- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: World Dive Guide Publications; illustrated edition edition (1 May 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0944428495
- ISBN-13: 978-0944428498
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #10 in Books > Travel & Holiday > Countries & Regions > Caribbean > Virgin Islands
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Brendan O'Brien, Diver Magazine, October 1998
The Complete Diving Guide - The Caribbean (Volume 1) is exactly what it professes to be. Intended to be the first in a series, it looks at the southern islands of the Eastern Caribbean. Each chapter starts with a short island introduction followed by a very specific description of the dive sites, operators and hotels. The write-ups of the dive sites are full of interesting personal experiences. The rest of the chapter provides just the sort of information you need, such as which operators have English speaking dive guides and which recognise the depth limitations of BSAC rather than PADI. Throughout the book's 390 information-packed pages are numerous interesting side panels. One describes the ships that sank in St. Pierre Harbour on Martinique when Mount Pelee erupted in 1902. The resulting dive sites sound so fascinating that I at once booked a trip to the island. Surely this is the acid test of a dive guide?
PADI Undersea Journal, First Quarter 1998
At last, the Eastern Caribbean has the dive guide it deserves. The series is meticulously researched and packed with useful information. The book describes over 240 dive sites and covers 50 extensively, and includes full-color underwater site plans. All in all, the guide contains everything a diver needs to know to...
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Exactly what it says on the cover.,
By Ned Middleton (British professional underwater photo-journalist & author) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)
This review is from: The Complete Diving Guide : The Caribbean (Vol. 3) - Puerto Rico, The US Virgin Islands, and the British Virgin Islands(BVI): Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands Vol 3 (Paperback)
Once again we have an excellent and very useful publication aimed at amateur and professional diver alike. This is a true guide which concentrates on providing all the relevant and peripheral information that any Scuba Diver will want to know in respect of any of the Caribbean destinations covered. The maps and diagrams are particularly useful - and very easy to follow.
We live in an age where diving instructors and dive guides "have" to know what they are doing and it is interesting to see those professionals are using this book and not any of the glossy alternatives. Sadly, we also live in an age where many diving publications fall short. Too much false information - and even total lack of information is hidden behind excellent underwater photographs as publisher after publisher seeks to beguile, confuse and even mislead the potential buyer. Not so with this book! My direct experience has been to find this series of books contain exactly the information divers require before during and even after their trip. Very well written, it includes all the general information on diving, facilities, climate, sea, regulations, boats, cruise liners, resorts, hotels, flora, fauna, shipwrecks, photography and safety. It then moves on to cover each of the target Caribbean countries which are the main subject of the book before concluding with a Glossary, Bibliography and Accident and Emergency Information. We can all find pretty pictures on the internet - without even having to pay to see them. Information, however, especially reliable information, is much harder to find. If you are contemplating a trip to any of the countries featured in this book, you will find all - and I do mean "ALL" the information you require right here. That might be at the expense of some pretty pictures - but hey, once you get there, you can take those yourself. In summary, once again we have "A Complete Guide" - which is exactly what it says on the cover. NM
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4.8 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews) 9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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A very comprehensive guide to the Virgin Islands,
By Bill Hunnisett - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Complete Diving Guide : The Caribbean (Vol. 3) - Puerto Rico, The US Virgin Islands, and the British Virgin Islands(BVI): Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands Vol 3 (Paperback)
I have been meaning to review this book for some time as it is one of the most thumbed books on our book shelf. My wife and I run a charter yacht in the Virgin Islands and many of our guests are keen divers. We bought The Complete Diving Guide for our own use initially but it has since become part of the yacht's library as our guests find it so useful and enjoyable to read. (as our copy is getting rather worn I'm pleased to say that many of them buy their own copy after having seen ours). It is rare to find a book that is so comprehensive and which presents a vast amount of information in such a readable manner. In particular we find the island and dive site maps useful along with the descriptions of the dives and the underwater route maps. I can direct our guests at the tyupe of dive that I think they would enjoy and they can read about it beforehand. They can also choose the dive store they would like to use. I'd thoroughly recommend it to anyone planning to do some diving in the Virgin Islands (it even covers the Spanish Virgin Islands).
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
ultimate dive guide,
By S J Pocock - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Complete Diving Guide : The Caribbean (Vol. 3) - Puerto Rico, The US Virgin Islands, and the British Virgin Islands(BVI): Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands Vol 3 (Paperback)
I'd definitely give this guide full marks. It's without doubt the most comprehensive of the guides I looked at for the area I was travelling to (the Virgin Islands). It had everything we could have wanted to know and it definitely meant we did some better diving than we'd have done without it. We particularly liked that it gave us information about the British and US Virgin Islands and as they are less than 5 miles apart it's simple to dive both areas. They have some really different types of diving and we'd have missed out on a lot without the guide. We bought the book before we went but we took it along with us and used it all the time. One of the things we enjoyed reading was the descriptions of the dives and the sections about the marine life. We've been diving for over 10 years and I've learnt more from this book than I have in my previous years of diving.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Exactly what it says on the cover.,
By Ned Middleton - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Complete Diving Guide : The Caribbean (Vol. 3) - Puerto Rico, The US Virgin Islands, and the British Virgin Islands(BVI): Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands Vol 3 (Paperback)
Once again we have an excellent and very useful publication aimed at amateur and professional diver alike. This is a true guide which concentrates on providing all the relevant and peripheral information that any Scuba Diver will want to know in respect of any of the Caribbean destinations covered. The maps and diagrams are particularly useful - and very easy to follow.
We live in an age where diving instructors and dive guides "have" to know what they are doing and it is interesting to see those professionals are using this book and not any of the glossy alternatives. Sadly, we also live in an age where many diving publications fall short. Too much false information - and even total lack of information is hidden behind excellent underwater photographs as publisher after publisher seeks to beguile, confuse and even mislead the potential buyer. Not so with this book! My direct experience has been to find this series of books contain exactly the information divers require before during and even after their trip. Very well written, it includes all the general information on diving, facilities, climate, sea, regulations, boats, cruise liners, resorts, hotels, flora, fauna, shipwrecks, photography and safety. It then moves on to cover each of the target Caribbean countries which are the main subject of the book before concluding with a Glossary, Bibliography and Accident and Emergency Information. We can all find pretty pictures on the internet - without even having to pay to see them. Information, however, especially reliable information, is much harder to find. If you are contemplating a trip to any of the countries featured in this book, you will find all - and I do mean "ALL" the information you require right here. That might be at the expense of some pretty pictures - but hey, once you get there, you can take those yourself. In summary, once again we have "A Complete Guide" - which is exactly what it says on the cover. NM |
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