Technical Diving Books

[FishDiver]

Are there any decent books that cover extended range diving? It seems that many aspects of decompression, physiology and gas theory and planning could be well-covered as an academic subject.

I recently completed the deep, wreck and nitrox specialties. Now the local boat operators are telling me I am not qualified for deeper wrecks unless I take advanced nitrox, decompression and extended range. Where does the C-card chase end?

No offense intended to the instructors on the board, but I am growing frustrated by the price/performance ratio of certification classes and the very limited information included in the associated agency manuals.

 

[Thalassamania]

Are there any decent books that cover extended range diving? It seems that many aspects of decompression, physiology and gas theory and planning could be well-covered as an academic subject.

I recently completed the deep, wreck and nitrox specialties. Now the local boat operators are telling me I am not qualified for deeper wrecks unless I take advanced nitrox, decompression and extended range. Where does the C-card chase end?

No offense intended to the instructors on the board, but I am growing frustrated by the price/performance ratio of certification classes and the very limited information included in the associated agency manuals.

Once upon a time there were just two cards. And they both meant a damnsight more than they do today.

 

[pir8]

The Deep specialty takes you to 130 ft. How deep do you want to go? To go deeper you need Deco Proceedures. Honestly I'm an Instructor but still taking classes from time to time. A good diver is always learning.

 

[Thalassamania]

The Deep specialty takes you to 130 ft. How deep do you want to go? To go deeper you need Deco Proceedures. Honestly I'm an Instructor but still taking classes from time to time. A good diver is always learning.

A good person is alway learning, but it has gotten like Karate, a new belt every six weeks, need to hold your pants up or not. I like my Aikido dojo, two belts: white and black.

 

[texdiveguy]

The TDI Extended Range text is good....but its even better when used in conjunction with a well informed and experienced tec instructor.

 

[FishDiver]

The Deep specialty takes you to 130 ft. How deep do you want to go? To go deeper you need Deco Proceedures. Honestly I'm an Instructor but still taking classes from time to time. A good diver is always learning.

In my deep class we dived to 46m (150ft). The dive required about 30 min of deco. The dive went very smoothly and I was not aware of being narced at all.

Most of the wrecks in my area are 45-55m deep. I am comfortable using doubles, slinging extra tanks and planning dives with V-Planner.

 

[pir8]

Sorry but you are going past recreational limits. I would recommend taking some tech classes. I am guessing that your deep class was a tech class. I don't know what agency would do a recreational class past 130.

 

[beezwax]

At the risk of actually staying on topic, I recommend the NOAA diving manual. Buy it, then actually read it, don't let it just hold down your shelf. It's excellent and is exactly the kind of in-depth academic text you are looking for.

 

[FishDiver]

At the risk of actually staying on topic, I recommend the NOAA diving manual. Buy it, then actually read it, don't let it just hold down your shelf. It's excellent and is exactly the kind of in-depth academic text you are looking for.

Is that the book that sells for about $100 on the NOAA site? I was a bit put off from spending that much on a book that is published with public funds, but if it contains the info I'm looking for then its worth it.

I really want to get off of the certification treadmill.

 

[loquat149]

At the risk of actually staying on topic, I recommend the NOAA diving manual. Buy it, then actually read it, don't let it just hold down your shelf. It's excellent and is exactly the kind of in-depth academic text you are looking for.

Try the CD version...I think it's cheaper, and you can print out individual chapters which makes for easier reading.

Dave