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Chris Santella

Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die: Diving Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations Hardcover – October 1, 2008

by Chris Santella (Author)

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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.

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224 pages
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English
Publisher

Stewart, Tabori and Chang
Publication date

October 1, 2008
Grade level

8 and up
Reading age

13 years and up
Dimensions

7 x 1.2 x 8 inches
ISBN-10

158479710X
ISBN-13

978-1584797104
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About the Author

Chris Santella is a freelance writer and marketing consultant based in Portland, Oregon. A regular contributor to the New York Times and Forbes.com, he has also contributed to the New Yorker, Travel & Leisure, Golf, American Lawyer, and Delta Sky. Santella is the author of four other titles in the “Fifty Places” series, as well as Fifty Favorite Fly-Fishing Tales (all STC).

Product details

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 : 1.83 pounds
Dimensions : 7 x 1.2 x 8 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #79,295 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2 in Myanmar Travel Guides
- #10 in General Indonesia Travel Guides
- #18 in Scuba Travel Guides

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Really disappointing book.

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2017

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Really disappointed with this book. The author has no real experience with the dive sites. It seems all he did was interview other divers for recommendations. Gather a smattering of general info and publish that as this book for profit. It is not a guide of where to dive. No specific dives are listed. no locations, depths, expected encounters. Not at all what I was hoping for. A waste of a great title.. Save your money.

17 people found this helpful

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Daniel Vaught

Meh

Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2018

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This book is very anecdotal and not very helpful in helping to find cool dive sites. I honestly could write a better one with some of the dives I've done. I can't belive there wasn't anything on the Red Sea.

7 people found this helpful

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BVI Diver

Trite and superficial

Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2015

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I thought it was a weak and superficial summary of well known diving locales. In a book like this you are hoping for two things: some great photography, and the revealing a few "hidden gems". A trite summary of where in the world the tourists go was not what I had been hoping for.

16 people found this helpful

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Andie Rogers

Really good quality! Good book

Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2019

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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!

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Kimberly Russell

Should have taken one reviewer's advise and not spent money on this book.

Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2011

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I always read reviews on Amazon about items I want to buy - I usually actually will not buy anything that has a lot of neg. input on the product - The Title of this book SOLD me. In truth , this is like a very mini size table book or bathroom book that as a diver, would not keep your attention to actually read the whole thing. Save your money and don't buy this one !!!! The pics are not even good in the book.

32 people found this helpful

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Tammi Rodriguez

Scuba Enthusiast

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2019

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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"

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DRUMMER ERIC

Gi-normous book GREAT READ

Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2020

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GI-NORMOUS BOOK.
IT WAS WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY
BIGGER THAN EXPECTED AND AMAZING DETAILS OF GREAT DIVE SPOTS.

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Msyoga

Informative account of best diving places

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2020

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This was a gift to a friend who has gone to many places in Asia to dive. Font used in this book could be larger.

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Dogbite Dave

Nice pictures. Short on location detail. Dated

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2017

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I am 56 years old and I went scuba diving for the first time recently.

Locations then naturally pop into this muddled head and this book helps to give some ideas.

Biggest problem is that it is very generalised and I suspect done from a point of view that money is no object.

It is based on the abilities of a very experienced diver.

I say this because masses of information are based on in what appears to be very open and quite deep water. The realm of experience.

That said, there are some very nice photographs and it is nice to have the dream that maybe someday I can do that.

The book also lacks detail about locations.

It is an older book so what information there is, is very probably out of date.

6 people found this helpful

Laura

A good gift for a diver

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 17, 2018

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Based on real people’s reviews of places they have been which may only be a few each. Bought for my partner she’s fairly happy with it, but it doesn’t mention the titanic of the Mediterranean & not many pictures which was disappointing

BrendanC

Definitively not the definitive guide

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2011

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The book is a bit of a let down. Having travelled the world in my great quest for the ultimate dive I was surprised not to sea the Thistlegorm or any other sites in the Red Sea getting a mention. In addition many of the Experts are local dive operations - obviously biased about their sites - perhaps to the detriment of locations more worthy of a mention. It appears that the author commenced with a single source and follwed were that led him rather then to conduct any real detailed research. Nice pictures but not enough of them.

4 people found this helpful

natalie wareham

entices you to travel

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 17, 2019

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beautiful pictures that entice you to travel the world. would even take up diving just to see the wonders of below the sea, hence gift receiver was very happy with this

pepsibuster

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 27, 2019

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must have been ordered by my son

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