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    The Certified Diver's Handbook by Coleman, Clay;

    The Complete Guide to Your Own Underwater Adventures

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    Product details:

    • Publisher International Marine
    • Date of Publication 16 May 2004

    • ISBN 9780071414609
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages384 pages
    • Size 231x190x15 mm
    • Weight 663 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    Declare your diving independence

    Now that you've got your diver’s certification, make the most of it! The Certified Diver's Handbook supplies all the advice and information you need to make diving an ongoing and rewarding part of your life. This definitive, real-world guide is packed with helpful facts and suggestions on everything from equipment, safety, and rescue procedures to techniques for shore diving, drift diving, night diving, and much more. You’ll learn how to take responsibility for your dive planning and your safety underwater. You’ll also find:

    • Advice on renting or buying the best equipment at the best price
    • Tips on using and maintaining masks, tanks, regulators, and exposure suits
    • Techniques for underwater navigation in changing conditions
    • Strategies for avoiding underwater injuries and illness
    • The information you need to read wind, waves, currents, and weather
    • Tips on great U.S. and international dive sites
    • The fundamentals of underwater photography
    • And much more

      With The Certified Diver's Handbook, you can become an active, independent diver and make diving not just a special event, but a way of life.

      "From masks to valve regulators, from rip tides to thermoclines, from fireworms to sharks—Clay overlooks nothing! You've never been through such a comprehensive course."—Humberto Fontova, author, The Helldivers' Rodeo: A Deadly, Extreme, Scuba-Diving, Spear Fishing Adventure Amid the Offshore Oil-Platforms in the Murky Waters of the Gulf of Mexico

      "Finally a book written by a diver who loves the sport and manages to get his message across in an entertaining way."—Chuck Nicklin, cofounder of The Dive Locker, Emmy–award winning underwater cinematographer

      "You won't find a more comprehensive, easy-to-read book about diving. This is a must-have for divers of all experience levels."—Bonnie J. Cardone, former editor of Skin Diver magazine, editor of The Fireside Diver: An Anthology of Underwater Adventure

      Clay Coleman, shown here in the Caribbean with his wife and dive buddy Sharon Coleman, began diving, photographing, and spearfishing beneath the oil rigs off the coast of his native Louisiana in 1973. A member of the Louisiana State Bar since 1979, his first article appeared in Sport Diver magazine in 1994. His writing and photographs have been published in numerous diving, conservation, and boating magazines.

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    Long description:

    Declare your diving independence

    Now that you've got your diver’s certification, make the most of it! The Certified Diver's Handbook supplies all the advice and information you need to make diving an ongoing and rewarding part of your life. This definitive, real-world guide is packed with helpful facts and suggestions on everything from equipment, safety, and rescue procedures to techniques for shore diving, drift diving, night diving, and much more. You’ll learn how to take responsibility for your dive planning and your safety underwater. You’ll also find:

    • Advice on renting or buying the best equipment at the best price
    • Tips on using and maintaining masks, tanks, regulators, and exposure suits
    • Techniques for underwater navigation in changing conditions
    • Strategies for avoiding underwater injuries and illness
    • The information you need to read wind, waves, currents, and weather
    • Tips on great U.S. and international dive sites
    • The fundamentals of underwater photography
    • And much more

      With The Certified Diver's Handbook, you can become an active, independent diver and make diving not just a special event, but a way of life.

      "From masks to valve regulators, from rip tides to thermoclines, from fireworms to sharks—Clay overlooks nothing! You've never been through such a comprehensive course."—Humberto Fontova, author, The Helldivers' Rodeo: A Deadly, Extreme, Scuba-Diving, Spear Fishing Adventure Amid the Offshore Oil-Platforms in the Murky Waters of the Gulf of Mexico

      "Finally a book written by a diver who loves the sport and manages to get his message across in an entertaining way."—Chuck Nicklin, cofounder of The Dive Locker, Emmy–award winning underwater cinematographer

      "You won't find a more comprehensive, easy-to-read book about diving. This is a must-have for divers of all experience levels."—Bonnie J. Cardone, former editor of Skin Diver magazine, editor of The Fireside Diver: An Anthology of Underwater Adventure

      Clay Coleman, shown here in the Caribbean with his wife and dive buddy Sharon Coleman, began diving, photographing, and spearfishing beneath the oil rigs off the coast of his native Louisiana in 1973. A member of the Louisiana State Bar since 1979, his first article appeared in Sport Diver magazine in 1994. His writing and photographs have been published in numerous diving, conservation, and boating magazines.

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    Table of Contents:

    Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    Chapter 1: Switching Attitude Gears

    Diving as a Lifestyle

    Pursuing Your Own Interests

    A Realistic Assessment of Risk

    A Realistic Assessment of Cost

    Chapter 2: Equipment

    Masks, Fins, and Snorkels

    Dive Knife

    Regulators

    Buoyancy Compensators

    Depth Gauges

    Dive Computers

    Exposure Suits

    Tanks

    Weights and Weight Belts

    Dive Bags

    Chapter 3: Gear Maintenance

    Mask

    Regulator

    Submersible Pressure Gauge

    Computer

    Buoyancy Compensator

    Tanks

    Chapter 4: 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

    Chapter 5: How to Buy Equipment

    Buying New Gear

    Buying Used Gear

    Personalizing Your Gear

    Chapter 6: Kindred Spirits and First Trips

    Finding Dive Buddies

    Where to Go

    Chapter 7: An Introduction to Mother Ocean: Water Weight and Density

    The Characteristics of Ocean Water

    How Water Density Affects Light

    How Water Density Affects Sound

    Chapter 8: The Weather: Wind and Waves, Storms, Tides, and Currents

    Wind and Waves

    Thunderstorms

    Currents

    Chapter 9: The Marine Environment

    Organization of the Ocean

    The Four Life-Forms

    Anatomy of a Coral Reef

    Spooky and Potentially Hazardous Marine Animals

    Chapter 10: Going Diving

    Diving from Charter Boats

    Diving from Privately Owned Boats

    Diving from Shore

    Drift Diving

    Night Diving

    Chapter 11: Staying Out of Trouble

    Underwater Navigation

    Buddy Problems

    Chapter 12: 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

    Chapter 13: 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

    Chapter 14: International Dive Travel

    Getting There

    Where to Go

    Appendix: Underwater Photography

    Resources

    Index

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