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Fogged-up Mask?
Gold Fever
Setting ‘Deep Stops’ on your diving computer?
Want to Dive Cuba?
Flying Squads of Squid
What’s Better? DIN or A-clamp?
Undercurrent Goes Where Other Media Has Yet To Tread!
Some of the Things You Missed in the April Issue of Undercurrent
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Fogged-up Mask?  April 15, 2016

New masks have deposit of silicone vapor that occurs during the manufacturing process on which humidity precipitates. You can remove this silicone by rubbing the inside of the glass with good old-fashioned white toothpaste. A long-time contributor describes getting the same result using the flame of a lighter lick the glass. Take care not to overheat the glass or damage the mask’s skirt. The full story on using flame was in the April 2016 issue of Undercurrent.

Gold Fever  April 15, 2016

Built in the same yard as the Titanic for the White Star Line, the RMS Republic, loaded with wealthy passengers bound for the Mediterranean, was lost off Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, on January 23, 1909, after being hit by an Italian steamship, which had lost its way in dense fog. Only six people died, but the cargo included 150,000 US ‘double eagle’ gold coins, worth more than $1 billion in today’s market. Now, salvage rights to the ship, resting at 270 feet, have been secured, and New Yorker Martin Bayerle is convinced he’ll pull off the world’s largest-ever treasure recovery.

Setting ‘Deep Stops’ on your diving computer?  April 15, 2016

After Richard Pyle, the deep diving ichthyologist first proposed the idea, ‘deep stops’ had become enshrined in advanced diving routines. Simon Mitchell, professor of anesthesiology and deep diver has been turning this thinking on its head. You can read why you might do better not making ‘deep stops’ in a free story at www.undercurrent.org.

Want to Dive Cuba?  April 15, 2016

For Americans, Cuba is the next hot Caribbean dive destination. While some American divers have sampled its reefs, divers from other countries have travelled freely there for decades. Americans officially can't go as leisure travellers, but if you want to dive there, you can do it with virtually no risk of financial penalty and certainly no risk of jail time… You can read the rest in a free story at www.undercurrent.org

Flying Squads of Squid  April 15, 2016

Researchers in Japan have observed whole schools of neon squid taking to the air to escape predators. They shoot themselves out of the water propelled by a powerful squirt from their siphons and spread their fins wing-like to glide. They can stay airborne for around three seconds. It has long been rumored but there was never any scientific proof before. They spread their fins to the front and their webbed tentacles to the rear, emulating the shape of an airplane, folding back into a sleek torpedo shape as they re-enter the water.

What’s Better? DIN or A-clamp?  April 15, 2016

When buying a regulator you might find yourself faced with that choice. People have definite views. You’ll find them among our Diving Insider’s Blogs at www.undercurrent.org.

Undercurrent Goes Where Other Media Has Yet To Tread!  April 15, 2016

This month we featured an article describing a medical condition only recently brought to prominence by the diving medical fraternity, but undiagnosed, it might have been responsible for the demise of any number of divers. Subscribers also get first dibs on exclusive dive travel deals we offer to readers, plus detailed travel reviews, the hard-hitting investigations of the dive industry, the in-depth equipment reviews, the different angles of diving that no other publication covers, and more. Your satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. Subscribe here and as our thanks we’ll give you a free download of our 232 page book of bizarre dive stories, There’s a Cockroach in My Regulator.

Some of the Things You Missed in the April Issue of Undercurrent  April 15, 2016

Great Indonesian diving destinations, part 1. . . A new resort at Long Caye, Belize. . . An unusual cause of diver deaths . . . Goodbye compass? . . . Self-aware mantas. . . Winner or Loser? A scandal in an underwater photography contest . . . Vasco da Gama’s 500-year-old wreck found . . . and much more.

WWW.Undercurrent.org  April 15, 2016

Visit us to read or download thousands of great stories from back issues. And check out Undercurrent on Facebook for all sorts of unusual and useful information for divers.

Ben Davison, editor/publisher
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