Diving and Snorkeling Monterey Peninsula and Northern California

by Steve Rosenberg

Book Overview

In the LONELY PLANET PISCES DIVING & SNORKELLING GUIDES series, the third revised edition of a guide to diving and snorkelling in the Northern California and Monterey Peninsula area. It includes... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0864427751
• ISBN13: 9780864427755
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Good general reference, locals and tourists.

This is a great overview of the most popular Monterey/Carmel dives, with accurate dive information/directions and good guidance regarding levels of expertise. I've sent this to "warm-water-only" diver friends and made a few converts -- it's not shy about the cold water (easily dealt with by proper gear), but shows off the majesty of kelp beds and the delights of diving with seals, sea lions and sea otters to advantage.More experienced buddies who thought they knew it all about particular dives have been skeptical watching me (a relative novice) pull this out of my bag, but after review commented that it's an excellent resource for dive planning (e.g., depths, navigation, surge, what to look for). For a tourist to the area wanting to get in a bit of diving, a great resource to supplement a local guide. For us locals, a nice addition to word-of-mouth, an end to playing "guess the species," and a great resource when arguing about where to dive next time .

A great resource for diving in Monterey/North Coast

I regularly dive the monterey area and I was looking for more information about the area, and the north coast. This book was great! Beautiful pictures and great information. The book works very well for deciding on a place to dive, and is a great reference for finding new dive sites.