An Aging Liveaboard, a Dangerous Dive Deck: Undercurrent 11/2024

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In December, rather than a standard issue, we will send you the 2025 Travelin' Divers Chapbook, which compiles all the readers' reports we received this year in a searchable volume. You may access it online, download it, or even order a printed version.

We have pulled a few interesting reviews you might miss, and we're abbreviating them here with our commentary. As John Bantin likes to point out, you're more likely to be injured by your dive boat than a fish, which the first item demonstrates.

Your Dangerous Dive Boat

While Ellen Marie Smith (Edina, MN) had an excellent trip in March to the Bahamas, diving with Epic Diving and staying at the Blue Marlin Cove resort, she reports trouble on their 65-foot dive boat on the Tiger Beach trip. "Be careful on the dive deck. People were rinsing their masks and dumping the water on the dive deck. As there are no mats on the deck and it was slippery, my buddy fell on this slippery mess, dislocating and fracturing her arm. (Ironic, as she was worried about the sharks before she did a few dives. Be very afraid of boats!) Luckily, Vic of Epic Divers is an ER doc and got her arm back into the socket. We didn't take her to the island hospital but waited to return home. She was a trouper but not very comfortable." https://www.epicdiving.com/ https://bluemarlincove.com...

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