Diving And Snorkeling Florida Keys

Focuses on 14 segments of the Florida Reef, featuring historically significant wrecks, lighthouses, state parks, etc. Provides GPS coordinates and practical travel hints.

A 107 mile ribbon of highway spans the line green waters and more than 200 islands the comprise the florida keys. Just offshore, a necklace of dive sites parallels the archipelago. Divers have easy access to the shallow reefs and spectacular wrecks, such as the Adolphus Bush Sr. or the U.S. Coast Guard cutters Duane and Bibb. Visitors to the keys can swim with lodge. This book describes 61 of the best sites in the region, from Biscayne Bay to the dry tortugas, with full color photos throughout.

A unique activity guide for diving and snorkeling enthusiasts, featuring reviews of activities and attractions above and below the water. Includes complete listings for diving services and resorts, and dramatic full-colour photographs throughout.

Abbeville launches a new series of scuba diving guides more complete than any other guides on the market.Full-color, three-dimensional maps of each dive site offer what no book has ever before provided: the information needed to plan your dive down to the last detail. You can review the exact layout of the site-including depths, sizes, and distances between reefs and wrecks or any hazards -- and even the lighting conditions for optimum underwater photography. The short chapters covering the 28 dives in each book provide crucial data about depth, currents, weather variables, and plant and animal life, and each book ends with a full-color visual encyclopedia of the most common fish that inhabit the area.The lively text by dive experts has been vetted by Diving Science and Technology Corporation (DSAT), which is a corporate affiliate of the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), making these the most reliable guides for the expert as well as the first-time diver.Watch for future titles on the Red Sea and the Great Barrier Reef.

"Avid snorkelers, families, and novices will find this guide to Florida snorkeling invaluable. Snorkeling Florida identifies fifty great snorkeling sites from the Panhandle to the Keys. The best public sites throughout the state are featured, including coral reefs, sea-grass beds, shipwrecks, springs, and rivers. Snorkelers will be informed on where to go,what to bring, and what to expect." "Each site is described in detail and rated by difficulty. Directions, boat ramp locations, physical characteristics of the site, likely animal life to be spotted, best times to explore, and the area's historical information are provided. Brad Bertelli also offers additional recommendations for local sight seeing at each location."--BOOK JACKET.

For more than twenty years, the Insiders' Guide series has remained the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information. Written by locals and true insiders, each guide is packed with useful tips on places to stay, restaurants, events, attractions, fun thnigs to do with the kids, nightlife, recreation, shopping, local history, and much more--as well as a comprehensive appendix called "Living Here" that offers information on real estate, education, health care, and more.