The Ultimate Snorkeling Book

by Burgess, Wes, M.D., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9781451544435
• ISBN10: 145154443X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-07
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub

Summary

If you're a beginning snorkeler, The Ultimate Snorkeling Book will allay your fears, insure that you are safe, explain how to keep up with your partner and contribute helpful suggestions of your own during the trip. You'll learn special snorkel swimming techniques that will have you swimming with the grace of the fishes. If you're already an expert, you'll learn practical new tips and techniques that you will use as soon as you push off into the water. The Ultimate Snorkeling Book explains how each piece of snorkeling gear works and what to buy at every price range. You'll learn how to maintain snorkeling equipment for best performance and how to modify your old or inexpensive mask, fins and snorkel so they will perform like professional gear. The Ultimate Snorkeling Book focuses on your safety. It explains how to protect yourself from sudden storms, lightening, invisible currents, equipment failure, burning sun, cold water, leaky masks, tiny jellyfish, and big scary fish. You'll learn how to anticipate children's special needs and keep your family safe in the water The Ultimate Snorkeling Book is like a personal mentorship with an experienced snorkeler and zoologist who respects the wondrous life that inhabits our aquatic world. You'll identify reef creatures, know why they look and behave as they do, and understand the fragile shoreline ecosystem and how to protect it. The Ultimate Snorkeling Book helps you plan your trip, get to your destination with everything you need, and know exactly what to do when you step into the water. It contains pre-trip checklists of clothing, equipment, first aid supplies, and other essentials. The Ultimate Snorkeling Book insures that your snorkel trip will be a success, no matter what happens. Whether you travel to resorts in the Bahamas, reef-side bungalows in Fiji, or just take a day trip to the nearest inland lake, you can have a great time snorkeling. Let's start right now!