John Beaufoy Publishing

This magnificent and comprehensive illustrated reference to the world’s best dive locations includes the Caribbean Sea (Bahamas, Mexico, Cuba, Cayman Islands, The Virgin Islands, Belize, Honduras, Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, Tobago, St Lucia and Dominica), Bermuda, the Red Sea (Egypt and Sudan), the Indian Ocean (Oman, Maldives, Seychelles, Mozambique and Western Australia), the Indo-Pacific (Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia), and
the Pacific Ocean (Philippines, Micronesia, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia and Eastern Australia).

Superb quality underwater photography shows a huge variety of wrecks,
marine habitats and aquatic species. The descriptions detail the type of dive
to be experienced as well as what you can expect to see. Each dive site
featured can be located via a detailed regional site map, and a travel advisory is also included.

Lawson Wood has been fortunate to make his passion his career and has authored and co-authored over 45 books, mainly on our underwater world. Lawson is a founding member of the Marine Conservation Society; founder of the first Marine Reserve at St Abbs in Scotland and made photographic history by becoming the first person to be a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and Fellow of the British Institute of Professional Photographers solely for underwater photography.

Specifications:
Size 260 x 215 mm / 10”  x 8”. Extent 208 pages.
Words 50,000 approx. Illustrations c.300 colour photographs, 80 maps.
ISBN 978-1-912081-08-0
Price £25.00 hardback
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This handy pocket guide enables divers and snorkelers to identify more than 270 of the most common species of marine life likely to be encountered in and around the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific region, including fish, reptiles and amphibians, and invertebrates. Each species featured is illustrated with an outstanding colour photograph, accompanied by a species description covering nomenclature, size, habits, and distribution.

The Indo-Pacific region, encompassing the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, includes the major diving destinations of the Red Sea, the Maldives, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, the Great Barrier Reef, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, and accounts for 92% of the world’s coral reefs. This guidebook shows the species that divers and snorkelers are really likely to encounter – it’s the essential companion for every diving expedition.

Size 193 x 132 mm / 7½” x 5¼”
Extent 224 pages. Words 25,000 approx.
Illustrations c.300 colour photographs.
ISBN 978-1-906780-55-5

Price £12.99 paperback
Available