Living Underwater, Cozumel, Mexico

The scoop on the Cozumel Reef closure Dear Fellow Diver When we heard about Cozumel’s reef closure, one of our Undercurrent writers hurried down to get the full scoop.  But, just before we were ready to go to press with our article, the closure ended.  However, he wrote an important piece detailing the closure, it’s … Read more

Sharky’s Shop, Bayahibe, Dominican Republic: a Caribbean dive trip on the cheap

Dear Fellow Diver: Sharky’s Shop, also known as ‘Shark’s Crew’, is a family-run dive center in Bayahibe. We had trawled through Undercurrent Reader’s Reports without coming to agreement apart from the location of the best diving on the Caribbean coast of the Dominican Republic, so we emailed every center we could, including others identified through … Read more

How Many Dives To Be An Experienced Diver?

          A social media site for divers has asked the question ‘How many dives do you need to make before you can call yourself an experienced diver?” It was combined with an online poll. The consensus seems to be that the 100th dive is the important milestone. I disagree. After diving full-time … Read more

Practical Dive Care

by Mel McCombie We’re on a long dive trip and wondering about some everyday practical things—diving with contact lenses, sun protection—and wondered what others have to say? For example, I dive with soft contact lenses; I notice that during dives, when my eyes encounter sea water, they create mucus (which I delicately term “eye boogers”), … Read more