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Undercurrent 2012 Table of Contents
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- Topdive, Bora Bora and Rangiroa, French Polynesia, fantastic diving - - if you can afford it
- Cheaper Ways to Dive French Polynesia
- Bonaire, Caymans, China. . ., a dangerous Baja dive shop, and what, no octopus for your buddy?
- Does High-Fat Fast Food Mean a Lower Risk of DCS?
- Scubapro Nixes its “Free Parts for Life” Program
- This Year’s Batch of Dive Gizmos, my picks and pans of the annual DEMA show
- Diver Dies in Sinking Boat Near Key Largo
- Insurance for Your Next Dive Trip, why you probably shouldn’t leave home without it
- A New Lionfish Hazard to Worry About
- The Shark Massacre at Malpelo
- A Brighter Side of Underwater Photography, how Lembeh resorts are turning their guests into better divers
- Showdown in Cabo Pulmo
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- The Red Sea, Egypt, three great dive trips, three prices
- Yes, But Is Egypt Safe?
- Rendezvous Dive Adventures, British Columbia, a laid-back idyll on Vancouver Island for cold-water divers
- Two Letters to the Editors
- Beneath Cold Seas
- Dive Stores in the Internet Age, survival means better local service
- Did This Divemaster Commit Suicide, or Was She Silenced?
- Raja Ampat Liveaboard Goes Down in Flames
- Still Unclear How Key Largo’s Get Wet Got Wet
- A Computer for Non-Techie Divers, the $350 Cressi Leonardo
- How Divers Can Give Back: Part I, and your dive trip may be tax deductible
- Loving the Chambered Nautilus to Death
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- Solmar V, Baja California, Mexico, a 24-hour steam to wild diving at the Socorros
- Manslaughter in Australia, An Acquittal in Alabama
- Kerama Islands, Japan, exotic, challenging dives between Okinawa and Taiwan
- Thumbs Down: DiveNav’s Fake Nitrox Class
- Cape Eleuthera, Fiji, Maui, Mexico, two more Baja boats, a new dive shop, and a great night dive
- A Trip Insurance Update
- The “Discover Scuba Diving” Programs, here’s where the deaths happen
- Flying After Diving: A Threat Worse than the Bends
- A Shock to Divers’ Hearts, can portable defibrillators lower heart-related dive deaths?
- A New Travel-Friendly Fish ID Book for Caribbean Dive Trips
- When Crew Disrespects Your Gear, what to do when your equipment gets broken or lost
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- Living Underwater, Cozumel, Mexico, back to my first love, who still looks fantastic
- Hunting Lionfish, Then Eating Them
- Nautilus Swell, British Columbia, and next time, north to Alaska
- The Trouble with Artificial Reefs
- Cozumel, Anguilla, Palau…, plus a shark dive with no sharks, and two resorts to avoid
- We Need Your Reader Reports
- Death Due to Poor Gear Maintenance, are you more careful than this Virginia police department?
- What to Do with Smoking Divers, do they have a right to light up on a liveaboard?
- How Smokers Really Ruin Their Diving
- Why You Should Skip Trip Insurance
- How Divers Can Give Back: Part II, more ways to make your dive trips count
- That Hovering Fish May Want a Massage
- Do Water and AEDs Mix?
- Nautilus Lifeline: User Error or Gear Malfunction?
- Dolphins Should Be Considered “Non-Human Humans”
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- M/V Bilikiki, Solomon Islands, fishy reefs and WWII wrecks
- Our Book Pick This Month: Ocean Soul
- British Virgin Islands, Utila, Raja Ampat, serious inflator problems, credit card ripoffs
- Integrated Weights Vest: Helpful or “a Piece of Junk”?
- Do You Need a Dive Watch?, or is it just expensive arm candy for divers?
- Should You Splurge on an VO2 Max Test?
- Where’s That Sound Coming From?
- More Marine Species on the Brink, these are next on the endangered list
- 189 Failures Lead to Recall of 17,000 Miflex Hoses
- Taking Kids on Your Next Dive Trip, where to take them, how to keep them entertained
- Kid-Friendly Dive Resorts
- When You Least Expect It, minor and potentially lethal dive injuries, all in a few days
- Blissed Out or Hotwired?, how the Internet screws up dive vacations
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- M/V Carpe Diem, Maldives, the abundance of fish is worth the cost and travel time
- Bonaire, Maui, Phuket…, Francis Coppola’s five-star resort, a clueless Cozumel divemaster
- This Time, It’s Not the Lionfish’s Fault
- Why You Might Remove Your Regulator When You Shouldn’t
- Those Deadly Downcurrents, do you ride it out or react in the worst way possible?
- Protected Marine Reserves Are Not So Safe
- Palau’s Chamber is Working Again, But Not Full-Time
- DEMA Versus the National Ocean Policy, our trade association sides with oil companies and housing developers
- South Korea Bulks Up on Dive Weapons
- Why Divers Run Low on Gas, and how one researcher found out the reasons
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- Mayan Princess, Roatan, Honduras, Disney-like digs and aquarium-like diving
- Cancun, Cabo San Lucas, Fiji, Truk. . ., plus unexpected cold water, and a liveaboard to avoid
- An Insider’s Tips on Bonaire
- Give Your Buddies a Free Undercurrent Subscription
- Improving Rebreather Safety: Part I, up to 10 times more dangerous than open-circuit diving
- So Much for Vetting
- Widow Blames Dive Gear for Death of Filmmaker
- Art as Artificial Reefs, a good idea or a distraction from the real problem?
- Parents of Drowned Boy Sues PADI and Boy Scouts
- Behind the Masks, what to buy for your face shape, vision, even color preference
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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- Walindi Plantation and MV FeBrina, PNG, machetes, bare butts and cannibals are part of the package
- Diving with Helium May Be Limited
- Bahamas, Carriacou, Puerto Rico . . ., and choose from land-based or liveaboard options in the Galapagos
- Atomic Aquatics Recalls 4,200 Dive Computers in North America
- Is This Dive Operator Right or Wrong?, and is there a way divers can avoid the bad ones?
- PADI Has a New Owner
- Where Lionfish Eradication May Be Working
- Maiden Voyage on a New Dive Boat? Forget It, especially if you want Nitrox and air conditioning
- Beware of the Hand-Biting Barracudas
- Reef Fish of the East Indies, and the recent controversy caused by a photo of the authors
- Amazing Diving Stories from One of Our Own Writers
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- Admirals Club, Singer Island, Florida, superb critter diving, trips to the Gulf Stream
- Send Us Your Reader Reports by November 20
- Shore Diving in Intracoastal Tidal Waters
- Amoray Dive Resort, Key Largo, Florida, mixed reviews, but still a winner
- Bikini Atoll, Hawaii, Raja Ampat…, and one reader’s Hurricane Sandy dive trip
- Does This Seattle Diver Deserve Death Threats?
- Potential Danger with Aqua Lung Weight Pockets
- Life Insurance for Scuba Divers, what 14 of the top insurance companies are offering
- These High-Pressure Hose Recalls Should Have Divers Concerned
- Need a New Wetsuit?, stretch, seams and other factors bring big changes
- Who Is That Masked Man?
- Setting the Hook
- Costa Rica’s Shark Finning: Is the Government in Cahoots?
- Flotsam & Jetsam
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