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March 2023    Download the Entire Issue (PDF) Vol. 49, No. 3   RSS Feed for Undercurrent Issues
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Surviving a Liveaboard Emergency

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Unlike overnighting in a hotel, when you wake up in the morning on a liveaboard dive boat, you won't be where you were when you fell asleep. Even a securely anchored boat may have changed position significantly due to tidal flow, rough seas, or high winds.

Add to that the risk of fire (very frightening since there is no escape) or that liveaboards commonly anchor or moor near hazards such as rocks or reefs (where every marine chart warns mariners to stay well clear), and it's not surprising that accidents happen, and mainly after dark....


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