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Undercurrent -- Latest Articles http://www.undercurrent.org/ Undercurrent, published since 1975, is the only ad-free, non-profit scuba diving magazine for divers. Called 'the Consumer Reports of diving' by Business Week, it provides authoritative, unbiased reviews of scuba diving resorts, liveaboards, and dive gear. Access to all issues, news, blogs, forums, and thousands of first and reports is available online. Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 -0400 Recreation/Outdoors/Scuba Diving/Publications Dive Magazine Scuba Diving en weekly 3 http://www.undercurrent.orghttp://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/images/np1_01.gifUndercurrentUndercurrentRecentArticleshttp://feedburner.google.com 189 Failures Lead to Recall of 17,000 Miflex Hoses -- Publicly Available http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UndercurrentRecentArticles/~3/VIY8k4mNyO4/MiflexHoses201205.html http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/MiflexHoses201205.html Tue, 01 May 2012 23:00:00 -0400 Ben Davison Recreation/Outdoors/Scuba Diving/Publications <img src="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/imagesspcl/PAbutton.gif" alt="189 Failures Lead to Recall of 17,000 Miflex Hoses -- Publicly Available" border="0" /> Last November, we wrote an article questioning the safety of Miflex's double-braided, polyester high-pressure hoses that claimed to be more flexible, durable and stronger than other high-pressure hoses even though they weighed less. When you get multiple complaints from divers about the hoses breaki [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=VIY8k4mNyO4:Ff2US_bxscQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=VIY8k4mNyO4:Ff2US_bxscQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=VIY8k4mNyO4:Ff2US_bxscQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=VIY8k4mNyO4:Ff2US_bxscQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=VIY8k4mNyO4:Ff2US_bxscQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=VIY8k4mNyO4:Ff2US_bxscQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=VIY8k4mNyO4:Ff2US_bxscQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=VIY8k4mNyO4:Ff2US_bxscQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=VIY8k4mNyO4:Ff2US_bxscQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=VIY8k4mNyO4:Ff2US_bxscQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UndercurrentRecentArticles/~4/VIY8k4mNyO4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/MiflexHoses201205.html Taking Kids on Your Next Dive Trip: where to take them, how to keep them entertained -- Publicly Available http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UndercurrentRecentArticles/~3/2D-27fESFRk/TakingKids201205.html http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/TakingKids201205.html Tue, 01 May 2012 23:00:00 -0400 Ben Davison Recreation/Outdoors/Scuba Diving/Publications <img src="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/imagesspcl/PAbutton.gif" alt="Taking Kids on Your Next Dive Trip -- Publicly Available" border="0" /> Whether they're your young children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews, you can make your next dive trip a family adventure. The excitement of an exotic trip overseas will fill children with countless amounts of energy. But because those under age 15 aren't old enough to do standard dives, you'll hav [...]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=2D-27fESFRk:7bESxyYziRA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=2D-27fESFRk:7bESxyYziRA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=2D-27fESFRk:7bESxyYziRA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=2D-27fESFRk:7bESxyYziRA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=2D-27fESFRk:7bESxyYziRA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=2D-27fESFRk:7bESxyYziRA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=2D-27fESFRk:7bESxyYziRA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=2D-27fESFRk:7bESxyYziRA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=2D-27fESFRk:7bESxyYziRA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=2D-27fESFRk:7bESxyYziRA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UndercurrentRecentArticles/~4/2D-27fESFRk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/TakingKids201205.html All Articles in the May, 2012 Issue http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UndercurrentRecentArticles/~3/8h6TowXbpOA/2012 http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012#May Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:00 -0400 Ben Davison Recreation/Outdoors/Scuba Diving Recreation/Outdoors/Scuba Diving/Publications Dive Industry <small><i><strong>Only subscribers can read all the articles below</strong>; articles with <img src="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/imagesspcl/PAbutton.gif" alt="Article available to the public" border="0"> are available to the public.</i></small> <ul style="line-height: 19px;"> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/SolomonIslands201205.html" title="Dear Fellow Diver: Jet lag does nothing for attitude enhancement. So when I travel from the U.S. for a full day or more, my annoyances are magnified. ..." >M/V Bilikiki, Solomon Islands</a> , fishy reefs and WWII wrecks</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/OceanSoul201205.html" title="Brian Skerry has photographed ocean life for more than 30 years, many of them on assignment for National Geographic. With his new book, Ocean Soul, Sk..." >Our Book Pick This Month: Ocean Soul</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/BritishUtilaRajaAmpat201205.html" title="Utila Aggressor. It's a much improved craft, we are told, and Elizabeth Idell (Montgomery, AL), who was onboard in January, found it comfortable, with..." >British Virgin Islands, Utila, Raja Ampat</a> , serious inflator problems, credit card ripoffs</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/IntegratedWeightsVest201205.html" title="Dear Ben, Regarding the story in your April issue, about the death of the police officer whose power inflator failed, when all one needs to get to the..." >Integrated Weights Vest: Helpful or "a Piece of Junk"?</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/NeedDiveWatch201205.html" title="Look at any scuba dive magazine, and you'll see plenty of full-page, full-color advertisements for dive watches, touting their multiple benefits and p..." >Do You Need a Dive Watch?</a> , or is it just expensive arm candy for divers?</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/VO2MaxTest201205.html" title="Gretchen Ashton, owner of ScubaFit (which recently got PADI to create a training course for dive and fitness instructors to teach fitness to divers) r..." >Should You Splurge on an VO2 Max Test?</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/SoundComingFrom201205.html" title="Long ago, researchers concluded that a diver could pinpoint the source of a sound underwater within 10 degrees, which should make locating the sound s..." >Where's That Sound Coming From?</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/MarineSpecies201205.html" title="We've written often about sharks and the threat posed to them due to the voracious demand of shark-fin soup in upwardlymobile Asian countries. But sha..." >More Marine Species on the Brink</a> , these are next on the endangered list</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/MiflexHoses201205.html" title="Last November, we wrote an article questioning the safety of Miflex's double-braided, polyester high-pressure hoses that claimed to be more flexible, ..." >189 Failures Lead to Recall of 17,000 Miflex Hoses <img src="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/imagesspcl/PAbutton.gif" alt="189 Failures Lead to Recall of 17,000 Miflex Hoses -- Publicly Available" border="0" /></a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/TakingKids201205.html" title="Whether they're your young children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews, you can make your next dive trip a family adventure. The excitement of an exoti..." >Taking Kids on Your Next Dive Trip <img src="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/imagesspcl/PAbutton.gif" alt="Taking Kids on Your Next Dive Trip -- Publicly Available" border="0" /></a> , where to take them, how to keep them entertained</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/KidDiveResorts201205.html" title="A roundup of suggestions for the best dive lodgings to take kids -- whether they're diving or not -- from Kids Sea Camp's Margo Payton ( http://family..." >Kid-Friendly Dive Resorts</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/LeastExpectIt201205.html" title="When I look back over my 42-year diving career and more than 10,000 dives, I realize how few diverelated injuries I have sustained. A few infections f..." >When You Least Expect It</a> , minor and potentially lethal dive injuries, all in a few days</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/InternetScrewsUp201205.html" title="Some people I know are building a liveaboard. They have thought about everything a traveling diver could possibly want. The cabins are spacious and we..." >Blissed Out or Hotwired?</a> , how the Internet screws up dive vacations</em></li> </ul> <b><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/joinRA.shtml">Subscribe here</a></b> and get instant access to these and all of Undercurrent<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=8h6TowXbpOA:XVCxFIA9pjU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=8h6TowXbpOA:XVCxFIA9pjU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=8h6TowXbpOA:XVCxFIA9pjU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=8h6TowXbpOA:XVCxFIA9pjU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=8h6TowXbpOA:XVCxFIA9pjU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=8h6TowXbpOA:XVCxFIA9pjU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=8h6TowXbpOA:XVCxFIA9pjU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=8h6TowXbpOA:XVCxFIA9pjU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=8h6TowXbpOA:XVCxFIA9pjU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=8h6TowXbpOA:XVCxFIA9pjU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UndercurrentRecentArticles/~4/8h6TowXbpOA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012#May All Articles in the April, 2012 Issue http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UndercurrentRecentArticles/~3/N6UhuhBIcCk/2012 http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012#April Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:00:00 -0400 Ben Davison Recreation/Outdoors/Scuba Diving Recreation/Outdoors/Scuba Diving/Publications Dive Industry <small><i><strong>Only subscribers can read all the articles below</strong>; articles with <img src="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/imagesspcl/PAbutton.gif" alt="Article available to the public" border="0"> are available to the public.</i></small> <ul style="line-height: 19px;"> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/CozumelMexico201204.html" title="Dear Fellow Diver: I like to dive the Caribbean: 10 different countries so far, and multiple locations in half of those. However, Cozumel is my first ..." >Living Underwater, Cozumel, Mexico <img src="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/imagesspcl/PAbutton.gif" alt="Living Underwater, Cozumel, Mexico -- Publicly Available" border="0" /></a> , back to my first love, who still looks fantastic</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/HuntingLionfish201204.html" title="How are lionfish changing reef ecology in the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean? It's a question on the mind of marine conservation scientists, divers a..." >Hunting Lionfish, Then Eating Them</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/BritishColumbia201204.html" title="Dear Fellow Diver: I was ready to jump into the 49-degree water at a never-dived site. Our group of Canadian, American and Dutch divers was aboard the..." >Nautilus Swell, British Columbia</a> , and next time, north to Alaska</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/ArtificialReefs201204.html" title="Artificial reefs, created by deliberately sunk ships and other structures, may not be all they're cracked up to be, according to two American academic..." >The Trouble with Artificial Reefs</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/CozumelAnguillaPalau201204.html" title="Aldora Divers and Villa Aldora. Cozumel surely has more dive operations per square mile than any other Caribbean destination. Aldora Divers and Villa ..." >Cozumel, Anguilla, Palau...</a> , plus a shark dive with no sharks, and two resorts to avoid</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/ReaderReports201204.html" title="You may still be browsing through our 2012 Travelin' Divers Chapbook (or you can get it at www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/chapbook2012.php ), but ..." >We Need Your Reader Reports</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/GearMaintenance201204.html" title="I have friends who religiously service all their gear after every dive trip, and others who just rinse it and put it away. Most have had some minor ge..." >Death Due to Poor Gear Maintenance</a> , are you more careful than this Virginia police department?</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/SmokingDivers201204.html" title="Subscriber Walt Brenner (Jackson, GA) copied us on a letter he wrote to Frank Van der Linde, owner of Worldwide Dive and Sail, about his trip aboard t..." >What to Do with Smoking Divers</a> , do they have a right to light up on a liveaboard?</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/RuinDiving201204.html" title="While the addictive aspect of smoking is well known, less known are the other physiologic changes that can affect chronic smokers' diving. Subscriber ..." >How Smokers Really Ruin Their Diving</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/SkipTripInsurance201204.html" title="Dear Ben, This is a response to "Insurance for Your Next Dive Trip"in the January 2012 issue. We've been around this issue before, as you may well rem..." >Why You Should Skip Trip Insurance <img src="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/imagesspcl/PAbutton.gif" alt="Why You Should Skip Trip Insurance -- Publicly Available" border="0" /></a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/DiversCanGiveBack201204.html" title="In the February issue, we listed some exceptional dive trips hosted by 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that allow you to deduct most, if not all, of..." >How Divers Can Give Back: Part II</a> , more ways to make your dive trips count</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/HoveringFish201204.html" title="While we often admonish divers and divemasters who manhandle fish and other marine creatures, we were intrigued by a study in Nature Communications th..." >That Hovering Fish May Want a Massage</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/WaterAEDsMix201204.html" title="After reading last month's article "A Shock to Divers' Hearts" about automated external defibrillators, reader Ken Freedland (St. Louis, MO) had this ..." >Do Water and AEDs Mix?</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/NautilusLifeline201204.html" title="In last month's Flotsam & Jetsam, we reported on the search-and-rescue efforts for a 46-year-old diver who was swept away by the current while diving ..." >Nautilus Lifeline: User Error or Gear Malfunction?</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/DolphinsConsidered201204.html" title="Dolphins and whales are so intelligent, they must be recognized as "non-human persons" with their own bill of rights, say researchers. An internationa..." >Dolphins Should Be Considered "Non-Human Humans"</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/FlotsamJetsam201204.html" title="Get 32 Percent off a Truk Odyssey Trip. Due to a last-minute cancellation, the dive travel agency Reef & Rainforest is offering $1,000 off this liveab..." >Flotsam & Jetsam</a> </em></li> </ul> <b><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/joinRA.shtml">Subscribe here</a></b> and get instant access to these and all of Undercurrent<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=N6UhuhBIcCk:2Q0gyRa0kBc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=N6UhuhBIcCk:2Q0gyRa0kBc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=N6UhuhBIcCk:2Q0gyRa0kBc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=N6UhuhBIcCk:2Q0gyRa0kBc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=N6UhuhBIcCk:2Q0gyRa0kBc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=N6UhuhBIcCk:2Q0gyRa0kBc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=N6UhuhBIcCk:2Q0gyRa0kBc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=N6UhuhBIcCk:2Q0gyRa0kBc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=N6UhuhBIcCk:2Q0gyRa0kBc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=N6UhuhBIcCk:2Q0gyRa0kBc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UndercurrentRecentArticles/~4/N6UhuhBIcCk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012#April All Articles in the March, 2012 Issue http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UndercurrentRecentArticles/~3/alzPhij5eto/2012 http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012#March Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:00:00 -0500 Ben Davison Recreation/Outdoors/Scuba Diving Recreation/Outdoors/Scuba Diving/Publications Dive Industry <small><i><strong>Only subscribers can read all the articles below</strong>; articles with <img src="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/imagesspcl/PAbutton.gif" alt="Article available to the public" border="0"> are available to the public.</i></small> <ul style="line-height: 19px;"> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/BajaCalifornia201203.html" title="Dear Fellow Diver: On a Saturday last December, I boarded the Solmar V in Cabo San Lucas, showed my c-cards, and signed a release that was so remarkab..." >Solmar V, Baja California, Mexico</a> , a 24-hour steam to wild diving at the Socorros</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/ManslaughterAcquittal201203.html" title="We've written many articles about Gabe Watson, a diver from Alabama charged with the murder of his wife, Tina, while diving in Australia. A month-long..." >Manslaughter in Australia, An Acquittal in Alabama</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/KeramaIslands201203.html" title="From time to time, we get such unique reports from readers, we feel compelled to share them with you, recognizing that few divers -- and that includes..." >Kerama Islands, Japan</a> , exotic, challenging dives between Okinawa and Taiwan</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/ThumbsDown201203.html" title="Nitrox certification is a snap. I can't imagine than anyone has ever failed a course. But now comes along a group called DiveNav. Its email advertisin..." >Thumbs Down: DiveNav's Fake Nitrox Class</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/CapeEleuthera201203.html" title="Two Other Baja California Boats. In addition to our opening story about a trip aboard the Solmar V to the Revillagigedos, we must mention the Nautilus..." >Cape Eleuthera, Fiji, Maui, Mexico</a> , two more Baja boats, a new dive shop, and a great night dive</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/TripInsurance201203.html" title="In our January issue, we did a story on travel insurance, and how it's wise to research visas, fees and travel issues with your travel supplier, becau..." >A Trip Insurance Update</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/DiscoverScubaDiving201203.html" title="Recently, there has been a furor within certain segments of the diving industry over issues of dive safety and what direction the incident and fatalit..." >The "Discover Scuba Diving" Programs <img src="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/imagesspcl/PAbutton.gif" alt="The "Discover Scuba Diving" Programs -- Publicly Available" border="0" /></a> , here's where the deaths happen</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/FlyingAfterDiving201203.html" title="In an earlier issue of Undercurrent, I commented on the death of a healthy 28-year-old woman who, following a dive trip to Australia, died from a deep..." >Flying After Diving: A Threat Worse than the Bends <img src="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/imagesspcl/PAbutton.gif" alt="Flying After Diving: A Threat Worse than the Bends -- Publicly Available" border="0" /></a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/AShockToDivers201203.html" title="Jan Raczycki was diving the James C. King in Ontario's Fathom Five National Marine Park last July, when he became distressed 90 feet down. Pulled from..." >A Shock to Divers' Hearts</a> , can portable defibrillators lower heart-related dive deaths?</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/IDBook201203.html" title="Today's airline weight restrictions not only limit the amount of dive gear and cameras you can pack for overseas trips, but also those valuable prized..." >A New Travel-Friendly Fish ID Book for Caribbean Dive Trips</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/DisrespectsGear201203.html" title="What do you do when dive operators mishandle your dive gear, Undercurrent subscriber Harley Piltingsurd (Cincinnati, OH) asked. "I have had several in..." >When Crew Disrespects Your Gear</a> , what to do when your equipment gets broken or lost</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/FlotsamJetsam201203.html" title="Divers, Leave Your Spearguns at Home. Or place them in your checked luggage, but for God's sake, don't try to bring them on a plane. A passenger flyin..." >Flotsam & Jetsam</a> </em></li> </ul> <b><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/joinRA.shtml">Subscribe here</a></b> and get instant access to these and all of Undercurrent<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=alzPhij5eto:PSt-SMj6UYw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=alzPhij5eto:PSt-SMj6UYw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=alzPhij5eto:PSt-SMj6UYw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=alzPhij5eto:PSt-SMj6UYw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=alzPhij5eto:PSt-SMj6UYw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=alzPhij5eto:PSt-SMj6UYw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=alzPhij5eto:PSt-SMj6UYw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=alzPhij5eto:PSt-SMj6UYw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=alzPhij5eto:PSt-SMj6UYw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=alzPhij5eto:PSt-SMj6UYw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UndercurrentRecentArticles/~4/alzPhij5eto" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012#March All Articles in the February, 2012 Issue http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UndercurrentRecentArticles/~3/keU1Gbgvgik/2012 http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012#February Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0500 Ben Davison Recreation/Outdoors/Scuba Diving Recreation/Outdoors/Scuba Diving/Publications Dive Industry <small><i><strong>Only subscribers can read all the articles below</strong>; articles with <img src="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/imagesspcl/PAbutton.gif" alt="Article available to the public" border="0"> are available to the public.</i></small> <ul style="line-height: 19px;"> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/RedSeaEgypt201202.html" title="Dear Fellow Diver, An extended stay in Egypt gave me the chance to experience Red Sea diving three ways: on a budget, splurging on luxury and hard-cor..." >The Red Sea, Egypt</a> , three great dive trips, three prices</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/IsEgyptSafe201202.html" title="Safety when traveling in Egypt is on everyone's minds, and after living here six months, this is my take. As a foreigner, you are precious to most Egy..." >Yes, But Is Egypt Safe?</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/BritishColumbia201202.html" title="Dear Fellow Diver, As an experienced underwater photographer and certified solo diver, I'm used to taking my time and not worrying about a buddy. But ..." >Rendezvous Dive Adventures, British Columbia</a> , a laid-back idyll on Vancouver Island for cold-water divers</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/TwoLettersToEditor201202.html" title="Dear Ben, Regarding your January article, "Scubapro kills its free 'parts for life' program," I am also a victim of what I consider a breach of contra..." >Two Letters to the Editors</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/BeneathColdSeas201202.html" title="It's hard enough to take a first-rate photo of reef life in the best of conditions. Try doing it in murky, bone-numbingly cold water while wearing a d..." >Beneath Cold Seas</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/DiveStores201202.html" title="The recent announcement that Scubapro has joined with LeisurePro to allow some of its gear to be sold online reveals a break in the last wall of resis..." >Dive Stores in the Internet Age <img src="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/imagesspcl/PAbutton.gif" alt="Dive Stores in the Internet Age -- Publicly Available" border="0" /></a> , survival means better local service</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/DivemasterCommit201202.html" title="A divemaster who was found shot to death last month in her Spokane, WA home had been named in a second million-dollar diving negligence lawsuit two we..." >Did This Divemaster Commit Suicide, or Was She Silenced?</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/RajaAmpatLiveaboard201202.html" title="On the morning of December 29, the five passengers aboard the Mandarin Siren went for a dive at Manta Sandy in northern Raja Ampat. Undercurrent subsc..." >Raja Ampat Liveaboard Goes Down in Flames <img src="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/imagesspcl/PAbutton.gif" alt="Raja Ampat Liveaboard Goes Down in Flames -- Publicly Available" border="0" /></a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/KeyLargo201202.html" title="Last month, we reported on the December sinking of Get Wet, a boat owned by Key Largo Scuba Shack, that killed one diver and put another in the hospit..." >Still Unclear How Key Largo's Get Wet Got Wet</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/ComputerNonTechieDivers201202.html" title="It seems like only yesterday that I was commissioned by a British magazine to write an article explaining the advantages of diving with a computer. Th..." >A Computer for Non-Techie Divers</a> , the $350 Cressi Leonardo</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/DiversGiveBack201202.html" title="As Samuel Palmer wrote back in 1710 in his Moral Essays on Proverbs, "'Tis better to give than to receive." Obviously, we divers receive a lot of pers..." >How Divers Can Give Back: Part I</a> , and your dive trip may be tax deductible</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/ChamberedNautilus201202.html" title="With all the focus on depleting numbers of sharks and other marine creatures, there's not much attention paid to the chambered nautilus, a living foss..." >Loving the Chambered Nautilus to Death</a> </em></li> </ul> <b><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/joinRA.shtml">Subscribe here</a></b> and get instant access to these and all of Undercurrent<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=keU1Gbgvgik:skXF0vGn8OY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=keU1Gbgvgik:skXF0vGn8OY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=keU1Gbgvgik:skXF0vGn8OY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=keU1Gbgvgik:skXF0vGn8OY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=keU1Gbgvgik:skXF0vGn8OY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=keU1Gbgvgik:skXF0vGn8OY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=keU1Gbgvgik:skXF0vGn8OY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=keU1Gbgvgik:skXF0vGn8OY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=keU1Gbgvgik:skXF0vGn8OY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=keU1Gbgvgik:skXF0vGn8OY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UndercurrentRecentArticles/~4/keU1Gbgvgik" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012#February All Articles in the January, 2012 Issue http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UndercurrentRecentArticles/~3/MjLxUUUYuL8/2012 http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012#January Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0500 Ben Davison Recreation/Outdoors/Scuba Diving Recreation/Outdoors/Scuba Diving/Publications Dive Industry <small><i><strong>Only subscribers can read all the articles below</strong>; articles with <img src="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/imagesspcl/PAbutton.gif" alt="Article available to the public" border="0"> are available to the public.</i></small> <ul style="line-height: 19px;"> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/FrenchPolynesia201201.html" title="Dear Diver, It was as if I'd just been dumped into a huge tropical aquarium. My first day's diving at Bora Bora's Anau and Tapu dive sites was exhilar..." >Topdive, Bora Bora and Rangiroa, French Polynesia</a> , fantastic diving - - if you can afford it</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/CheaperWays201201.html" title="While our writer indulged his champagne tastes and caviar dreams, there are ways to dive French Polynesia much less expensively. Caradonna Dive Advent..." >Cheaper Ways to Dive French Polynesia</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/BonaireCaymans201201.html" title="Bonaire Crime Cautions. As idyllic as Bonaire seems, it has had crime problems for more than two decades, more so than any other Caribbean dive destin..." >Bonaire, Caymans, China. . .</a> , a dangerous Baja dive shop, and what, no octopus for your buddy?</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/LowerRiskDCS201201.html" title="Will downing a Big Mac or a bucket of extra-crispy KFC before a dive reduce your chances of getting bent? Research suggests that both the uptake and e..." >Does High-Fat Fast Food Mean a Lower Risk of DCS?</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/ScubaproNixes201201.html" title="Johnson Outdoors, Scubapro's owner, seems to be thinking about costs far more than it does about customer service. Until now, if you forgot to have yo..." >Scubapro Nixes its "Free Parts for Life" Program <img src="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/imagesspcl/PAbutton.gif" alt="Scubapro Nixes its "Free Parts for Life" Program -- Publicly Available" border="0" /></a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/DiveGizmos201201.html" title="The Dive Equipment and Marketing Association (DEMA) held its annual trade show in Orlando. As has become the rule, it was open only to businesses that..." >This Year's Batch of Dive Gizmos</a> , my picks and pans of the annual DEMA show</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/DiverDies201201.html" title="Perhaps a diver's worse nightmare is being trapped inside a sinking dive boat. Sadly, that happened on December 18, as a diver named Aimee Rhoads died..." >Diver Dies in Sinking Boat Near Key Largo</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/Insurance201201.html" title="A while back, Undercurrent subscriber John S. Wilson (Boulder, CO) planned a Christmas dive trip to Little Cayman with his daughter and son-in-law, pa..." >Insurance for Your Next Dive Trip <img src="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/imagesspcl/PAbutton.gif" alt="Insurance for Your Next Dive Trip -- Publicly Available" border="0" /></a> , why you probably shouldn't leave home without it</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/NewLionfishHazard201201.html" title="For a couple of years, conservationists have been saying that one way to reduce the population of the destructive renegade lionfish on Caribbean reefs..." >A New Lionfish Hazard to Worry About</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/SharkMassacre201201.html" title="Sandra Bessudo, Colombia's top government advisor on environmental issues, didn't believe the initial report when she first received it in October. Sh..." >The Shark Massacre at Malpelo</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/UnderwaterPhotography201201.html" title="Even I was surprised by all the comments that my July 2009 blog post, "The Ugly Side of Underwater Photography" produced (go to www.undercurrent.org/b..." >A Brighter Side of Underwater Photography</a> , how Lembeh resorts are turning their guests into better divers</em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/CaboPulmo201201.html" title="In one corner are the villagers of this tiny Baja California village near Cabo San Lucas, and an international coalition of environmentalists. In the ..." >Showdown in Cabo Pulmo</a> </em></li> <li><em><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012/FlotsamJetsam201201.html" title="Beware of Cape York Crocodiles. A decision to stop for a spearfishing break near Australia's Cape York proved fatal for David Fordson. A coroner confi..." >Flotsam & Jetsam</a> </em></li> </ul> <b><a href="http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/joinRA.shtml">Subscribe here</a></b> and get instant access to these and all of Undercurrent<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=MjLxUUUYuL8:ip8sI9A_G3k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=MjLxUUUYuL8:ip8sI9A_G3k:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=MjLxUUUYuL8:ip8sI9A_G3k:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=MjLxUUUYuL8:ip8sI9A_G3k:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=MjLxUUUYuL8:ip8sI9A_G3k:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=MjLxUUUYuL8:ip8sI9A_G3k:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=MjLxUUUYuL8:ip8sI9A_G3k:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=MjLxUUUYuL8:ip8sI9A_G3k:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?i=MjLxUUUYuL8:ip8sI9A_G3k:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?a=MjLxUUUYuL8:ip8sI9A_G3k:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/UndercurrentRecentArticles?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UndercurrentRecentArticles/~4/MjLxUUUYuL8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2012#January