Complete Wreck Diving: A Guide to Diving Wrecks

by Brian Skerry and Henry Keatts

Book Overview

This comprehensive guide is for both beginning and advanced divers. It tells how to find wrecks, details the equipment and techniques needed, explains safety concerns, and teaches how to recover... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1881652300
• ISBN13: 9781881652304
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Aqua Quest Publications
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Surprisingly Good

When I first leafed through this book, I mistakenly thought that it would be a dry read. I was wrong. This book provides a wealth of information: particularly on finding and identifying wrecks. It gave great insight into where to find information about wrecks; right down to the places and addresses where maritime archives are stored and how to perform research. Informative descriptions of equipment give the reader a good foothold of knowledge to start planning dives & searches. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in wreck diving, especially if you've dreamed of finding that virgin wreck site but didn't know where to start or what resources are available.

TERRIFIC GUIDE TO A FASCINATING SPORT

This is a fine book full of good information on how to safely enjoy diving on shipwrecks. The authors, wreck diving Professor Henry Keatts, world class photographer and Wreck Diver Brian Skerry (National Geographic, People, etc.) are the perfect duo to write such a work. The book contains many fine pictures and illustrations acompanied by a wonderfully descriptive and informative text. This is a must have for the bookshelf of any aspiring or experienced wreck diver

Very good in WreckDiving, Read this !

It follows another books shape of covering everything from A to Z, preparation, boat trips, equip selection and configuration, planning, diving, bends, etc etc etc, doing a step by step way to share with you a great quantity of info about wreck diving. I wreck dive, i've read it, and i found it a good book.

Great book...However...

This is a well written overview of techniques and information on wreck diving:that being said, it will never replace a decently taught course from an organization such as NAUI, PADI, SSI, or BSAC. By all means, buy this book! It's a teriffic addition to any diver's library. It does *not* take the place of a wreck diver's certification course.

This book is a thorough guide for a novice like myself.

Complete Wreck Diving does a great service to those of us who are looking to dive deeper with each year. Step by step it takes you through preparations for your trip and gives you peace of mind enough to make a safe dive. I strongly suggest reading this before attempting a deep sea wreck dive. Very informative overall! I particularly enjoyed the photographs.