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• Danger in 48,500 Scubapro MK20 First Stages
• Trip Insurance Problems
• Stingray City
• New Emergency Breathing Device
• Fish ID Books
• If you had been subscribing to Undercurrent,

August, 2006

• Dive Luggage and Carry on Bags
• Underwater Across the English channel
• Help Save Coral Reefs
• Don't Wear A Weight Belt
• Deeper into Diving
• Collect Fish in the Bahamas
• Women Divers and Their Menstrual Cycles
• Dive Master Rip Offs
• August issue of Undercurrent

July,2006

• Malaria Risk in the Bahamas
• Scubapro Recalls X650 Second Stages
• Two Resort Owners Pass
• Dangerous Error in Suunto Computer Software
• Big Animal Encounters
• Fiji Fish Poisoning
• Avoiding Diving Ripoffs
• Dive in Style
• July issue of Undercurrent

April, 2006

• Those Equipment Warranties
• Get Your Fish Photo on an Official US Postage Stamp
• We Need Your Help to Stop Poaching
• The DAN/SSS Chamber Legal Dispute
• Milking Frequent Flyer Programs
• Cozumel after the Hurricanes
• Coming Up in the May Issue

March, 2006

• How is Post Hurricane Cozumel Diving?
• Delight in the Details
• Jury Says Dive Shop Owner Murdered His Wife Underwater
• Another Benefit of Nitrox?
• Norine Rouse Dies
• Somewhat Serious About Underwater photography?

January, 2006

• Bold Divers Rescue Fifty Ton Whale
• Popular Divers Die
• Planning Your Air Travel
• Say No to DEET
• Wilma Hurricane Damage
• Diver Death in Belize
• Insurance Company Refuses to Cover Bent Diver Who Went Beyond Policy Limits

October, 2005

• Master Guide for Underwater Digital Photography
• The Octopus
• That Dangerous Boat Propeller
• Hurricane Tracking
• Insurance Company Won't Cover Bent Diver
• New Live-aboard Itineraries
  

September, 2005

• Website for Travelers
• Bonaire Ripoff
• Ms. Eddy's Wild Ride
• Key West Dive Boat Captain Dies
• Speigel Grove
  

August, 2005

• Death of the great divemaster
• Cozumel Diving Little Affected by Emily
• Less Fatigue With Nitrox?
• Fish Story
• Pelagian Alert
• Deaths of three dive professionals shake the industry
  
  

July, 2005

• Sea Lice Season
• Cracked Scubapro Regulators
• Cayman's Sting Ray City
• Off the Finned Path -- Dive China?
• A Walking Two-Legged Octopus?
  

March, 2005

• Dive Computer Recall
• Cuban Travel Warning
• My Underwater Journal
• Sea Lice
• Take The Test
  

February, 2005

• How Pure is the Air in Your Tank?
• Trouble With Travel?
• Divers and Tsunamis
• Headed for the Red Sea? Here Are The New Rules
• Paints with the Fishes

January, 2005

• Where You Haven't Been Diving
• Citizen Science
• Internet Scam
• Rushing the Quarterback
• How Much Do You Tip?

September, 2004

• Dangerous BC Inflators
• Two Divers in Fiji Lost at Sea
• Dive Watches as Collectibles
• Diving Science: Essential Physiology for Medicine and Divers
• Aussie Mike Ball Back in Business
• So, You Want to Live on an Island?

August, 2004

• Tank Explosion Kills Dive Shop Employee
• Adventure Komodo Dive Trip
• "Open Water" is the Real Deal
• ...And Undercurrent Inspired It
• History Channel
• Yap Recovery

June, 2004

• Bali Air Fare, Round Trip, $559
• “Dark Descent: Diving and the Deadly Allure of the Empress of Ireland”
• Bonaire Town Pier
• Halcyon Power Inflators Recalled
• Tanks, Rebreather Bottles and Spare Airs May Be Confiscated
  

May, 2004

• California Diver Left Adrift
• Transitions
• Yap Hammered
• Diving for Drugs
• How Do You Want Coral Parks Managed?
• Freeing Nemo
  

April, 2004

• Saint George's Lodge Closes July 1
• Computer Problems
• Young Divers Contest
• New Concern for Tourist Diving Cenotes?
• No Diving Today
• Scuba Diving College Students

February, 2004

• Solomon Islands Safe Again
• Bennett and Elliott's Physiology and Medicine of Diving
• Equipment Insurance
• Maui Shore Diving
• Finding Nemo
• Bends, Exertion, and Exercise
• Pacific Coral Reef Stamps

January, 2004

• Special Deal on Little Cayman
• Getting Easier to get to Little Cayman and Grand Cayman
• Puffer (de)Fingers Diver
• BCDs Recalled
• A Diver's Guide to Underwater Malaysia Macrolife
• Divers Disappear on Bonaire
• Sea and Sea U.S. Goes Out of Business
• Grand Turk Arawak Update
  

December, 2003

• Luggage Locks
• Kids Sea Camp
• Hawaii Diving
• On the Lam
• Diving the World
• Palau Wreck Death
• 2004 Chapbook
  

November, 2003

• Bonaire Theft
• Tropical Pacific Reef Fish Identification
• And you want to know why divers are going elsewhere?
• 2004 Chapbook
• Fishy Friends: A Journey Through the Coral Kingdom
• Explosive Fin Watch
  

September, 2003

• Shark: Stories of Life and Death...
• Snorkeling with Salmon
• Antimosquito Coils Release Toxic Fumes
• Court Dismisses Andrea Doria Suit
• How to Photograph Underwater
• UWATEC Recall
• Coming up in October
  

August, 2003

• Island Dancer in Grenada
• Cayman Airways Alert
• Light & Motion Recall
• Overbooking
• Asia on the Cheap
• Why Go to Asia to See Exotic Creatures?
• What Really Happened in the Wave Dancer Tragedy?
• Deep Sea Detectives:
• Using 21st Century Technology to Solve Mysteries of the Past
• Underwater Suicide
• Coming up in September

July, 2003

• UWATEC Smart Pro and Smart Com Computer Failure
• Deals on a New Indonesia Liveaboard
• Between Species: Celebrating the Dolphin-Human Bond
• Tahiti Aggressor Trip
• Spoiling Grand Turk
• PADI Founder Dies
• How to Commit Suicide
  

June, 2003

• Grand Turk Island Special
• Regulator Recall
• Digital Imaging for the Underwater Photographer
• Need a Passport in a Hurry?
• Does Your Diving Need Background Music?
• Where to Take Your Next Dive Trip?
• Coral Reefs: Cities Under the Sea
• Swordfish Attack
• Paul Tzimoulis Dies

May, 2003

• Cayman on the Cheap
• Bali Bargains
• Bonaire Hassles
• How SARS Can Ruin Your Dive Trip
• Great Way to Save Coral Reefs
• Slow Burn
• The Future is Wild

March, 2003

• Aladin Air X Nitrox Computers Recalled – At Last
• Fatal Depth:
• Deep Sea Diving, China Fever, and the Wreck of the Andrea Doria
• What Can Women Teach Men About the Bends?
• Howard Hall’s new IMAX film "Coral Reef Adventure”
• Don’t Dive These Tables
• Diving Physiology in Plain English
• Going Full Circle
• Overbooking

January, 2003

• Snorkelers Versus Divers in Cayman
• See Sharks with the Cayman Diving Lodge
• Speaking of Sharks
• DAN's Peter Bennett Under Fire
• Unplanned Night Dive in Belize
• We'll Miss You, Jim
• And you as well, George
• Delta to Bonaire and Belize
• Coral Reef Fishes: Dynamics and Diversity in a Complex Ecosystem
• Less Serious about Fish?
• Deadly Jelly
• Sea Camp for Kids
• Diving with Penguins
• Bonaire Theft
• The 2003 Chapbook's Here

November, 2002

• Hazardous Tanks on the Market
• Beyond the Deep: the Deadly Descent into the World's Most Treacherous Cave
• Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916
• Madonna, the Shark
• To Hell with the Manatees
• Oceanic Regulator Recall
• Coming Up: the 2003 Chapbook

October, 2002

• Great Coral Park Photos Wanted
• Special Deal on Little Cayman
• Good Night, Skin Diver
• GIve Me a Break, Ambassador Hughes
• It's the Salsa, Stupid
• Mussel Warning
• Deep Descent: Adventure and Death Diving the
• Andrea Doria
• 2002 Chapbook
• South Pacific Help

August, 2002

• Shark Tank Follies
• Aggressor Back-to-Back Tours
• Potential Valve Fire from a Nitrox Fill
• Any Great Turtle Shots?
• Diving With Fifi
• Dive Insurance
• Hugh Parkey Dead of Heart Attack
• No Way, Bayman Bay
• Cozumel Scam
• Error Correction

July, 2002

• Don't Eat Sharks
• Computer Problems?
• Suunto Vytek Computer Has a Problem
• Another Computer Recall
• Cheap Deals for Honduras
• El Niño
• Cuba Problems
• Underwater ID Books

June, 2002

• Is PADI Training Terrorits?
• Fiji Deal
• Myths of Diving
• Shallow Water Caution
• Caribbean Hurricane Season
• Last Minute Escape
• More Bleaching
• Little Cayman Diver
  

May, 2002

• Sherwood Regulator Recall
• The Best of Cayman
• American Airlines, Bonaire, San Juan
• Reason Number 89 to Subscribe to the Undercurrent Newsletter
• This Year's Winner of the Dedicated Diver Award
• Midway Photos
• More Flights for Divers, but Beware

April, 2002

• Help Save Grand Cayman
• Fire in the Turtle House
• Diving aboard the Nai'a in Fiji with a Discount
• Your Help is Requested
• Help Your Dive Buddy Out
• Tahiti Aggressor
• This Device is Capable of Killing You without Warning

March, 2002

• Will the water be warm this weekend?
• Lovely Lalati
• The Last Dive
• Undercurrent Subscribers
• Underwater Odyssey
• The Deadly Jellyfish

February, 2002

• Brand New Paul Humann ID Books
• Shark Fin Soup
• Irian Jaya, Komodo, and Alor with a Discount
• Little Cayman Death
• Become a Tax-deductible Fish Collector
• Nikonos V Production Stopped
• Coming Up in Undercurrent

January, 2002

• Doing Good While Diving
• NOAA Diving Manual
• PNG Deal
• Dynamite Fishing
• Diver Death
• Shark Bite
  

December, 2001

• Regulator Recall
• Ocean Rover Discounts in Thailand
• Are the Oceanic Vortex Fins Fast?
• The Best of the Galapagos
• Exercise During Decompression?
• Irian Jaya and Elsewhere, with a Discount
• Small Hope Update
• 560 Pages of Honest Reviews
• about 375 Dive Resorts and Liveaboards

November, 2001

• Two Travel Agencies Belly Up
• DUI BC Recall
• More Pelagian Discounts
• Belize Hurricane Damage
• Wave Dancer Update
• Poseidon's Mistress Sinks
• Dirt Cheap Week in Cozumel
• Looking for a Last-Minute Getaway at Christmas?
• Digital Imaging for the Underwater Photographer
• Small Hope Bay
• No More Iced Regulators?
• 2002 Chapbook
  

October, 2001

• 2002 Chapbook
• Deals on the Pelagian
• World Atlas of Coral Reefs
• New Print Subscribers Service
• Wave Dancer
• Help for Belize
• Dengue Fever in Hawaii
• Updated Travel Safety Tips
• Unraveling Dive Industry
  

September, 2001

• Shark Feeding Ban
• Florida Reef Destruction
• DACOR Console Recall
• Hurricane Season
• Inzan in zee Deep
• Coiba No Longer Exploring
• World Coral Reefs to Die by 2050?
• Phony Tank Testing
• The Death of a Diving Pioneer

August, 2001

• Caribbean Bargains
• Galapagos Sea Lions Mutilated
• Asia on the Cheap
• Papua New Guinea Coral Bleaching
• Bonaire Fund Raiser
• Honduras Chamber Destroyed
  
  

July, 2001

• Cayman Airways Grounded
• Two Tanks, then 18 Holes on Cozumel
• Shark Feeding on National Public Radio
• Shipwreck Photos Down Under
• Wakatobi Moves Closer
• A Fascination for Fish: Adventures of Underwater Pioneer

June, 2001

• More Tourists Kidnapped
• Want to See Your Shark Footage on the Telly?
• You Can Call Me Ray, ...
• Navy Blasts Whales
• Air Bargains
• Take a Picture, Win a Prize
• Bones of Coral

May, 2001

• Live on the Web
• PNG Coral Bleaching
• Write Your President
• Cozumel, Bali and Bonaire Travel Tips

April, 2001

• Still Diving at 70?
• Targeting Pelicans in Miami
• Head Down Under
• Cozumel, Bali, and Bonaire Travel Tips
• A Good Use for CD's
• Tipping: Inside Scoop?
• Dump Valve Danger in AERIS, Sherwood, and Genesis BCD's
• Caribbean Air Specials
• Join New England Aquarium Experts in the Bahamas
• Divers and Earth Day

March 27, 2001

• Tipping: Inside Scoop?
• Dump Valve Danger in AERIS, Sherwood, and Genesis BCD's
• Caribbean Air Specials
• Join New England Aquarium Experts in the Bahamas
• Divers and Earth Day
• Thirty Days of Fame
• Galapagos Trip
• Atomic Recall
• Wakatobi Made Easy
• Cozumel on the Cheap
• Going abroad?
• Information, Please
• The Funnies
  

March 12, 2001

• Thirty Days of Fame
• Galapagos Trip
• Atomic Recall
• Wakatobi Made Easy
• Cozumel on the Cheap
• Going abroad?
• Information, Please
• The Funnies

February, 2001

• Made Your Deposit ...
• No More Jellyfish Stings
• A New Mosquito Repellent?
• Don't Forget
• BC's, Fully Loaded
• Slip in a Disc
• Biting the Hand That Feeds
  

January, 2001

• A Real Page Turner
• Coral Reefs in Danger
• Galapagos Dive Only Trip
• Dangerous Masks
• Cheaper Flights to Turks and Caicos
• Temptation on Ambergris
• Some Notable Diving Fatalities
  

November, 2000

• 528 Page 2001 Travelin' Diver's Chapbook Coming Soon
• Maui Tigers
• Air Aruba Shuts Down
• Cayman Banking Records No Longer So Private
• Don't Let the Flu Ruin Your Diving
• Solomon Troubles Continue
• Don't Wait Too Long to Visit Indonesia's Coral Reefs
• Special Offer to Undercurrent Readers from Ocean Realm
• Holiday Gifts from Undercurrent
  

October, 2000

• Ambergris Recovering Slowly from Hurricane Keith
• Red Sea Dangers*
• Continuing Troubles in the Pacific
• Diving Every State
• DAN and Skin Diver Come Together
  
  

September, 2000

• Keep Away from the Waters of Borneo
• Special Galapagos Live-Aboard Offer for Undercurrent Readers
• Florida Reverses Fish Feeding Ban
• Deeper Problems at ALM Airlines
• Aggressor Fleet Leaves the Solomons
• Easier Frequent Flyer Routes to the Caribbean
• Dramamine Dangerous for Divers
• Recalling Our Recommendation of Provo's Flamingo Divers
  

August, 2000

• Update on Fiji, Solomons and Sipadan
• Shark Fights in Tonga
• Hurricane Forecast: Still not good
• Florida Divers Adrift
• Hurricanes aplenty this year?
• American Airlines discount if you act quickly
• Fiji coup update
• Sipadan hostages still in the Philippines
• Big trouble in the Solomons
• Bonaire's hidden crime
• Dangers Update
• Shark Poaching in Revillagigedos
• Solomon Islands Warning
• Sipadan Abductions Update
• Sipadan Abductions (May 2)
• Some Dive Safety Issues and More
• And a Cheap Dive Light
• Sea & Sea Strobe Recall
• Orca Update