Author : Peter Lourie
Publisher : Boyds Mills Press
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 14,48 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781590780688
Describes how twelve-year-old Suzanna learned how to scuba dive and with her father, Peter swam with the sharks of Andros.
Author : Carrie Miller
Publisher : National Geographic
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 29,50 MB
Release : 2019
Category : SCIENCE
ISBN : 1426220073
Explore 100 breathtaking scuba diving sites around the world--from the cenotes of Mexico to the best wreck in Micronesia--through stunning National Geographic photography, expert tips, and cutting-edge travel advice. Filled with more than 350 images from National Geographic, 100 Dives of a Lifetime provides the ultimate bucket list for ardent scuba divers and aspirational travelers alike. From diving with manta rays at night in Kona, Hawaii, and swimming with hammerheads of Cocos Island in Costa Rica to exploring caves in Belize's Lighthouse Atoll and diving beneath the ice floes of Antarctica, this exquisite inspirational book is filled with beautiful imagery, marine life guides, trusted travel tips, and expert diving advice from world-famous National Geographic divers and explorers like Brian Skerry, Jessica Cramp, and David Doubilet. Organized by diving experience and certification level--from beginner open water and wreck dives to expert cold water and cave dives--each location offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore the magic of our world's oceans--from your armchair or with your scuba gear in tow.
Author : Jack Jackson
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 25,42 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Aimed at the experienced diver, this guide covers diving with Great White, Hammerhead and whale sharks, as well as cave and wreck diving, and diving under ice. Each chapter is a combination of specialized technical and environmentally aware diving advice, site information and anecdote.
Author : Jennifer Idol
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 39,53 MB
Release : 2016-08-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781930536968
An American Immersion relives one woman's five-year journey in which she became the first woman to dive all 50 states. In this book you will find inspiration, discover hidden beauty in U.S. waters, and follow a path leading to unexpected outcomes.
Author : Ryan Nagelhout
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 23,85 MB
Release : 2013-12-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1482465078
Provides simple information about the thrill of diving with sharks. Includes information about different shark species.
Author : Lloyd Bridges
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 19,84 MB
Release : 2018-12-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1789127076
Through his work in motion pictures, Lloyd Bridges appreciated the impact of skin diving upon this medium and presented an exciting picture of future possibilities in underwater photography. The author’s role in Sea Hunt made him keenly aware of the revolution developing in the fields of salvage diving, treasure hunting, search and rescue, science, gold mining, and other virgin areas open to skin divers with imagination and enterprise. He described methods, techniques, and tools already in use and gave an exciting glimpse of future possibilities. First published in 1960, here is the complete story of skin diving as an exciting new field for fun, adventure, and opportunity open to millions of average swimmers. Those who are willing to accept the challenge of exploring and conquering a new world can benefit from past mistakes and the accumulation of experience by early skin divers; and perhaps become tomorrow’s pioneers who have yet to conquer the problems of great depths and reap the harvest on the bottom of the sea.
Author : Bernie Chowdhury
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 33,23 MB
Release : 2012-01-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0062196820
“Superbly written and action-packed, The Last Dive ranks with such adventure classics as The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air.”—Tampa Tribune Spurred on by a fatal combination of obsession and ambition, Chris and Chrisy Rouse, an experienced father-son scuba diving team, hoped to achieve wide-spread recognition for their outstanding and controversial diving skills by solving the secrets of a mysterious, undocumented, World War II German U-boat that lay only a half day’s mission from New York Harbor. The Rouses found the ultimate cost of chasing their personal challenge: death from what divers dread the most—decompression sickness, or “the bends.” In this gripping recounting of their tragedy, author Bernie Chowdhury, himself an expert diver, explores the thrill-seeking, high-risk world of deep sea diving, its legendary figures, most celebrated triumphs, and notorious tragedies.
Author : Lee Pate
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 22,51 MB
Release : 2007-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0595429394
As long-time water sport enthusiasts, author Lee E. Pate and his sister Deb decide to get certified as scuba divers. During the training, Lee asks the instructor about sharks and is told, "You're privileged to see a dangerous shark-it's very rare to see one. You do see small, docile sharks often, but the biggest ones you'll usually see are only about three or four feet, if you're lucky." Discounting the possibility that they'll ever see a shark, Lee and Deb start diving on their own along with their brother David, who was already a certified diver. They were diving in the daytime at first, then started night diving, deep diving and finally night deep diving. Lee and David started diving deep, at night at Redondo Beach, a popular Los Angeles County Beach, often. One particular night that happened to be Friday the 13th, after having car trouble, they were late. They hurried up, drove to the beach, got in the water, went down and out along the bottom as fast as they could, ending up a few feet from a large, dangerous shark. With fear rising in his throat at a depth of ninety-one feet, Lee has only one thought-I'm dead In his memoir 91 FEET: "You're Privileged to See a Dangerous Shark," Lee recounts his thrilling scuba diving experiences.
Author : Nigel Marsh
Publisher : New Holland Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,14 MB
Release : 2017-12
Category : NATURE
ISBN : 9781925546002
Diving with Sharks is a complete guide for divers seeking sharks or anyone interested in these incredible creatures. The book takes a detailed look at shark biology and behaviour, and features all the popular, and many lesser known, shark species that divers can encounter. Shark diving hot spots from around the world are also featured. The book also provides information to assist divers to get the best from their shark diving experiences, looking at the dos and don'ts, the pros and cons and the possible dangers. The book also includes feature stories, including the sad story of shark finning, which has seen massive reductions in shark numbers around the world from overfishing. With over 500 known species of sharks, and more being discovered every year, Diving with Sharks is the ultimate guide for learning more about these incredible creatures of the deep and also where to see them, up close and personal.
Author : John Bantin
Publisher : Fernhurst Books Limited
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 29,37 MB
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1909911739
The popular image of sharks is of a dorsal fin cleaving the surface as it rushes to its next kill, but this is a limited caricature. There are over 500 species to choose from, most of whom are far more frightened of humans than vice versa. In this beautiful book, diving veteran John Bantin recounts many tales of his diving with several species of sharks and other marine animals over the last 4 decades. Accompanied by his own stunning photography, the captivating, spectacular and sometimes shocking encounters show the reader what it is like to get up close and personal to these bizarre and beautiful creatures. The sharks covered range from the great whale sharks to the small blacktip reef shark, in locations extending to all corners of the globe.
