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Ned DeLoach's Diving Guide to Underwater Florida.
Indispensable. Great attention to the springs available, with great maps and advice on logistics, etc. This book is mentioned a lot down here in the Southeast and has a deserved following.
I just finished "The Last Dive" by Bernie Chowdhury. It's a true story about a father and son's fatal dive on the U-869 off NJ. Takes you through their dive training right to their last dive, and then some. A book is about divers, written by a diver. Some very graph descriptions of severe DCS, one which was suffered by the author. It was very hard to put the book down. A must in reading.
What books are on your "Must Read" list or a "Must Have" list? Cave, tek,recreational, equiptment or what have you.
NAUI Master Diver manual (or PADI Encyclopoedia of Rec Diving)
NOAA Diving Manual
Wreck Diving
RGBM Deco Tables by Weinke
SSI Advanced Navigation booklet
any local dive site guide for your state
any deco procedures manual (IANTD, TDI, ANDI, etc)
any trimix procedures manual (IANTD, TDI, ANDI, etc.)
I just finished "The Last Dive" by Bernie Chowdhury. It's a true story about a father and son's fatal dive on the U-869 off NJ. Takes you through their dive training right to their last dive, and then some. A book is about divers, written by a diver. Some very graph descriptions of severe DCS, one which was suffered by the author. It was very hard to put the book down. A must in reading.
Bill
Bill,
Thank you for reminding about that book. We saw it maybe a year ago at the library and checked it out. GREAT reading. It had been on my buy list but I lost the little piece of paper that I had the info on. Time to check Amazon.com
1. NOAA Diving Manual
2. Silent World by Jacques-Yves Cousteau
3. Total Immersion by Terry Laughlin
4. The Book of Sharks by Richard Ellis
5. Samantha by David Pilosof
6. Shipwrecks of the Sunshine State by Michael C. Barnette
7. The Living Sea by Jacques-Yves Cousteau
8. The Last of the Blue Water Hunters by Carlos Eyles
9. SCUBA Diving by Dennis Graver
What books are on your "Must Read" list or a "Must Have" list? Cave, tek,recreational, equiptment or what have you.
When we (husband and I ) first got interested in diving we bought "the last dive". It just sounded interesting. We thought it was great.. a good story and lots of good dive info.
When we then took our PADI OW course, we were amazed at how much information we DID'nt get from them. When we asked our instructors questions (just wanting more info) they were not happy with us. :jpshakehe They thought we wanted TOO much info, that we would confuse the others ( who I guess knew nothing about diving), would scare them or I don't know what.... sigh...
But we thought it was a great book with alot of good information that made us want to dive even more, while at the same time giving us respect for the sport and the potential dangers. Great book, even for a newbie!
:flowerkit: AmyJ
Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary.
Peter Minard
:flowerkit: AmyJ
Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary.
Peter Minard
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The Last Dive
Originally Posted by westcoastdiver
