Revealed: The SCUBA Diving Bestsellers of 2024

9 December 2024
SCUBA Travel are pleased to release the list of our best selling SCUBA books in 2024. There have been some great books published this year which have made the list, plus some old favourites.

Here are the top ten: figures in brackets show the previous year's position.

1. Shipwrecks from the Egyptian Red Sea
by Ned Middleton
A re-entry. The definitive guide to the many wrecks of the Egyptian Red Sea. Very well researched - recommended. (--)

2. Underwater Guide to the Red Sea
by Lawson Wood
Covers both the best dive sites and gives a photographic identification guide to some of the sealife of the Red Sea. A good introduction but if you are serious about identification we recommend Coral Reef Guide Red Sea (9)

3. National Geographic A Diver's Guide to the World: Remarkable Dive Travel Destinations Above and Beneath the Surface
by Carrie Miller & Chris Taylor
Dive travel experts Carrie Miller and Chris Taylor travelled to 50 inspirational locations around the world-spending more than 250 hours underwater-to bring you this one-of-a-kind guidebook. (--)

4. 100 Dives of a Lifetime: The World's Ultimate Underwater Destinations
by Carrie Miller and Brian Skerry
From National Geographic, includes some beautiful photograps plus marine life guides, travel tips and expert diving advice from world-famous National Geographic divers and explorers like Brian Skerry, Jessica Cramp and David Doubilet. (7)

5. Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die: Diving Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations
by Chris Santella
Re-entry. The fifth in Santella's bestselling "Fifty Places" series. (--)

6. Dive Atlas of the World: An Illustrated Reference to the Best Sites
by Jack Jackson
And another re-entry! 300 pages detailing some of the world's best dive sites. (--)

7. Reef Life: An Underwater Memoir
by Dr Callum Roberts
Gives divers access to, and understanding of, the science of our oceans and reefs. (2)

8. Coral Reef Guide Red Sea
by Ewald Lieske, Robert Myers
Excellent guide to the fish and invertebrates of the Red Sea. (1)

9. Treasures, Shipwrecks and the Dawn of Red Sea Diving: A Pioneer's Journey
by Howard Rosenstein
Howard Rosenstein wasn't just opening the first dive school in Sharm El-Sheikh; he was cracking open a hidden world in Sinai. This true story dives headfirst into those ground-breaking times, where celebrated guests, uncharted dives and historical discoveries became the extraordinary routine.(--)

10. Scuba Diving Hand Signals: Pocket Companion for Recreational Scuba Divers
by Lars Behnke
More than 240 commonly used gestures are illustrated and grouped into eight categories: (--)