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Diving in Egypt: An Honest Guide to the Red Sea
I have heard tall tales about the Red Sea, and most of them are true. Here is the honest account, fins and all.
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Diving in Japan: Hammerheads, Ice Floes, and a Monument Nobody Can Explain
A country of hammerhead sharks two hours from Tokyo, a submerged monument nobody can agree is natural or man made, coral so clear it earned its own nickname, and a winter dive under drift ice on the northern coast. Plus the ama, the breath hold sea women who were diving here centuries before scuba existed.
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Diving in the United States: One Country, Every Kind of Water
A country too large to have just one kind of diving: kelp forests off California, coral reef in the Florida Keys, a giant octopus in Puget Sound, mantas after dark off Kona, and shipwrecks in the Great Lakes that never rotted. Plus the true story of how two men and a bottle of whisky invented the modern dive certification card.
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Diving in the Maldives: A Country Mostly Made of Ocean
A country that is nine-tenths ocean, where whale sharks keep year-round appointments, mantas gather by the hundred, and the government once held a cabinet meeting on the seafloor. An honest, cheerful guide to the atolls.
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Diving in Indonesia: The Richest Water on Earth, Told Plainly
Indonesia owns more islands than a person can count and more fish than a person can believe. Here is the honest account, currents and all.
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A Short History of Diving: From Sponge Hunters to the Aqua-Lung
People have been holding their breath for treasure since before history bothered to write it down.
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Diving in Mexico: Reefs, Wrecks, and Caves Full of Sweet Water
Salt seas, sunken ships, and cenotes of clear sweet water. Mexico dives like nowhere else.
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Diving in the Dominican Republic: Columbus Found It First
Columbus charted this coast. You get to dive it, which is the better end of the deal.
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Diving in Spain: Two Seas, One Generous Country
Mediterranean to the south, Atlantic to the north. Spain dives like two countries in one.
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Diving in Thailand: Warm Water, Wild Reefs, and a Store That Started It All
Navy frogmen brought diving to Thailand. A shop in Pattaya turned it into a love affair.
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