Scuba Diving - 4th Edition

Packed with full-color photographs and illustrations, Scuba Diving offers step-by-step instruction on preparing for and managing a dive safely with information on the latest equipment, gear selection, recommended dive locations, technologies, and techniques. Scuba Diving is your one-stop resource before taking your first or next plunge.

Scuba Diving provides a clear, thorough, and captivating learning experience for all who want to take the plunge. Packed with beautiful full-color photographs and detailed diving instruction, this updated edition is the preferred guide for recreational divers, diving instructors, and students around the globe.

Renowned diving instructor Dennis Graver sheds light on the undersea world and how to experience it safely with essential details on skills, techniques, and planning. In Scuba Diving, you'll learn how to

-select, outfit, and care for diving equipment;

-equalize pressure in the ears, sinuses, and mask;

-use dive tables and diving profiles;

-follow boat-diving and buddy-check procedures for safe diving; and

-prevent or manage underwater emergencies and hazards.
In this new edition, Scuba Diving demystifies the complex topics such as gas laws and the physics and physiology of diving. As an added bonus, you'll find recommendations on top diving sites around the world—sites ideal for divers at any level.

Whether you're a beginning or intermediate diver or diving instructor, make sure you have all the bases covered before you go underwater. Scuba Diving will ensure a safe, successful, and rewarding dive every time you take the plunge.

An internationally recognized scuba diving educator presents the most complete text ever written on diving fundamentals and current topics. Graver also covers modern environmental concerns, equipment needed for various water types, the risks and hazards of diving, and more. 78 color photographs and 47 line drawings.

SUPERANNO Packed with full-color photographs and illustrations, Scuba Diving offers step-by-step instruction on preparing for and managing a dive safely with information on the latest equipment, gear selection, recommended dive locations, technologies and techniques. Dennis Graver explains the basics of diving, including managing underwater emergencies, avoiding underwater hazards and equalizing pressure in the ears, sinuses and mask. The comprehensive content and world class photography of Scuba Diving make it the finest scuba title on the market! Original. This guidebook instructs the novice diver on skills, techniques, and planning. Readers will learn how to select, outfit, and care for diving equipment; equalize pressure in the ears, sinuses, and mask; use dive tables and diving profiles; follow boat-diving and buddy-check procedures for safe diving; and prevent or manage underwater emergencies and hazards. The book also provides recommendations on top diving sites around the world--sites ideal for divers at any level "Scuba Diving" demystifies the complex topics of scuba diving, covering topics such as gas laws and the physics and physiology of diving. As an added bonus, readers will find recommendations on top diving sites around the world and sites ideal for divers at any level