Certified Diver's Handbook The Complete Guide to Your Own Underwater Adventures

Name: Certified Diver's Handbook The Complete Guide to Your Own Underwater Adventures
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ISBN: 9780071414609

ISBN-10: 0071414606

ISBN-13: 9780071414609

Edition: 2004

Authors: Clay Coleman

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This is a comprehensive guide for the newly certified scuba diver who wants to pursue his sport independently. It will inform the reader on renting versus owning equipment, where and how to buy and what to look for, dealing with various ocean environments, dive planning and rescue procedures.

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 5/17/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.10" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Switching Attitude Gears


Diving as a Lifestyle


Pursuing Your Own Interests


A Realistic Assessment of Risk


A Realistic Assessment of Cost



Equipment


Masks, Fins, and Snorkels


Dive Knife


Regulators


Buoyancy Compensators


Depth Gauges


Dive Computers


Exposure Suits


Tanks


Weights and Weight Belts


Dive Bags



Gear Maintenance


Mask


Regulator


Submersible Pressure Gauge


Computer


Buoyancy Compensator


Tanks



Gadgets That Work, and Good Ideas


Hose and Gauge Retainers


Clip Systems


Dive Lights


Dive Slates


Plastic Ties


Clip-On Weights


Spare Air


Moldable Mouthpieces


Safety Sausages


Dry Boxes


Dry Bags


Medical Dive Insurance


Dive Equipment Insurance



How to Buy Equipment


Buying New Gear


Buying Used Gear


Personalizing Your Gear



Kindred Spirits and First Trips


Finding Dive Buddies


Where to Go



An Introduction to Mother Ocean: Water Weight and Density


The Characteristics of Ocean Water


How Water Density Affects Light


How Water Density Affects Sound



The Weather: Wind and Waves, Storms, and Currents


Wind and Waves


Thunderstorms


Currents



The Marine Environment


Organization of the Ocean


The Four Life-Forms


Anatomy of a Coral Reef


Spooky and Potentially Hazardous Marine Animals



Going Diving


Diving from Charter Boats


Diving from Privately Owned Boats


Diving from Shore


Drift Diving


Night Diving



Staying Out of Trouble


Underwater Navigation


Buddy Problems



When A Good Thing Goes Bad: Basic Rescue Procedures and Diver Problems


Rational-Patient Surface Assist


Passive-Patient and Panicky-Patient Surface Rescue


Unconscious-Patient Surface Rescue


Unconscious Patient on the Bottom


Decompression Sickness


Lung Overpressure Injuries


Some Problems of Breathing under Pressure


Hypothermia


Hyperthermia



Diving in the United States


Road Trip


The Gulf Coast


The East Coast


The Great Lakes


The West Coast


Inland USA: A Place Near You



International Dive Travel


Getting There


Where to Go



Underwater Photography


Resources


Index