The Red Sea Dive Guide: Abbeville's Dive Guides to the World's Best Sites
Autor Andrea Ghisotti, Alessandro Carlettien Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 ian 1999
Three-dimensional maps in full color of each site illustrating 42 of the most spectacular dives in the Red Sea. These maps 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 each dive provide crucial data about depths, 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 experts' lively text has been vetted by Diving Science and Technology Corp. (DSAT), which is a corporate affiliate of Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), making these the most reliable guides for the expert as well as the first-time diver.
The experts' lively text has been vetted by Diving Science and Technology Corp. (DSAT), which is a corporate affiliate of Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), making these the most reliable guides for the expert as well as the first-time diver.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780789203472
ISBN-10: 0789203472
Pagini: 168
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 211 x 292 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.79 kg
Editura: Abbeville Publishing Group
Colecția Abbeville Press
Seria Abbeville's Dive Guides to the World's Best Sites
ISBN-10: 0789203472
Pagini: 168
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 211 x 292 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.79 kg
Editura: Abbeville Publishing Group
Colecția Abbeville Press
Seria Abbeville's Dive Guides to the World's Best Sites
Cuprins
Introduction
ISRAEL
Japanese Gardens
Moses Rock
Dolphin Reef, Eilat
The Suffa Wreck
The Neetz Wreck
JORDAN: Aqaba
The Cedar Pride Wreck
Power Station
NORTHERN EGYPT: Sharm el-Sheik and Hurghada
Nuweiba: The Pipeline
Dahab: The Blue Hole
The Strait of Tiran
Ras Umm Sid
Ras Atar
Ras Mohammad
Beacon Rock: Wreck of the Dunraven
Alternative Reef
Stingray Station
Shaab Ali: Wreck of the Thistlegorm
Bluff Point
Shaab Abu Nuhâs: Wrecks of the Carnatic and Ghiannis D.
Siyul Kebira Island
Blind Reef
Umm Gamar Island
Shabrur Umm Gamar
Careless Reef
Giftun Seghir Island
Erg Abu Ramada
Gota Abu Ramada
Brother Islands
SOUTHERN EGYPT
Dedalus Reef
Dolphin Reef
Shaab Mahsur
Zabargad Island
Rocky Island
SUDAN
Angarosh
Shaab Suadi: Wreck of the Blue Bell
Shaab Rumi: South Point
Shaab Rumi: Remains of Precontinent II
Sanganeb
Wingate Reef: Wreck of the Umbria
ERITREA: Dahlak Islands
Difnein Island
Seil Island
Mojeidi Island
THE FISH OF THE RED SEA
ISRAEL
Japanese Gardens
Moses Rock
Dolphin Reef, Eilat
The Suffa Wreck
The Neetz Wreck
JORDAN: Aqaba
The Cedar Pride Wreck
Power Station
NORTHERN EGYPT: Sharm el-Sheik and Hurghada
Nuweiba: The Pipeline
Dahab: The Blue Hole
The Strait of Tiran
Ras Umm Sid
Ras Atar
Ras Mohammad
Beacon Rock: Wreck of the Dunraven
Alternative Reef
Stingray Station
Shaab Ali: Wreck of the Thistlegorm
Bluff Point
Shaab Abu Nuhâs: Wrecks of the Carnatic and Ghiannis D.
Siyul Kebira Island
Blind Reef
Umm Gamar Island
Shabrur Umm Gamar
Careless Reef
Giftun Seghir Island
Erg Abu Ramada
Gota Abu Ramada
Brother Islands
SOUTHERN EGYPT
Dedalus Reef
Dolphin Reef
Shaab Mahsur
Zabargad Island
Rocky Island
SUDAN
Angarosh
Shaab Suadi: Wreck of the Blue Bell
Shaab Rumi: South Point
Shaab Rumi: Remains of Precontinent II
Sanganeb
Wingate Reef: Wreck of the Umbria
ERITREA: Dahlak Islands
Difnein Island
Seil Island
Mojeidi Island
THE FISH OF THE RED SEA
Notă biografică
Alessandro Carletti is a former Red Sea diving instructor, and Andrea Ghisotti is an underwater photographer.
Extras
Introduction
European divers have long considered the Red Sea to be a prime dive location, as it is the tropical sea closest to Europe. Divers from around the world now favor it because the Red Sea offers excellent diving both in winter, when other waters cool, and in spring and summer, in spite of intense African heat.
After the first adventurous expeditions in the 1950s, often organized with limited resources and great ingenuity, tourism has continually developed in certain areas. Lodging, dive centers, and charter boats specially equipped for underwater cruises are now commonplace. Particularly in recent years, the phenomenon has exploded, and the classic northern sites of Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh have become sophisticated and well-equipped world-class dive destinations. The regions political stability and the convenient charter flights linking many European cities directly with these two sites have made this development possible.
The number of divers associated with the tourism boom has naturally posed an environmental threat to the regions reefs and their inhabitants. Fortunately, local authorities created underwater parks, such as Ras Mohammad, at the far southern tip of the Sinai peninsula, with the specific aim of preserving and protecting areas of particular environmental importance. These parks had an immediate and noticeable effect. Today, Ras Mohammad and other dive sites (such as the reefs in the Strait of Tiran, or Careless Reef) are among the finest dives in the world, not just in the Red Sea.
To the south, tourist facilities become less common. The seas here, in spite of regular dive visitors, have a unique aura of mystery, rich in contrasts and unpredictable. Interesting sites are the mythical islet of Zabargad, with its abandoned olivine mines dating to the 16th century b.c.; the small Rocky Island, with its noisy tern population; the Brother Islands, which are little more than crags breaking the surface some hundred miles south of the Sinai coast; and the unsettled waters of Dedalus Reef, which few scuba divers visit.
Still farther south, the Sudan, whose waters are a veritable underwater paradise, seems to close its doors to tourism. Diving here requires determination and adaptability. Lastly, the Dahlak Islands have been off limits for many years due to the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
For a region so important to scuba diving history, it is odd that there has never before been a single book to serve as a complete divers guide. This book fills that gap and provides serious divers with an overview of the finest dives in the Red Sea, from the far north to the southernmost Dahlak Islands. Each areas entry includes an underwater route map and a 3-dimensional drawing documenting a complete dive.
European divers have long considered the Red Sea to be a prime dive location, as it is the tropical sea closest to Europe. Divers from around the world now favor it because the Red Sea offers excellent diving both in winter, when other waters cool, and in spring and summer, in spite of intense African heat.
After the first adventurous expeditions in the 1950s, often organized with limited resources and great ingenuity, tourism has continually developed in certain areas. Lodging, dive centers, and charter boats specially equipped for underwater cruises are now commonplace. Particularly in recent years, the phenomenon has exploded, and the classic northern sites of Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh have become sophisticated and well-equipped world-class dive destinations. The regions political stability and the convenient charter flights linking many European cities directly with these two sites have made this development possible.
The number of divers associated with the tourism boom has naturally posed an environmental threat to the regions reefs and their inhabitants. Fortunately, local authorities created underwater parks, such as Ras Mohammad, at the far southern tip of the Sinai peninsula, with the specific aim of preserving and protecting areas of particular environmental importance. These parks had an immediate and noticeable effect. Today, Ras Mohammad and other dive sites (such as the reefs in the Strait of Tiran, or Careless Reef) are among the finest dives in the world, not just in the Red Sea.
To the south, tourist facilities become less common. The seas here, in spite of regular dive visitors, have a unique aura of mystery, rich in contrasts and unpredictable. Interesting sites are the mythical islet of Zabargad, with its abandoned olivine mines dating to the 16th century b.c.; the small Rocky Island, with its noisy tern population; the Brother Islands, which are little more than crags breaking the surface some hundred miles south of the Sinai coast; and the unsettled waters of Dedalus Reef, which few scuba divers visit.
Still farther south, the Sudan, whose waters are a veritable underwater paradise, seems to close its doors to tourism. Diving here requires determination and adaptability. Lastly, the Dahlak Islands have been off limits for many years due to the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
For a region so important to scuba diving history, it is odd that there has never before been a single book to serve as a complete divers guide. This book fills that gap and provides serious divers with an overview of the finest dives in the Red Sea, from the far north to the southernmost Dahlak Islands. Each areas entry includes an underwater route map and a 3-dimensional drawing documenting a complete dive.
Descriere
Abbeville's new, comprehensive scuba diving guides offer the most important, up-to-date diving and travel advice necessary to make every scuba diving experience an unforgettable one. Written by leading diving authorities, each guide combines the best in underwater photography, detailed three-dimensional diagrams, and practical information pertinent to a particular diving spot. The guide concludes with an outstanding visual dictionary of the fish most common to the area. Full color throughout.