Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Cayman Islands [Paperback]

Tim Rock (Author)

Book Description

Series: Diving & Snorkeling | Publication Date: August 1, 2007

Recognized as the birthplace of diving in the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands are among the world's top dive destinations with their clear waters, plunging walls and prolific marine life - including the famous rays of Stingray City. This book describes the well-established dive operations and the best sites in the region, some just minutes from the beach.

In This Guide:

Detailed dive information to 68 sites
Full-color photos throughout
Easy-to-read maps of dive regions
Guide to marine life
Travel logistics and topside attractions

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet; 2 edition (August 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1740598970
• ISBN-13: 978-1740598972
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #183,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good reference, April 27, 2011

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scuba diver (fort lauderdale, FL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Cayman Islands (Paperback)

I bought this book when I was planning a recent trip to Grand Cayman. We ended up staying at Sunset House, and had a wonderful time. This book has a lot of good information about the island and about the diving, and led us to choose Sunset House as our hotel and dive operator. Most of the sites we dived while there were detailed in this book. It is fun to go through this book again now that I am home, as many of the pictures were places we visited and it brings back such happy memories.

5.0 out of 5 stars Good overview, January 8, 2012

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This review is from: Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Cayman Islands (Paperback)

Good book, covering many locations with usful specifics of the sites. Well organized for finding spots by general location. I wanted to snorkle from shore though, and wished it had a better index or matrix by this criteria, but the existing matirx/summary info was effective.

5.0 out of 5 stars great, concise book, July 24, 2011

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This review is from: Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Cayman Islands (Paperback)

Disclaimer - I haven't actually been to the Caymans yet; but, I have read the book twice and used it to plan our trip. It's short but it covers the material very well. It's thorough and the information is well organized. You can definitely plan your diving trip to the caymans using this book. I would double check VRBO.com before you settle on a place to stay though.

I haven't liked every lonely planet book I've purchased; but this one is a good buy.