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Caribbean Gulf Diving Report in The Continental USA/Gulf of Mexico
"Great diving but surface swell can be tough"
filed Jul 14, 2025 by Mary K Wicksten (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 18 reports, Contributor )
5 stars

You must reserve a spot on the boat in advance. Weather can be unpredictable. See the website (Texascaribbean.com) for policies about c... ... Read more


Lankayan Island Resort Report in Malaysia/Northeast Borneo
"Beautiful Ending for any Malaysia Trip with Bonus Baby Turtles"
filed Jul 9, 2025 by Laura Todd (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 9 reports, Sr. Reviewer )
3 stars

Lankayan resort is set on boardwalks adjoining the tiny island in a beautiful background of aqua shallows and flowering plants. The 1.... ... Read more Photos available


Bruce Bowker's Carib Inn Report in Bonaire
"Bonaire - super finds and hopefully improving reefs"
filed Jul 6, 2025 by Andrew Bernat (Experience: 501-1000 dives, 19 reports, Contributor )
3 stars

Bonaire isn't what it was when we first went in 1996, but nowhere in the Caribbean is. Our consensus is that the reef conditions are li... ... Read more Photos available


Semporna Macro Critters Report in Malaysia/Semporna
"Who Knew Heaven is a Scruffy Little Town in Borneo?"
filed Jul 6, 2025 by Laura Todd (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 9 reports, Sr. Reviewer )
5 stars

The average diver would descend, have a look at their colleagues scouring the ocean floor and passing rocks and shells to each other an... ... Read more Photos available


Clark's Cay Report in Honduras/Guanaja
"Being lazy on the lazy river at Clark's Cay"
filed Jun 30, 2025 by Jeanne Downey (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 55 reports, Top Contributor )
2 stars

Landed at Roatan Airport, met by Clark’s Cay manager Richard and airport luggage handler Oliver. Once all 17 of us(resort can handle 20... ... Read more Photos available


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Undercurrent subscribers can now download the 2025 Travelin' Diver's Chapbook with 417 reader reports on liveaboards/dive resorts worldwide, or have it emailed to you, here. Additionally subscribers can generate their own Mini Chapbooks here -- non-subscribers can also do this here.

Read these free articles from past issues:

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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