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Diving Health & Safety Articles
Diving health & safety articles from the last 5 years' issues of Undercurrent
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Most articles from 2021 and on are only available in full to Online Members.
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Bends, DCS (Decompression Sickness), Embolism
For Undercurrent Online
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An Encounter with SIPE, 9/23 |
It's Not Always the Bends, 3/23 |
Don't Let Bonaire's Easy Diving Fool You, 1/23 |
Anyone Can Get Bent, So Get Insured, 1/23 |
We Asked: Do You Download Your Dives?, the digital revolution is big in scuba, 8/22 |
Decompression Stops: What We Don’t Know, it’s still an imprecise science, 7/22 |
PFO – That Perfectly Formed Hole, your heart and DCS, 11/21 |
Covid Patients are Filling Hyperbaric Facilities, 9/21 |
Understand Your Diving Computer, a Galapagos diving incident, 9/21 |
Is Your Computer Too Conservative? Not On Your Life!, 9/21 |
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Is it Bad News for Divers Who Suffer COVID-19?, could the effects have contraindications for diving?, 5/20 |
Don’t Free-Dive During the Surface Interval, 9/19 |
For Some Divers, Waiting Only 24 Hours before Flying Is Not Enough Time, 8/19 |
What’s Your Real Risk of a Diving Death?, the ratios versus the reality of “what happens if . . .”, 6/19 |
Helium Is Now Harder to Get, 6/19 |
The Real-Time Data Every Dive Computer Should Have, 5/19 |
Don’t Ignore that Dive Injury, beware if you or the crew say no to medical assistance, 5/19 |
Old Dive Computers, Odd Treatment: Letters to the Editor, 4/19 |
The Fatal Effects of “Rapture of the Deep”, and how drugs and reluctant divemasters may play a big part, 3/19 |
Bad Stories about the Bends, how hospital protocol and a boat crew nearly killed divers, 3/19 |
Is Menopause a Cause of the Bends?, 3/19 |
Is Your Old Computer Still Safe?, how to determine whether it’s time for an update, 3/19 |
Your Next Dive Safety Device Might Be . . . an Underwater Tent?, 3/19 |
Why Even Air-Breathing Divers Should Analyze Their Tanks, 10/18 |
Tulsa Diver Bent in Cozumel Gets Insurance Shock, 7/18 |
Diving Computer Algorithms Are Important, and you should be on the same page as your buddy, 6/18 |
Diving Gear to Stand Well Clear Of!, 4/18 |
Suunto/Aqualung Computer Lawsuit Continues, 4/18 |
Get Bent and Who is at Fault?, 2/18 |
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Diving Accidents & Incidents
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An Encounter with SIPE, 9/23 |
Key West Dive Instructor Disappears, 9/23 |
Four Divers in North Carolina Rescued Far at Sea, 9/23 |
The Dive - 90 Minutes on Amazon with 22 Minutes of Air, 9/23 |
The Deadly MY Hurricane Fire, yet another liveaboard tragedy, 8/23 |
When a Dive Guide is Wrong Make Sure Your Weight Belt is Not Impeded, 8/23 |
The Deepest Breath, a great documentary but it all ends in death, 8/23 |
Reflections on the Philippines Capsizing. Carrying Four Divers to the Depths, 7/23 |
Don't Snorkel with a Saltie, 7/23 |
Carlton Queen Capsizes in the Red Sea, what happened next, 7/23 |
A Serious Shark Bite After the Dive Ended, 7/23 |
Legal Remedies for Overseas Injuries Unlikely, 7/23 |
Are You Safe on a Liveaboard?, Not all liveaboards show adequate concern for your safety., 5/23 |
Two Liveaboards Capsize and Sink in April, 5/23 |
A Unique and Serious Injury at Ramon's in Belize , a tough fight for compensation in another country, 5/23 |
What’s Going on in Chuuk Lagoon?, 4/23 |
Punishment Abroad for Training Deaths, but it will never happen here, 4/23 |
Free Diver Pipin Sues Netflix for Defamation, 4/23 |
Surviving a Liveaboard Emergency, 3/23 |
PADI Pays Up After a Training Death, It's settled, but expect no public insight about PADI, 3/23 |
Insurance Claim Denied, But I'm a New Person, 3/23 |
Another Cozumel Propeller Accident , 2/23 |
Lost and Found - How Lucky He Is , 2/23 |
Cozumel Diver Disappears from Surface , what you need to know about down currents, 2/23 |
And Don't Forget about RipTides , 2/23 |
Red Sea Liveaboard Smacks into a Reef at Night , Are liveaboards getting reckless?, 2/23 |
Malta Dive Accident Ruled Involuntary Homicide, CCR and traditional SCUBA do not mix, 1/23 |
Conception Deaths Spark New Owner Liability Law, 1/23 |
Conception I-Phone Video, trapped below deck, divers sought a way out, 1/23 |
Stay Away from Those Propellers: The Most Dangerous Thing You Meet is a Boat, 11/22 |
Unsafe at Any Depth?, 11/22 |
Instructor Killed by Blasted Tank Valve, 11/22 |
Lack of Progress in Implementing Conception Safety Recommendations, 10/22 |
The Short Cut Mentality in Divers, a road to disaster, 10/22 |
Diving Instructor Arrested, 10/22 |
Mother and Her Sons Get Left at the Surface, 10/22 |
Unexplained Snorkel Deaths in Hawaii, the same issue for scuba divers, 9/22 |
How Safe Are You From Fire?, lessons from the Allegro Cozumel Hotel fire, 9/22 |
Diving Accident Stats are "Inaccurate ... Manipulated ... Misrepresented", 8/22 |
Never Forget: Let Your BC Find the Surface, 8/22 |
PADI Responds to Cancun Diver Fatalities, 8/22 |
The Perils of Coral Cuts in Tropical Climates, 7/22 |
Nobody Gets Away Scot Free, diving death shuts down dive operator decades later, 7/22 |
The Yucatan Stonewalls its Diving Deaths, and the streets can be dangerous, 7/22 |
An Opinion about Liveaboard Safety, who’s driving the boat while you sleep?, 7/22 |
Scuba Scene – Another Liveaboard Burns, with conflicting perceptions of the aftermath, 6/22 |
Have Dive Accidents and Fatalities Increased?, 6/22 |
In One Month, Five Divers Have Died in Florida, 4/22 |
Diving With Grim Purpose (continued), 4/22 |
Sydney Shark Kills Swimming PADI Instructor, 4/22 |
Boy Dies When Trainee Divers Go Missing, 4/22 |
Cancun Dive Boat Propellers Kill Two American Divers, 3/22 |
That Snorkel Can Save Your Life, 2/22 |
Conception Tragedy Leads to New Safety Rules, 2/22 |
The Rescue – Unmissable, 2/22 |
IPE and Why It’s Good to Feel the Need to Pee, a cause of fatality that often gets overlooked, 1/22 |
Diving with a Grim Purpose, 1/22 |
Anything It Takes to Get My Shot, 11/21 |
Wearing Fins on Deck Proves Fatal , and the British boat captain is found liable, 10/21 |
Put Your Fins On Last and Avoid Taking a Tumble , 10/21 |
Freak Needlefish Accident , 10/21 |
The Risk of Selling Second-hand Dive Gear, 7/21 |
The Tragic, Unnecessary Death of an AOW Trainee, is it time to rethink regulating dive instruction?, 7/21 |
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Have You Ever Surfaced and Been Lost?, sensible divers take steps to avoid it, 5/20 |
Florida Dive Boat Prop Kills Diver, 4/20 |
Why You Need Medical Evacuation Insurance, 3/20 |
Two Shark Attacks on Divers, you can be unlucky or very unlucky, 3/20 |
The Death of an Insured Diver, and why his wife could not collect, 3/20 |
When Dive Gear Evidence Goes Missing, 2/20 |
That Weight Belt Can Kill You, 2/20 |
The Conception had been Exempted from USCG Fire Safety Standards, 2/20 |
A Template for Liveaboard Safety Precautions, From the Undersea Hunter fleet, 2/20 |
The Ins and Outs of Trip Insurance, if you’re over 70, DAN think you’re too old for coverage, 2/20 |
Lawsuit over Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Sting, 2/20 |
A Chance to Get Shark Bytes at Half Price, 2/20 |
A Row Erupts Over a Great White Shark’s Death, 1/20 |
Harrowing Tales from the Red Sea Aggressor I Fire, errors led to the disaster and post-disaster mismanagement, 1/20 |
U.S. Coast Guard Regulations under Criticism in Wake of the Conception Tragedy, 1/20 |
Parents Sue PADI over the Death of Their 13-Year-Old Son, 11/19 |
Failing to Turn Your Tank On All the Way Is “Simply Stupid”, 11/19 |
The Potential of a Liveaboard Fire, how to protect yourself, 11/19 |
American Diver Dies in Red Sea Aggressor I Fire, 11/19 |
Advances in Integrated-Weight Systems, 10/19 |
The Tragic Tale of the Conception Fire, the cause remains unknown, 10/19 |
Dive Vessel Inspections: Not All Insured Liveaboards Have Been Thoroughly Checked, 10/19 |
Don’t Free-Dive During the Surface Interval, 9/19 |
Recent Deaths Highlight the Risks for Older Divers, 9/19 |
A Tragic Accident Brings a Reminder for Safe Travel, 8/19 |
Beware of False Prophets on Your Dive Trips, instructors and other experts are not always right, 8/19 |
How Good Are You at Knowing if a Diver Is Drowning?, 8/19 |
Murder, Bombing and Mass Destruction in Sabah, an illegal fishing method becomes a deadly diving hazard, 8/19 |
When That Dive Training Came In Handy, letters from readers about how they handled diving crises, 8/19 |
After Drifting for Eight Hours, “I’m Just Glad I’m Alive, 7/19 |
Can You Handle A Crisis Underwater?, or are you toast if something unexpected happens?, 7/19 |
Killed by Sharks While Snorkeling with Pigs, 7/19 |
What’s Your Real Risk of a Diving Death?, the ratios versus the reality of “what happens if . . .”, 6/19 |
He Was 330 Feet Deep Without Anything to Breathe -- and Survived, 6/19 |
Yes, Sport Divers Get PTSD, Too, here’s how to determine whether you’re in that bunch, 5/19 |
Even Royal Family Members Are Dive Fatalities, 5/19 |
Snorkeler Gets Swallowed by a Whale, 5/19 |
Your Letters to the Editor, health hazards, airline issues and divemasters’ responsibilities, 5/19 |
Trinidad Diver Survives a 44-Mile Swim, 5/19 |
Lessons from My Wife’s Snorkeling Death, and why I suspect her mask as the culprit, 4/19 |
Maybe This Is the Reason Why His Wife Drowned, 4/19 |
A Catastrophic Regulator Failure, don’t hold your breath if you have one (I’m serious), 4/19 |
The Fatal Effects of “Rapture of the Deep”, and how drugs and reluctant divemasters may play a big part, 3/19 |
Bad Stories about the Bends, how hospital protocol and a boat crew nearly killed divers, 3/19 |
Why Divers Die: Part II, boat engines, unfamiliar dive gear and hyperhydration, 2/19 |
Discover Scuba Diving Is Deadly, two more fatalities - one being a 13-year-old boy, 2/19 |
Our Shocked and Appalled Readers, last month’s stories that made you write letters to us, 2/19 |
Another Good Story about that Epic Thai Cave Dive Rescue, 1/19 |
“I Very Quickly Realized It Was a Crocodile”, 1/19 |
Why Divers Die: Part I, being lazy, getting fat and succumbing to panic are big factors, 1/19 |
Wreck Diving for Beginners, should a teenager with four dives really be visiting Chuuk?, 1/19 |
Sinister Circumstances Surround this Diver’s Death, 11/18 |
A Tough Lesson to Learn from a Dive Tragedy, 11/18 |
How Did This Diver’s Wife Die?, the computer and scuba gear make the husband look guilty as sin, 11/18 |
Was There a Cover-Up in This Diver’s Death?, many questions about search-and-rescue efforts for Rob Stewart, 10/18 |
Problems with Sherwood Avid BCs Still Continue, 9/18 |
You? Run Out of Air? Impossible . . . Right?, what about your buddy? How to be prepared for the last gasp, 8/18 |
Extreme Courage -- and a Good Nose, cave divers’ amazing rescue of the Wild Boar soccer team, 8/18 |
How Did the Maker of Sharkwater Die?, 8/18 |
Buoyancy Cell Failure Causes Diver Fatality, 7/18 |
Tulsa Diver Bent in Cozumel Gets Insurance Shock, 7/18 |
Discover Scuba Diving Course Leads to Fatality, a single instructor is not enough, 7/18 |
Reminiscing about Being Adrift at Sea, two divers lucky to have made it, 7/18 |
More Tiger Trouble in Cocos, getting to grips with a troublesome shark, 6/18 |
Still Trouble with Full-Face Snorkeling Masks? A Retired Mares Dealer Makes His Reservations Clear, 5/18 |
A Real Advanced Open Water Class, 5/18 |
No Safety Sausage? Toss Water!, 5/18 |
Things Are Not Always As They Seem, especially to an ill-informed passing boater, 5/18 |
Solutions for Rescue When Lost at Sea, they are not as simple as you might presume, 4/18 |
False Liability Release Answers May Have Cost a Widow Dearly, 4/18 |
Mares Tests Full-Face Snorkeling Masks in the Light of Snorkeling Deaths, 4/18 |
If Attacked, You’re Not Just a Shark Attack Statistic!, 3/18 |
75 Hours Afloat At Sea and Survived!, an unplanned feat of endurance and lessons learned, 3/18 |
Get Your Weights Off First!, 3/18 |
Divers Adrift Eight Hours in the Philippines, 2/18 |
Rebreathers: What Every Scuba Diver Needs to Know, and know about the diver next to you using one, 2/18 |
The Most Dangerous Thing You’ll Meet Underwater? Your Boat’s Propeller, 2/18 |
Cozumel Dive Boat Sinks, 2/18 |
Get Your Weights Off First!, 2/18 |
Panic Kills Too Many Divers, be aware that loss of control is a killer, 2/18 |
Misfortune Follows the Siren Fleet, is there something inherently wrong?, 1/18 |
Wooden Hulls, Tumble Dryers and Single Engines, 1/18 |
Don’t Skimp on the Oxygen, 1/18 |
Catastrophe at Cocos Island, Costa Rica, a diver is killed in a tiger shark attack, 1/18 |
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Medical Studies & Other Afflications
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How Strong is Your Heart?, 7/23 |
Insurance Claim Denied, But I'm a New Person, 3/23 |
Don't Let Bonaire's Easy Diving Fool You, 1/23 |
Hydration, Diving, and SIPE, the Killer, when too much water is a danger, 11/22 |
The Short Cut Mentality in Divers, a road to disaster, 10/22 |
Unexplained Snorkel Deaths in Hawaii, the same issue for scuba divers, 9/22 |
SIPE - Be Aware of the Symptoms, 9/22 |
Diving Accident Stats are "Inaccurate ... Manipulated ... Misrepresented", 8/22 |
Decompression Stops: What We Don’t Know, it’s still an imprecise science, 7/22 |
Have Dive Accidents and Fatalities Increased?, 6/22 |
More on PFO, “That Perfectly Formed Hole”, 2/22 |
IPE and Why It’s Good to Feel the Need to Pee, a cause of fatality that often gets overlooked, 1/22 |
PFO – That Perfectly Formed Hole, your heart and DCS, 11/21 |
Be Concerned About the Guy Across the Aisle , 10/21 |
Covid Patients are Filling Hyperbaric Facilities, 9/21 |
Back in the Water Again, and a look at the options for dive travel, 7/21 |
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Diver and Instructor Fitness, 5/20 |
Shark-Free Fish ’n Chips, 5/20 |
Is it Bad News for Divers Who Suffer COVID-19?, could the effects have contraindications for diving?, 5/20 |
The Excess Weight We Carry, should dive operators reject high BMI, plus-size divers?, 3/20 |
That Weight Belt Can Kill You, 2/20 |
Head/Mares Discovers the Reason for Full Face Mask Deaths, 1/20 |
Recent Deaths Highlight the Risks for Older Divers, 9/19 |
Diver Uses Nasal Spray to Clear His Ears While Underwater: Is That Smart?, 8/19 |
For Some Divers, Waiting Only 24 Hours before Flying Is Not Enough Time, 8/19 |
Why You May Be Experiencing “Oxygen Ear”, 7/19 |
The Real-Time Data Every Dive Computer Should Have, 5/19 |
Don’t Ignore that Dive Injury, beware if you or the crew say no to medical assistance, 5/19 |
Maybe This Is the Reason Why His Wife Drowned, 4/19 |
Is Menopause a Cause of the Bends?, 3/19 |
Why Divers Die: Part II, boat engines, unfamiliar dive gear and hyperhydration, 2/19 |
The Divers Most At Risk for Heart Attacks, 9/18 |
Fitness, Diving and Dehydration, how not to mix these three things in the wrong combination, 9/18 |
A DAN Survey on Diver Fitness: Is Your Liver as Healthy as your Heart and Lungs?, 6/18 |
Scuba Diving Can Be Hazardous to Your Health, the unseen enemy but just as deadly, 6/18 |
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Diving Diseases & Drugs
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Don't Ignore it My Friends: COVID Preys on Traveling Divers, 9/22 |
Traveling Divers are Quarantined, and yet, no COVID testing is allowed, 2/22 |
Another COVID on Liveaboard Story: Hope for the Best and be Prepared for the Worst, 1/22 |
The Ugly American Unmasked, on divers respecting and protecting others, 11/21 |
Vaccinated and Wonder If it’s Safe to Travel?, risks to consider and mitigate, 9/21 |
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Is it Bad News for Divers Who Suffer COVID-19?, could the effects have contraindications for diving?, 5/20 |
Stranded in Honduras: Our Utila Escape, how two American divers struggled to get home, 4/20 |
Diving, Travel, Coronavirus, Chaos, What’s happening to the traveling diver and our destinations?, 4/20 |
Avoiding Any Infections from Scuba Equipment, are you confident your regulator remains pathogen-free?, 4/20 |
Don’t Worry about Coronavirus in Your Scuba Tank, 4/20 |
Coronavirus – Will it Affect Your Dive Travel Plans?, some thoughts to help you decide whether to embark, 3/20 |
The Best Traveler’s Diarrhea Drug, unaffordable in the U.S. so turn to Canada, 2/20 |
Diving and Hepatitis C: Know the Facts, 2/18 |
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Stings, Burns & Other Nuisances
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Diving Practices
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Four Divers in North Carolina Rescued Far at Sea, 9/23 |
When a Dive Guide is Wrong Make Sure Your Weight Belt is Not Impeded, 8/23 |
It's Not Always the Bends, 3/23 |
Another Cozumel Propeller Accident , 2/23 |
Lost and Found - How Lucky He Is , 2/23 |
Cozumel Diver Disappears from Surface , what you need to know about down currents, 2/23 |
And Don't Forget about RipTides , 2/23 |
Avatars' Actors' Amazing Breath Holding Skills, 1/23 |
The Short Cut Mentality in Divers, a road to disaster, 10/22 |
SIPE - Be Aware of the Symptoms, 9/22 |
Common Sunscreens Can Damage Marine Life (and You Too), 8/22 |
We Asked: Do You Download Your Dives?, the digital revolution is big in scuba, 8/22 |
Never Forget: Let Your BC Find the Surface, 8/22 |
Don't Be Reluctant to Use Air: It's What We Did When That's All We Had, 8/22 |
Overtaken by the Race for Certification or Age?, some very experienced divers may be turned away, 6/22 |
Are All Diving Instructors Up to The Job?, what works in the book may be unsafe in the water, 4/22 |
That Snorkel Can Save Your Life, 2/22 |
Do You Use a Backup Computer, Part II, only your computers count, 2/22 |
Put Your Fins On Last and Avoid Taking a Tumble , 10/21 |
Covid Patients are Filling Hyperbaric Facilities, 9/21 |
Understand Your Diving Computer, a Galapagos diving incident, 9/21 |
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Diver and Instructor Fitness, 5/20 |
Those Full-face Snorkeling Masks – More to the Story, 3/20 |
Full-Face Flop, 10/19 |
Diver Uses Nasal Spray to Clear His Ears While Underwater: Is That Smart?, 8/19 |
When That Dive Training Came In Handy, letters from readers about how they handled diving crises, 8/19 |
Can You Handle A Crisis Underwater?, or are you toast if something unexpected happens?, 7/19 |
There’s an Easier Way to Dump Air from Your BC, 5/19 |
Technical Diving: Is It For You?, “nobody had any problems using air at 180 feet”, 4/19 |
Sidemount Diving: Take that Weight off Your Back, 4/19 |
Should You Let the “Dentists of the Sea” Clean Your Teeth?, 3/19 |
A Huge Great White Shark Controversy, what’s the difference between advocacy and self-promotion?, 2/19 |
New Zealand Just Banned Cage Diving with Sharks, 2/19 |
Discover Scuba Diving Is Deadly, two more fatalities - one being a 13-year-old boy, 2/19 |
Reef Safe Sunscreen Isn’t Safe -- And Its Maker Doesn’t Care, 2/19 |
Why Divers Die: Part I, being lazy, getting fat and succumbing to panic are big factors, 1/19 |
Is This Diver Carrying too Much Weight?, 11/18 |
Don’t Bust Your Ears, 11/18 |
Part II: The Ups and Downs of Ocean Currents, how to enjoy diving -- and avoid getting lost -- in them, 11/18 |
Some Divers Really Need to Drop a Few Pounds, 10/18 |
Why Even Air-Breathing Divers Should Analyze Their Tanks, 10/18 |
Is Your Mouthpiece Causing You Pain?, 9/18 |
Shore Diving Is Not for Everyone, 8/18 |
You? Run Out of Air? Impossible . . . Right?, what about your buddy? How to be prepared for the last gasp, 8/18 |
Discover Scuba Diving Course Leads to Fatality, a single instructor is not enough, 7/18 |
When Sport Divers Meet Spearfishers, 6/18 |
Diving Computer Algorithms Are Important, and you should be on the same page as your buddy, 6/18 |
Dwindling Dive Stores, 5/18 |
Sending Your Sausage Safely, letting them know where you are before you surface, 4/18 |
A Safety Sausage Can Save Your Life, 4/18 |
Get Your Weights Off First!, 2/18 |
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Dive Travel
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Divers of a Certain Age: Part I, The Freedom to Dive, 9/23 |
Reflections on the Philippines Capsizing. Carrying Four Divers to the Depths, 7/23 |
Carlton Queen Capsizes in the Red Sea, what happened next, 7/23 |
What’s Going on in Chuuk Lagoon?, 4/23 |
Surviving a Liveaboard Emergency, 3/23 |
Mexico Closes Down Great White Shark Cage Diving , and there are questions why, 2/23 |
Carbon Monoxide is a Killer, 11/22 |
Equipment Checks to Prepare for Diving, 11/22 |
Lack of Progress in Implementing Conception Safety Recommendations, 10/22 |
Don't Ignore it My Friends: COVID Preys on Traveling Divers, 9/22 |
How Safe Are You From Fire?, lessons from the Allegro Cozumel Hotel fire, 9/22 |
The Perils of Travel Remain in the Time of COVID, a cautionary tale of our times, 8/22 |
Scuba Scene – Another Liveaboard Burns, with conflicting perceptions of the aftermath, 6/22 |
Country COVID Entry Rules, 3/22 |
Conception Tragedy Leads to New Safety Rules, 2/22 |
Traveling Divers are Quarantined, and yet, no COVID testing is allowed, 2/22 |
Another COVID on Liveaboard Story: Hope for the Best and be Prepared for the Worst, 1/22 |
Dive Travel in the Time of Coronavirus, when the passengers and crew test positive, 11/21 |
The Ugly American Unmasked, on divers respecting and protecting others, 11/21 |
Be Concerned About the Guy Across the Aisle , 10/21 |
Vaccinated and Wonder If it’s Safe to Travel?, risks to consider and mitigate, 9/21 |
The Loss of a Diving Icon, 9/21 |
Back in the Water Again, and a look at the options for dive travel, 7/21 |
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Can You Trust Your Dive Guide?, are they as careful and responsible as they should be?, 5/20 |
Stranded in Honduras: Our Utila Escape, how two American divers struggled to get home, 4/20 |
Diving, Travel, Coronavirus, Chaos, What’s happening to the traveling diver and our destinations?, 4/20 |
Coronavirus – Will it Affect Your Dive Travel Plans?, some thoughts to help you decide whether to embark, 3/20 |
When Your Cabin Mate Gets Sick, can you count on the crew to help you avoid contagion?, 2/20 |
The Best Traveler’s Diarrhea Drug, unaffordable in the U.S. so turn to Canada, 2/20 |
A Template for Liveaboard Safety Precautions, From the Undersea Hunter fleet, 2/20 |
Lithium-ion Battery Safety: Industry Experts Give Their Points of View, 1/20 |
U.S. Coast Guard Regulations under Criticism in Wake of the Conception Tragedy, 1/20 |
Are Those Bedbugs in Your Dive Gear?, 2/19 |
Discover Scuba Diving Is Deadly, two more fatalities - one being a 13-year-old boy, 2/19 |
Confused about Lithium Batteries?, 1/19 |
Pirates of Papua New Guinea, 10/18 |
Unvarnished Truth Can Hurt But It’s Still the Truth, 6/18 |
Diving in Lembeh Can Be Infectious!, 4/18 |
Solutions for Rescue When Lost at Sea, they are not as simple as you might presume, 4/18 |
More Views on AOW Certifications, get the cert, save the grief!, 4/18 |
Misfortune Follows the Siren Fleet, is there something inherently wrong?, 1/18 |
Wooden Hulls, Tumble Dryers and Single Engines, 1/18 |
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Other Dangers in Diving
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Be Wary of Drug-Crazed Sharks?, 8/23 |
Don't Snorkel with a Saltie, 7/23 |
Are You Safe on a Liveaboard?, Not all liveaboards show adequate concern for your safety., 5/23 |
Full-face Snorkeling Mask Implicated Again, 5/23 |
We Can Only Dream About Petit Mustique, Or can we?, 5/23 |
Should Divers Fear an Orca?, 4/23 |
A Painful Ear Infection from Polluted Indonesian Seas , 2/23 |
Red Sea Liveaboard Smacks into a Reef at Night , Are liveaboards getting reckless?, 2/23 |
Socorro Aggressor Fails the Test, dumped at last from the Aggressor Fleet, 1/23 |
Carbon Monoxide is a Killer, 11/22 |
When You're Adrift in the Sea, a personal locator beacon will save your bacon, 11/22 |
Mother and Her Sons Get Left at the Surface, 10/22 |
How to Avoid a Shark Attack, 9/22 |
An Important Advance for Closed-Circuit Divers, 8/22 |
Nothing But Bad Luck, 7/22 |
The Yucatan Stonewalls its Diving Deaths, and the streets can be dangerous, 7/22 |
An Opinion about Liveaboard Safety, who’s driving the boat while you sleep?, 7/22 |
The Bicycle Thief, 4/22 |
The GoPro Selfie-Stick as Unwanted Shark Bait, 11/21 |
Freak Needlefish Accident , 10/21 |
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Keeping the Shark Myth Going, 4/20 |
Letters to the Editor: Too Much Weight to Dive?, 4/20 |
Those Full-face Snorkeling Masks – More to the Story, 3/20 |
An Investment for the Gullible, 2/20 |
Sharks are Not Pussycats as Shark Divers Discover, 11/19 |
The Potential of a Liveaboard Fire, how to protect yourself, 11/19 |
New Fire Safety Regulations Coming for US Liveaboards, 11/19 |
Murder, Bombing and Mass Destruction in Sabah, an illegal fishing method becomes a deadly diving hazard, 8/19 |
Flesh-Eating Bacteria Strikes in Florida, 8/19 |
Your Letters to the Editor, health hazards, airline issues and divemasters’ responsibilities, 5/19 |
Do These So-Called Shark Repellants Keep Sharks at Bay?, 3/19 |
Another Good Story about that Epic Thai Cave Dive Rescue, 1/19 |
A Diver Boosts the #MeToo Movement in Egypt, 1/19 |
Why Are Red Sea Sharks Biting More Often?, 1/19 |
Don’t Bust Your Ears, 11/18 |
A Tough Lesson to Learn from a Dive Tragedy, 11/18 |
Part I: The Ups and Downs of Ocean Currents, strategies for surviving them, 10/18 |
Divers and Dolphins: How Much Should They Mix?, 10/18 |
Pirates of the Caribbean, 9/18 |
Help Indonesia Recover from Earthquake Disaster, 9/18 |
Extreme Courage -- and a Good Nose, cave divers’ amazing rescue of the Wild Boar soccer team, 8/18 |
A Caribbean Influx of Deadly Weed, 7/18 |
Do You Want Diving Regulated?, some countries do have statutes, 7/18 |
More Tiger Trouble in Cocos, getting to grips with a troublesome shark, 6/18 |
Your Battery Charger: a Real Risk of Liveaboard Fire, 5/18 |
Still Trouble with Full-Face Snorkeling Masks? A Retired Mares Dealer Makes His Reservations Clear, 5/18 |
Mares Tests Full-Face Snorkeling Masks in the Light of Snorkeling Deaths, 4/18 |
WAOW Liveaboard a Total Loss, 2/18 |
Roatan Park Rangers Face Death Threats, during the fight to preserve the reefs, 2/18 |
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