An authoritative and encouraging guide to scuba-diving for the beginner or intermediate enthusiast, this book contains expert advice and step-by-step illustrations on how to perfect key skills, such as buoyancy control, how to buy and maintain equipment (including state-of-the art kit), what the different diving options are, and where to find classic dive sites around the world. Unlike the dry training manuals that accompany all diving courses, the Eyewitness Guide informs and advises, with tips from experts, broadening the horizons of those have recently qualified, and encouraging the curious to take the plunge. It is both a general companion for the leisure diver, and an absorbing introduction for the complete newcomer.