Best Dives' Snorkeling Adventures, 2nd edition (Best Dives, 5) [Paperback]

Joyce (Author), Jon Huber (Author)

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Publication Date: November 7, 2000 | Series: Best Dives, 5

Best Dives' Snorkeling Adventures By Joyce & Jon Huber If your idea of a fun vacation means rubbing noses with a friendly dolphin, hand feeding tame stingrays, fanning for treasure around shipwrecks or getting a manicure from a cleaner shrimp, you'll love "Best Dives' Snorkeling Adventures, 2nd edition. Anyone who can slip on a mask and peer beneath the ocean's surface will treasure this 214-page travel guide to top marine parks, shipwrecks and shallow coral gardens--from Hanauma Bay, Oahu to the Stones of Atlantis off Bimini. Resorts with beach-entry sites--many just a few yards off shore-- highlight the text. Adventures include captive and wild dolphin swims, manatee encounters, turtle byways, the first snorkel-thru museum, sail-snorkel trips, kayak dives, and off-beat excursions such as the Oceanic Society's cruise to Midway Island, an area vibrant with nesting sea birds, monk seals, green turtles and spinner dolphins. Destination chapters cover the Whitsunday Islands of Australia, the Bahamas Out Islands, Bermuda, Belize, Turks & Caicos, Yucatan, Florida, Hawaii and Caribbean Islands. Maps, drawings and black and white and color photos illustrate the text. Site descriptions cover average sea conditions, resident marine life and whether the area is suitable for children or first- time snorkelers. Each site is rated for visibility, marine life and water clarity with from one to five "starfish." Resort properties listed have reef snorkeling off the beach or nearby some with dolphin lagoons. Plus, "Best Dives' Snorkeling Adventures, 2nd ed" offers travel information, special cruises, resorts, first-aid tips for coral cuts and sea stings, a special chapter on sharks, underwater photo procedures and an introduction to gear for newcomers.

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". . .details the best places to see underwater life without strapping on a tank. . ." -- Elaine Glusac, American Airlines inflight magazine,American Way)

". . .every chapter is packed with clear, factual information on everything from snorkeling sites to travel planning." -- Brenda Fine, Travel Holiday magazine

"Best Dive's Snorkeling Adventures" details the best places to see underwater life without strapping on a scuba tank. -- Elaine Glusac, American Way Magazine (American Airlines)

"Clear, consise and extraordinarily informative. . .essential for the serious or beginning snorkeler. -- Dr. Susan Cropper, Society of Aquatic Veterinarians

"This terrific book will be packed along with or gear for all our future snorkeling adventures." (Echo & Kevin Garett, authors of the Caribbean for Dummies IDG Books) -- (Echo & Kevin Garett, authors of the Caribbean for

...valuable for divers who must consider the wishes of non-diving family members. . .travel tips cover everything from electricity to religious services. -- Sport Diver Magazine, Official Publication of thePADI Diving Society

It's super! . . . a great reference and we love it." -- SplashAdventures newsletter, the Dive Travel Association

Pack this one in your dive bag. . .Every chapter is packed with clear factual information on everything from snorkleing sites to travel planning -- Brenda Fine, Travel Holiday Magazine

From the Publisher

"....Snorkeling Adventures" doubles as a terrific guide for novice scuba divers. It details hundreds of beach-entry sites for exploring coral reefs, wrecks or teeming with marine life. Most of these sites are not covered in any other guide books. A wealth of hotels, motels resorts and live-aboard sailing and motor yachts are included in each destination chapter

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Product Details

• Paperback: 230 pages
• Publisher: Photographics Pub; 2 edition (November 7, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964384426
• ISBN-13: 978-0964384422
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,432,815 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A terrific book for vacation planning, November 19, 2000

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This review is from: Best Dives' Snorkeling Adventures, 2nd edition (Best Dives, 5) (Paperback)

This is the best book for snorkeling I've ever found. The other books are so vague, they don't tell me much of anything. This one describes all the neat places to walk in from the beach and go snorkeling, how rough or calm the area is, how to get to various snorkeling beaches once I get there, whether the kids can safely swim in each area. It also has all the resorts that have snorkeling off their beaches, which is really nice for people traveling with small children and the airlines and travel stuff we need.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We love this book., August 17, 1998

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This review is from: Best Dives' Snorkeling Adventures : A Guide to the Bahamas, Bermuda, Caribbean, Hawaii & Florida Keys (Paperback)

My wife and I, both avid snorklers, picked up a copy for our trip to the British Islands and found some really neat new spots. This is a terrific resource.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Repeats the excellent tradition of the 1st edition, December 29, 2000

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This review is from: Best Dives' Snorkeling Adventures, 2nd edition (Best Dives, 5) (Paperback)

The book has very brief descriptions of snorkeling sites at a large number of different places. Most, but not all are Caribbean islands. There are also descriptions of other "traditional" snorkeling places, such as the Yucatan Penninsula and Hawaii. And there are two large sections on snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef and the Galapagos Islands. Several snorkeling sites are listed at each separate location, and useful advice and information is given for most. All sites are rated on a 1 to 5 "starfish" point system. About the only criticism I have of the book is that much of the hotel information seems to be pulled directly from the hotel's advertising about themselves. A little more independent commentary would be nice. The information is still useful as a starting point. Finally, for each location, there is useful information on weather, how to get there, and when to go. If you have the first edition of this book, I see little reason to purchase this new edition, however. I do wish a few other sites or activities had been included, in particular snorkeling with whale sharks off Northwest Australia. That's something that interests me, but there seems very little information on it out there. If you travel to snorkel, and don't have the First Edition, GET THIS ONE!