Discover Florida Scuba Diving

Before Jacques Cousteau became an internationally known oceanographer and champion of the seas, he was a curious little boy. In this lovely biography, poetic text and gorgeous paintings combine to create a portrait of Jacques Cousteau that is as magical as it is inspiring.

A brand-new book due to be released at the end of this month, this middle-grade fiction book follows Fin, a boy who hopes that he and his father can find a lost family treasure that might help his ill Abuelo. Click on the title to go on the wait list for this item!

A magazine specializing in diving at historically significant locations, this is one of a few diving magazines that can be found through our eBook resource Overdrive!

For future divers, this book recreates the experience of diving alongside sea creatures, with true-to-size illustrations.

Planning a trip to the southernmost point of the United States? This guide will help you find the best spots to snorkel and dive in the Florida Keys. 

From Carysfort Reef to Indian Key to Dry Tortugas National Park, the Florida Keys provide many excellent and diverse snorkeling opportunities among brilliant corals teeming with remarkable sea life and sunken ships from long ago. Snorkeling the Florida Keys dives into more than forty unforgettable sites, including reefs, wrecks, and beaches.

For those looking for an introduction to the hows, whys, and history of scuba diving, this all-around resource guide is a great starting point.

An all-around resource on learning to scuba dive, with an emphasis on safety procedures.

This exciting book details the expeditions of submarining adventurer and inventor Jacques Cousteau. A 20th-century explorer, Cousteau documented his many undersea adventures in books and on film and television. Young readers will be fascinated to learn about his research ships and inventions, such as the aqualung, and be inspired by his passion for ocean conservation.

Looking to scuba further afield? Just search "scuba travel" in our catalog to find out which travel guides include resources on scuba diving sites.

Set in Florida in the aftermath of a hurricane, archaeologist Faye Longchamp's life is wrecked in more ways than one. Her daughter disappeared after taking a boat to meet her mysterious older boyfriend, the island community Faye loves has been reshaped by a hurricane...and Captain Edward Eubank has ended up dead. He had told Faye he'd found an incredible shipwreck, which seems to have vanished without a trace. And the captain himself was found in scuba gear, despite, seemingly, never scuba diving. Faye will have to break some rules to find her daughter and find justice.

The beloved explorer Jacques Cousteau witnessed firsthand the complexity and beauty of life on earth and undersea -- and watched the toll taken by human activity in the twentieth century. In this magnificent last book, Cousteau describes his deeply informed philosophy about protecting our world for future generations. Weaving gripping stories of his adventures throughout, he and coauthor Susan Schiefelbein address the risks we take with human health, the overfishing and sacking of the world's oceans, the hazards of nuclear proliferation, and the environmental responsibility of scientists, politicians, and people of faith. This prescient, clear-sighted book is a remarkable testament to the life and work of one of our greatest modern adventurers.