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Ned Deloach's Diving Guide to Underwater Florida | 
 enlarge | Author: Ned Deloach
Publisher: New World Pubns Inc
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 731110
Media: Paperback
Edition: 9th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1.3
ISBN: 1878348132
Dewey Decimal Number: 797.23
EAN: 9781878348135
ASIN: 1878348132
Publication Date: November 1996
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 GPS Coordinates wrong.... July 16, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have never found one of the sites listed in this book. Very upset at the wasted time on sandy bottoms.
Don't buy.
 GPS numbers not accurate, and who uses Loran C anymore? August 22, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great overall guide, but sent me on several wild goose chases after SE Florida GPS numbers. Suggest the author/publisher invest in getting these numbers verified, or at least add a notice indicating which GPS numbers have and have not been verified. Also, why bother listing Loran-C numbers. Who uses that anymore?
Hope the 11the edition just out is better, but I'm not buying until I see changes in the bad GPS numbers.
-- LL
Useless GPS Coordinates August 8, 2003
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Though I am a cavern diver, I have not tried to use this book for this purpose. I have tried to use it for finding dive sites in SE Florida. In this regard, the book is nearly useless. Many (if not most) of the GPS coordinates provided are just plain wrong. Obviously the author is relying on outdated (at best) or totally unreliable third party information. I frankly doubt that the author has ever been to most of the SE Florida open water dive sites written up in this book. This book is a waste of money for open water divers.
Pretty Good- Wish the GPS numbers were better June 28, 2003
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this book as a way of finding new GPS coordinates in the Tampa area to dive. This book was pretty good, with a great description of each site. However, the GPS coordinates are pretty much run of the mill numbers, you'll find every local charter dive boat and fishing boat there, but not a bad place to start. Where the book starts to fall apart though is when it starts telling you, Place X is 1.7 miles on a 335 course north of point Y. That info. does you no good. When you are looking for a ledge the size of a small car, close doesn't count. Also, it seemed like all the more interesting sites were given in Loran numbers. Anyone who knows GPS knows that you can't accurately convert Loran to GPS, so those numbers are worthless for all but the 3 people in the world still using Loran.
Overall, a great book for people just learning a new area to fish or dive, but expect everyone in that area to have that number. Good book with good info. For those looking for more GPS numbers, try nauticalcharts.com... VERY GOOD MAPS.
 A must have for Florida Divers January 30, 2003
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you dive and live in florida YOU MUST OWN THIS BOOK. There is no better diving guide around. Hundreds of sites, most with GPS coordinates. Inside this book you'll find the hidden spots some of the locals don't even know about.
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