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The O'ahu Snorkelers and Shore Divers Guide | 
 enlarge | Author: Francisco B. De Carvalho
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 664933
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 172
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 0824826469
Dewey Decimal Number: 797.23
EAN: 9780824826468
ASIN: 0824826469
Publication Date: January 1, 2003
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Product Description
Whether you're a long-time resident or a visitor, a certified diver or a beginning snorkeler, this guide to twenty-six of O'ahu's best snorkeling and diving sites will enrich and enhance your underwater adventures. Detailed driving instructions to each location are included as well as helpful maps showing onshore facilities and many offshore features you'll want to explore. You'll learn where it's safest to enter and exit the water, what to look for (coral, shells, fishes, underwater caverns), and what hazards to avoid. The author provides essential information on safety and seasonal wind and surf conditions and useful tips on diving and snorkeling equipment, night diving and spear fishing. Each site, chosen for its ease of access and the interest of its underwater topography, is rated according to degree of difficulty. The O'ahu Shore Divers and Snorkelers Guide will introduce you to some of the best diving and snorkeling on the island. "Frank de Carvalho does an excellent job describing O'ahu's diving sites and how to access them. His guide is a valuable addition to the collective body of work on Hawai'i's shores and beaches." --- John R. K. Clark, author of Hawai'i Place Names: Shores, Beaches, and Surf Sites and Hawai'i's Best Beaches
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Good diving reference for Oahu December 30, 2007
Good basic reference for diving around Oahu. I got this book for my husband when we moved to Hawaii. He finds it easy to use.
very accurate November 30, 2007
This is a great book. I live in Hawaii and even I found things out I didn't know. It also has a great snorkleing section which is very hard to find. Highly recommend it!
Oahu diving must-read! March 22, 2007
This book is the secret that I needed after I moved to Oahu to avoid expensive boat dives. Great maps both above and below the water to make finding the site just as easy as finding the best underwater attractions. The book covers dive sites all over the island (you can always find a good site even if surf is too high on one part of the island...very valuable - especially during winter months). A "must buy" for any diver planning to explore the coasts of Oahu without a paid guide. You probably won't find this book in any dive shops on the Island...it would take all of their business!
This book was very accurate March 9, 2007
Couldn't believe once I got to Oahu and went to a couple of these dive sites how accurate this book was from directions to reef layout and compass headings. Went on a couple of dives with Oahu divers who were also very impressed with the accuracy of this book. A great resource but I recommend always verifying the sites with locals as there were hazzards that couldn't be mentioned in a book (i.e. at one dive site I found out there is a regular boat charter that doesn't pay attention to dive flags and drops anchor wherever and whenever he feels like it... never would have know that one without the local warning). Still a great book... two of the local guys I dove with from Oahu who are dive instructors are going to buy the book after seeing mine - what better recommendation could there be?
 Shore Diving is not dead August 19, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Most all the dive shops here have their own boats they want you to dive from, that's fine, but can get pricey. So being a cheap SoB I love this book and have done quite a few of the dives in it since picking it up a few months ago. Great planning tool for folks coming from off island too since he tells you what time of year it is best to do what dives. As always, leave your vauables at the hotel/house, I advise bringing only your drivers license, c-card and about $10-15 per person for postdive water/gatorade, pineapple or coconut and snacks.
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