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Dive Atlas of the World: An Illustrated Reference to the Best Sites

Dive Atlas of the World: An Illustrated Reference to the Best Sites
From The Lyons Press

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This global guide to the world's top dive sites is an inspirational reference source for divers who wish to experience, personally or vicariously, the best diving the planet has to offer. Written by award-winning and experienced dive authors, coverage starts with the Atlantic, from the West Coast of North America, and proceeds west to east and north to south. For those inspired to travel to any of the featured sites or regions, the appendix lists all important travel and dive information, the best times to go, contacts, dive operators, and emergency facilities.
Brimming with superb underwater photography of famous wrecks, a wide range of marine habitats, and a huge diversity of species ranging from whale sharks to nudibranchs, DIVE ATLAS OF THE WORLD also features six large scale ocean/sea maps, and over three hundred comprehensive maps to all the best sites.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #64585 in Books
  • Published on: 2003-11-01
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 300 pages

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From the Back Cover
The Dive Atlas of the World offers a tour of the world's dive sites, described and photographed by experts. From well-known classics to sites which have only recently been discovered, this global selection offers the discerning diver a feast of locations to choose from. Whether you favor muck diving and macro photography, wrecks, walls, reefs, caves, blue holes or the adrenaline rush of a high-speed drift dive in a strong current (or all of these), you will find well-written, clearly mapped accounts of the top places where you can enjoy these dives. With contributions from local experts, leading writers and award-winning underwater photographers including: Jack Jackson, Lawson Wood, Michael Aw, Paul Lees, Dr. Charles Anderson, Sam Harwood, Judy and Bruce Mann, and many more.

About the Author
JACK JACKSON is an advanced BS-AC diver who ran a sport diving operation in the Sudanese Red Sea for twelve years. An award-winning author and photographer, he has written and contributed to Diving with Sharks, Top Dive Sites of the World, and two manuals on Scuba Diving.

Customer Reviews

Fabulous Pictures!5
This was purchased as a gift for my husband. It was delivered in a very timely manner (the day before I needed it, which was fabulous!!) I haven't really spent much time reading it, but the pictures are amazing!

Super maps, but....3
Definitely not enough coverage of the Caribbean and Atlantic sites. This book should be named the Pacific and Indian Ocean Dive Atlas. It is a quality written book however that covers the included sites thoroughly. Would recommend it but not for Caribbean reference!

Comprehensive Dive Atlas5
This is a really big coffee table size book that is stocked with information about dive sites throughout the world, Some parts of the world (Asia) are given more space than others (Carribbean), but overall, it touches all the bases. I like the way it took individual divesites and broke down the dives with temps, currents, difficultly status, and photos. The maps of the areas profiled is worth the price of the book alone (which is reasonably priced.) If you get one book to get an overview of what's out there, this is agood place to start.