Since 1975, Undercurrent, a nonprofit organization, has published a monthly, subscription-only, ad-free newsletter, with travel reviews -- the good, the bad, and the ugly -- by undercover correspondents, the latest on safety, accidents, and divers deaths (what divers must do to dive safely), equipment issues and problems, and features on tipping protocol ... ensuring ocean rescue ... dive insurance shortcomings ... liability lawsuits ... using that safety sausage properly ... problems with online booking agents ... which resorts and liveaboards fail our standards . . . .everything a serious traveling diver needs to know.

Deadman Diving: Not A Dive Agency Product, 09/2018

It's apparently sweeping across Asia, and ostensibly enjoyed by many Chinese tourists. What is it exactly? Some dive centers give untrained tourists an in-ocean experience by putting them in scuba gear, minus the fins, and have dive guides drag them around underwater. A number of readers wrote to Undercurrent concerned about the risk to both the people and the environment. When questioned, the training agencies remained tight-lipped. You can read about it for free here. ...   Read more >>

Problems with Sherwood Avid BCs Still Continue, 09/2018

Undercurrent has drawn attention to concerns about the safety of the design of the Sherwood Avid BC several times before, but we still get reports of the complete failure of the system that attaches the tank to the diver - with dramatic consequences. We warn unsuspecting users once again. You can read-it-for-free here ...   Read more >>

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Read these free articles from past issues:

• Extreme Courage -- and a Good Nose,
cave divers' amazing rescue of the Wild Boar soccer team, 08/18
• Plastic Packaging And The Diving Industry, 07/18
• Undercurrent Gets An Award, 07/18
• Tulsa Diver Bent In Cozumel Gets An Insurance Shock, 07/18
• MV Belize Aggressor III, Belize, 06/18
• Unvarnished Truth Can Hurt But It's Still the Truth, 06/18
• Oxygen Analyzers - What's New?, 06/18
• “Me Too” in the Diving Industry, 05/18
• Sending Your Sausage Safely, 04/18
• Diving in Lembeh Can Be Infectious!, 04/18
• Did Your Travel Insurance Cough Up When You Needed It?, 03/18
• The Chinchorro Banks, Alor, Belize and Roatan, 02/18
• Get Your Weights Off First, 02/18
• Catastrophe at Cocos Island, 01/18
• How Often Should You Have Your Regulator Serviced?, 01/18
• Plastic is Suffocating the Ocean, 01/18
• Hey divers, don't eat the reef fish, 11/17
• Will your liveaboard's insurance cover your loss?, 11/17
• Okeanos Aggressor II, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, 10/17
• Diving in Freezing Water? U.S. Navy Tests Flunk Some Regulators, 10/17

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