Download or read book The 50 Best Dives in Indonesia written by Tim Rock Simon and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Probably the very best scuba diving in the world is found among the islands and waters of the Indonesian archipelago, which connects Asia with Australasia and encompasses a vast part of the rich reef system known as the Coral Triangle. This book attempts to pick the top fifty dive sites in the region: the best of the best. It covers all the major diving areas, from the tip of Sumatra to the heart of West Papua, identifying the key spots in each place and giving you dive after dive after dive to add to your scuba bucket list. Discover the jewels in the undersea crown of legendary destinations such as Bali, Komodo, Raja Ampat, Sulawesi, Borneo, the Banda Sea and more.Authors Tim Rock and Simon Pridmore are internationally published authors with decades of Indonesian dive experience.Inside: Site DescriptionsApproximate DepthsDive TipsPracticalitiesReefsDropoffsWrecksMuck

Download or read book The 50 Best Dives in Indonesia written by Tim Rock and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indonesia is a huge country that most divers agree offers the best scuba diving in the world. It is a vast archipelago, spread between two oceans and over several seas, that connects Asia with Australasia and encompasses a vast part of the rich reef system known as the Coral Triangle. These waters are home to the greatest diversity of life forms on the planet. This is scuba nirvana. There are so many wonderful dive sites in so many areas of Indonesia that it can be hard to choose where to start or, after you have started, where to go next. In this essential guide, Tim Rock and Simon Pridmore aim to help you decide by highlighting what they believe are the top fifty Indonesian dive sites: the best of the best. All the main diving areas are represented here, from the tip of Sumatra to the heart of West Papua. Whether you are an experienced veteran of Indonesian diving or a novice planning to visit the region for the first time, this book is for you. Not only will it help you pick out the key hotspots in relatively well-known places like Bali, Komodo and Raja Ampat, it will also introduce you to the top sites in the more remote, much less visited parts of the country, such as Mapia, Maputi or Manuk. There are shipwrecks, deep walls, enormous fish aggregations, weird creatures, wild rides, ancient reefs, kaleidoscopic seascapes, even an undersea volcano. No matter how well you know Indonesian waters, there will still be at least a few dives in these pages that you have not yet logged, maybe never even heard of. Full color throughout with over 200 images and maps, this is the third volume in a series that also includes the 50 Best Dives in Micronesia and the 50 Best Dives in the Philippines.

Download or read book Diving in Indonesia written by Sarah Ann Wormald and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diving in Indonesia is a fully comprehensive diving guidebook for exploring the most notable areas of Indonesia. A chapter is devoted to each of the following important regions in Indonesia for divers: Bali North Sulawesi Central, South and Southeast Sulawesi Nusa Teggara (Lombok, Komodo, Timor, Alor) Raja Ampat & West Papua Maluku (Ambon, Banda & Halmahera) Each chapter relates to a different region and provides the reader with area maps, dive site maps, diving information which includes: Difficulty level highlights Logistics General area information General diving information Detailed dive site descriptions Useful diving contacts such as emergency services and emergency diving services, liveaboard diving, marine life features, conservation features and travel planners are included, making this a complete diving guide. There are also sections regarding general travel practicalities in Indonesia, general diving practicalities in Indonesia, a basic Indonesian dictionary and phrases specifically relating to diving.

Download or read book Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die written by Chris Santella and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2012-11-16 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SCUBA in Cuba? Find seashells in the Seychelles? Discover the must-dive destinations recommended by the experts—includes beautiful underwater photos. 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. Part of the 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. 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 forty gorgeous color photos from the world’s greatest underwater photographers. And for those who want to travel to these breathtaking locales, Santella provides complete “If You Go” suggestions to help you plan your trip.

Download or read book Diving Bali written by David Pickell and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Well–travelled divers all acknowledge that the best diving in the world is found in the warm waters of tropical Bali. Bali is located in the famous "coral triangle," the center of the world's tropical marine diversity, and the island is blessed with a stunning variety of dive sites—shipwrecks, quiet black sand bays, crystalline hard coral reefs over bright white sand, lava ridges draped in gorgonians and soft coral, and current–swept pinnacles, swirling with fish. Diving Bali is a comprehensive diving guide covering all of Bali and it's surrounding reefs. It presents in great detail some of the best dive sites in the tropical western Pacific. Our seasoned diver–authors have an aggregate half–century of experience exploring these waters, and each site receives thorough coverage, including detailed maps, color photos, and a full description of access, conditions, and facilities. This Bali diving guide features: Practicalities: Detailed travel information for every budget, including accommodations, transportation, prices, seasons, and dive operators. Information: Local history, diving lore, site conditions, and more than 50 maps. Photography: More than 100 color photographs by top photographers.

Download or read book The 50 Best Dives in Micronesia written by T. I. M. ROCK and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best diving sites across the vast expanse of the northwestern Pacific Ocean in the Micronesia area are listed here. Photojournalist Tim Rock lives in and travels and dives Micronesia frequently and gives the reader insight into the popular and off-the-beaten-path sites covering main islands, outer reefs and remote atolls. It is a fun adventure to page through this book and imagine visiting every fantastic site and the adventure that comes with seeing the sunken history, amazing marine life and fantastic corals. There are some true bucket list sites in this great new book. It is a great new concept from a veteran dive author and photojournalist. The book covers the Marshall Islands, Kosrae, Pohnpei, Truk Lagoon (Chuuk), Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Yap and Palau. Full color throughout with over 200 photos and maps. This is the first of a series that will include The Philippines Top 50 and Indonesia's Top 50.

Download or read book Diving in Southeast Asia written by David Espinosa and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Well-travelled divers all acknowledge that the best diving in the world is found in the warm waters of tropical Asia. No other region on earth presents such a rich variety of marine life, and none can boast as many different types of dive sites: tiny, isolated atolls, World War II wrecks draped in beautiful soft corals, shallow, bommie-filled fringing reefs and pinnacles, all swarming with fish and vibrant color. Diving in Southeast Asia is a comprehensive diving guide covering Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand. It presents in great detail the very best dive sites in the tropical western Pacific. Our seasoned diver-authors have an aggregate half-century of experience exploring these waters, and each site receives thorough coverage, including detailed maps, color photos, and a full description of access, conditions, and facilities. This Southeast Asia diving guide features: Practicalities: Detailed travel information for every budget, including accommodations, transportation, prices, seasons, and dive operators. Information: Local history, diving lore, site conditions, and more than 50 maps. Photography: More than 100 color photographs by top photographers.

Download or read book Diving Snorkeling Guide to Raja Ampat Northeast Indonesia written by Simon Pridmore and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-23 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New for 2019, this is a beautifully illustrated, expanded and updated edition of the Diving & Snorkeling Guide to Raja Ampat & Northeast Indonesia. Exploring among these islands at the edge of the Pacific Ocean is a life affirming, bucket-list-topping experience. The waters in this part of the Coral Triangle are abundantly rich in marine life and are proving to be the gift for underwater adventurers that keeps on giving. Raja Ampat is the superstar destination, but other areas such as Cenderawasih Bay, Triton Bay and Southwest Halmahera are shining brightly too and acquiring similarly mythical status. This detailed and informative guide is the first to cover all of these incredible places! It tells and shows you what to expect from this remote, fascinating and often downright astonishing part of the world. It will help you plan your trip, enhance your experience when you get there and provide you with the best possible souvenir of your visit. And once you have been there, it will whet your appetite for adventures ahead - because you WILL be back! The Diving & Snorkeling Guide to Raja Ampat & Northeast Indonesia 2019 includes Over 100 Dive & Snorkel Sites 240 color images Travel advice Dive safety tips Topside attractions Diving terms in Indonesian Chris Mitchell from www.divehappy.com says "A wonderfully thorough but concise guide that helps you quickly get a grip on exactly where all the best fishy action is located, both before the trip and while you're out on the ocean, Don't dive Indo without it!" Authors Tim Rock is an internationally published photojournalist who specializes in the ocean realm. Based on Guam in the Western Pacific Ocean, Rock has traveled the Indo-Pacific and worldwide for three decades. He is the author of numerous Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling guides and has awards for print and TV work. An Indonesia visitor for four decades, he has visited the Raja Ampat area over 20 times. His website is www.timrock.photoshelter.com Simon Pridmore is an itinerant writer and professional scuba diver. He is the author of a number of travel and diving books, including the bestselling "Scuba Confidential" series and lives in Bali, where he writes, dives and plots further books and adventures. Find out more at www.simonpridmore.com.

Download or read book The 50 Best Dives in the Philippines written by T. I. M. ROCK and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 188-page print book highlights the best diving sites across the vast expanse of the 7,000+ islands of The Philippines. Photojournalist Tim Rock lives on the western Pacific island of Guam close to The Philippines and has authored three books on diving in this magical and diverse undersea treasure chest that is the Philippines. He travels and dives The Philippines frequently and gives the reader insight into the popular and off-the-beaten-path sites covering main islands, outer reefs, historic and purpose-sunk wrecks and remote atolls. It is a fun adventure to page through this book and imagine visiting every fantastic site and the adventure that comes with seeing the sunken history, amazing marine life and fantastic corals. There are some true bucket list sites in this great book. It is an exciting new concept from a veteran dive author and photojournalist. The book covers Malapascua, The Visayas, Puerto Galera, Bohol, Anilao, Palawan, Tubbataha and many more hot spots. Full color throughout with over 225 photos and maps. This is the second of a series that includes Micronesia's Top 50 dive sites and (soon) Indonesia's Top 50.

Download or read book Scuba Confidential written by Simon Pridmore and published by Sandsmedia via PublishDrive. This book was released on 2020-08-03 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scuba Confidential is a unique book packed full of valuable tips and expert advice, giving you unprecedented access to the secrets of dive professionals and technical divers. With Scuba Confidential, you will learn how to master skills and techniques that will make you a more confident, capable and safe diver. It offers an informed, balanced view on some of scuba diving's most contentious issues like going solo, deep diving and rebreathers and includes a comprehensive analysis of how diving accidents happen and how to make sure you do not become a statistic. Scuba Confidential also gives you valuable insights on a vast range of topics such as what it is like to do a cave diving course, how to make sure you buy the right equipment, what to consider when choosing an instructor, things even the pros get wrong and where to find the best diving in the world. This is candid, no-nonsense practical advice from a professional who has been involved over the last three decades with virtually every aspect of the sport. Have you ever wondered? How to look as comfortable in the water as the professionals do? What it is like to dive inside shipwrecks? Which training courses are most worthwhile? If you would make a good technical diver? If you should be considering a rebreather? How you can improve your diving skills? How you can reduce your air consumption? Why diving accidents happen and how to prevent them? Whether you might sometimes actually be safer solo diving? How to dive deep safely? Or How muck diving can possibly be any fun? Scuba Confidential has the answers to these questions and many more.

Download or read book Diving Southeast Asia written by Kal Müller and published by Periplus Editions. This book was released on 1997 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Under the Flight Path written by Simon Pridmore and published by Simon Pridmore. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 2009, Simon Pridmore and his wife Sofie travelled for 15,000 kilometres overland through Russia, Mongolia and China. A trip that started off as an adventure ended up being an education. Everywhere they stopped they found people and cultures on the cusp of change. This was a watershed period for many nations that found themselves having to deal with the challenges of a new century, while still recovering from the consequences of the tumultuous events of the previous one. Simon tells the tale of the journey with insight and wit as he and Sofie cross two continents, taking plenty of time out from the train to go off piste into the Siberian hinterland, Mongolian desert and Chinese cities. They go scuba diving in a glacier lake in the Altai Mountains and then again in Baikal, the world’s largest and deepest lake, just after the ice has melted. They practice herding goats on camelback in the Gobi Desert, are entertained by Siberian marching bands, nose flute players and outdoor ballroom dancers and survive potentially life-threatening close encounters with encephalitis ticks, smiling provodnitsas and Mongolian cuisine. This is a story that will make you think about how lives are lived in far-flung regions. It will teach you how to use the toilet on a Chinese train without coming to grief, how to bathe naked with dignity in a mountain stream and how not to panic when smugglers hide contraband in secret panels in the ceiling of your train compartment. Most of all, this is a story that will make you want to pack a bag and hit the road yourself. ”A vivid, witty account of a couple’s no-frills travel across Eurasia. An inspiration to real travellers - Yes! It’s Possible! Do it! - but also an entertainment for those who prefer their armchairs.”John Man, author of Genghis Khan, Life, Death and Resurrection ”This is great! I really enjoyed it. Under the Flight Path is entertaining and informative, written in a lively, engaging style and the narrative flows beautifully. There is plenty of historical and political comment to satisfy the reader’s curiosity and it is packed full of useful tips and advice for travellers, from someone who really has been there and done it. Some of the stories made me laugh out loud. Lucky I was on my own and didn’t have to keep on explaining what was so funny." Jackie Winter, author of Life in Tandem and Lipsticks and Library Books “Under the Flight Path is warm, candid and funny. I believe you get three types of travellers. Those who are there for physical experiences such as diving and trekking; those who look for social connection and those who are fascinated by the history and culture of a new place. Under the Flight Path, remarkably, combines all three. Simon and Sofie are seasoned travelling companions, and it is a pleasure to follow them as they navigate new, enriching and unexpected experiences” Amy Johnstone, author and founder of Story ”A true and intrepid adventure by rail, bus, van and boat far off the beaten path in some of the most inhospitable terrain in the world: author Simon Pridmore has created a fast-paced page-turner featuring his special brand of humor, insight and knowledge of Russian and Asian culture and history. What a delight! This book is worth every togrog. Great entertainment.Tim Rock, Lonely Planet author

Download or read book Dive into Taiwan written by Simon Pridmore and published by Simon Pridmore. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taiwan is a Pacific island – actually several islands: a big one and some smaller satellites – surrounded by warm tropical seas. It is easily accessible, has excellent transportation and is a first-world society with out-going, friendly, laid-back people. Especially in the south and on several of the outlying islands, there is some very good scuba diving and also a network of dive centres and resorts with first-class professional staff and equipment. They provide services for a young generation of Taiwanese, who are driving development in the sport with considerable enthusiasm. Yet, when divers elsewhere in the world think about diving destinations, Taiwan is rarely even a blip on their radar screen. Very few people outside Taiwan have ever thought to enquire about the diving there, and very few people inside Taiwan have ever thought to tell anyone about it. Until now... In Dive into Taiwan, Simon Pridmore unveils the underwater secrets of these islands and guides you around expertly, making sure you travel easily, dine well and appreciate the unique culture and traditions of Taiwan as well as its marine treasures. This is the first English-language guide to diving the reefs and wrecks of hitherto unknown locations such as Penghu, Xiaoliuqiu, Hengchun, Lanyu (Orchid Island), Ludao (Green Island) and Taiwan’s Northeast Coast and places them firmly on the international diving map. Authoritative, well written and beautifully illustrated by Taiwanese photographer Kyo Liu’s superb underwater images, Dive into Taiwan opens the door to a new and exciting destination for travelling divers.

Download or read book Scuba Fundamental written by Simon Pridmore and published by Sandsmedia via PublishDrive. This book was released on 2020-02-26 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you do not yet scuba dive but are thinking of learning, then Scuba Fundamental - Start Diving the Right Way is for you. It takes you from the germ of the idea that you might like to try scuba diving up to the point where you have done around 20 dives. This is not your standard how-to scuba diving manual. It is very different. The purpose of Scuba Fundamental is not to teach you how to dive. A dive instructor will do that. But this book will make the learning process much easier. It will help you make the right choices and avoid the pitfalls that await new and uninformed divers coming into the sport.It will also set you well on the road to becoming a capable and competent lifelong diver. Scuba Fundamental tells you how to make sure you are prepared for a scuba diving course and what a good beginners course should entail. It tells you how to choose a good instructor, how to decide which operators to dive with after you have finished your course and what sort of dives you should be doing when you first start diving. You will learn the many ways in which diving will change your life and also acquire some extremely valuable advice on the etiquette involved in the sport. Throughout the book and especially in the chapter "It Happened to Me" you will be entertained, educated and encouraged by anecdotes from people who are now experienced divers but were once beginners too. There is also an entire section devoted to diving safety, much of which covers vitally important aspects of scuba diving that standard training manuals don't emphasise enough or even leave out completely. The book's message is: start scuba diving the right way and you will be relaxed and ready for the adventure. You will have more fun, make fewer mistakes and be confident in the fact that you are well informed, have made the best choices and have spent your money wisely. Scuba Fundamental is a unique, reliable and essential guide: one that you can trust completely and follow during this formative phase of your scuba diving life. "I wish I had had this book to read when I learned to dive. I remember being totally confused." Robin Yao, Executive Editor, EZDIVE magazine "This is the book divers should give to friends when they say they want to learn to scuba dive." Ian Thomas, Scuba Instructor Trainer

Download or read book The Diver who Fell from the Sky written by Simon Pridmore and published by Simon Pridmore. This book was released on 2020-06-26 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maverick, innovator, entrepreneur, environmentalist and sheer force of nature, Francis Toribiong would have been a unique and significant individual no matter where in the world he was born. As it turned out, he was born in the island nation of Palau in the Western Pacific at just the right time to apply his special set of skills and attributes to the task of helping his country find its place in the world. In the 1980s and 1990s, he arguably did more than anyone to build Palau’s economy and help it develop into an independent, forward-looking nation. And, improbably, he achieved this via the sport of scuba diving. Francis Toribiong is a Pacific Islander like no other. He is the father of Palau tourism, a scuba diving pioneer, and an effective, tireless ambassador for both his country and its abundant marine and land resources. He was born poor and had no academic leanings. Yet he was driven to succeed by a combination of duty, faith, a deep-seated determination to do the right thing and an absolute refusal ever to compromise his values. For his whole life, he has been a devoted friend to strangers and an implacable opponent to anybody who, through malevolence or negligence, threatens Palau’s considerable natural treasures. He has also been the perfect host to generations of scuba divers from all over the world, who have visited Palau to see those treasures for themselves. And, as well as all that, he was Palau’s first ever parachutist – known throughout the islands as the Palauan who fell from the sky. They were speaking both literally and figuratively. He was so completely different from all of his contemporaries in terms of his demeanor, his ambitions and his vision, that it was as if he had come from outer space. Palau had never seen anybody quite like him and there was no historical precedent for what Francis Toribiong did. He had no operations manual to consult and no examples to follow. He wrote his own life. Francis Toribiong was the first Palauan ever to seek and seize the international narrative. No Palauan, in any context or field, had previously thought to go out into the world and say: “This is Palau – what we have is wonderful. Come and see!” This is his astonishing story.

Download or read book Underwater Indonesia written by Kal Muller and published by Periplus Editions. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Diving Southeast Asia written by David Espinosa and published by Periplus Editions (HK) Limited. This book was released on 2003-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Well–travelled divers all acknowledge that the best diving in the world is found in the warm waters of tropical Asia. No other region on earth presents such a rich variety of marine life, and none can boast as many different types of dive sites: tiny, isolated atolls, World War II wrecks draped in beautiful soft corals, shallow, bommie–filled fringing reefs and pinnacles, all swarming with fish and vibrant color. Diving Southeast Asia is a comprehensive diving guide covering Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand. It presents in great detail the very best dive sites in the tropical western Pacific. Our seasoned diver–authors have an aggregate half–century of experience exploring these waters, and each site receives thorough coverage, including detailed maps, color photos, and a full description of access, conditions, and facilities. This Asia diving guide features: Practicalities: Detailed travel information for every budget, including accommodations, transportation, prices, seasons, and dive operators. Information: Local history, diving lore, site conditions, and more than 50 maps. Photography: More than 100 color photographs by top photographers.