2024 the best places to go review

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The author of the bestselling Fifty Places series returns with a collection of the most beautiful and rewarding diving spots around the world.

The earth’s oceans hold many wondrous surprises—be they the small, colorful “critters” off the coast of Papua New Guinea, opportunistic red demon squids in the Sea of Cortes, or naval wrecks in the lagoon of Bikini Atoll. In Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die Chris Santella has invited diving experts from around the world to share some of their favorite destinations, so ardent divers can experience these underwater wonders for themselves—either on location in their SCUBA gear, or at home in their armchair.

The fifth in Santella’s bestselling “Fifty Places” series, the book takes divers from hot-spot destinations like Raja Ampat (off the coast of West Guinea) to old Caribbean favorites like Grand Cayman Isles. Readers will swim among whale sharks off Myanmar, befriend wolf eels off the coast of Maine, and marvel at the giant mola mola of Lembognan, Indonesia. These wonderful creatures—plus the brilliant coral reefs that often provide their backdrop—are captured in 40 gorgeous color photos from the world’s greatest underwater photographers. And for readers who want to travel to these breathtaking locales, Santella provides complete “If You Go” suggestions to help you plan your trip.

Featured destinations include:
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia
- Channel Islands, California
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica
- Galápagos, Ecuador
- Bligh Water, Fiji
- Lembeh Straits, Indonesia
- Sipadan, Malaysia
- Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
- Fathom Five National Park, Ontario
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Stewart, Tabori and Chang; NULL edition (October 1, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 158479710X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1584797104
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 8 and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1 x 8 inches
Reviewer: Charles
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good picks
Review: I bought this for my husband. My daughter liked it so much she bought it for her boyfriend who was a new diver it’s a good guide and I especially like that it indicates the level of experience needed for the dives.

Reviewer: Dive Master Raye
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Awesome Dive Book
Review: I love this book. It has some wonderful details not normally found in dive books, such as suggested dive operators and little bits of information that you normally wouldn't know about unless you'd traveled to that spot previously. Great photography! Of the places I've been that are in the book, I found the information the book provided to be accurate as well. Nice coffee-table book. Everyone who visits picks it up and has to read a few pages.

Reviewer: Mimi
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Dive, dive, dive.....
Review: I looked up which places in the book that I have gonna diving in the past. That's all I've had time to do so far. Nice look for a coffee table book, which is where it sits!

Reviewer: Minnesota customer
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: OK coffee table book
Review: Nice book with a fair number of pictures. The book can't decide if it is a travel advisory book or a coffee table book, and so misses on being great in either category. To be truly outstanding coffee table book, it would need more full page high quality photos. To be a truly outstanding travel advisory, it need more text and more opportunities for contact of dive operations/activities at each location. In the end, I found it to be a better coffee table book than a travel guide as many locations (that I have been to) had numerous omissions of services and local activities.

Reviewer: Andie Rogers
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Really good quality! Good book
Review: Ordered this to keep as a coffee table book to spark conversation!Love the oceans and everything about it, didnt expect to like the book as much as we did. But we read some every night and just had to start making a bucket list!Really cool book!

Reviewer: Tammi Rodriguez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Scuba Enthusiast
Review: Purchased this book for a friend of mine who is a Scuba Instructor, he absolutely loved it! Makes a great addition to his coffee table and a wonderful talking point when he has guest. Pictures and information within the book are great. For more ideas on dive adventures subscribe to his YouTube Channel "TJ Diver"

Reviewer: Penny J. Dennett
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: small book
Review: ok. pictures and pages could be bigger

Reviewer: DRUMMER ERIC
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Gi-normous book GREAT READ
Review: GI-NORMOUS BOOK.IT WAS WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYBIGGER THAN EXPECTED AND AMAZING DETAILS OF GREAT DIVE SPOTS.

Reviewer: I was pleasantly surprised about how fast and how good is this product. Currently diving with it in Sipadan, very good.
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Very nice book with breattaking pictures

Reviewer: davide albertin
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: This book is great if you want to learn a lot more about geography! There were so many places I had never heard of and I'm still not sure where they are! It would be nice to read along with a map or add maps to the book.I learned about a lot of fish while reading this book and I also have a lot that I have yet to look up to. It sure has some great first-hand reports and stories at each destination that will fuel your desire to dive deeper.

Reviewer: Maureen Cervantes
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Muy bueno, practico .. excelente para regalo

Reviewer: Paul W.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Excellent reference for upcoming dive trips. Nicely written.

Reviewer: Brigitta
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Super Buch, prompteste Lieferung, überaus zufrieden, jederzeit wieder!