Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula attracts divers from around the world. They come to visit Cozumel’s towering walls, the lush reefs off Cancún, Isla Mujeres, Isla Contoy and the Riviera Maya, Banco Chinchorro’s pristine offshore sites and a network of cenotes and freshwater caverns that crisscross the mainland. This book offers detailed descriptions of 70 dive sites including site access, depth range and topography, diving conditions and descriptions of local marine life. You’ll also find practical topside information, full-color photos, maps and helpful illustrations, as well as a plastic marine life ID card you can take with you underwater—a feature unique to this series.
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David Behrens, veteran diver and underwater photographer, has been a practicing marine biologist since 1974. The author of Pacifc Coast Nudibranchs and co-author of Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific and Diving & Snorkeling Honduras' Bay Islands, Dave has published more than 70 technical and popular papers, including descriptions of 25 marine species new to science. He holds a master's degree in marine biology from San Francisco State University and is a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences. Dave and wife Diana operate Sea Challengers Natural History book publishing and distribution business in Danville, California.
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Not What I Expected!,
By Spike Jensen "dive traveler" (Tampa Bay, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Diving Guide: Cozumel, Cancun & the Riviera Maya (Spiral-bound)
While presented as a The Diving Guide for Cozumel, Cancun, and the Mayan Riviera it falls far short of being such. Oh, yes it does cover dive sites for each area, but not nearly as many sites as other dive books on these locations. The book is full of beautiful photographs, and some good travel tips. The section on diving Cenotes is informative and covers 10 of the most popular sites. My biggest complaint is the print and design format of the book. On most pages light colored print copy is printed on top of soft pastel colored boxes and half moon designs. This makes the print differcult to see and I found myself straining to read it. The waterproof fish and invertebrates indentification card that comes with the book is useless. The pictures on the card are not sharp and hard to see. In some cases I can't even makeout what the animals and fish are suposed to be. I would not recommend this book for the serious diver.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Not what i Expected,
This review is from: The Diving Guide: Cozumel, Cancun & the Riviera Maya (Spiral-bound)
There werent any maps of the reefs, it didint go into detail about anyhting.It was a very short, and very dissapointing. i sent it back
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The Yucatan Peninsula has witnessed tremendous cultural changes over the past two millennia, having transformed from cradle of the Mayan Empire to tourist mecca and divers' paradise. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Riviera Maya, Isla Mujeres, Diving Guide, Quintana Roo, Banco Chinchorro, Isla Contoy, Playa del Carmen, San Miguel, Sian Ka'an, Costa Maya, Islas Mujeres, Puerto Aventuras, Chankanaab Park, Hurricane Gilbert, Yucatan Peninsula, Cozumel Wreck, Puerto Morelos, Punta Tunich, Steve Rosenberg, World War, Zona Hotelera, Belize Barrier Reef, Caribbean Current, Colombia Pinnacles, Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System New!
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The Yucatan Peninsula has witnessed tremendous cultural changes over the past two millennia, having transformed from cradle of the Mayan Empire to tourist mecca and divers' paradise. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Riviera Maya, Isla Mujeres, Diving Guide, Quintana Roo, Banco Chinchorro, Isla Contoy, Playa del Carmen, San Miguel, Sian Ka'an, Costa Maya, Islas Mujeres, Puerto Aventuras, Chankanaab Park, Hurricane Gilbert, Yucatan Peninsula, Cozumel Wreck, Puerto Morelos, Punta Tunich, Steve Rosenberg, World War, Zona Hotelera, Belize Barrier Reef, Caribbean Current, Colombia Pinnacles, Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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