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Whether you're in search of the best dive operation in Cozumel, looking for a live-aboard in Indonesia or Fiji, or news about a dive computer recall, you're in the market for scuba diving information that's independent, authoritative, and easy to find. Published continuously since 1975, we're the source that serious divers have always trusted. Read more

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Editor's Pick of the month

Tropical Ice

Written by Undercurrent's publisher Ben Davison (writing as KL Smith) and set in Belize, Tropical Ice is a story of shark-finning and reef-raping, murder and politics, on an industrial scale, with plenty of diving.

It all takes place at Cap'n Jack's Rum Caye Dive Resort, where Jack's trying to save his failing resort with shark-feeding dives, until a body turns up in the damnedest place.

Tropical Ice is available online from Amazon in paperback or Kindle, and in bookstores.

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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.

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Latest Reader Reports from the serious divers who read Undercurrent	All 10,000+ Reports
Emperor Explorer Report in Maldives/Gan to Koodhoo *"Sharky Maldives"* filed Mar 6, 2026 by Jeanne Downey* (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 57 reports, Top Contributor )*
This was my husband’s and my third trip to the Maldives; previously we dived the central islands. The southern portion is best dived du... ... Read more
Ovean Divers/Conrad Rangali Report in Maldives/South Ari atoll *"Great Manta encounters at South Ari atoll resort"* filed Mar 6, 2026 by Graham McGregor* (Experience: 501-1000 dives, 44 reports, Top Contributor )*
This was my 7th stay at Conrad Rangali and I managed to get 17 dives. Virtually all the dives were close to the resort on the Rangali R... ... Read more
Living Underwater/Mi casa en Cozumel Report in Cozumel and the Mexican Yucatan/Cozumel *"Another outstanding day with Living Underwater"* filed Mar 5, 2026 by Harold L Fenner Jr* (Experience: 501-1000 dives, 14 reports, Contributor )*
Short trip to get gear serviced by Javier at Cozumel Scuba Repair allowed me one day of diving with Jeremy and his superb crew: captain... ... Read more
Thailand Master Report in Myanmar/Burma *"Great for corals, smalls critters and schools of small to medium fish"* filed Mar 4, 2026 by Garry Wade Klein* (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 4 reports, Reviewer )*
[The U.S. and Europe have placed Burma on the DO NOT TRAVEL List. In the 10 days there, I saw no evidence of turmoil in the Mergui Arc... ... Read more
Belize Aggressor III Report in Belize/Turneffe and Ligfhthouse reefs *"Another great trip even with some harsh weather"* filed Mar 4, 2026 by Mary McCombie* (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 31 reports, Top Contributor )*
This was my third trip on the BAIII and I'm a fan of the all-Belizean crew, the comfortable dive deck, and the delicious food. When I e... ... Read more

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Read these free articles from past issues:

• Bora Bora - diving in French Polynesia, 10/25
• A SIPE incident hits the news again, 10/25
• Safety issues plague Egyptian Red Sea liveaboards, 10/25
• A Circus Shark Tamer or Conservationist?, 09/25
• Not Yet Plain Sailing for the SS United States, 09/25
• Stingy Operators, Runny Noses, Credit Card Theft, 08/25
• New Technology to Track Divers, 08/25
• The value of using a travel agent, 07/25
• Flotsam & Jetsam, 07/25
• The Avelo System Reviewed in Depth, 06/25
• The Call for Regulation of Liveaboards, 05/25
• Tariffs and Scuba Gear , 05/25
• That Diver's Medical Form, 03/25
• Fifteen Years Ago Cocos Island Swarmed with Turtles. Why Have Many Disappeared?, 02/25
• Held Hostage Until Signing a Liability Waiver, 02/25
• LiPo bags halt battery fires, 10/24
• It takes hope to save yourself, 10/24
• Does Renting Gear Save Travel Hassle?, 08/24
• Having Fun with Artificial Intelligence, 07/24
• Diving from the BVI Aggressor in the British Virgin Islands, 06/24
• How should we tip the dive crew?, 04/24
• Should I Insure Old Scuba Gear?, 03/24
• What's happening with liveaboards?, 02/24
• Scorkl - Why divers see its potential danger, 01/24
• A stroke while diving is serious, 01/24
• Emergency evacuation from the Revillagigedo islands, 01/24
• Liveaboards: Fertile Ground for COVID, 11/23
• Divers of a Certain Age, 11/23
• With MY. Bilikiki in the South Pacific's Solomon Islands, 10/23
• Cayman, Maui, Raja Ampat, Texas - reader's report, 09/23
• Guadalupe island closure cost big money, 08/23

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