Dive Atlas of the World: An Illustrated Reference to the Best Sites (IMM Lifestyle Books) A Global Tour of Wrecks, Walls, Caves, and Blue Holes from Lawson Reef to the Red Sea to the Great Barrier

I was looking for a dive book that provided the first step in dive locations. This book was the 2003 edition, and seemed to be an improvement above what I could have found searching similar names on the "Internet" on my own. Since the book was organized into maps, descriptive notes, and photographs, the 300 pages, in large coffee table format, and with beautiful color pictures, it seemed to be just what I needed. Its drawback was that it did not talk about what gear was needed, how the dive would take place, nor did it talk about the dive PLAN, be it from the shore or from a boat, etc. So, the next step for the reader can be: "What kind of dive packages are available", and so on." (Hence, the book was not good for somebody who already had an idea of where to dive.) Yet, for me, as a beginner, this was a great survey of dive sites. Wrecks, fish, caves, lagoons, etc. From this book, my dive trip selection should be a little more accurate.

Beautiful book! My husband really enjoyed receiving this as a Christmas present. In addition to the beautiful pictures it also has some good info about the sites and an appendix with travel tips for the sites. Recommended for the diver in your family

My husband is an advanced diver, and I gave him this book as a gift for ideas of places he could go diving and he loved it

This is an exceptional dive book. It goes into great geographical detail about many areas. Don't expect an overview. Each chapter contains an expectional level of detail describing multiple "sites within sites". Some chapters could be sold individually as stand alone books. Very well written and very well photographed. Such quality reflects highly of the authors obvious passion for diving and travel. Even if you don't dive (or read) this book would be an amazingly beautiful addition to any coffee table! Buy it.

A great purchase for yourself or a gift for any dive enthusiast. Impressive photography and great explanations around it. Worth the money.

I love the book and the photos in it. I would have liked to see more information about the dive locations that it wrote about. They listed the SS Thistlegorm, one of the best (if not the best) and spoke very little about it. The Selma Express is another wreck in the Red Sea that they didn’t speak about at all, but had a photo of it. I just think they could have done better.

This is a really big coffee table size book that is stocked with information about dive sites throughout the world, Some parts of the world (Asia) are given more space than others (Carribbean), but overall, it touches all the bases. I like the way it took individual divesites and broke down the dives with temps, currents, difficultly status, and photos. The maps of the areas profiled is worth the price of the book alone (which is reasonably priced.) If you get one book to get an overview of what's out there, this is agood place to start.

Love how this book displays in our room. It’s also great as conversation starter or even dive planner. We were ready for adventure one night and pulled out the beautifully displayed book to pick out our next trip! So fun!!

perfect coffee-table book, great pictures and good to read. It made my friend, who received it as a present, really happy!

This is a beautiful book full of good quality photos and maps to inspire the would be scuba diver to plan and prepare for their expeditions.

War ein gelungenes Geschenk für einen Freund.

Plus que je m'attendais. Très belle qualité.

this is a very nice photobook with many of the best dive spots in the world it's the type of book that you can leave on the table in front of the television guests will be intrigued and it's an immediate conversation topic also great inspiration for your next dive holiday