Scuba Diving Handbook The Complete Guide to Safe and Exciting Scuba Diving

Name: Scuba Diving Handbook The Complete Guide to Safe and Exciting Scuba Diving
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ISBN: 9781554072804

ISBN-10: 1554072808

ISBN-13: 9781554072804

Edition: 2007

Authors: John Bantin

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Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Firefly Books, Limited
Publication date: 8/17/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

John Bantin is a BSAC Advanced Instructor, a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor and one of the best#45;known divers in the UK. He is Technical Editor of Diver Magazine, the UK#39;s best#45;selling diving mag, and has written over 600 articles and features on Scuba diving. He has dived extensively throughout the world.



Why Go Diving?


The History of Diving


Getting Started


Snorkeling


Taking Lessons


Know Your Instructor


Getting in the Water


Basic Theory


Equipment


Masks, Fins and Snorkels


Wetsuits and Semi-Dry Suits


Drysuits


Hoods and Gloves


Regulators and Pressure Gauges


Buoyancy Control Devices


Watches, Depth Gauges and Compasses


Diving Computers


Safety Equipment


Diving Lights


Weights and Weightbelts


Cylinders, Tanks and Bottles


Compressing Gases


Other Gadgets


The Science of Scuba


Gases and Pressure


Breathing Compressed Gas


Sound and Light Underwater


Floating and Sinking


Basic Techniques


Water and Weather


Gaining Confidence


Get Ready to Dive


Look Before You Leap


Get on Down


Coming Up


Buddy Diving


Breathing


Clearing Your Ears


Clearing a Mask and Mouthpiece


Finning Skills


Buoyancy Control


Equipment Failure


Air-Sharing


Signs and Signals


Finding Your Way


Practice Makes Perfect


Advanced Techniques


Small-Boat Diving


Big Boats


Deep Diving


Drift Diving


Diving in Currents


Wreck Diving


Freshwater Diving


Underwater Naturalist


Recording the Scene


Camera and Action


Diving in the Dark


Hitching a Ride


Nitrox Diving


Diving Under Ice


Search and Recovery


Raising Heavy Objects


When Things Go Wrong


Boat Handling for Divers


Cavern and Cave Diving


Technical Diving


Rebreather Diving


More Than Just a Sport


Conquering Your Fears


Risk Management


Hazardous Marine Life


Conserving the Planet


Careers in Diving


Underwater Archaeology


You and Your Body


Health and Nutrition


Fit to Dive?


Feeling Unwell?


The Bends


Where to Go Diving


Planning a Trip


Maritime Laws and Regulations


Temperate Waters


The Caribbean


The Red Sea


The Indian Ocean


The Pacific Region


Diving with Big Animals


Small is Beautiful


Famous Wrecks


Artificial Reefs


Shark-Infested Waters


Health Hazards


Resources


Useful Addresses


Glossary of Terms


Index


Acknowledgments