If you're a beginning snorkeler, The Ultimate Snorkeling Book will allay your fears, insure your safety, and help you snorkel like an expert. If you're already an expert, you'll learn practical new tips and gear upgrades that you will use as soon as you push off into the water.The Ultimate Snorkeling Book explains each piece of snorkeling gear and what to buy at every price range. You'll learn how to upgrade and maintain your equipment so it performs like expensive professional gear.The Ultimate Snorkeling Book focuses on safety. It explains how to protect against storms, lightening, currents, burning sun, fatigue, exposure, leaky masks, tiny jellyfish, and big scary fish. You'll learn how to care for children in the water so that everybody has a fun trip. The Ultimate Snorkeling Book is like a personal mentorship with an experienced snorkeler and zoologist who will help you identify reef creatures, understand their appearance and behavior, and learn to protect our fragile shoreline ecosystem. Pre-trip checklists make sure you arrive with everything you need. This book will help insure that your snorkeling trip will be a success.YOU can have a great time snorkeling! Let's start right now!
Wes Burgess MD, PhD is a lifetime snorkeler and the author of books and professional articles about behavior, biology and ecology, in Scientific American, Oceanus, Ecology, and Animal Behavior. He holds doctorate degrees in Zoology and Medicine. Dr. Burgess received the Purdue Literary Award and the Mead Johnson Award for Excellence in Writing for his publications He has taught at Stanford University, UCLA, and the University of California, Davis, appeared on National Public Radio, television, and in films, and lectured around the world.
