Diving books recomendation

[Wingy]

You may want to add Scuba Confidential by Simon Pridmore to your list - makes Scuba Professional even better.

I believe it's available in your native language.

 

[drbill]

That's a good question for @drbill, especially from a California diver.

Being one who focuses on the marine life I see rather than the technical or historic aspects of diving, most of my books are field guides to marine life (here and anywhere in the world I dive) and classics such as Between Pacific Tides.

 

[eatdivebike]

Hidden Warships: Finding World War II's Abandoned, Sunk, and Preserved Warships
Staying Alive:: Applying Risk Management to Advanced Scuba Diving
The Six Skills and Other Discussions: Creative Solutions for Technical Divers
Caverns Measureless to Man
The Taming of the Slough
The Darkness Beckons: History and Development of Cave Diving
Sidemount Diving: The Almost Comprehensive Guide
Diver Down: Real-World SCUBA Accidents and How to Avoid Them
Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
Submerged: Adventures of America's Most Elite Underwater Archeology Team
Raising the Dead: A True Story of Death and Survival

 

[Gary Nease]

I highly recommend "Underwater To Get Out Of The Rain". Hard to classify because it is both a marine biologist's unusually entertaining autobiography, and an informed expression of fascination with marine invertebrates around the world.

 

[Schwob]

I highly recommend "Underwater To Get Out Of The Rain". Hard to classify because it is both a marine biologist's unusually entertaining autobiography, and an informed expression of fascination with marine invertebrates around the world.

Place on hold @ library, thank you.

 

[Russoft]

Some of these have already been mentioned, but I'll add my opinion of each title.

Diving related books I've read (or listened to):

Shadow Divers (favorite so far. Perfect book if you also enjoy WWII submarine history)
The Last Dive (great companion piece to Shadow Divers. A lot of time focused on cave diving, if that's your thing.)
Steel Boat Iron Hearts (not about diving, nor is it my favorite submarine book, but it goes nicely with Shadow Divers so it's included)

Descent Into Darkness (more of a war memoir than a diving book, but still enjoyable)
Scuba Confidential (great book! A "how to dive better" book. Despite being something of a dive manual, it's very interesting.)

On my wish list:

Blind Descent
Trapped Under the Sea

 

[Scubagolf]

Raising the Dead - the sad story of the unnecessary death of David Shaw. Very well written by a non-diver. Lessons for divers at any level.

 

[Eric M]

There is this man, who is considered the "father" of scuba diving: Jacques-Yves Cousteau. I dive because of him! There are several great books he wrote. One about their expedition to Lake Titicaca or the one about the Galapagos and the Red Sea. I mean you want to the start at the beginning, monseigneur Cousteau is your guide. Man, how miss those years of discoveries!

 

[USMC CPL.]

Raising the dead is also a very good book.

 

[Marie13]

The Great Lakes Diving Guide, a 600 page behemoth on Great Lakes wrecks, as well as smaller lakes, quarries, and other sites near the Great Lakes.