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"This hefty but exhaustive guide pinpoints the best waves in Europe for some serious water time. With additional listings as well, this is all you need to take with you, apart from your board..." Wanderlust Magazine"
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Diving the World takes the underwater adventurer on a magical tour of many of the world’s top dives. Some 200 prime sites have been carefully selected, reviewed, and photographed by experienced husband-and-wife team Beth and Shaun Tierney—from the pristine reefs of Papua New Guinea and the warm waters of the Belize Barrier Reef, to the legendary wrecks of Micronesia’s Truk Lagoon, there’s something for everyone. The guide also features personal opinions and anecdotes from both experts and other divers, as well as recommendations of what to do and see on dry land.
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Excellent guide to diving the world
Dec 27 2011
Format:Paperback
This book is just the perfect size. Every page showcases excellent photographs of diving destinations. The writeup for each site tells of its Depth, Visibility, Currents and Dive Type. There is also basic travel info about the destination itself and includes brief articles about how temperature change has affected the site and animals you may expect to encounter when diving.
My one qualm is that the dive sites are all exotic destinations for a North American traveler: Maldives, Indinesia, Micronesia, Solomons, Galapagos, Grenada, Egypt, Fiji, Phillippines, Thailand, Australia, East Africa, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea.
The Mexico Chapter is very good and the Central America chapter is pretty good too. I would've appreciated a chapter on west coast diving sites and kelp forests, but this book takes an entirely tropical focus.
If you have an interest in world travel and diving, this is the most informative and beautiful book I have come across.
My one qualm is that the dive sites are all exotic destinations for a North American traveler: Maldives, Indinesia, Micronesia, Solomons, Galapagos, Grenada, Egypt, Fiji, Phillippines, Thailand, Australia, East Africa, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea.
The Mexico Chapter is very good and the Central America chapter is pretty good too. I would've appreciated a chapter on west coast diving sites and kelp forests, but this book takes an entirely tropical focus.
If you have an interest in world travel and diving, this is the most informative and beautiful book I have come across.
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5 stars! Wish I could give it 10
Jan 12 2007
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Wow! Fabulous book, fabulous info, fabulous photos, just simply fabulous!
If you are a scuba diver, you need this book. It will inspire you to visit places you have seen only in travel magazines. This book is big and beefy, too. Not a typical travel book, this book gives pages and pages of good info and lush photos of ALL of the best diving destinations known.
If you are a scuba diver, you need this book. It will inspire you to visit places you have seen only in travel magazines. This book is big and beefy, too. Not a typical travel book, this book gives pages and pages of good info and lush photos of ALL of the best diving destinations known.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Diving the world
Jun 28 2006
Format:Paperback
My wife Sue & I have been very lucky to dive some of the best diving locations in the world, all of which are featured in this excellent and very readable book. First of all the descriptions are spot on and you can tell that the text is taken from the experience of actually doing the dive or visiting the area, not just researching it (unlike so many guides). The book is not just a travel or dive guide, it's more like a wish list to the best diving in the world. If you are lucky enough to be able to do this sort of diving then I think owning this book is about as important as owning a mask.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Great guide to the best diving destinations
Sep 5 2006
Format:Paperback
This is an excellent guide for choosing a dive destination. My wife and I have had the good fortune to travel to a number of excellent dive locations in the past several years and this guide gets it right. Be forewarned, it makes no effort to be a comprehensive guide to the entire world (for that, try Dive by Monty Halls). But it does cover the most intriguing dive locations, so it is heavy on Asia and the South Pacific and light on the Caribbean and has no coverage of temperate destinations, such as California or British Columbia.
It is more than a dive guide. It does cover the primary dive sites for each location, but the real value of this book is it's recommendations on accommodations and other activities. It is perfect for choosing a vacation destination and to get your planning started.
It is more than a dive guide. It does cover the primary dive sites for each location, but the real value of this book is it's recommendations on accommodations and other activities. It is perfect for choosing a vacation destination and to get your planning started.
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