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You'll learn how to take responsibility for your dive planning and your safety underwater.You'll also find: advice on renting or buying the best equipment at the best price; tips on using and maintaining masks, tanks, regulators, and exposure suits; techniques for underwater navigation in changing conditions; strategies for avoiding underwater injuries and illness; the information you need to read wind, waves, currents, and weather; tips on great U.S. and international dive sites; the fundamentals of underwater photography; and much more.With \"The Certified Diver's Handbook\", you can become an active, independent diver and make diving not just a special event, but a way of life. 'From masks to valve regulators, from rip tides to thermoclines, from fireworms to sharks - Clay overlooks nothing! 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