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Shadow Divers Shadow Divers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.38 — 38,983 ratings — published 2004
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Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.06 — 6,504 ratings — published 2019
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Deep Descent: Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria Deep Descent: Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,050 ratings — published 2001
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Caverns Measureless to Man Caverns Measureless to Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.50 — 202 ratings — published 1994
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Where Divers Dare: The Hunt for the Last U-Boat Where Divers Dare: The Hunt for the Last U-Boat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.16 — 259 ratings — published 2016
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Diving into Darkness: A True Story of Death and Survival Diving into Darkness: A True Story of Death and Survival (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.29 — 834 ratings — published 2008
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Diver Down: Real-World Scuba Accidents and How to Avoid Them Diver Down: Real-World Scuba Accidents and How to Avoid Them (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.24 — 798 ratings — published 2005
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Deco for Divers Deco for Divers (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.63 — 166 ratings — published 2008
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Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.04 — 12,525 ratings — published 2015
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The Reef The Reef (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 3.97 — 23,040 ratings — published 1998
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Dark Descent: Diving and the Deadly Allure of the Empress of Ireland Dark Descent: Diving and the Deadly Allure of the Empress of Ireland (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 3.95 — 245 ratings — published 2004
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Out of Air Out of Air (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 3.44 — 2,129 ratings — published 2025
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Whalefall Whalefall (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 3.68 — 43,399 ratings — published 2023
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Basic Cave Diving: A Blueprint for Survival Basic Cave Diving: A Blueprint for Survival (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.59 — 75 ratings — published 1986
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Deep Water Deep Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,063 ratings — published 2018
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Fatally Flawed: The Quest to be Deepest Fatally Flawed: The Quest to be Deepest (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 3.89 — 94 ratings — published 2008
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The Complete Diver: The History, Science and Practice of Scuba Diving The Complete Diver: The History, Science and Practice of Scuba Diving (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.33 — 75 ratings — published 2012
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Beginners Guide to Fun and Safe Scuba Diving Beginners Guide to Fun and Safe Scuba Diving (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.35 — 17 ratings — published 2013
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Scuba Diving Scuba Diving (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 3.94 — 96 ratings — published 1993
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Neutral Buoyancy: Adventures in a Liquid World Neutral Buoyancy: Adventures in a Liquid World (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 3.80 — 404 ratings — published 2001
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The Discovery (Dive, #1) The Discovery (Dive, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 3.73 — 2,336 ratings — published 2005
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The Cave Divers The Cave Divers (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.17 — 115 ratings — published 1976
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Submerged: Adventures of America's Most Elite Underwater Archeology Team Submerged: Adventures of America's Most Elite Underwater Archeology Team (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.03 — 434 ratings — published 2002
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Reliquary (Pendergast, #2) Reliquary (Pendergast, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.04 — 52,244 ratings — published 1997
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The Mountain in the Sea The Mountain in the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 3.86 — 42,088 ratings — published 2022
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Under Pressure: Diving Deeper with Human Factors Under Pressure: Diving Deeper with Human Factors (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.48 — 157 ratings — published
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Other Minds Other Minds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 3.88 — 29,980 ratings — published 2016
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Shadow Divers Exposed: The Real Saga of the U-869 Shadow Divers Exposed: The Real Saga of the U-869 (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 3.51 — 63 ratings — published 2006
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Ocean Prey (Lucas Davenport #31, Virgil Flowers #13) Ocean Prey (Lucas Davenport #31, Virgil Flowers #13)
by (shelved 2 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.38 — 38,065 ratings — published 2021
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In Oceans Deep: Courage, Innovation, and Adventure Beneath the Waves In Oceans Deep: Courage, Innovation, and Adventure Beneath the Waves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 3.75 — 360 ratings — published 2019
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The Girl Beneath the Sea (Underwater Investigation Unit, #1) The Girl Beneath the Sea (Underwater Investigation Unit, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.06 — 43,324 ratings — published 2020
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Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.45 — 8,702 ratings — published 2014
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Beyond the Deep: The Deadly Descent into the World's Most Treacherous Cave Beyond the Deep: The Deadly Descent into the World's Most Treacherous Cave (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.05 — 553 ratings — published 2003
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Scuba Confidential - An Insider's Guide to Becoming a Better Diver Scuba Confidential - An Insider's Guide to Becoming a Better Diver (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.34 — 348 ratings — published 2013
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The Danger (Dive, #3) The Danger (Dive, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,716 ratings — published 2003
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The Deep (Dive, #2) The Deep (Dive, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,769 ratings — published 2003
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Fatal Depth: Deep Sea Diving, China Fever, And The Wreck Of The Andrea Doria Fatal Depth: Deep Sea Diving, China Fever, And The Wreck Of The Andrea Doria (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 3.88 — 166 ratings — published 2003
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Padi Open Water Diver Manual 2006 Edition Padi Open Water Diver Manual 2006 Edition (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 3.74 — 358 ratings — published 1990
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SCUBA Diving SCUBA Diving (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as scuba-diving)
avg rating 3.92 — 38 ratings — published 2006
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Mistakes Were Made: A Novel Mistakes Were Made: A Novel (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as scuba-diving)
avg rating 3.64 — 21 ratings — published
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Paradise Cove Paradise Cove (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as scuba-diving)
avg rating 3.20 — 10 ratings — published
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Komodo Komodo (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as scuba-diving)
avg rating 3.59 — 535 ratings — published
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Sidemount Diving : The Almost Comprehensive Guide 2nd edition Sidemount Diving : The Almost Comprehensive Guide 2nd edition (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.40 — 5 ratings — published 2020
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Foundations in Underwater Photography: An Introduction to Photography Below the Waves Foundations in Underwater Photography: An Introduction to Photography Below the Waves (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as scuba-diving)
avg rating 5.00 — 3 ratings — published
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On the Bottom: The Raising of the U.S. Navy Submarine S-51 On the Bottom: The Raising of the U.S. Navy Submarine S-51 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.30 — 162 ratings — published 1978
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A Cry From The Deep A Cry From The Deep (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.15 — 40 ratings — published 2014
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Dangerous Depths (The Aloha Reef  #3) Dangerous Depths (The Aloha Reef #3)
by (shelved 1 time as scuba-diving)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,797 ratings — published 2006
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Olivia Mae and Her Scuba Diving Day Olivia Mae and Her Scuba Diving Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as scuba-diving)
avg rating 5.00 — 10 ratings — published
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Barry Lopez
“Something, most certainly, happens to a diver’s emotions underwater. It is not merely a side effect of the pleasing, vaguely erotic sensation of water pressure on the body. Nor is it alone the peculiar sense of weightlessness, which permits a diver to hang motionless in open water, observing sea life large as whales around him; not the ability of a diver, descending in that condition, to slowly tumble and rotate in all three spatial planes. It is not the exhilaration from disorientation that comes when one’s point of view starts to lose its “lefts” and “down” and gains instead something else, a unique perception that grows out of the ease of movement in three dimensions. It is not from the diminishment of gravity to a force little more emphatic than a suggestion. It is not solely exposure to an unfamiliar intensity of life. It is not a state of rapture with the bottomless blue world beneath one’s feet…it is some complicated mix of these emotions, together with the constant proximity of real terror.”
― Barry Lopez, About This Life: Journeys on the Threshold of Memory

Jennifer Arnett
“It isn’t always the treasure that drives men down deep into the sea; it’s something else, something unexplainable, even to them.”
― Jennifer Arnett, Into Her Chambers

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