Bøker av Darcy Kieran

Finally! The size of the scuba diving industry. 2nd Edition: updated market data, more data & more accuracy in dive industry market statistics. Dive equipment, scuba certifications, and dive travel. USA, Europe, and worldwide. Dive industry market data is hard to find. Some scuba statistics are publicly available, but most financial and market information is hidden. We did an extensive search to identify available and reliable market and economic data sources on the scuba diving industry. We summarized it for you, and we analyzed it to determine the size of the scuba diving industry.In addition to our own Business of Diving Institute surveys, we reviewed data from numerous sources, including OIA, BEA, DEMA, SFIA, U.S. Census Bureau, TIV Germany, RSTC Europe, Scubapro, Mares, Beuchat, Aqua Lung, BWMG, Shearwater, and PADI.In addition to scuba diving, we also look at snorkeling, freediving, rebreather diving, and tech diving.These are the most official unofficial numbers for the scuba diving industry.

Mystery of The Blue Dragon is a neo-noir saga of crime, romance, drama, intrigue, and scuba diving. When a chance encounter with a DEA agent leads scuba diving instructor Nollaig and computer hacker Sierra into a dangerous double life of scuba diving and cybercrime in a mission to take down a shady drug and gun-smuggling operation, they must face their personal demons and fight against a corrupt system to save their own life and accept that adversity can be a door to a better future.Nollaig is a scuba diving instructor trainer with a successful dive business in Miami and Key Largo, Florida. But when he meets Lucy, an undercover DEA agent, his life is changed forever. As they become entangled in a dangerous mission to take down a drug and gun smuggling ring with help from hacker Sierra, Nollaig's world is thrown into chaos. Forced to flee Miami, Nollaig and Sierra will eventually find refuge on a tropical island, working as divemasters with fake IDs while fighting against bad capitalism, corrupt governments, and unsafe dive operators. But the consequences of their mission still linger, and they must come to terms with their past in order to move forward.

How to scuba dive? How to get my scuba diving certification? Start off on the right fin!If you are not a diver yet, this in-depth handbook is everything you need to know about diving and scuba certification in a step-by-step beginner's guide.If you are a newly certified scuba diver and do not yet feel safe & comfortable underwater, this guide will show you how to become as comfortable underwater as you are when sitting on your couch.If you are a scuba diving instructor, this reference book will provide a quality framework to use with your students to prepare them for a lifetime of legendary underwater experiences.Regardless of your reason for wanting to learn to dive, chances are you won't go scuba diving after completing your open-water certification. Weird, right?There are "holes" in the way scuba diving instructors teach, and this handbook will lay it bare so you can prepare to learn to dive and get what you need for a lifetime of legendary underwater adventures.Recommendations are backed by industry-wide surveys that the author shares with you. He also explains ISO international scuba diving training standards so you can prepare and know if you are being short-changed.This step-by-step handbook to learning to dive covers scuba certification courses, dive equipment & dive travel with 550+ pages of actionable information.Should I get a PADI certification or go with another dive training agency? How much does it cost to learn to dive? How can I save money?How can I get comfortable underwater? What can I do to feel & be safe while scuba diving? What are the scuba certification levels and which ones matter to me?Typical mistakes made by people who decide to learn to dive.The pitfalls & traps in the dive industry. How to avoid them.Where to take your certification and with whom.Selecting a dive instructor, dive center, dive resort & dive boat.Your health & fitness to dive.What dive gear to buy & what to rent.How to save money by spending on what will actually help you.And so much more!Most books about scuba diving are written by instructors with good content. But Darcy Kieran gives you a 360-degree view from his experience as a scuba diving instructor trainer & owner/manager of dive shops, dive equipment wholesalers, dive boats, scuba diving university programs, and dive resorts.This handbook won't teach you how to scuba dive - you must get in the water for that! But you will know exactly what to do before registering for a scuba certification course.The author shares typical mistakes that would cost you time and money and, in many cases, provide you with such a bad experience that you would want to stop scuba diving. This book gives you a chance to learn from others' mistakes! It will help you understand how the dive industry operates so you can navigate it to your advantage.Do not risk missing out on a lifetime of legendary scuba diving adventures because many dive professionals you'll encounter are not always professional. Instead, learn how to be the leader of your own adventure!