Diving Book Recommendations

[denniscloutier]

Hello all, I'm new to the forum, so please bear with me if I'm missing some of the rules...

I'm looking for some recommendations for diving related books, mainly nonfiction like diving action and adventure accounts. I'd also like to find something which explains a bit about Tech diving. I'm a relative newbie, so I'm not planning on getting into, but I'm curious just the same.

Thanks,
Dennis Cloutier

 

[ffdiver]

any of the books on the adrea doria are pretty good. shadow divers, submerged. One of my favs is "rapture of the deep and other dives stories you probably shouldn't hear."

 

[shakeybrainsurgeon]

All divers should read Silent World by Cousteau, a history of the invention of scuba and hair-raising tales of the early days, when no one knew dive tables or anything about oxygen toxicity, etc, and the equipment was all makeshift. Amazon has used copies for as little as three bucks.

 

[shakeybrainsurgeon]

Oh, and great dog. It looks just like my big stupid Golden, Charley...

 

[seaducer]

Last Dive, Shadow Divers, Fatal Depth. All three exactly what you are looking for. Non fiction, action adventure...

 

[Aquabear]

Deep Diver. Try to read the basic scuba books first- have em at Barnes and Noble, enjoy the pics, read the fun easy stuff. The tech books may bogg you down with tech stuff, you'll shoot urself before ur first dive.

 

[InTheDrink]

I'm just reading Diver Down. Recommend it.

 

[tuner fish]

Shadow divers! Couldn't put it down.

 

[Jay_SMART_Diver]

Here's the books from my library:

The Dive Sites of the Bahamas: comprehensive coverage of diving and snorkeling by Lawson Wood. ISBN # 0-8442-0140-5

Jacques Cousteau The Silent World. ISBN # 0-941130-45-2

Water and Light: A Diver's Journey to a Coral Reef. Stephen Harrigan. ISBN # 0-87156-453-X

Reefs, Wrecks, & Rigs: Diver's Guide to the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Tom Bailey. ISBN # 1-878561-18-9

Reef Fish Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas. Paul Humann, Ned DeLoach. ISBN # 1-878348-30-2

Top Dive Sites of the Caribbean. Lawson Wood. ISBN # 1-85368-790-1

Chatterton and Kohler Autographed Copy of Shadow Divers.

Dive: The ultimate guide to 60 of the world's top dive locations. Monty Halls. ISBN # 1-555297-996-2

Diving the Pacific: Volume 1: Micronesia and the Western Pacific Islands. ISBN # 962-593-499-5

Diving Guide to Underwater Florida. Ned DeLoach. ISBN # 1-878348-39-6

Underwater Wonders of the National Parks. Daniel Lenihan, John Brooks. ISBN # 0-679-03386-6

Diver Down: Real World Scuba Accidents and How to avoid them. ISBN # 0-07-144572-2

The Ultimate Illustrated Guide to SCUBA Diving. Karen Berger. ISBN # 0-393-31944-X

Down Time: Great Writers on Diving. Kittrell. ISBN # 0-9658344-4-1

The Sea Hunters: True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks. Clive Cussler. ISBN # 0-671-00180-9

The Sea Hunters II. Clive Cussler.

The Universe Below: Discovering the secrets of the deep sea. William Broad. ISBN # 0-684-83852-4

Dark Descent: Diving and the Deadly Allure of the Empress of Ireland. Kevin McMurray. ISBN # 0-07-145630-9

Deep Descent: Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria. Kevin McMurray.

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. ISBN # 1-59077-005-6

Hiding on the Bottom: Mid Life Misadventures Down East. James Rosemond. ISBN # 978-1-4303-0071-7

The Last Dive: A father and son's fatal descent into the ocean's depths. ISBN # 0-06-093259-7

The Discovery of the Titanic. Dr. Robert Ballard. ISBN # 1-85797-660-6

Deep Blue: stories of shipwreck, sunken treasure, and survival. ISBN # 1-56025-313-4

Submerged: adventures of America's most elite underwater archeology team. ISBN # 1-55704-505-4

And Yes I even bought Shadow Divers Exposed: The "Real" saga of the U-869 by Gary Gentile, because of the controversy I decided to read it myself and make my own opinion.

Caverns Measureless to Man, by Sheck Exley. ISBN # 978-0-939748-25-9

Solo Diving 2nd Ed: The Art of Underwater Self-Sufficiency, Von Maier. ISBN # 978-1881652281

Texas Coral Reefs (Gulf Coast Studies), by Jesse Cancelmo. ISBN # 978-1585446339

Reef by Scubazoo. ISBN-13: 978-0756631222

No Safe Harbor: The tragedy of the Dive Ship Wave Dancer. Joe Burnworth. ISBN-13: 978-1578602193

 

[hudson]

The new Cave Diving, Articles and Opinions book is fairly readable stuff.