Dive: The Ultimate Guide to 60 of the World's Top Dive Locations (Ultimate Sports Guide) [Paperback]

Monty Halls (Author)

Book Description

Series: Ultimate Sports Guide | Publication Date: October 2, 2004

The world's top scuba diving destinations.

The world's oceans and seas offer one of the greatest opportunities for adventure and exploration in modern times.

Dive is an authoritative and lavishly illustrated guide with over 300 color photographs and maps. This is a scuba diver's reference to 400 dives in sixty of the world's best locations.

The book provides practical details of specific dive sites as well as a grading system ranging from beginner to expert. Important safety aspects are listed along with key support facilities: hospitals, recompression chambers and dive governing bodies.

The book is organized into specific dives in eleven countries and regions:

• Pacific Ocean
• North America
• Caribbean
• Atlantic Ocean
• Britain
• Mediterranean
• Red Sea
• Africa
• Indian Ocean
• Australia
• Southeast Asia.

Details include geographical information, marine life, advice for travel and accommodations, local culture, visa requirements, related web sites and contact details.

Dive is the definitive scuba divers' bible: an indispensable world travel guide.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Practical information for each location, such as maps, travel, advice, seasonal water temperatures, visibility ranges and more. (Eric Michael Orlando Sentinel 20041031)

Large-format, slick pages and luminous photography make this not only an information-packed reference but a dream book for divers. (Christine Delsol San Francisco Chronicle 20041212)

Lavishly illustrated... covers many of the most gorgeous scuba diving venues in the world... a good vacation book. (Edwin B. Burgess Library Journal 200703)

Comprehensive, colorful, one-stop reference on dive sites. (Nashville Tennessean )

If you have heard about it, author Monty Halls has included it. (www.undercurrents.com )

About the Author

Monty Halls is a marine biologist and expert diver. A former Royal Marines Officer, Halls leads diving adventure expeditions around the world.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 318 pages
• Publisher: Firefly Books (October 2, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1552979962
• ISBN-13: 978-1552979969
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #480,291 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #47 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Nature Travel > Adventure > Scuba

More About the Author

A successful explorer, marine biologist and writer, Monty Halls has led numerous expeditions and projects throughout the world, including three circumnavigations of the earth seeking out the greatest encounters in the oceans.

His television credits include presenting Channel 4's Journey to the Centre of the Earth (the science behind Jules Verne's novel), Discovery's Rebuilding the Past (an attempt to recreate an Iron Age settlement) and Five's Great Ocean Adventures, for which he was also the author of the accompanying book. Monty operates the adventure travel company, Full Circle Expeditions, and is also a leading motivational speaker.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Over 300 scuba dives in 60 popular destinations, February 12, 2005

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dive: The Ultimate Guide to 60 of the World's Top Dive Locations (Ultimate Sports Guide) (Paperback)

If scuba diving is your passion, make Monty Halls' Dive: The Ultimate Guide To 60 Of The Worlds Top Dive Locations your passionate reference to the best scuba dive locations in the world. Over 300 scuba dives in 60 popular destinations are rated along with visa requirements, insights on local culture and customs, marine life, geographic information and website references. Packed with color photos, each description includes a difficulty rating, water temperature chart, and sidebars of at-a-glance detail on getting there and local dive centers.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good world overview of top dive destinations, August 22, 2006

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Scott George (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dive: The Ultimate Guide to 60 of the World's Top Dive Locations (Ultimate Sports Guide) (Paperback)

This book has beautiful photography and covers most of the world's great dive destinations. Considering that it is primarily a picture book, it also offers a good deal of information on the classic dives at each location. I liked that it included information on water temperature, weather and seasons, dive difficulty, and local travel tips. While it doesn't provide enough information to plan a complete trip, I feel it does provide the right kind of depth to choose a destination. Another reviewer complained that the maps left a little to be desired. In my opinion, that level of detail is more appropriate for a destination travel planning book, such as Lonely Planet or Frommers. I don't know of another book that offers as much information on dive destinations on the world scale.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate Guide, January 14, 2007

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Elizabeth (McLean, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dive: The Ultimate Guide to 60 of the World's Top Dive Locations (Ultimate Sports Guide) (Paperback)

Actually, an "ultimate guide" would have a greater variety of more detailed information for planning a trip. That said, it is a gorgeous book. Gave it as a gift to my dive buddy/husband, and he loved it. Great ideas for places to go that are off the beaten path.