Description
Author John Reseck, Jr., has more than ten thousand hours of diving experience and an engaging writing style, and he brings them both to bear in this comprehensive, easy-to-read introduction to the increasingly popular sport of scuba diving. Written to conform to the teaching requirements of the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI), Scuba, Safe and Simple covers all the requisites for safe, confident, and enjoyable diving, including:
โข Equipment-what you need and how to use it
โข Basic diving skills and the natural laws that govern them
โข Medical problems-accidents, errors, equipment failure-and how to avoid them
โข Neptune's world-surf, rocks, currents, and visibility
โข Sharks, sting rays, and other things to avoid
โข Undersea photography
โข Exploring caves and wrecks, night diving, and other neat things
โข Plus eight appendices that give key data and tables, and a variety of information, including sections on diving safety rules and first aid.
