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For Subscriber David Denson Whiteside (with username 'dwhitesi' exp: 2024-08-20', at dwhite95815@hotmail.com )
June 15, 2016
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Island Dreams Travel has been serving serious dive travelers since 1987, and to highlight their 30-years of service, owner Ken Knezick is offering Undercurrent readers a $100 discount off new bookings on any group tour through 2018. Upcoming Island Dreams scuba tours include Cuba, the Sea of Cortez, the Maldives, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Costa Rica. Emphasizing safety, satisfaction, and fun – and of course great diving -- they often book the entire resort or liveaboard and always ensure a great trip. You’ll find schedules, trips and pricing at www.divetrip.com or call 1-800-346-6116. To receive your Undercurrent $100 discount, mention Undercurrent when you sign up.

In the issue we sent last week, we reported on a couple who arrived in Galapagos only to find that the liveaboard for which they had prepaid their reservation had cancelled the trip and they were not informed. Did they receive proper compensation for their disastrous journey? We need your opinion. Click here to bring up the article and to cast your vote. – the link to vote is at the end of the article.

While federal law requires six-pack rings to be 100 percent photodegradable, they entrap fish, turtles, and seabirds. A small brewery at Delray Beach FL has developed an edible six-pack ring made from barley and wheat remnants left over from the brewing process. The Saltwater Brewery hopes that its edible packaging will influence change in the brewing world by feeding the marine life rather than doing it harm.

Join the nonprofit Turtle Island Restoration Network aboard the Sea Hunter for Cocos Island diving expedition to aid a scientific study to protect sea turtles and sharks. You'll help catch and tag turtles, count sharks, and deploy an underwater listening device, while enjoying more than 20 dives. The date is August 19-31. The price: $7,375 and much of it may be tax-deductible. Mention Undercurrent when you sign up and receive a free rash guard and a raffle ticket worth $100 for a 1 in 100 chance to win a spot aboard a future trip. Visit www.SeaTurtles.org/expeditions or contact info@seaturtles.org

The owners of the Nautilus Resort in Kosrae, Micronesia, say they are well on the way to reaching their goal of selling a minimum of 50,000 raffle tickets at $49 each by 26th July. So far they’ve sold tickets in around 100 countries. The lucky winner gets to own the resort! www.wintheislandestates.com

Olivia Ku was a successful model and accomplished scuba diver, but she died during an underwater modeling assignment in Taiwan. Was she an asthmatic not medically suited to be diving or did something else go wrong? See what we have to say in the July issue of Undercurrent.

Have you checked our Facebook page? You’ll find lots of interesting items, such as Evan Sherman’s amazingly beautiful short video The Not So Silent World. This Seasick Production uses macro photography in a way you’ve never seen before. It’s stunning! www.facebook.com/Undercurrent.org

A diver was killed by a shark off the coast of Western Australia, in a second incident in less than a week. A 60-year-old woman died from severe injuries while scuba diving near Perth. Fishermen who rescued the diver’s buddy say the shark was longer than their 17-foot boat. A surfer had died from his injuries after being bitten by a shark 60 miles to the south, five days earlier.

We’re already gearing up for the 2017 edition of the Travelin’ Diver’s Chapbook, so we need your reports to make it even better than last year’s. Send us reviews of dive operators, liveaboards, and resorts you’ve dived since November by filling out our online form. You can also follow the link “File a Report” on the left side of our homepage at www.undercurrent.org Or after logging in, follow the “Reader Report” link in the top navigation bar.

It might be global warming or it might be a cyclical El Niño effect to blame, but worldwide, corals are bleaching. Authorities in Thailand have shut down ten popular diving sites, stretching from Rayong province in the east down to Satun in the far south, in a bid to let the corals recover after a survey found bleaching of up to 80 per cent of some reefs. Read our story in July.

Raja Ampat: Possibly the best diving in the World? . . . The magic of the mantis shrimp . . . Motive power for divers. . . Booming cephalopod populations . . . Maui. Why so many shark attacks? . . . A new slant on DVT . . . and much, much more.

Ben Davison, editor/publisher
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If you’re trying to plan where to go on your next dive trip, you can find lots of articles and reader reports on our website from our Dive Destination Guides and Reader Reports sections. But did you know how to compile a collection of reader reports of only what you’re interested in? As a subscriber, our Mini Chapbook facility allows you to easily do just that – just select your destination country and fine tune the reports you’re interested in, e.g. land-based or liveaboard, area, dive operator, years, … You’ll then have all the reader reports in one place, to view directly on the screen or optionally as a pdf to download. It’s fast, simple, and a good way to see all the latest reports we have.

Dave Eagleray, webmaster
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