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Undercurrent 2019 Table of Contents
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- Villa on Dunbar Rock, Guanaja, Honduras, a tranquil “round the rock” dive spot in the Caribbean
- Shearwater Recalls Its Computer Transmitters
- Save Money on Baggage. Fees: Pack with a Purpose
- Another Good Story about that Epic Thai Cave Dive Rescue
- Random Thoughts on Dive Travel Glitches, avoiding cramped cabins, airport issues and nighttime noises
- A Diver Boosts the #MeToo Movement in Egypt
- Why Are Red Sea Sharks Biting More Often?
- What’s What at the Latest DEMA Show, and do you really need to buy anything they’re selling?
- Big Trouble at Blue Heron Bridge, an aquarium is accused of plundering its signature marine life
- “I Very Quickly Realized It Was a Crocodile”
- Why Divers Die: Part I, being lazy, getting fat and succumbing to panic are big factors
- Dumping Lead Down the Toilet Gets a $197,000 Fine
- Readers Have Their Say about Our Review of Sunset House
- No Abalone Diving in California Until at Least 2021
- Wreck Diving for Beginners, should a teenager with four dives really be visiting Chuuk?
- Confused about Lithium Batteries?
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- Baja Charters, La Paz, Baja California, great snorkeling with whale sharks -- weather permitting
- Start Sending Us Your 2019 Reader Reports
- Getting To and Around Baja California
- Want Your Own Fiji Shark?
- Bait al Aqaba Resort, Jordan, a Red Sea site worth seeking out for its wreck diving
- What Is Undercurrent’s “Caribbean Scale?”
- The Cocos-Galapagos Swimway for Turtles and Sharks
- Why Divers Die: Part II, boat engines, unfamiliar dive gear and hyperhydration
- Are Those Bedbugs in Your Dive Gear?
- Diver Scallops? Give Me a Break
- A Huge Great White Shark Controversy, what’s the difference between advocacy and self-promotion?
- New Zealand Just Banned Cage Diving with Sharks
- Discover Scuba Diving Is Deadly, two more fatalities - one being a 13-year-old boy
- “Traditional” Fins Are Making a Comeback
- Our Shocked and Appalled Readers, last month’s stories that made you write letters to us
- Reef Safe Sunscreen Isn’t Safe -- And Its Maker Doesn’t Care
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- Kona Aggressor II, Kona, Hawaii, the most exciting moment wasn’t the manta night dive
- Strobes Don’t Damage the Marine Life
- Should You Let the “Dentists of the Sea” Clean Your Teeth?
- Scubaqua, St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, dive sites rich with history -- and a dive shop with a full bar
- Do These So-Called Shark Repellants Keep Sharks at Bay?
- The Fatal Effects of “Rapture of the Deep”, and how drugs and reluctant divemasters may play a big part
- What Fins Do You Fancy?, our reader feedback is as varied as there are fin types
- Can a Fish Tell If a Scuba Diver Is Armed?
- Bad Stories about the Bends, how hospital protocol and a boat crew nearly killed divers
- Is Menopause a Cause of the Bends?
- Is Your Old Computer Still Safe?, how to determine whether it’s time for an update
- Your Next Dive Safety Device Might Be . . . an Underwater Tent?
- Shark Fins Are Banned in 12 U.S. States -- But It’s Still on the Menu
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- Blue Lagoon Resort, Chuuk, a set-your-own-pace schedule on Truk Lagoon’s wreck dives
- Serious BC Issues: A Mares Recall, and a Major Design Flaw
- Red Tide Is Gone, But Here Is Florida’s New Coastal Threat
- Splash Inn Dive Resort, Roatan, budget diving that’s best for beginners
- Send Your Reader Reports (And Tell Us About Plastic Use)
- Why You Had Better Confirm Your Flight Itinerary
- Technical Diving: Is It For You?, “nobody had any problems using air at 180 feet”
- The “Canaries of the Reef” Are in Trouble
- Sidemount Diving: Take that Weight off Your Back
- Lessons from My Wife’s Snorkeling Death, and why I suspect her mask as the culprit
- Maybe This Is the Reason Why His Wife Drowned
- What Wetsuit Should You Get?, the right choices for keeping warm in the water
- Old Dive Computers, Odd Treatment: Letters to the Editor
- A Catastrophic Regulator Failure, don’t hold your breath if you have one (I’m serious)
- Costa Rica Blue
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- Truk Odyssey, Chuuk, Micronesia, great rooms, food, and wreck dives, but an unattentive crew
- There’s an Easier Way to Dump Air from Your BC
- By Land or by Sea: What Makes for the Best Diving?
- Cozumel, Raja Ampat, Cuba, Grand Turk . . ., plus advice on wetsuits and resort options for older divers
- Reader Reports: Easier to Write, and Now with Photos
- Got any Tales of Unexpected Dive Travel Bills?
- Yes, Sport Divers Get PTSD, Too, here’s how to determine whether you’re in that bunch
- Even Royal Family Members Are Dive Fatalities
- Snorkeler Gets Swallowed by a Whale
- Fly for Free to Your Dive Destination, how to play the credit card points game
- Dragon Smugglers Forcing a Shutdown of Komodo Island
- Your Letters to the Editor, health hazards, airline issues and divemasters’ responsibilities
- The Real-Time Data Every Dive Computer Should Have
- How This Diver’s Coastal Cleanup Plan Has Turned Him into a Hero
- Trinidad Diver Survives a 44-Mile Swim
- Don’t Ignore that Dive Injury, beware if you or the crew say no to medical assistance
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- Caribbean Explorer II, Saba, St. Kitts, St. Martin, reefs survived the hurricanes, but the boat is showing its age
- Why Does Explorer Ventures Still Have a Fuel Surcharge?
- Are We Americans Good Tippers or Just Total Suckers?
- El Galleon Resort & Asia Divers, Philippines, money goes a long way (visibility, maybe) in this dive spot
- Apple’s iPhone Plans to Lure Underwater Photographers
- What’s Your Real Risk of a Diving Death?, the ratios versus the reality of “what happens if . . .”
- More Global Shipping Means More Invasive Marine Species on Coral Reefs
- He Was 330 Feet Deep Without Anything to Breathe -- and Survived
- How You Can Get Great Underwater Pictures, start raw, stalk your subject, and more tips
- Galápagos
- Top Tips from Other Dive Photo Pros
- The Mission to Save Our Oceans By Next Year, how one dive company is convincing others to dump plastic
- Helium Is Now Harder to Get
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- Isla Marisol, Glover’s Reef, Belize, where divers are few, but the fish are plentiful
- Undercurrent Gets Grant for Coverage of Environmental Issues and Advocacy
- Divers Find the Last Slave Ship
- Raja Ampat, Bonaire, Maldives, Cozumel . . ., and endless trash spilling into the water
- After Drifting for Eight Hours, “I’m Just Glad I’m Alive
- Are Great Whites the Ocean’s Most Fearsome Predators? New Findings Say No
- Can You Handle A Crisis Underwater?, or are you toast if something unexpected happens?
- You Tell Us: Are You Prepared As You Should Be on a Dive?
- PADI Buys America’s Two Biggest Dive Magazines
- Dump Valves, Customs Scams, Suunto Lawsuit, your letters to the editor
- Killed by Sharks While Snorkeling with Pigs
- Diving in Cuba is Harder for Americans
- Want to Buy a Dive Center or Liveaboard?, we found a few, if you’re looking for something new to do
- Bahamas Master Cancels On Diver Twice In Two Years
- Why You May Be Experiencing “Oxygen Ear”
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- CoCo View Resort, Roatan, Honduras, Forty years old, and still no better outpost for Caribbean diving
- A Tragic Accident Brings a Reminder for Safe Travel
- Diver Uses Nasal Spray to Clear His Ears While Underwater: Is That Smart?
- Spirit of Freedom, Cairns, Australia, a cramped, colorless experience on the Great Barrier Reef
- Can Genetic Engineering Save Coral Reefs?
- For Some Divers, Waiting Only 24 Hours before Flying Is Not Enough Time
- Beware of False Prophets on Your Dive Trips, instructors and other experts are not always right
- How Good Are You at Knowing if a Diver Is Drowning?
- Murder, Bombing and Mass Destruction in Sabah, an illegal fishing method becomes a deadly diving hazard
- Farewell to a Top Treasure Hunter
- When That Dive Training Came In Handy, letters from readers about how they handled diving crises
- Flesh-Eating Bacteria Strikes in Florida
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- Anilao Photo Academy, Balayan Bay, Mabini, Philippines, improving your shooter skills in the muck
- Letters to the Editor
- Don’t Free-Dive During the Surface Interval
- The Seahorses off Long Beach, CA
- NDS Scuba, Malta, the Mediterranean, wrecks and divers galore
- Recent Deaths Highlight the Risks for Older Divers
- Stupid or What?
- Atomic Regulator Hose Recall
- The Dive Trip Tipping Conundrum: Part I, is there an etiquette?
- The Dawn Chorus Underwater
- Island Scuba Destinations That Will be Gone in Less than a Century
- Too Many Divers in Raja Ampat?, how “Instagram Tourism” is ruining dive destinations
- It’s the Tiny Fish That Are Important
- Is PADI Diver Training Adequate?, there’s more to diving than simply getting a C-card
- What About the Marine Head?
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- Raja Ampat Explorer, Raja Ampat Indonesia, same stunning reefs, same fish, one-third the price
- Advances in Integrated-Weight Systems
- Sea Saba, Saba, Dutch Antilles, Caribbean, a delightful village, still pristine diving
- After the Storm -- The Bahamas
- The Tragic Tale of the Conception Fire, the cause remains unknown
- Dive Vessel Inspections: Not All Insured Liveaboards Have Been Thoroughly Checked
- Full-Face Flop
- Bringing Underwater Camera Gear to Dive in Mexico?, it just may cost you
- Climate Change Affects the Sardine Run
- Not Getting Enough Time Underwater?
- Dying Coral Closes Much of Cozumel Diving, and both the reefs and the jobs are on the line
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- Aiyanar Beach & Dive Resort, Anilao, Philippines, only if you are a macro photographer
- Fiji, Molokai, Little Corn Island, St. Eustatius, following the guide leads to skin bends
- How You Can Purge Plastic from the Ocean
- Your Dive Boat Sinks Before You Get There, and DAN’s Elite Travel Policy does not cover it
- Sharks are Not Pussycats as Shark Divers Discover
- The Etiquette of Tipping on Dive Trips: Part II, are Americans just good tippers or total suckers?
- Parents Sue PADI over the Death of Their 13-Year-Old Son
- Failing to Turn Your Tank On All the Way Is “Simply Stupid”
- The Potential of a Liveaboard Fire, how to protect yourself
- New Fire Safety Regulations Coming for US Liveaboards
- American Diver Dies in Red Sea Aggressor I Fire
- The Picture of His Life, Yonatan Nir and what lay behind his film of Amos Nachoum
- Those Underwater Photo Courses, some that really deliver
- A DIN or a Yoke Regulator? It’s Time To Know The Difference
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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