By C. Colerman

This guide helps certified divers to create their own diving adventures without being confined to group dives. Any budget, any schedule, in local or distant waters. Plan dives to maximise enjoyment and safety, find great diving sites, master underwater rescue proceedures, shore and night diving tehcniques, explore wrecks, reefs and caves.

384pp Pb

By M. Ange

Designed to entertain with compelling stories and instruct with expert postmortem analysis.

The author has trained recreational and military divers and completed over 5,000 dives in both shallow and deep water. This book is based on his monthly column in Scuba Diving Magazine.

192pp Pb

By A. Mountain
2009
Covers everything from choosing equipment to buy and training courses to attend to basic health and safety measures. Specialised diving options such as underwater photography, as well as wreck and ice diving, are also covered. In addition, the marine environment is examined and described in detail to help divers gain a better understanding of the sea and the creatures which inhabit it. The Diver’s Handbook is designed to be of equal use to both the novice and the experienced diver. Many divers learn only the basics of diving on holiday. For them, this book will provide the theory behind the practice and help engender confidence. For the more experienced underwater explorer it will augment existing knowledge and offer fresh angles on the sport.

Pb. 160pp 280x215mm 500 colour photos.

Ed. J. Jackson
The Worlds Best Pelagic Dives
This book features the best places in the world's oceans to dive with pelagic species. 'Pelagic' is a real buzzword and refers to the big fast creatures of the open waters, for example sharks, manta rays, dolphins, whales and barracuda. The book is strongly destination driven, but themed around the pelagic species.

160p 300x265mm 180 colour photos, 27 locator maps. Hb

Great Writers on Diving.

A collection of 35 passages written by various novelists, poets, journalists etc. Each covers something that will resonate with divers - from the portrayal of a diver worried about running out of air to nitrogen narcosis to a search for treasure...

Pb. 285pp. 225mmx150mm

By C Santella
2008

Diving experts share the World's greatest diving destinations.
This book is a virtual tour of the world’s greatest diving venues, as recommended by professional underwater photographers, tour leaders, adventurers, and other dive industry professionals. All the world’s seas are represented, from the icy waters off Antarctica to the tropics of Fiji and the south Pacific to the reefs surrounding Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Along with harrowing tales of interaction with sea animals large and small.

Hb. 224pp 40 colour photos. 203x78mm

By A. Ursell

GMTV's Amanda Ursell overcomes hydrophobia and claustrophobia to learn to dive in this humourous look at one woman's underwater journey of discovery. With chapters on crying underwater and learning that ‘most sharks are vegetarian’, this is an inspirational story of overcoming phobias and finding a new passion in the process.

160p 210x148mm 25 b/w illus. Pb

By Monty Halls
2007

This book tells the story behind the filming of 'Great Ocean Adventures which was aired on Channel 5 in 2007. It reveals the reality of a film crew on the road, the ups and downs of wildlife filming and the cast of characters encountered on the journey.
Chapters: Mysterious White Whale, The Spinner Dolphin, The Humbolt Squid, The Killer Whale, The Basking Shark, The Humpback Whale, The Thresher Shark, The Ocean Sunfish.

Pb. 181pp Colour photographs throughout. 290x210mm

THE DVD IS AVAILABLE IN OUR DVD SECTION

RRP. £15.00 OUR PRICE £12.99

By T. Pescha
2010
A magnificent visual journey into the aquatic world of the Seychelles archipelago. Sir David Attenborough described te south western atoll of Aldabra as 'one of the wonders if the world'.

Hb. 300x300mm 176pp 100 colour photographs

RRP £49.99 OUR PRICE £44.99

By T. Ecott

Days after his mothers funeral, Tim Ecott went scuba diving for the first time - and started a life long obsession. Tales of historical diving bells, Greek Sponge divers, World War Two frogmen and record setting breath hold divers are laced with travelogue detailing the authors own journey through an undersea world.

129x198mm 368pp Pb

By D. Burnie
From mangrove swamp to ocean floor, mollusc to manatee, Atlantic Conveyer to Hurricane Katrina, unravel the mysteries of the sea in Ocean.

Marvel at the oceans’ power and importance to our planet.
Beautiful images of ocean life,
the latest developments in ocean exploration and satellite maps of the entire sea floor.
From the geology of the sea floor to the interaction between the oceans and atmosphere, the extraordinary diversity of marine life.

252x301mm 512pp Hb

By Dr A. Kayle
2009
Safe Diving focuses on basic medical fitness to dive. In an easy to read style,it is essential reading for all scuba
divers, rescue divers, dive instructors, DMOs and hyperbaric
chamber operators.
Covers the full spectrum of conditions and ailments that affect divers, from the cardiovascular, pulmonary and neurological requirements for diving to breathing mixtures, inhaled gas contamination, heatstroke, hyperthermia, marine animal bites, vertigo underwater and diving during pregnancy. Diagrams highlight key aspects, such as ear barotrauma, while therapeutic decompression tables
complement the chapters on acute decompression illness, deep diver rescue and emergency ascents.

Pb. 368pp 230x155mm

By J. Bantin
2007
Whether you are looking for an introduction to the basics or advanced diving techniques to improve your skills, this indispensable guide will help you get the most out of your diving. Over 350 colour photographs and diagrams are combined with step by step exercises and practice programmes to explore all aspects of diving:
Choosing the right equipment
Techniques for entering the water
Ascending and descending safely
Finding your way underwater
Coping with currents and submerged hazards
Drift and wreck diving
Communicate with dive buddies
Finding the best dive sites around the world

With tips on safe diving, etiquette, and the basic science behind scuba diving.

Pb. 240x140mm 192pp 350 colour photos

RRP £9.99, our price £8.50

Communicate effectively underwater. Signs create pictures for your mind that represent ideas or objects in a familiar way that can be easily remembered.

This book contains 160 signs that will enable the diver to communicate virtually any message needed during a dive.

Spiral bound. plastic cover. 103pp 100x160mm

by Dave van Stijn & Mike Harterink

The Guide to all Diving Hand Signals

A must for every diver. Nearly 500 hand signals. Every signal is easy to understand and photographed underwater. Contains contributions from some of the world's best underwater photographers.

Paperback, 288pp, full colour. 210mm x 210mm.

By Dallas Murphy
2008
An examination of the Gulf Stream in historical and contemporary terms. Traces man’s interaction what the Gulf Stream from first awareness to today’s efforts to understand and preserve it amidst the devastating effects of climate change.

Pb. 276pp, 5"x8"

By S. Holden
2007

Through stunning photographs, taken on a sixteen-month 'Defending Our Oceans' expedition, Greenpeace reveals images few people have seen, capturing both the beauty and desperate state of our oceans, and the people that rely on them. Despite the vastness of the oceans we now know that they are in crisis, struggling to absorb the impact of our destructive ways. This is the story of our oceans - their extraordinary beauty and diversity of life - and the equally astounding ways in which they are exploited.

Photographs are the work of a team of world-class photographers assigned to the expedition.

Hb. 176pp 150 colour photos. 286x240mm

100 Extraordinary Experiences Under Water

by L Deeley and K Gargani

2009

Do you dream of plunging into the big blue to discover the most exceptional underwater experiences on the planet? 'Ultimate Diving Adventures' is the best dive buddy imaginable as it guides you through the depths in search of 100 amazing underwater encounters.

There are classic dives and secret spots, dramatic wrecks and sites where the marine life has to be seen to be believed. Authors Len Deeley and Karen Gargani are experienced divers who have spent many years exploring and taking photographs of the world’s ultimate dive sites. With their expert guidance and stunning images you will learn where to swim with frog fish and pygmy sea horses as well the best shark and whale dives.

Paperback, colour photos, 224pp.

RRP £20.00 OUR PRICE £15.99

RYA Wetnotes Pad
alternate lined / plain pages
spiral bound
100x150mm