150 color photos 36 drawings Colorful, fact-filled reference This basic guide makes optimum use of color photos and instructional drawings to present the essentials of diving. It begins with a clear, concise explanation of the science of diving-how water and gas affect the human body underwater-and includes chapters on equipment, training, dive planning, safety, and the various types of diving. Step-by-step photos and drawings, along with straightforward text, illustrate concepts and techniques with exceptional clarity. Jack Jackson is a veteran diver and author of several books on diving. An advanced BSAC diver, he has spent decades exploring the ocean.
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the profusion and variety of fish and invertebrates found in both tropical and temperate waters surprises most people the first time they venture underwater with a mask and snorkel. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dive planners, second stage mouthpiece, primary second stage, scuba cylinder, emergency cylinder, octopus rig, diving computers, diving cylinder, regulator first stage, power whistles, purge button, air resuscitation, decompression tables, diver ascends, decompression stops, diver descends, exposure suits, recreational divers, boat cover, cave diving, surface interval, nitrogen narcosis, dry suit, weight belt Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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the profusion and variety of fish and invertebrates found in both tropical and temperate waters surprises most people the first time they venture underwater with a mask and snorkel. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dive planners, second stage mouthpiece, primary second stage, scuba cylinder, emergency cylinder, octopus rig, diving computers, diving cylinder, regulator first stage, power whistles, purge button, air resuscitation, decompression tables, diver ascends, decompression stops, diver descends, exposure suits, recreational divers, boat cover, cave diving, surface interval, nitrogen narcosis, dry suit, weight belt Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Scuba Rescue by Naui on page 4
- Frommer's Portable Cayman Islands by Darwin Porter on page 6, and page 193
- Channel Islands (Insight Guides Channel Islands) by Brian Bell on page 311
- Frommer's Portable Cayman Islands by Darwin Porter on page 189
- Scuba Diving (Know the Sport) by Dave Saunders in Front Matter
- Recreation for the Disabled Child by Donna Bernhardt Bainbridge in Back Matter
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