Good diving books

[bs63366]

I am looking for some recomendations for some dive related reading material. I am looking for some theory books and also just some good reads that are related to diving. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Tomikp]

Recently I have been reading the book called Diver down - real world scuba accidents and how to avoid them. Perfect book containing information from many fields of diving activity. I would suggest this book to any diver not depending on his experiences. You can learn from real accidents and then subsequently think about it and learn what was wrong and what you can do better.

 

[Vlane]

The Last Dive by Bernie Chowdhury. Book about a father and son who cave dive and wreck dive together until they meet their match an unknown German u-boat. Good read and gives a little bit of background into diving and cave diving.

 

[Doc Harry]

Dive Manuals

Deco for Divers
The best single source for deco theory specifically written for scuba divers

NOAA Diving Manual
Mandatory for every diver's bookshelf

Doing It Right: The Fundamentals of Better Diving
Expand your horizons and see what the Dark Side has to offer

Dive History

Darkness Beckons
Great cave diving history

Picture Books

Reef
A general photo book

The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss
Unreal photos of strange creatures

 

[caymaniac]

A couple of my favs = "Shadow Divers", "Ship of Gold in a Deep Blue Sea"

 

[ems_is_4_me]

Deep decent , neutral buoyancy both are very good reads also shadow divers it was hard to put down shadfow divers and deep decent

 

[Rhone Man]

Recently I have been reading the book called Diver down - real world scuba accidents and how to avoid them. Perfect book containing information from many fields of diving activity. I would suggest this book to any diver not depending on his experiences. You can learn from real accidents and then subsequently think about it and learn what was wrong and what you can do better.

Plus one on that. Very readable book (unusually), but lots of really good examples of how things can go wrong, for experienced and inexperienced divers alike.

Here is a link to Amazon for that one: Amazon.com: Diver Down: Real-World SCUBA Accidents and How to Avoid Them (9780071445726): Michael Ange: Books

 

[Rhone Man]

Deco for Divers
The best single source for deco theory specifically written for scuba divers

It is very good, but maybe a bit hard core for someone with less than 24 lifetime dives.

Doing It Right: The Fundamentals of Better Diving
Expand your horizons and see what the Dark Side has to offer

Definitely a good book to broaden your diving horizons - even DIR skeptics like me concede that. Buy it direct from GUE rather than through re-sellers - GUE sell it for about $15, but on Amazon it retails for about $70!

 

[Lee Taylor]

The Helldivers' Rodeo: A Deadly, X-Treme, Scuba-Diving, Spearfishing, Adventure Amid the Off Shore Oil Platforms in the Murky Waters of the Gulf of Mexico

The Helldivers' Rodeo

Fatal Treasure: Greed and Death, Emeralds and Gold, and the Obsessive Search for the Legendary Ghost Galleon Atocha

Fatal Treasure

The Dreamweaver: The story of Mel Fisher and his quest for the treasure of the Spanish galleon ATOCHA

The Dreamweaver

Deep Descent: Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria

Deep Descent
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[Papa_Bear]

Most all of them I have put in the water just sink! Books can dive?????