The World's Best Tropical Dive Destinations

by Wood, Lawson

• ISBN13: 9781906780234
• ISBN10: 1906780234
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-11-01
• Publisher: John Beaufoy Pub

Summary

This magnificent and comprehensively illustrated reference to the world's most exotic dive destinations covers the Caribbean (Bahamas, Mexico, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Virgin Islands, Belize, Honduras, Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao, Tobago, St.Lucia and Dominica), Bermuda, the Red Sea (Egypt and Sudan), the Indian Ocean (Oman, Maldives, Seychelles, Mozambique, and western Australia), the Indo-Pacific (Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia), and the Pacific Ocean (the Philippines, Micronesia, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia, and Australia's Great Barrier Reef). Superb underwater photography shows a huge variety of wrecks,marine habitats, and aquatic species. The descriptions the type of dive to be experienced as well as what you can expect to see underwater. Each dive site featured can be located via a detailed regional site map, and a travel advisory is also included.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
Red Sea	p. 8
Egypt	p. 10
Jackson Reef; Gordon Reef; Ras Zatar; Ras Muhammad; Sha'b Abu Nuhas; Shag Rock; The SS Thistlegorm; Brother Islands; The Salem Express; Panorama Reef; Marsa Alam; Sha'b Samadai; Elphinstone Reef; Daedalus Reef.
Sudan	p. 26
The Blue Belt; Sha'b Rumi; Sanganeb Reef; The Umbria.
Indian Ocean	p. 32
Oman	p. 34
Daymaniyat Islands; Musandam Peninsula.
Maldives	p. 38
North Malé Atoll; Ari Atoll; Nilandhoo.
Seychelles	p. 44
L'llot; The Ennerdale; Amirantes; Aldabra.
Mozambique	p. 50
Bazaruto Archipelago; Ponta da Barra.
Western Australia	p. 56
Ningaloo Marine Park.
Indo-Pacific	p. 60
Thailand	p. 62
Mu Koh Sunn Marine National Park; Richelieu Rock; Mu Koh Similan Marine National Park; Koh Lanta Marine National Park; Koh Phi Phi Marine National Park.
Malaysia	p. 72
Pulau Redang; Pulau Tioman; Layang-Layang Atoll; Pulau Sipadan; Pulau Mabul; Pulau Kapalai.
Indonesia	p. 80
Sangalaki; Northern Sulawesi; Lembeh Straits; Pulau Raja Ampat; Southern and Eastern Indonesia; Liberty Wreck; Lombok: Gili Islands; Flores.
Pacific Ocean	p. 92
The Philippines	p. 94
Subic Bay; Anilao; Mindoro; The Visayas; Palawan.
Melanesia and Micronesia	p. 104
Palau; Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon; Yap; Fiji; Taveuni; Beqa Island; Solomon Islands; New Georgia; Gizo; Vanuatu; The SS President Coolidge; New Caledonia; lie des Pins.
Papua New Guinea	p. 120
Milne Bay; Kimbe Bay; Bismarck Archipelago: New Ireland.
French Polynesia	p. 126
Bora Bora; Tahiti; Moorea; Rurutu; Rangiroa Atoll; Raiatea.
Eastern Australia	p. 134
Great Barrier Reef; Pixie's Pinnacle; Cod Hole; The SS Yongala.
Caribbean Sea	p. 140
Bahamas	p. 142
Great Blue Hole; Shark Rodeo; US Naval Buoy; Theo's Wreck.
Mexico	p. 148
Cozumel; Cenotes.
Cuba	p. 154
Isla de la Juventud; Los Jardines de la Reina; Maria La Gorda.
Cayman Islands	p. 160
Grand Cayman; The Kittiwake; Little Cayman: Cayman Brac
West Caribbean	p. 168
Belize: Turneffe Atoll; Lighthouse Reef; Honduras: Hog Islands; Guanaja: The Jado Trader.
Netherlands Antilles	p. 176
Aruba: Pos Chiquito/Snapper City; The Antilla; Bonaire: Town Pier; The Hilma Hooker; Curacao: Mushroom Forest; The Superior Producer.
Tobago	p. 184
Speyside; Diver's Dream.
Lesser Antilles	p. 190
British Virgin Islands: The RMS Rhone; St Lucia: Anse Chastanet; Dominica: Offshore Whales.
Bermuda	p. 198
The Constellation/The Nola; The SS Cristobal Colon; The Man Celeste.
Resources	p. 204
Index	p. 205
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