Library

The Dive Industry Foundation maintains a Recreational Diving Library.  Currently we have Books, Magazines, and Diving Equipment Catalogs.  The long term goal is to create a physical location for this collection, so the global diving community will have access to our industry history.

Donations may be made to Dive Industry Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax exempt educational and charitable foundation.  contact Gene Muchanski, 2294 Botanica circle, West Melbourne, FL 32904.  email: gene@diveindustry.org  web: www.diveindustry.org

Magazines

  • Action Sport Retailer – 1984-1993 – (8 issues)
  • Alert Diver (DAN) – 1990-2025
  • Asian Diver – 1992-1998 – (21 issues)
  • Atlantic Coastal Diver – 1979-1982 – (16 issues)
  • CA Apparel News – 2004 – (3 issues)
  • California Diver – 1985-1987 – (12 issues)
  • California Diver – 2012 – (1 issue)
  • Conde Nast – 2007-2011 – (56 issues)
  • Corporate Event
  • Cruising World – 2008-2009 – (12 issues)
  • Discover Diving – 1983-1998 – (57 issues)
  • Dive Business – Asia Pacific – 1997 – (3 issues)
  • Dive Business Today – 2003-2011 – (16 issues)
  • Dive Center Business – 2004-2020 – (57 issues)
  • Dive Industry News – 1982-1991 – (31 issues)
  • Dive Log Asia – 1996 – (3 issues)
  • Dive Report
  • Dive Training – 1991-2017 – (157 issues)
  • Diver Magazine – 1982-2020 – (77 issues)
  • Diver Magazine – Vol 38-39 – (11 issues)
  • Diving Ventures (PADI) – 1981-1983
  • Diving World – 1988-1990 – (16 issues)
  • Exhibitor – 2010-2012 – (23 issues)
  • Faceplate – (US NAVY) – 1972-1988 – (34 issues)
  • Fathoms – 2006-2008 – (6 issues)
  • Florida Scuba News – 1994-2004 – (27 issues)
    • Scuba News (FL) – 2005-2009 – (13 issues)
  • Historical Diver – 1999-2003 – (8 issues)
  • Immersed – 1996-2003 – (9 issues)
  • Islands – 1991-1995 – (66 issues)
  • Marine Business Journal – (6 issues)
  • Meetings & Conventions – 2014-2025
  • Midwest Dive News – 2008-2009 – (2 issues)
  • NAUI News – 1971-1991 – (79 issues)
  • NAUI Sources – 1992-2011 – (60 issues)
  • Northeast Dive News – 2009-2011 – (11 issues)
  • Northwest Dive News – 2001-2011 – (45 issues)
  • Ocean Realm – 1981-1992 – (28 issues)
  • Oceans – 1973-1980 – (7 issues)
  • Pacific Diver – 1988-1991 – (18 issues)  – Issues for Sale
  • Personal Fitness Professional – 2002-2004
  • Rodale’s Scuba Diving – 1992-2011 – (112 issues)
  • Scuba Diving – (10 issues)
  • Scuba Retailer – 1994 – (3 issues)
  • Scuba Times – 1981-1997 – (58 issues)
  • Scubapro Diving & Snorkeling – 1983-1992 – (63 issues)
  • Selling Scuba – 1988-1992 – (17 issues)
  • Skin Diver Magazine – 1957-1997 – (465 issues)
  • Smart Meeting – 2013-2025
  • Southern Boating – 2007-2025 – (80 issues)
  • Southern Boating & Yachting – 2025 – (1 issue)
  • Southwest Diver – 2002-2003 – (10 issues)
  • Sport Diver – 1977-1981 – (19 issues)
  • Sport Diver – 1994-2012 – (37 issues)
  • Sport Diver – (9 issues)
  • SSI Dive Business – 1993-2008 – (28 issues)
  • The Diving Retailer – 1982-1989 – (46 issues)
  • The Sim Journal – 2009 – (1 issue)
  • The Undersea Journal – (PADI) – 1975-2011 – (60 issues)
  • Travel & Leisure – 2006-2009 – (7 issues)
  • Yachting – 2008-2017 – (21 issues)

Catalogs

  • Dacor
  • Scubapro
  • U.S. Divers / Aqualung

Shows & Events – Show Guides

  • Beneath the Sea
  • DEMA Show
  • Surf Expo

Diving Books

  • NASDS Study Courses – (20 issues)
  • The New Science of Skin and Scuba Diving – 1966
  • The New Science of Skin and Scuba Diving, 4th ed – 1974
  • The New Science of Skin and Scuba Diving – 1980
  • U.S. Navy Diving Manual