Will the water be warm
this weekend? March 18,
2002
If you're looking to go diving in America's coastal waters, then http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/wtg12.html
will not only give you the average monthly water temperatures, but will
also give you "present" water temperature, though it might
be a few days old. It's a site run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
Lovely
Lalati March
18, 2002
My wife visited Fiji's Lalati Resort on Beqa Island to ring in the
new millennium. When she returned, she refused to write it up for the
Chapbook - - she said she wanted to keep great places like Lalati to
herself! Well, I'll tell you about it, because they have just created
a special for friends of Undercurrent -- pay for six nights at their
regular rate and they'll throw in the seventh night for free, which
amounts to about a 16% reduction in price. The diving is in Beqa Lagoon,
which is suitable not only for beginner divers, but also for the best
of underwater photographers, who will find endless opportunities. They
have got excellent accommodations, with six individual oceanfront bures,
and feature some of the best gourmet meals found anywhere.
Price is US$245/night/person, double occupancy, and that includes
two boat dives per day, gourmet meals, village visits, island tours,
kayaking, and more. Night dives and fishing can also be arranged. Book
directly by calling 1-877-2-LALATI, or visit their website at www.lalati-fiji.com
. Tell them Undercurrent sent you.
The
Last Dive March
18, 2002
Arguably the most exciting book about diving in the last several years,
The Last Dive, A Father and Son's Fatal Descent in the Ocean's
Depths in now in paperback. Bernie Chowdhury, the founder of
immersed; the international technical diving magazine, has written a
suspenseful and haunting tale. It's the story of Chris Rouse and his
son, Chrissy, only 18 years apart in age and locked in a sophomoric
relationship that played itself out every day and in every dive. Their
maniacal devotion to diving leads them into more complex dives, progressing
from Pennsylvania quarries to Atlantic wrecks and, eventually, to the
Andrea Doria. All in four years. Chowdhury's research leads him to his
own voyage of self discovery, as he learns painful lessons about what
diving, in the context of his life, means to him. His gripping account
of a dive gone wrong, his own terror, and a bends hit that takes him
near death is a cautionary tale for all of us. As a backstory, he tells
how sport diving metamorphosed into technical diving as adventurers
unsatisfied with look/see dives to 130 feet, push into extreme conditions
of deep caves and wrecks. The Last Dive is a grand adventure,
a remarkable book, a page turner. Order it or any other books through
us, and you get the best prices of Amazon and a good share of the profits
will to preserve coral reefs. About $11
for the paperback, $25 for the hardbound.
Undercurrent
Subscribers
March 18, 2002
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updates about dive travel from Undercurrent reviewers.
Underwater
Odyssey
March 18, 2002
Chuck Ballinger spent most of the year 2000 traveling to all 50 states,
making at least one dive in each. Underwater Odyssey: 50 Dives
in 50 States is the story of his journey through America's backwaters,
where he does 96° volcanic crater diving... 35° alpine lake
diving in Oregon... Great Lakes wreck diving... Atlantic wreck diving.....
Colorado River diving...fossil diving.....missile silo diving... leadmine
diving...iron pit diving... mystery spires in Yellowstone...sunken planes...well,
you get the idea. Underwater Odyssey transcends the limits
of a dive guide to reveal the broader adventure that diving provides.
Ballinger sets out on a personal journey that each of us ought to take,
in our own way, at least once in a lifetime. The book is available on
his website at www.dive50states.com
for $20, which includes shipping
The Deadly Jellyfish
March 18, 2002
We warned Undercurrent subscribers about the deadly
irukandji jellyfish that lives in Aussie and Indonesian waters. Last
week two more people were hospitalized with irukandji jellyfish stings
in north Queensland, including a diving instructor who was stung while
leading a group of divers on the Yongala Wreck, off Townsville. She
was airlifted to the intensive care ward in the Townsville Hospital.
A British tourist was killed in February. The stinger season extends
until May.
-- Ben
Davison,
editor/publisher
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