Updated August 26, 2022
With Christmas coming up, or it could be a birthday, or some other special occasion for celebration, if you’re involved with a diver, this post will be a good tool to help you get the perfect gift. A book is a particularly great choice, especially if you’re trying to stick to a budget. It can be a useful reference, a source of adventure, or just an attractive coffee table source of conversation.
I’ve brought together a collection of highly recommended and popular scuba diving books. They cover a wide variety of categories to suit your particular niche.
In this post, we will introduce a logbook and describe several educational & reference books on scuba diving.
Categories:
- logbook
- educational/reference
- cave
- underwater explorer
- sea life
- safety/survival
- wreck
- inspirational
- children’s
- fiction/stories
- underwater photographer
- freediving
- Pacific northwest marine life
If you want to see books in other categories, just click on the topic in the list.
Logbook
Innovative Scuba Concepts Scuba Diving Log Book – Red Cordura Diver Down Flag Three-Ring Binder
Every diver needs a logbook to keep a record of the dives.
- Comes in this attractive cover or 6 other designs
- 10-Inches tall x 7-inches wide
- The three-ring binder fits the suggested inserts or PADI inserts
- Water-resistant sturdy Cordura cover that zips shut to keep pages safe
- 21 credit card slots, 3 pen holders, cell-phone-sized pocket, mesh pocket with hook
Educational/Reference
The Great Buoyancy Scam & How To Avoid It by John Kean
Before you participate in mass-marketed corporate dive instruction so prevalent today, this book is a good read. It looks behind and beyond what you will get in your course in a straightforward and informative manner and well prepares particularly the beginning diver to move ahead fruitfully.
The Complete Diver: The Complete History, Science and Practice of Scuba Diving by Alex Brylske, Ph.D.
A comprehensive guide to the sport of recreational diving is useful for divers and 
The Certified Diver’s Handbook: The Complete Guide to Your Own Underwater Adventures by Clay Coleman
This is a book for divers to use to get beyond their beginning course and get activated as divers. Many get certified and then don’t find a way to do the diving they would like. This book helps you to create your own adventure within any budget, schedule, or other demands. It has tips on how to equip, plan, and execute your own diving expedition and enjoy the sport to the fullest.
Scuba Confidential: An Insider’s Guide to Becoming a Better Diver by Simon Pridmore
This is a guide that is loaded with tips and advice from an expert to teach you the secrets of technical and professional divers. You’ll get a number of insights on topics like cave diving, equipment, and how to choose the right instructor which will enable you to become a more confident and capable diver.
Scuba Fundamental: Start Diving the Right Way by Simon Pridmore
Suited to aspiring divers, this book is designed as a supplement to a beginner’s diving course. It will make the learning process easier, helping you to make the right choices and avoid the pitfalls that await uninformed divers new to the sport. It will help to set the foundation for becoming a capable and competent lifelong diver.
NOAA Diving Manual: Diving For Science and Technology, 6th Edition
Knowledge gleaned from 50 years of research, this 
This is the book that introduced me to 
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