National Geographic, 2019
Beautiful “coffee table” book listing the 100 best dives in the world. Definitely for scuba diving, not snorkeling–deep and full of sharks. The book is divided into dives for beginners, intermediate, and advanced & all-levels. Here are notable dives that maybe we could do?
- South Water Caye in Belize
- Something Special in Bonaire
- Cuba – Los Jardines de la Reina (if you can get there, this is diving as the Caribbean used to be)
- Fiji – Great Astrolabe Reef
- Greece – Chios Island (under the radar Greek Island)
- Honduras – Mary’s Place
- Mexico – Afuera (whale sharks)
- Kona,Hawaii (they talk about diving at night with the manta rays)
At the end, they have a section called “Diver Conservation” which has 7 steps we can take to help conserve the ocean:
- Vote
- Support science
- Watch what you eat
- Use sunscreen smarts. “Every year, about 14,00 tons of sunscreen find its way into the sea. (Even if you aren’t swimming, the toxins still go down the drain.)”
- Let your tourism dollars do the talking.
- Look but don’t touch.
- Remember that plastic is not so fantastic.