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Undercurrent 1976 Table of Contents

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February, 1976

The Florida Keys: Part One, For Some, It's Terrific; for Others, lt's So-So
Survey on Backpack Buoyancy Compensators
New Deaths Raise the Spectre of Legislation, Can the Industry Continue Self-Regulation?
Farallon Decomputer Recalled, -There's a Lesson for the Industry
Free Flow

March, 1976

The Florida Keys: Part Two, Camping, Conching, and Carping
The Politics of Bestiality, What Man is doing to the whale he may soon do to himself
Diving for Dollars, Watching your portfolio go up while you go down
Vivatar? Honeywell? Subsea? Oceanic?, Where to start with your first strobe

April, 1976

Can What You Don't Know Hurt You?, The Sport Diver's Right to Product Information
The Undercurrent Philosophy
Oceaneers, Kaloa Beach Hotel, Haiti, Can the Witch Doctors Bring Fish to the Reef?

May, 1976

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, Safe, Pleasant, and Mostly Unadventurous Diving
The Farallon Digital Depth Gauge, Lab tests demonstrate accuracy
Unconscious Divers, Dump Valves and Sharks, Reader response to our surveys
Zingers
Free Flow

June, 1976

St. Maarten/St. Martin, Netherlands Antilles, for lovers or for divers?
Aluminum Tanks, A little discussed problem with a simple solution
Two New Books for Divers, The Shallow, by Peter Benchley
Amphibian: The Adventures of a Professional Diver, by Jim Gott with Norman Leeds Smith
Survey on Wet Suits
Underwater Photography, A valuable Nikonos repair service from Peter Navarro
A valuable magazine from Fred M. Roberts
A valuable commentary from Jim Church

July, 1976

The Kona Coast, Island of Hawaii, Good diving for spenders or spendthrifts
A Guide to Evaluating Your Vacation Destination
New Federal Effort to Regulate Diving, Will sport diving survive?
Farallon Feud Spawns New Company, And it's going to be a big one
Why Divers Die, Strict adherence to the basics may save your life

August, 1976

Baja California, Mexico: Part One, The Long and Winding Road
Running Out of Air, Will this new device ever reach the dive shops?
New Local Government Efforts to Control Diving, They're preventable and here's how.
A Role for Dive Clubs
A Bottom Timer or a Diver's Watch?, For most divers, the Bottom Timer will suffice.
Saving Time, Money and Hassles, An important new service for Undercurrent readers.
Free Flow

September, 1976

Baja California, Mexico: Part Two, Unspoiled reefs for the hale and hearty.
Those Decompression Meters, Scubapro acknowledges SOS deficiencies.
Farallon claims to have overcome Decomputer deficiencies.
Ed Brawley vs. NASDS and John Gaffney, The U.S. District Court's surprise ruling.
Forty Shopping Days to Christmas, Homemade diver's greeting cards and a few gift ideas.
Free Flow

October, 1976

San Salvador, Bahamas, Lookin' good.
Baja California, Mexico: Part Three, The end of the road.
The Surfmat, Consider it as a tool for safety.
Buying Used Equipment, Where to find it and how to check it out.
Women and Diving, There's no discrimination, but there's plenty of sexism.

November, 1976

Micronesia, Part One, Primitive, exotic diving, but for how long?
Palm Beach, Florida, A sure stop en route to the Keys.
The Buddy
Readers' Wet Suit Survey, The facts about wet suits from 1000 divers.
Wet Suit Evaluation by Owners
Magazines for Divers, Subscription possibilities for your home library.
NAUI's IQ 8 at San Diego, An evaluation for the average diver.
Free Flow

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