Diving & Snorkeling: Papua New Guinea

Diving & Snorkeling: Papua New Guinea

(Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Guides)
(ISBN: 086442776X / 0-86442-776-X )
Bob Halstead, Tim Rock

Synopsis:

Smoking volcanoes, lush lowlands and over 600 islands rimmed with coral reefs support a marine biodiversity in Papua New Guinea (PNG) that is unequaled anywhere else in the world. The warm Solomon and Coral seas offer shallow snorkeling on fringing or patch reefs, and deeper dives along the sheer walls of submerged volcanoes. History buffs will marvel at WWII wreckage found above and below the sea. Populations in the swelling cities, remote villages and settlements along the Sepik River are as varied as the country's terrain.

This guide describes

• PNG's best dive sites, with full-color photos throughout.
• dive site depth range and weather conditions
• common, unusual and hazardous marine life
• topside information, including cultural and natural attractions
• diving services and live-abroad information
• 15 easy-to-read maps
• includes top dives in the Solomon & Coral Seas


Customer Reviews:
*****  2001-02-27
Excellent Overview of Little-Visited Sites  By:

This book is an excellent and still pretty up-to-date book on PNG's many and varied dive sites. Good way to plan a dive trip, by seeing which site descriptions most appeal to you. PNG's dive sites are very variable; fabulous visibility one day can be down to murky on the next. Little explored country in terms of diving, new sites are being identified all the time. Hopefully they'll update the book in a few years to include the many sites not known at the time it was first published. All in all, a very helpful and thorough book.