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Undercurrent 2008 Table of Contents
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- REEF Field Survey, Kona, Hawaii, tax-deductible “immersion training”
- Diver Car-Rental Scam in Cozumel
- Survey Fish Year Round
- The Brief on REEF
- 2008 Diving Almanac & Yearbook
- Sea Dragon, Exuma Cays, Bahamas, a good-value charter for dog-loving divers
- When Needlefish Attack
- Out of Air? Try Your BCD, what the agencies won’t tell you about secondary air sources
- Regulator Recall from Oceanic and Aeris
- How to Emergency Breathe From a BCD
- Testing Quirky and Not-So-Quirky Fins, which are worth putting your feet into?
- Women Divers May Be Better Than Men
- Shields and Repellants to Keep the Sharks Away
- Have A Good Diving Tip? Tell Us About It
- Diving, The Rich Person’s Sport, a stroll through the DEMA convention
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- Ambergris Caye, Belize, La Isla Bonita goes upscale, but diving has gone downhill
- We Want Your Tips About Tipping
- Fire Sinks Amigos Del Mar’s Dive Boat
- Blue Lagoon Resort, Truk, Micronesia, WWII wrecks worthy of technical dive training
- New Travel Rules for Dive Gear Batteries
- Why Technical Training is Worth Your Time
- Why Divers Die: Part I, panic attacks and entanglement are two killers
- A Major Risk: When the Dive Operator Doesn’t Take Plastic
- Readers’ Diving Tips
- Unusual Scuba Fins, Part II: Force Fins, one thumb up and two down
- Those Guides Who Manhandle Fish, and why we should avoid them
- Dolphin Speak
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- Cabo Pulmo Beach Resort, Baja California, a pristine dive spot in the Sea of Cortez
- Vista Sea Sports: Another Good Baja Dive Shop
- Divers’ and Snorkelers’ Sunscreen Is Killing Off Coral
- Barbados, Oman, Puget Sound, Samoa, updates on far-flung diving locales
- Maui Dive Shop Must Pay $550,000 for Wrecking Reefs
- Donald Sutherland Claims Diving Is a No-No Past Age 50
- Why Divers Die: Part II, problems on the surface
- Rebreather Deaths Are on the Rise
- Poor Buoyancy Is a Bigger Factor in Dive Accidents
- Backup Lights for Divers, the five brightest - - and the five dimmest bulbs
- New Innovations in Dive Gear
- A Rusty BCD Connection Can Rocket You to The Surface
- Please Don’t Feed the Fish, why would anyone think Cheez Whiz is good for them?
- Divers Want Marine Parks - - But Don’t Want to Pay for Them
- Shooting Saltwater Up Your Nose
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- Small Hope Bay Lodge, Andros Island , Bahamas diving with one big happy family
- It’s Sea Lice Season in the Caribbean Again
- Oceanic Wilderness: Mysteries of the Silent Deep
- The Eric, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, the “dive lite” version with energetic surface intervals
- Aquatic Encounters Is Taking a Sabbatical
- Get Published in the 2009 Chapbook!
- Dealing with “Difficult” Divers, a former liveaboard captain’s perspective on customer service
- When Considering Deep Stops, Profiles Rule
- The Death of A Shark Diver, will it affect shark dive trips in the Bahamas?
- Help Keep Hawaiian Fish Out of Aquariums
- Readers’ Dive Tips
- Oh, Did We Mention the Fuel Surcharge?, and can divers do anything about it, even if they paid in full?
- Thumbs Down: Scuba Coiba and Coiba National Park, Panama
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- Reef’s End Lodge, Tobacco Caye, Belize, rustic and remote, but better diving than up north
- The Frequent-Flyer Diver
- Malapascua and Panglao, Philippines, inexpensive diving on diverse reefs
- More Philippine Dive Resort Picks
- Why Divers Die: Part III, tragically dumb mistakes that turned into fatal errors
- Freak Wave Capsizes Shark Boat, Kills Three Divers
- Proper Liveaboard Hygiene
- Dive Computer Watches, eight to consider wearing on your wrist
- Tipping on Dive Trips: Part I, how much do you tip, and to whom?
- The Art of Underwater Photography
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- All West Apartments and Diving, Curacao, good diving on the island’s remote west end
- Thumbs Down: Sunset Divers, Curacao
- Wait Times for Flying After Diving
- Cheng Ho, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, the diving is great, but the boat needs work
- Raja Ampat Liveaboard Update
- Tipping on Dive Trips: Part II, how tips tie into the global economy
- Top Wreck Dives of the World
- What Happens If You Miss the Boat?
- Look Before You Leap
- Want to Sue That Dive Shop? Good Luck, nine reasons why dive businesses win in court
- A Brief History of the Wetsuit
- Divers Saved After 40 Hours at Sea
- Sleek BCDs from Mares and Halcyon, one is a clear winner for the traveling diver
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- Nai’a, Fiji, bright diving, weather permitting, good service all the time
- Stung Divers: Skip the Vinegar, Use Hot Water
- The Baani Adventure’s Lethal Air Compressor
- Bahamas, Canada, Caymans, Indonesia, planning your next dive trip? Here are readers’ suggestions
- Three Caribbean Hubs That Leave Your Dive Bags Behind
- Update on the Shear Water Shark Attack Incident
- Nineteen Hours Adrift in Australia, Undercurrent interviews the rescued couple
- Poseidon Clips Its Wings In Dive Gear Recall
- First It’s Sharks to Fend Off, Then It’s Lethal Lizards
- The Last Word on Dive Tipping, rules for American divers maybe even I can observe
- Reader Tip: “Pad” Your Camera Gear
- The Fastest Fins for Divers, achieve the same speed for either $786 or $160 a pair
- Diver Charged with Killing Wife on Honeymoon
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- CoCo View Resort, Roatan, Honduras, hello Muddah, hello Faddah, here I am at...
- Malaria on Roatan
- Apeks and AquaLung Announce Regulator Recalls
- A Few Good Deals For Divers, all-inclusive dive weeks starting at $660
- Introducing Our New Online Divers Forum
- The Finest Dive Boat in Papua New Guinea? Not Yet
- The Misuse of Dive Computers
- Cave Diver Gets Electric Shock
- Divers, Sign Your Life Away: Part I, warning: this release may be harmful to your lawsuit’s health
- Are Your Dive Photos Worthy of a Book?, this diver thought so -- and published his own
- Magic Beneath the Seas: Our Book Review
- Rest in Peace - - Underwater, sleep with the fishes literally - - and help to build a reef
- Cayman Dive Operators Protest Safety Regulations
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- Fish ‘n Fins and Ocean Hunter II, Palau, where’s the best diving, by land or by sea?
- Ocean Hunter’s Special Trips
- A Second Look at Dive Boat Engine Exhaust
- Transferred by the Rinse Tank: A Nasty Case of Conjunctivitis
- Get Published in the 2009 Chapbook!
- Dive Deals in the U.S. and South Pacific, more dive trip bargains, plus a good Caribbean flight tip
- Having Trouble Equalizing? Try Sinus Surgery
- Divers, Sign Your Life Away: Part II, warning: this release may be harmful to your lawsuit’s health
- Can You Make Any Changes to a Dive Release?
- Rescue Devices For Saving Your Bacon, the role that flags, flashlights, etc. play if you’re lost at sea
- Dive Instructor Charged with Homicide
- Stop Chasing Digital Innovations, that next camera upgrade may get you nowhere
- To The Very Depths: Peter Bennett’s Family Album
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- Pirates Point Resort, Little Cayman, still the best of Cayman diving
- How Useful Is a Dye Marker in a Search?
- Downward Dogs Can Improve Your Diving
- Bahamas, B.V.I., Ontario, Roatan…, the good, bad and ugly in dive resorts, boats and service
- Rebreathers, Pack Your Canisters Properly
- When There’s Not Enough Divers, what dive operators do about it, for better or for worse
- The Underwater “Spin Cycle” Known as Diver’s Vertigo
- Dive-Related Death Investigations, how the U.S. compares to other countries in handling them
- Drinking and Diving: How Much Alcohol Is Too Much?
- Even You Could Learn from These Kids’ Dive Books
- How Divers Will Never Be Lost Again, new personal GPS device still working out the kinks
- So How Are the Oceans Really Doing?, hurrah for rabbitfish but shame on you, Robert DeNiro
- Fiji Divers Caught in Pricing Battle at Garden Island Resort
- For Your Favorite Buddy . . . give the gift of Undercurrent
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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