https://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. Fri, 01 May 2020 06:00:00 -0400 Recreation/Outdoors/Scuba Diving/Publications Dive Magazine Scuba Diving en weekly 3 https://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2020/DiversSufferCovid-19202005.html https://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2020/DiversSufferCovid-19202005.html Fri, 01 May 2020 23:00:00 -0400 Ben Davison Recreation/Outdoors/Scuba Diving/Publications The medical profession is still learning about COVID-19, but the first specific news related to divers comes from the Innsbruck University Clinic in Austria, where physicians have discovered lung damage in recovered COVID-19 sufferers. "COVID-19 is undisputedly a serious illness despite what some po [...]]]> https://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2020/DiversSufferCovid-19202005.html https://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2020#May Fri, 01 May 2020 06:00:00 -0400 Ben Davison Recreation/Outdoors/Scuba Diving Recreation/Outdoors/Scuba Diving/Publications Dive Industry Here are the articles in this month's issue.

• Sub-Tropic Adventures, St. Helena, South Atlantic , Incredible diving in the middle of nowhere
• Good News about Saving America's Reefs
• Diver and Instructor Fitness
• Tough Times in the Dive Travel Industry , resort and boat owners to tell us how they are managing
• Into the Planet - My Life as a Cave Diver
• Plenty of Tales of Woe Among Traveling Divers , Paid for a trip? Don't set your heart on a refund
• Airline Ticket Refunds; It's the Law!
• Shark-Free Fish 'n Chips
• Can You Trust Your Dive Guide? , are they as careful and responsible as they should be?
• Jack Randall, the Original Fish ID Book Author, Passes
• Have You Ever Surfaced and Been Lost? , sensible divers take steps to avoid it
• Nature Takes Advantage of the Lockdown
• Undercurrent Readers' Rescue Australian Wildlife from the Devastating Fires
• Is it Bad News for Divers Who Suffer COVID-19? , could the effects have contraindications for diving?
• Bigger Fish Suffer More from Climate Change
• Flotsam & Jetsam

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• Caba�as on Clark's Cay, Guanaja, Honduras , gourmet meals, first-class service, good diving
• What's With the Star Chart?
• Metal Matters - Are Your Tanks Aluminum or Steel?
• Stranded in Honduras: Our Utila Escape , how two American divers struggled to get home
• Good News for Coral in South Caicos
• California's Giant Sea Bass - A Promising Story
• Keeping the Shark Myth Going
• Diving, Travel, Coronavirus, Chaos , What's happening to the traveling diver and our destinations?
• Florida Dive Boat Prop Kills Diver
• Nautilus Liveaboards Gets Flack and Responds Well
• Thoughtless Boater Damages Florida Corals
• Refunds on Flight Tickets?
• Avoiding Any Infections from Scuba Equipment , are you confident your regulator remains pathogen-free?
• Don't Worry about Coronavirus in Your Scuba Tank
• Letters to the Editor: Too Much Weight to Dive?
• Movies for Divers Stuck at Home
• Flotsam & Jetsam

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• Sorido Bay Dive Resort, Raja Ampat, Indonesia , luxury in the heart of a fabled dive region
• Jellyfish Mucus Found to be a Cause of Sea Itch
• Is that Aquarium Coral Farmed or Wild Coral? You Can't Tell
• Socorro Aggressor, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico , will dry-docking make her worth the price?
• Those Full-face Snorkeling Masks - More to the Story
• Goliath Groupers: Better in the Water than on the Plate
• The Excess Weight We Carry , should dive operators reject high BMI, plus-size divers?
• How Much "Fat Shaming" Is There in Diving?
• Your Reader Reports are the lifeblood of Undercurrent
• Why You Need Medical Evacuation Insurance
• Two Shark Attacks on Divers , you can be unlucky or very unlucky
• Coronavirus - Will it Affect Your Dive Travel Plans? , some thoughts to help you decide whether to embark
• The Death of an Insured Diver , and why his wife could not collect
• Flotsam & Jetsam

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• Two Fish Divers, Lembongan; Alam Batu, Bali, Indonesia , two destinations, one for reefs, one for muck
• An Investment for the Gullible
• When Dive Gear Evidence Goes Missing
• That Weight Belt Can Kill You
• Belize, Little Cayman, the Conflict Islands , bedbugs, tiny bunks, and an unknown gem
• American Underwater Photography Team Cleans Up Again
• When Your Cabin Mate Gets Sick , can you count on the crew to help you avoid contagion?
• The Conception had been Exempted from USCG Fire Safety Standards
• Kids' Sea Camp
• The Ticking Time Bomb of War Wrecks
• The Best Traveler's Diarrhea Drug , unaffordable in the U.S. so turn to Canada
• A Template for Liveaboard Safety Precautions , From the Undersea Hunter fleet
• The Ins and Outs of Trip Insurance , if you're over 70, DAN think you're too old for coverage
• Lawsuit over Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Sting
• A Chance to Get Shark Bytes at Half Price
• Diving and Politeness: Be Patient and Take Your Place in Line
• Flotsam & Jetsam

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• Iberostar, Dressel Divers, Cozumel and Playa del Carmen , the one-week trifecta: reefs, cenotes, whale sharks
• Cozumel Reef Closure Update
• Quino del Guardi�n, Sea of Cort�s, Mexico , great diving, but next time a better boat
• Head/Mares Discovers the Reason for Full Face Mask Deaths
• A Row Erupts Over a Great White Shark's Death
• Climate Change is Killing Clownfish
• The Rich Sounds of Healthy Reefs May Save Them
• Harrowing Tales from the Red Sea Aggressor I Fire , errors led to the disaster and post-disaster mismanagement
• Lithium-ion Battery Safety: Industry Experts Give Their Points of View
• U.S. Coast Guard Regulations under Criticism in Wake of the Conception Tragedy
• A Taste of the DEMA Show November 2019 , not much in the way of new gear
• Flotsam & Jetsam

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