Essentials of Deeper Sport Diving (Paperback)

by John Lippmann (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
Explore your questions about deeper diving before you get in over your head. -- Performance Diver

He provides a thorough discussion of physiological and psychological considerations of depth. -- Rodale’s Scuba Diving

If you need additional background material on the deeper end of the recreational diving range, this is a worthwhile choice. -- In Depth

The book is well laid-out, and broken up into easily read sections with many tables and lots of photographs. -- Diver Magazine, England

Useful in this book is the extraction of important information, which is found bullet style in the margins. -- Sea Breeze

Product Description
This volume is a thorough discussion of the physiological, psychological and practical considerations of deeper diving. It includes detailed information on the U.S. Navy Tables and alternative tables, as well as chapters on planning and conducting deeper dives including numerous methods of rigging decompression lines. Check lists for dive leaders, divers, support personnel and equipment are given. There are chapters on computer diving as well as commercial and deep mixed gas diving.

Written in a clear, straightforward style and illustrated with photographs, line drawings, charts and comparative tables, The Essentials of Deeper Sport Diving is useful for all divers and an ideal text for deep diving courses. This volume also makes an excellent adjunct reference for divemaster courses and for instructors. To further increase its effectiveness, the most important points are repeated as bulleted highlights in the margin and each chapter has a summary.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Aqua Quest Publications, Inc. (January 25, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962338931
• ISBN-13: 978-0962338939
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #774,061 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT Book!, January 24, 2004

By	Gary W. Smith "EastCoastDiver" (Hagerstown, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I don't write a whole lot of reviews but noticed a few negative ones about this very informative book. This text is a simpler to understand and less costly alternative to John's "Deeper Into Diving", but is still a MUST read in my opinion. This text was recommended reading for my Divemaster course and should be considered as a MUST read for any serious sport diver. It indroduces you to and explains in plain English some additional risks to diving deeper. After reading this text I sought out other titles by John due to his writing style. This text makes no claims to being a TECH diver's bible, only that it informs the SPORT diver of the additional risks of deep diving. I can't say this enough, a MUST read. This text is timeless and with ANY text, product reviews and dive tables should be taken for what they are, examples. I still gain valuable information from diving books written in the 50s and 60s but am making no plans to dive those Navy tables on a double hose regulator. This was not a buyer's guide for dive computers and made no claim to being a guide for decompression diving. I think we as divers can all agree that specialties require specific training. John's book simply opens the door to many avenues. Did I mention it's a MUST read in my book, lol...

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars interesting but not up to date and quite elementary, November 9, 1999

By	Patrick NOEL ([e-mail]) (Paris, FRANCE) - See all my reviews

Interesting book to get a historical review of deco algorithms, but you won't find up to date information. The mathematical side of the algorithms is not discussed, and thus this book will not satisfy those who seek in-depth understanding of decompression models. Good value for the beginner, quite frustrating for the trained diver.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent transition from recreation to technical diving, January 21, 1999

By	Paul F. Thompson (Pasadena, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The book is perfect for those who are beginning to consider how to extend the limits of 'recreational' diving'. Basic Open Water, Advanced, Master Diver, etc, courses progressively introduce you to some of the more technical aspects of diving, but not in great detail. This book covers much of the theory behind accepted recreational practices, how to extend the recreational limits, and the risks associated with pushing the limits. I found it to be a perfect follow-up to what I was taught in my certification courses, without watering down the material as much as is found in those courses.