Technical Diving Resources

by Jon Kieren:

Books – The texts listed are all excellent resources for any active technical diver, or anyone who is interested in beginning their technical diver training. Some of the titles are instructional manuals, while others are non-fiction stories of exploration.

1. Advanced Wreck Diving Guide – Gary Gentile
2. Basic Decompression Theory and Application 3rd Edition – Bruce R. Wienke
3. Basics of Rebreather Diving, The – Jill Heinerth
4. Beyond the Deep: Deadly Descent into the World’s Most Treacherous Cave – William Stone, Barbara A.M. Ende, Monte Paulsen
5. Blueprint For Survival – Sheck Exley
6. Cave Divers, The – Robert Burgess
7. Caverns Measureless to Man – Sheck Exley
8. CCR Cave “Almost Simplified” – Dr. Mel Clark
9. CCR Trimix Simplified – Dr. Mel Clark
10. Deco for Divers – Mark Powell
11. Deep Descent: Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria – Kevin F. McMurray
12. Deeper into Diving, 2nd Edition – John Lippmann and Dr. Simon Mitchell
13. Diving in Darkness: Beneath Rock, Under Ice, Into Wrecks – Martyn Farr
14. Diving into Darkness: A True Story of Death and Survival – Phillip Finch
15. Diving Physics with Bubble Mechanics and Decompression Theory in Depth – Bruce R. Weinke
16. Diving Physiology in Plain English – Jolie Bookspan
17. Essentials of Cave Diving – Jill Heinerth
18. Fatally Flawed – The Quest to be Deepest – Verna an Schaik
19. Introduction to Technical Diving – Rob Palmer
20. Last Dive: A Father and Son’s Fatal Descent into the Ocean’s Depths, The – Bernie Chowhury
21. Mastering Rebreathers – Jeffrey E. Bozanic
22. Mixed Gas Diving: The Ultimate Challenge for Technical Diving – Tom Mount and Brett Gilliam
23. Physiology and Medicine of Diving, 5th Edition – Alf Brubakk and Tom Neuman
24. Rebreathers Simplified – Dr. Mel Clark
25. Shadow Divers – Robert Kurson
26. Shipwreck Hunter: Deep, Dark & Deadly in the Great Lakes – Gerry Volgenau
27. Sidemount Profiles – Brian Kakuk and Jill Heinerth
28. Six Skills and Other Discussions: Creative Solutions for Technical Divers, The – Steve Lewis
29. Staying Alive: Risk Management Techniques for Advanced Scuba Diving – Steve Lewis
30. Technical Diving from the Bottom Up – Kevin Gurr
31. Technical Diving in Depth – Bruce R. Wienke
32. Technical Diving Handbook – Gary Gentile
33. US NAVY Diving Manual
34. Wookey Hole: 75 Years of Cave Diving & Exploration – Jim Hanwell, Duncan Price, Richard Witcombe

Websites

1. TDISDI.com
   • The SDI/TDI/ERDI website provides student divers direct contact with their local TDI facilities and Instructors via the Dive Center/Instructor Search Tool. You can also search hundreds of articles about technical diving on the TDI Blog. The Course Description Page gives potential students access to complete descriptions as well as the Standards and Procedures of almost all TDI courses offered.
2. Rubicon Foundation: http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/
   • The Rubicon Foundation Research Repository is a free digital archive of over 8500 searchable references on topics ranging from Diving Accidents and Fatalities, Decompression Sickness, Hyperbaric Drug Interactions, In-water Recompression, Oxygen Toxicity, and much more! This is by far the largest collection of diving references, and the foundation actively undertakes projects that:
     • Contribute to the interdependent dynamic between research, exploration, science and education;
     • Improve the available resources for students, professionals and the general public; and
     • Preserve the valuable natural resources that are vital to future endeavors.
   • The Rubicon Foundation is a non-profit organization, they accept donations to help support their projects HERE.

Forums – Forums and discussion boards can be an excellent source of information from active technical divers and instructors. It is important to use caution whenever you are taking advice from someone on the internet, however.

1. www.CCRexplorers.com
2. www.Rebreatherworld.com
3. www.thedecostop.com
4. www.cavediver.net
5. http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/technical-diving-specialties/
6. http://www.thediveforum.com/forumdisplay.php?36-Technical-Diving