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.

Why Divers Die: Part II, 02/2019

Last month, Undercurrent dug into annual reports from Divers Alert Network (DAN) and the British Sub-Aqua Club that collect dive accidents and fatalities. The basic factors for many of those: being lazy, becoming obese and succumbing to panic. In this article, we'll look at other reasons why divers die, including heading into running boat propellers, being unfamiliar with the dive gear, and a not-that-well-known health hazard that leads to a quick death by drowning. Read it for free here. ...   Read more >>

Traditional Fins are Making a Comeback, 02/2019

Back in the day, all diving fins were made of hard rubber. There was no choice - thermoplastic technology was in its infancy. Their big advantage was that, apart from the fin straps, they seemed to last forever. Then came lightweight technopolymer fins. Read-the rest for free here. ...   Read more >>

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Read these free articles from past issues:

• What new equipment appeared at the annual Diving Equipment Manufacturers Association (DEMA) show?, 01/19
• Why are divers now getting bitten by sharks in the Red Sea?, 01/19
• Sunset House in Grand Cayman, 11/18
• Read This Before Plugging In, 11/18
• Olympus Dive Center for Sharks and Shipwrecks Galore, 10/18
• Even Air Breathing Divers Should Analyse Their Gas, 10/18
• Deadman Diving: Not A Dive Agency Product, 09/18
• Problems with Sherwood Avid BCs Still Continue, 09/18
• 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

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