The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Scuba Diving (2nd Ed.)

How to scuba dive? How to get my scuba diving certification?

• If you are not a diver yet, this handbook is everything you need to know about diving & scuba certification in a step-by-step beginner's guide.
• If you are a newly certified scuba diver and do not yet feel safe & comfortable underwater, this guide will show you how to become as comfortable underwater as you are when sitting on your couch.
• If you are a scuba diving instructor, this reference book provides a high-quality framework to help your students prepare for a lifetime of legendary underwater experiences.

Regardless of your reason for wanting to learn to dive, chances are you won't go scuba diving after completing your open-water certification. Weird, right?

There are "holes" in the way scuba diving instructors teach, and this handbook will lay it bare so you can prepare to learn to dive and get what you need for a lifetime of legendary underwater adventures.

Recommendations are backed by industry-wide surveys that the author shares with you. He also explains the ISO international scuba diving training standards so you can prepare and know whether you are being shortchanged.

This step-by-step handbook to learning to dive covers scuba certification courses, dive equipment & dive travel with pages of actionable information.

• Should I pursue a PADI certification or choose another dive training agency?
• How much does it cost to learn to dive? How can I save money?
• What can I do to feel & be safe while scuba diving?
• Selecting a dive instructor, dive center, dive resort & dive boat.
• And so much more