Declare your diving independence. Now that you`ve got your diver`s certification, make the most of it! ” The Certified Diver`s Handbook” supplies all the advice & information you need to make diving an ongoing & rewarding part of your life. This definitive, real-world guide is packed with helpful facts & suggestions on everything from equipment, safety, & rescue procedures to techniques for shore diving, drift diving, night diving, & much more. You`ll learn how to take responsibility for your dive planning & your safety underwater. You`ll also find: advice on renting or buying the best equipment at the best price; tips on using & maintaining masks, tanks, regulators, & exposure suits; techniques for underwater navigation in changing conditions; strategies for avoiding underwater injuries & illness; the information you need to read wind, waves, currents, & weather; tips on great U.S. & international dive sites; the fundamentals of underwater photography; & much more. With ” The Certified Diver`s Handbook”, you can become an active, independent diver & make diving not just a special event, but a way of life.` From masks to valve regulators, from rip tides to thermoclines, from fireworms to sharks
- Clay overlooks nothing! You`ve never been through such a comprehensive course`
- Humberto Fontova, author, ” The Helldivers` Rodeo: A Deadly, Extreme, Scuba-Diving, Spear Fishing Adventure Amid the Offshore Oil-Platforms in the Murky Waters of the Gulf of Mexico”.` Finally a book written by a diver who loves the sport & manages to get his message across in an entertaining way`
- Chuck Nicklin, cofounder of The Dive Locker, Emmy
- award winning underwater cinematographer. ` You won`t find a more comprehensive, easy-to-read book about diving. This is a must-have for divers of all experience levels`
- Bonnie J. Cardone, former editor of ” Skin Diver” magazine, editor of ” The Fireside Diver: An Anthology of Underwater Adventure”. Clay Coleman, shown here in the Caribbean with his wife & dive buddy Sharon Coleman, began diving, photographing, & spearfishing beneath the oil rigs off the coast of his native Louisiana in 1973. A member of the Louisiana State Bar since 1979, his first article appeared in Sport Diver magazine in 1994. His writing & photographs have been published in numerous diving, conservation, & boating magazines.