The Red Sea: Dive Guide »

Described as "an excellent investment for divers" in the press, Abbeville's exciting scuba diving travel books combine the best in underwater photography with the most complete, in-depth, and practial information on the world's most popular diving sites.

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.

Other Details: Full-color throughout 168 pages 8 1/4 x 8 1/4" Published 1999

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

Sha'ab Ali: Wreck of the Thistlegorm

Bluff Point

Sha'ab 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

Sha'ab Mahsur

Zabargad Island

Rocky Island

SUDAN

Angarosh

Sha'ab Su'adi: Wreck of the Blue Bell

Sha'ab Rumi: South Point

Sha'ab 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

Author Biography: Alessandro Carletti is a former Red Sea diving instructor, and Andrea Ghisotti is an underwater photographer.