Caribbean Travel Books - Bahamas - Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Bahamas (Diving and Snorkeling Guides)

(based on 3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 346164
Category: Book

Author: Mike Lawrence
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Studio: Lonely Planet Publications
Brand: Lonely Planet
Label: Lonely Planet Publications
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 175
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 0.5

MPN: 1864501812
ISBN: 1864501812
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9781864501810
ASIN: 1864501812

Publication Date: May 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	dive site depth range and conditions
•	common and hazardous marine life
•	topside practicalities
•	diving services and environmental organizations
•	15 easy-to-read maps

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The 25 major island groups of the Bahamas offer a huge variety of diving adventures. This guide describes 100 of the top sites in the archipelago, including those in New Providence, Grand Bahama and the Out Islands. Topside culture and history, plus practical advice on the islands is included.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars

and where might I find these dive sites? September 18, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

Agree with the "pretty but shallow" assessment below. On a recent trip to the Abacos, found it completely useless without map coordinates. There must be a market out there for dive guides without maps or GPS coordinates (people who don't actually want to dive? the clairvoyant?) but...

5 out of 5 stars

Well organized and thorough July 3, 2001
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

I've just used the new dive guide by Lonely Planet on my recent dive trip to the Bahamas (Eleuthera). It was an excellent resource - solid dive site descriptions of 108 sites, which were organized by dive region. For someone not familiar with the Bahamas prior to going there, I found the book an invaluable tool for helping me plan where to go.The sidebars were entertaining to read as well (and useful), and the color photos are pretty inspiring too. Recommended highly!

2 out of 5 stars

Pretty, but too shallow... May 28, 2001
17 out of 18 found this review helpful

There's some good things about this book: in typical Lonely Planet style you've got great general travel information for the area (which if I really wanted, I'd buy a general travel book).

It does also cover a large number of sites - though is still far from comprehensive.

And it has some nice additional information occasionally through the book.

Two main peeves though. And they're killers:

- Each description is a paragraph, or two at most. You can't tell me very much about a dive site in so few words.

- There are no maps / diagrams for specific dive sites (just area overview maps) - a dive guide fails totally without these.

It's a pretty book, but to be any use you need to include maps and more detail per site (if this was done it could be forgiven for not being totally comprehensive).

In short, it's nice, but it's no use as a tool for researching a dive holiday.

What'S further is I now own two of these (Red Sea and Bahamas) - I certainly will not buy another.

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