Diving And Snorkeling Guide To Southern California

Beautifully illustrated with full-colour photos, Lonely Planet's Pisces Books explore the world's best diving and snorkeling areas and prepare divers for what to expect when they get there, both topside and underwater.

Swaying kelp forests, colorful invertebrates and playful pinnipeds are just a few of the dive highlights offered throughout Southern California and the Channel Islands. Bathed by the cool Pacific Ocean, this region's seamounts, walls and kelp-lined shore dives provide unlimited opportunities for exploration. Encounter calico bass and sheephead at Catalina Island's underwater park. Free-dive through emerald kelp forests, observe blue and mako sharks from the safety of a cage or explore Wreck Alley's Yukon wreck. From the current-swept islands off the coast of Los Angeles to the sunny shores of San Diego, this book highlights 60 of Southern California's best sites.

Better than dry matches on a rainy night, this new edition locates and describes hundreds of marvelous camping opportunities and recreational activities. Featuring key campground eatures, facilities, and activities, this guide's 160 + maps take you right where you want to go. This edition is packed with maps and information on 87 state and national parks, lakes, beaches, forests, and recreation areas.

In the LONELY PLANET PISCES DIVING & SNORKELLING GUIDES series, the third revised edition of a guide to diving and snorkelling in the Northern California and Monterey Peninsula area. It includes information on the geography, history and wildlife of the region as well as currents, depths and marine life. It also contains advice on accommodation.

This upbeat guide to Southern California covers where to take in a baseball game, rollerblade the boardwalks, browse an art festival, people watch at the beach, sport fish near offshore islands or see world-class performances by street entertainers. A spe