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This is an excellent gift for those divers in your life. This books is just coming out now as the 1st Limited Edition. Only 400 copies have been printed for the 1st Edition. You can get it signed and gift wrapped by special order. Just email for details. Tales From The Reef offers divers of all levels real life lessons to learn from. LIMITED EDITION Only 400 original first copies available now and Author signature and gift wrapping are available too. Tales From The Reef offers divers of all levels real life lessons to learn from. The events are true and happened during the 25 years the author was running dive boats in the Florida Keys and the Caribbean. Tales From The Reef is a must read for every diver that wants to know how professionals handle everyday challenges on the reef. If you spent enough time with the Dive Boat Captain, these are the things he would tell you. Many areas of sport diving are covered including: -Night Dives -Weather -Deep Dives -Marine Life -Reef Navigation -Dive Planning Highly entertaining with Pearls of Wisdom. R. Daniel Zieg, MD Brad Neat has used his many years of experience running dive boats in the Florida Keys to tell both novice and experienced divers what makes a safe dive on a dive boat. I highly recommend it as a fun and interesting read for all divers wanting to learn more about how to enjoy their sport in a safe way. R. Duncan Mathewson III, Ph.D | Shipwreck Archaeologist for the Atocha project. Tales From The Reef is an informative common sense approach to recognizing and dealing with the potential dangers and pitfalls in the sport of scuba diving. The book focuses on how common mistakes can become life-threatening when more than one of them occur at the same time. As someone who has survived a near-fatal dive accident, I can attest to the importance of considering how minor problems can quickly escalate into serious ones. Frank Ireland | subject of Chapter 11

Reef Fish In-A-Pocket Book (Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas) A waterproof companion to Reef Fish Identification for Divers and Snorkelers. 23 Pages, 6 Color Photographs per page Made for your BC pocket

Frankos Aruba Reef Creatures Guide (Mini-map and Fish Card) Aruba is the first of the ABCs islands, a part of the Netherlands Antilles. You remember the word Aruba from the old Beach Boys song, right? Anyway, millions of cruise ship passengers have disembarked for a day in Aruba, and many of them have taken the time to snorkel or scuba dive in Arubas beautiful warm waters amongst her rich tropical reefs. This fish card consists of a great little Frankos mini-map of Aruba on side one to show the whole green island as it sits on the blue Caribbean Sea. Arubas roads and towns, plus major landmarks and hills can be seen. 35 Aruba dive sites, including notation about which ones are good for snorkeling and which ones are good for diving are shown. Arubas beaches that are good for just hanging out are also shown. Side two shows 100 plus Caribbean reef creatures that hang out in Arubas warm waters. They include butterflyfishes, wrasses, damselfishes, parrot fishes, grunts, snappers, rays, sharks and trunkfishes. A sampling of tropical Caribbean invertebrates of Aruba are shown too, including the lobster, coral crab, black sea cucumber, and cushion sea star, corals and sponges. The vivid colors of this Aruba fish card will make you want to be there, and when you go take me, Franko along! Well, if you cant take me to Aruba, at least take my fish card along so you can know what you see when you scuba dive or snorkel in Arubas warm, crystal waters.

This groundbreaking text offers underwater naturalists a detailed overview of what is presently known about the behavior and ecology of reef fishes inhabiting the waters of Florida, the Caribbean and Bahamas. It also serves as a companion reference to our popular Reef Fish Identification. The enjoyable fact-filled text is lavishly illustrated with 475 marine life photos, many capturing spectacular fish behaviors never before documented. Readers not only learn about the nature of the fishes sighted on every reef dive, but also learn when and where to observe the dramatic behaviors.

A comprehensive photographic guide to the fishes of Galapagos. With its hundreds of well chosen color photographs and brief descriptions, this practical field guide is essential for underwater enthusiasts. Sturdy enough to take along on boat, it includes a map, checklist and brief overview of the archipelago. A revised second edition with many new photographs.