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Undercurrent 1977 Table of Contents

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January, 1977

Micronesia, Part Two, Giant Jellyfish, Wahoo Sharks, and Murphy' s Law
Survival Suits, Another kind of dry suit just to save lives.
The Efficiencies of Fins-A Lab Test, Two energy saving devices.
Is A Dry Suit for You?, Followup to the wet suit survey.
Women, Diving and Sexism, Some advances and one setback.
Underwater Photography, At last, a manual of strobe techniques and troubleshooting.

February, 1977

Aquaventures, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
An Opportunity for Bonaire Investment
Undercurrent Survey on Buoyancy Compensators
Selling Your Photos and Photo Essays, Let the Sea Library do your legwork
$100 Worth of Jacques Costeau, Take a free look at a free book
Free Flow

March, 1977

Tobago, West Indies, Fine Diving for Cajoling Current Cruisers
Diving for Dollars, Watching your portfolio go up while you go down.
Ed Brawley, NASDS et al, The beef goes on.
Working Your Way Up the River, Devices and techniques for murky river diving.

April, 1977

A Critique of World-wide Diving: Part I, A summary Of readers' experiences.
How's Your Regulator Working?, A simple test to try at home.
Two New Buoyancy Compensator Designs, Kudos to Scubapro and U. S. Divers.
Free Flow

May, 1977

Critique of World-wide Diving, Part II, A summary of readers' experiences.
Southern California Charter Boat Diving, Extraordinary, unique, and cold. . . and not for turkeys.
Diving for Science..., and tax-deductions, too !
Taking your tax deductions for charitable diving
Panic as the Primary Cause o f Diving Deaths, Better training and self-recognition of body signs can save you.

June, 1977

Barbados, West Indies, Where, oh where, have the big fish gone?
Critique of World-wide Diving, Part III, A summary of readers' experiences.
Southern California Charter Boat Diving, Part II, Tough and rewarding.
The SOS Decompression Meter, Scubapro fiddles while divers bend.
Sport Diver Magazine, A variation on a too-familiar theme.
Dive Clubs, Dive Shops, Instructors
For Armchair Divers, The Deep' is the next best thing.
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July, 1977

Buccaneer Inn, Cayman, Brac, Maybe next year, maybe not.
Buoyancy Control, the Weight Belt And Emergency Procedures, A symposium.
Saving Your Own Life, Is dropping your weight belt the right response?
An Engineering Bulletin from Scubapro
Search and Recovery, Going down at the drop...
Farewell to Farallon Industries
OSHA's Last Stand, Sport diving slips from the grasp of government.
Undercurrent Subscriber's Contest #1, Are there limerick lovers among us?

August, 1977

St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, The burgeoning business of beach diving.
Aluminum vs. Steel Tanks-an Update, Steel still may be your best bet.
Do Shiny Chrome Gadgets Attract Predators?, Who cares; most divers prefer pizazz.
A Reminder to Resort Operators and Dive Guides, Traveling divers deserve what they pay for.

September, 1977

Caribbean Sailing, Hawaiian Cruising, And Just about all the diving you want.
Those Concentrated Certification Courses, For some, the best path to a C-card.
Carl Roessler's Underwater Wilderness, A sensitive personal statement.
Do Divers Want Automatic Buoyancy Control?, Let's see if Dacor's Nautilus stays afloat.
Free Flow

October, 1977

St. Lucia, West Indies, A story that shouldn't be written.
Organizing Divers, There's more to it than calling a meeting.
In and Out, In and Out, In and Out, Putting regulators to the test.
Laboratory Tests of Sherwood Selpac Regulators, We vote Aye on the 4100, Nay on the 3000.
Two Schemes to Reduce Your Travel Bill, Condominium time-sharing and home exchanges.

November, 1977

Stella Maris, Long Island, Bahamas, Greater than the sum of its parts
Critique of World-Wide Dive Sites, An Update from our Readers
U. S. Divers Recall Their Regulators, New Testing Facility Should Prevent Recurrences
Laboratory Tests of the Scubapro Pilot Regulator
The Undercurrent Limerick Contest, The Man from Nantucket moves to Bonaire
IQ 9, Emergency Procedure, and Weight Dropping, Random Thougths and Reader Responses
Free Flow

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