Book & DVD recommendations
There are many books on SCUBA diving and apnea or freediving, but the choices in the technical diving section are fewer. Below are a some books and DVDs we can recommend due to their quality, and even though "Deco for Divers" for example sounds very technical, I would go as far to argue it is an essential book to read for everyone who ever goes below 20m depth. There is not only a lot of interesting information, but it is surprisingly readable. "Technical Diving from the Bottom Up" is, as the title suggests, definitely oriented towards advanced diving, but again I would argue that a lot of it should be of interest to most divers. Reading is obviously by no ways a replacement for proper training and experience. But it beats hearsay and speculation common on dive boats where often people with ten more dives than yourself feel the need to dump their assortment of former "dive experience" on you upon sight of your logbook). Read up, you can't get less educated by doing it! :-)
- The Cove
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Winner of audience awards across the world, including Sundance, SilverDocs and Hot Docs, The Cove follows a team of activists and filmmakers as they infiltrate a heavily-guarded cove in Taiji, Japan. In this remote village they witness and document activities deliberately being hidden from the public: More than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises are being slaughtered each year and their meat, containing toxic levels of mercury, is being sold as food in Japan, often times labeled as whale meat.
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- October 7, 2009
- Doing it Right - The Fundamentals of Better Diving
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The Fundamentals of Better Diving was written for anyone who wants to get the most out of their diving. From augmenting dive safety to increasing the enjoyment of your family's Caribbean diving trip or planning deep cave exploration, DIR diving is the new foundation for all diving practices. This book outlines not only the essential skills and techniques which constitute sound diving practice, but also the central elements of an holistic approach to diving. (GUE)
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- October 14, 2009
- Deco for Divers by Mark Powell
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Highly recommended for anyone interested in learning more about the underlying reasons for "general diving rules" and decompression theory.
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- October 15, 2009
- Technical Diving from the Bottom Up by Kevin Gurr
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"Technical Diving From The bottom Up" is a guide to both 'would be' and experienced technical divers. Covering a range of topics, it is designed to guide the reader through the basics such as physiology and equipment configuration, before moving onto deep mixed gas decompression diving and the use of rebreathers. (Amazon)
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