Product Description
SCUBA diving is thriving in the New York Area. The diving up here is much more challenging than warm water destinations due to our local conditions of cold temperatures, low visibility and currents. Written for both the diver and the non-diver, this book draws the reader into the exciting world of Northeast Technical SCUBA Diving. The book opens with an 'Introduction to SCUBA Diving' that explains the equipment, local conditions and dangers of diving to those new to the sport. Consisting of over 70 true stories of local dives this book has the reader descending with the author on numerous local shipwrecks such as the USS San Diego and ocean liner Oregon, both over 500 feet long and sunk in the Atlantic off of Long Island. The book also contains a number of dive site maps. The stories, chronicle the author's diving adventures and what it feels like to dive locally both exploring the wrecks and from popular shore diving sites . A site/equipment index allows the reader to also use the book to experience specific wrecks and sites. Let's say you have never dove the USS San Diego, a naval Armored Cruiser that sank in 1918 off of Fire Island. You can easily find all the stories about dives on her in order of increasing difficulty. Or you are considering getting an underwater scooter. You can locate all the stories where a scooter was an important part. Perhaps you want to understand how a reel helps keep a diver from getting lost inside a wreck or what its like to be entangled by a line of reel inside a wreck. Interested in finding out more of the dangers of technical decompression diving? It's all here in this book. This book takes you diving..
About the Author
About the Author
Native New Yorker David Rosenthal has had a long-time love of history and the sea. Scuba Diving since 1999, he rapidly advanced to technical decompression diving and by 2008 had logged almost 500 local dives. David is an avid promoter of local diving, past President of the 30-year-old New York City Sea Gypsies dive club and contributes writings on diving to various publications. He is currently involved in projects cataloging large artifact collections and a survey of the changing state of the USS San Diego shipwreck. His inability to locate lost treasure in shipwrecks demands that he continue his day job as owner of a successful computer consulting business for over 23 years, CitySoft, Inc.
Native New Yorker David Rosenthal has had a long-time love of history and the sea. Scuba Diving since 1999, he rapidly advanced to technical decompression diving and by 2008 had logged almost 500 local dives. David is an avid promoter of local diving, past President of the 30-year-old New York City Sea Gypsies dive club and contributes writings on diving to various publications. He is currently involved in projects cataloging large artifact collections and a survey of the changing state of the USS San Diego shipwreck. His inability to locate lost treasure in shipwrecks demands that he continue his day job as owner of a successful computer consulting business for over 23 years, CitySoft, Inc.
