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Scuba Exceptional: Become the Best Diver You Can Be

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About the Author
Simon Pridmore is a best-selling author of scuba diving books, travel books and, as you might expect, scuba diving travel books.

Originally from the UK, Simon has lived in Asia for over 30 years.

As well as his books and guides, Simon writes regular columns for a variety of magazines and speaks about diver training and dive safety at conferences all over the world.

He and his wife Sofie currently live in Bali, Indonesia but spend a lot of time exploring other places trying, but failing so far, to find a cure for their itchy feet.

You may not be able to have Simon as an actual dive buddy, but his book -- crammed with relevant advice, tips, and explanations about how and how not to approach the sport we love -- is the next best thing.

Well written and easy to read, put a copy of Scuba Exceptional on your shopping list and read it before your next dive trip."

Steve Lewis, cave diving instructor, author of Staying Alive; The Six Skills and Other Discussions and Death in Number Two Shaft

"The first thing that came to mind when I finished the last sentence of Scuba Exceptional was, "I so wish that book had existed when I started diving nearly 30 years ago!".

I have worked with Simon on technical diving projects, in equipment design and testing and in diver training, so I have intimate knowledge of the enormous depth of his experience within most fields of diving world wide.

The tales and advice in Scuba Exceptional are engaging, relevant and offer much for the diver at any point or level in their hobby or career, to help them consider, change and become "the best diver they can be".

I highly recommend this fount of knowledge."
Phil Short FRGS, fellow Explorers Club: Dive Industry Consultant: Director, Dark Water Exploration Ltd.


Scuba Exceptional reflects the same philosophy of safe diving through the acquisition of knowledge and skills. 

The themes are new, there are some wonderful and extremely useful new cautionary tales and the focus this time is more on issues that face experienced divers.

There is more technical diving content but, as usual, Simon covers complex issues in his usual clear and easy-to-read style. 

In many cases, the concerns of technical divers reflect those of scuba divers at every level. After all, as he says, technical diving is on the same spectrum as conventional sport diving: it is just a different frequency.

Scuba Exceptional also deals in detail with the psychological approach to scuba diving, broaching topics from new angles and borrowing techniques and procedures from other fields of human activity.

While most of Scuba Exceptional focuses on the diver, it also takes a look at the wider picture and highlights a number of areas where scuba diving professionals and the "industry" as a whole are letting divers down. 

As always, Simon is realistic in his assessments. He may shine a little light on the dark side of the scuba diving world, but he does this in order to illuminate bad practice and encourage change, while offering solutions.

He also provides insights on a wide range of subjects. For instance, do you want to know...

what makes someone a good diver?
how to swim against a current without getting exhausted?
how you can be out of air while you still have plenty to breathe?
what the concept of failure points is?
how to be a defensive diver?
how preconditioning applies to scuba diving?
how long you should really wait between diving and flying?
when to call DAN (and when not to call)?
how corals could possibly be animals when they look like rocks?
how to avoid being left behind in the ocean?
what's happening in the world of rebreather diving? or
what the perimeter of ignorance is?

Scuba Exceptional has the answers to these questions and a lot more...

Product details
Paperback: 305 pages
Publisher: Independently published (October 27, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 172919415X
ISBN-13: 978-1729194157
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.7 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces

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