Scuba Confidential: An Insider's Guide to Becoming a Better Diver (The Scuba Series)

This is truly a book for any diver interested in "becoming a better diver". I have a few hundred dives under my belt, and I learned a lot from this book. I wish there had been something like this for me to read after my initial certification 25 years ago. The book is full of safety tips, etiquette and lots more food for thought for the advancing diver. If you've been a dive professional (Divemaster/Instructor) for a long time, this may be old news, but there's good material in here for just about every other kind of diver. It's written in very clear and accessible language. The book also contains very up-to-date survey of the range of experiences the sport has to offer, from liveaboards to "muck diving", wreck diving, cave diving, rebreathers and more. The book does a great job at getting the reader excited about these pursuits while being realistic about the risks and dangers. Highly recommended.

This is a nice read, with chapters and items easily organized and references throughout the book. It is a great source of General information source for many different dive disciplines, techniques, and etiquette. Some things I knew already, others learned for the first time, which I appreciated. This is a.Great place to start if you are considering photography, tech diving, or interfaces of the diving world. Other books abound with specific information for that particular branch of scuba. I learned a lot from this, as I had hoped: what to.expect on a liveaboard; what is a muck dive? Is a rebreather good for me? I'll be taking these hints and tips on how to be a better diver the next time I go out. Good luck, and Happy Diving!

Interesting and helpful tips and reminders to become a better diver. Simple language is used tough it is meant for people having already taken at least basic scuba divers lessons

Simon Pridmore covers every aspect of diving with critical detail. Many things that divers of all experience levels are covered in this book. The author covers every ki d of diving including cave, wreck, deep, night, drift, shore, etc. He also covers what to look for in equipment, how to handle unexpected situations, what to look for in training. In short, this book covers it all. Must read if you're interested in diving at any level.

Just finished Simone Priidmore's, Scuba Confidential; An insiders guide to becoming a better diver. I highly suggest this book to the newly certified open water diver as well as the divers out there who have taken some time off or might be a bit rusty. Simone does a great job of breaking down the pitfalls and complacencies we can find ourselves in and not owning up to them when ultimately we are all responsible for ourselves. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and will highly recommend to my friends.

Well written text covering subjects of safety, skills, training, equipment, gasses and travel in a different way. There are survival strategies, anecdotal examples, demythologizing deco, dumb things dive pros do, and a multitude of other ways of looking at the what used to be the "same old boring stuff." The book is very interesting and I read all 343 pages in just 2 days. "Become a better diver by keeping your mind and eyes wide open"

This is a good book for scuba divers and I can safely say that you will get something out of it no matter where you dive. I might suggest this to somebody earlier in their diving career rather than later, as some things covered you will have figured out for yourself pretty quickly. I would also recommend it for the occasional, or "vacation only" diver, hopefully it will get you out there more!

This book has it all and is a must read for all divers. Though I do not plan to get into some of the more advanced diving certifications, he gives a very good and clear overview of them in a most interesting way. Great read! As a new diver I found it most helpful but I believe it would interest even advanced divers for the wealth of information offered.

Review - Scuba confidential - Simon Pridmore - sandsmedia publishing, bali, indonesia - ISBN 978 - 1491049242 I have just had the pleasure of reading most of this fine book - which i picked up from a a liveaboard library. I'll purchase it as soon as i return and also supply a copy to my dive shop, which has been looking after me for more than 15 yrs; i owe them this favour I have been diving since the late 80's, as a fanatic at first, DM in 1996, Nitrox 1999, but the last 20 yrs have been limited to one, sometime two liveaboards a year, so, intense diving for 10-14 days, then none for 8-10 months, year in year out without fail No problems, i pick my skills right up and have a fantastic time each trip, where all my "assumptions" go unchallenged, and i've survived without incident. I can't say this for many others i've encountered on these myriad trips, nothing serious, but some have made unfathomable errors all the same That's the context from which i approached this book It is for divers like me, and any diver who "knows how to dive" - not beginners ( i believe there is another book for them ((scuba fundamental- start diving the right way)),) What this wonderful book does in encourages and explains - not preaches! It goes through every mistake i've made, and more, then suggests not a remedy, but a prevention built on the clear explanation of why it happened in the first place As an emergency service worker i very very much enjoyed "breaking the chain", about empowering everyone to speak up if they perceive any threat "An out of air emergency - what really happens" happened to me 10 yrs ago in the maldives, fortunatly i kept my mask, helped the distressed diver to the surface with little more affect than his acute embarassment for a day or so, but i could've done better - a tough section, but it happens, and i intend to survive it should it happen again The "something is wrong feeling" on deep dives also hit home The reassessment of your buoyancy "lose that weight" a few dives into the trip was also a welcome refresher, and i took off another kg to great effect - thanks for the reminder I was tempted to knock the book off, but that would be criminal, especially as it's addition to the library has already made me a better diver, and to deny that gift to the next person who picks it up would be very "un-buddy" like Now I've brought the book, I'll add it to my dive treasures, like all those clips and bit n'pieces which i've built up over the decades, safely stored away which are then first packed for each new trip Great read and great value in the way it coaches me to dive safer and with far more enjoyment ( especially considering the cost of liveaboards) Fabulous book, thank you Peter [Lukey] - Melbourne P.S. "Assumptions"? Did you know that the safe bottom for Nitrox 32% is 32m., not what i always assumed it was

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Das Buch bietet eine gute Zusammenfassung über die Bereiche modernen Tauchens, wissenswerte Grundlagen und Tipps. Wer jedoch bereits z.B. seinen "Roggenbach" oder ähnliche Tauch-Lehrbücher gelesen hat, der findet hier kaum neue Erkenntnisse. Dennoch ein gut zu lesendes Buch mit vielen Geschichten und Erlebnissen aus der Praxis.

The book gives insights that every dive should have... it would be so much easier for us dive customers and dive guides if scuba dives knew the tips of this book! It was helpful for me and I am sure that I will be re reading it from time to time

A very nice reading for beginners. Found a lot of things that are not tough in classrooms. I am now better armed as to what to buy and what to look at when purchasing scuba items/accessories. After reading this, went to a pool session and the MD was impressed with my knowledge above the teaching material. It made me a more confident diver as I understand better the physiology of the sport. A recommended reading for anyone new and/or semi-advanced level of divers.