish Deaf Extreme Courage -- and a Good Nose , cave divers’ amazing rescue of the Wild Boar soccer teamWho Are the Rudest Divers? , the slow ones? or those who have to wait for them?How Did the Maker of Sharkwater Die? Flotsam & Jetsam
Deefer Diving, Carriacou, Grenada , a frozen-in-time Caribbean isle – including the divingPirates of the Caribbean The Divers Most At Risk for Heart Attacks Bonaire, Cozumel, Cuba, Fiji, Palau . . . , spear tossers, baggage restrictions and thieving crewsHelp Indonesia Recover from Earthquake Disaster Is Your Mouthpiece Causing You Pain? Dive Industry, Stop with the Plastic , and how you, our fellow divers, can helpFitness, Diving and Dehydration , how not to mix these three things in the wrong combinationFlorida’s Red Tide Crisis: Which Dive Spots Are Affected Deadman Diving: Not A Dive Agency Product , but are the dive agencies turning a blind eye to it?Hawaii Fish Collectors: In a Fine Mesh How Travelin’ Divers Can Reduce Their Carbon Footprints In Praise of Liveaboards , why it’s more than just the diving that makes them betterProblems with Sherwood Avid BCs Still Continue Flotsam & Jetsam
Olympus Dive Center, North Carolina , sharks and shipwrecks galore, but that tank policy . . .Some Divers Really Need to Drop a Few Pounds Siladen Resort and Spa, Indonesia , a tranquil place where “chill” dives are the main thrillWhat’s the Craziest Thing You’ve Seen While Diving? Pirates of Papua New Guinea Part I: The Ups and Downs of Ocean Currents , strategies for surviving themWhen It Comes to Diving, Don’t Trust the BBC Was There a Cover-Up in This Diver’s Death? , many questions about search-and-rescue efforts for Rob StewartWhy Even Air-Breathing Divers Should Analyze Their Tanks Who Are You Calling Rude? , our readers sound off on the most offensive diversDivers and Dolphins: How Much Should They Mix? Shorter Dive Times at Cocos Island? Suunto Finally Settles Its Lawsuit , the results may benefit owners of its dive computersScubapro Steps Up Flotsam & Jetsam
Sunset House, Grand Cayman , happy 60th birthday, but you’re really showing your ageFake News: The Diving Version Zeagle Recalls Five Types of BCs Caymans, Cuba, French Polynesia . . . , plus hurricanes, shark dives and two remote sites worth the tripSinister Circumstances Surround this Diver’s Death A New Spin on Dolphin-Human Interactions Is This Diver Carrying too Much Weight? Don’t Bust Your Ears Invasive Lionfish and Crowns-of-Thorns May Have Met Their Match Part II: The Ups and Downs of Ocean Currents , how to enjoy diving -- and avoid getting lost -- in themA Tough Lesson to Learn from a Dive Tragedy How Did This Diver’s Wife Die? , the computer and scuba gear make the husband look guilty as sinRead This Before Plugging In Your Dive Camera The “White Shark Cafe”: A Hot New Winter Hangout The Craziest Things You’ve Seen on Dives , poop, sex toys and, of course, crazy diversUnderwater Statues Are Unwelcome in the Maldives Flotsam & Jetsam
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