The Book of the first step under the surface - Ales Gill

First step underwater...... and then a second and a third until you become a diver.

Divers are strange people who appear at the water's edge wrapped head to toe in black and with tubes. They disappear underwater for up to an hour at a time while you follow them around with goggles or a snorkel mask, watching for fish.

Are you drawn to the depths of the sea, flooded quarries or dams? Well... if you're reading these lines,you've reached for the right book.

What will you learn?

• - what diving is
• - what types of diving there are
• - why we do it (because we enjoy it)
• - what equipment we use
• - how to try diving
• - how to get started...

But most importantly, you will learn how to continue and develop if your first step underwater is successful and the new world, wet and blue, starts to excite you.