Best books on physical oceanography?

[benilzha3]

I’m starting a masters course in physical oceanography in September and would like to do a bit of reading up on the subject before I start the course, can anyone recommend any good books on physical oceanography?

[podaac]

Dr. Jorge Vazquez suggested you take a look at the following three books:

1) Essentials of Oceanography
https://www.pearson.com/store/p/essenti ... gKLcfD_BwE

2) Introduction to Physical Oceanography
https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Phy ... 7309396858

3) Descriptive Physical Oceanography
https://www.elsevier.com/books/descript ... lsrc=aw.ds