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The Certified Diver's Handbook: The Complete Guide to Your Own Underwater Adventures (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; illustrated edition edition (1 May 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0071414606
  • ISBN-13: 978-0071414609
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.3 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 204,814 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #59 in  Books > Sports, Hobbies & Games > Water Sports > Scuba Diving
    #87 in  Books > Sports, Hobbies & Games > Water Sports > Swimming & Diving
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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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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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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Superb Book, 24 Feb 2007
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This book takes you with gentle and thorough practicality through the steps needed to dive independently and safely. It's about being an "independent" diver; being responsible for your own safety and fun, whether diving with just you and a buddy or on a typical group guided dive. And (as a very useful aside) saving money along the way.

As a PADI Advanced Open water diver I had done no independent dives prior to reading this book. Within 3 months I'd done 30 with my dive buddy in my local waters. This helped me to reinforce what I'd learned on courses i.e. bouyancy, navigation, dive conditions, choosing my own gear, and has helped me get more out of guided (dependent) dives also. There's a lot of humour in this book too, making it an easy read, even when it covers serious subjects like sharks and decompression sicknesss. I totally recommend this book.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointingly American. Has he ever actually been diving?, 16 Jul 2008
By Barrie Mckenna (Surrey) - See all my reviews
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I purchased this book because of the rather gushing reviews on Amazon and elsewhere. Unfortunately I didn't find it as good as some other buyers, in roughly ascending order, here's why.
It's quite an unattractive book, not nicely laid out and the illustrations are all black and white, not a problem if that was the only negative, but..
Although there's quite a bit of information in here, there's nothing that isn't covered by, and presented better in, the PADI "Open Water" and "Adventures in Diving" Manuals. The book is at about the level of an Advanced Open Water Diver, no more. I have no vested interest in PADI either.
Equipment is reviewed but prices are in dollars, it's cheaper in the US too, so not completely relevant. There's a bit about the ocean, haloclines, thermoclines etc. A weather section, a marine biology section, and a medical section that will put you off ever putting your head underwater. (The resolution is always "telephone DAN" anyway). It's trying to be a cover-all type of book, not a bad thing but it comes across as more pedantic than comprehensive.
There are 32 pages about diving in the United states, the rest of the world gets 9.
Some extremely useful info for (Americans) planning international trips is included, like "get a passport" (really). The perennial worry on every (American) diver's mind is also addressed in the 2 page section "Can your dive buddy sue you?"
The whole dive culture that comes across from this book seems to be at odds with that of Europe and some of the common underwater signals are not in there or are just wrong, which makes one doubt the author's diving experience. My internal warning bells ring when things like the author's personal OPINION on the use of a dry suit as buoyancy compensation, or not, is presented as FACT, whereas the dive community remains split on this issue.
There's also a Viz comic type of top tip about screwing a clip onto a weight, so that you can simply hang it off your belt / BCD if you should ever find yourself too buoyant. Which might sound logical to a non diver, but I can guarantee you, that any proper diver witnessing this would relish telling the tale in the pub for years to come, what a laugh will be had!
I'm sorry to be so negative about this book, which has obviously had quite a bit of effort put into it, but it doesn't really work. Perhaps if your considering taking up diving, and your an avid reader, it would make a great primer. As a certified diver, it isn't even a decent aide-memoire.
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