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Title: Diving and Snorkeling Hawaii (Lonely Planet Diving and Snorkeling Guides) by Casey Mahaney, Mahaney Casey, Astrid Witte Mahaney ISBN: 1-86450-090-5 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: February, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Little value to divers or snorkelers
Comment: I'm very dissapointed in this book. I'm an experienced West Coast diver who has dove in Hawaii several times. I bought the book hoping to find detailed information on some great sites. What I got instead was a general overview without any real substance. Yes, there are some good facts throughout the text that are helpful, weather, climate conditions, etc., but very little on where and how to dive the individual sites. The sites for each island listed are only a few, and in my experience aren't the best ones. Specific details are left up to the diver or snorkeler to figure out. Something difficult for a first timer to the islands. The maps were too few, too basic, too broad, and lacked sufficient detail to really have this book be considered a "guide book." I would suggest anyone travelling over to Hawaii to pick up a copy of "The O`ahu Snorkelers and Shore Divers Guide" by Francisco B. de Carvalho. His book has more detailed info than any other book on the market and will definitely give you what you need to know on selecting and diving or snorkeling a site...all 26 for just the island of O`ahu.
Rating: 5
Summary: Snorkeling like the locals
Comment: I am usually not a Lonely Planet guide fan - I like more pictures. So this book was a pleasant surprise from them. Lots of vivid pictures. Fantastic advice about what types of things NOT to touch too!! Kept us out of trouble more than once. They listed several of the sites that the local dive shops mentioned as well. You have to know they are good that way! Nice to have a guide for which are shore access and which require a boat trip too. We went to every single shoreline access site listed for the Big Island and they were correct with their descriptions. Our trip wouldn't have been half as wonderful without this book! Thank you Astrid and Casey!
Rating: 5
Summary: Hawaii dive guide
Comment: I used this book a lot on my recent trip to Maui and thought it was great. It's not like the general Lonely Planet guidebooks, but it's not trying to be - it's got lots more photos (awesome!) and and the focus really is on the dive site descriptions. There's plenty of snorkeling information, including a "Top 10 snorkeling sites". And did I mention the photos?
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Title: Diving Hawaii (Aqua Quest Diving Series) by Steve Rosenberg ISBN: 0962338915 Publisher: Aqua Quest Pubn Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Hawaii (Hawaii, 6th Ed) by Glanda Bendure, Sara Benson, Ned Friary, Lonely Planet, Glenda Bendure ISBN: 1740591429 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: Diving & Snorkeling Monterey Peninsula & Northern California (Pisces Guides) by Steve Rosenberg ISBN: 0864427751 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Snorkel Hawaii The Big Island, Second Edition by Judy Malinowski, Mel Malinowski ISBN: 0964668068 Publisher: Indigo Publications Pub. Date: 17 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Maui (Maui, 1st Ed) by Sara Benson ISBN: 1740592719 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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