This is the first guide for scuba divers that describes where the best boat dives are located, what's down there, and how to pinpoint the dive site using the new Global Positioning System finders.

Diving & Snorkeling Northern California & the Monterey Peninsula

Published 1992
ISBN: 1 55992 052 1
96 pages / 70 photos
28 dive sites in Northern California including Monterey Bay, Carmel Bay, Sonoma County and Mendocino County. Dive highlights: Kelp dives in Pt. Lobos State Reserve, McAbee Beach, Salt Point State Park, Van Damme State Park.

 

Diving & Snorkeling The Pacific Northwest

Published 1993
ISBN: 1 55992 075 0
96 pages / 80 photos
22 dive sites in the Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands in Washington State and British Columbia's Canadian Gulf Islands, Vancouver Island, Quadra Island and Queen Charlotte Straits. Dive highlights: Kelp and spectacular "big critters," wrecks, world-class currents.

 

Diving & Snorkeling Southern California

Published 1994
ISBN: 1 55992 057 2
112 pages / 73 photos
44 beach dives in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties. Dive highlights: Kelp forests, submarine canyons, shipwrecks.

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PACIFIC COAST DIVING BOOKS

99dives.gif99 Dives (Islands of Washington and British Columbia)
ISBN 1-895811-18-x
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 • 320 pages Softcover
By Betty Pratt-Johnson

Includes information about what each site offers, who it’s for, how to get there, lists of services for divers, where to find airfills, charter boats, launching ramps, camping and much more, including kayak dives, and adventurous, inexpensive way to reach sites and explore.
----99 Dives covers the San Juan Islands in Washington to the Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Details include 45 shore dives, 17 kayak dives, 37 boat dives. Scuba diving sightseeing features include: pink soft coral, yellow sponges, giant wolf-eels, killer whales and dolphins, sixgill sharks, sea lions, snorkeling with salmon, scenic caves, Barnard Castle – first west coast wreck with an underwater interpretive trail, and ancient fossils.

101dives.gif101 Dives (Mainland of Washington and British Columbia)
5 1/2 x 8 1/2,  186 pages Softcover
ISBN 1-895811-20-1
By Betty Pratt-Johnson
Includes information about what each site offers, who it’s for, how to get there, lists of services for divers, where to find airfills, charter boats, launching ramps, camping and much more, including kayak dives, and adventurous, inexpensive way to reach sites and explore. 101 Dives covers the mainland of Washington and British Columbia. Details include 56 shore dives, 18 kayak dives and 27 boat dives. Scuba diving sightseeing features include: Porteau Cove Marine Park, HMCS Chaudiere – the “Everest” of wreck diving with 67 rooms to explore, fastest-flowing tidal rapids in the world, “The Union Steamship” dive, wolf-eels, octopuses, basket stars, soft corals and night dives.

diversguide.jpg (15170 bytes)Diver’s Guide – Vancouver Island South
ISBN 1-895811-88-0
By Greg Dombowsky

In his debut book, Greg offers guidance to over 50 dives in five areas Metchosin and Race Rocks, Victoria, Sansum Narrows, Saanich Inlet, Sidney and the Southern Gulf Islands.

Diver’s Guide, Vancouver Island South is fully illustrated with Greg’s own computer-generated maps, based on his personal exploration of these underwater environments, and with photos taken on these dives.

The explicit detail and concentration of dive opportunities in popular BC coastal regions promise to make this an outstanding reference source for all divers and a must for every diver’s library.

Diving Offshore California
Diving Offshore California by Darren & Stacey Douglass. Paperback, 128 pp.

 

 

Northwest Boat Dives
Paperback, 184 pages, 1-57061-090-8
60 Ultimate Dives in Puget Sound and Hood Canal
By Dave Bliss