Alberto Siliotti - "SINAI DIVING GUIDE"
| Alberto Siliotti - "SINAI DIVING GUIDE" |
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The Sinai has become in only a few years one of the most popular destinations, and probably the most frequented, for scuba divers from all over the world. In fact, in Sharm el-Sheikh alone, the tourist capital of the region, an average of more than one thousand dives are done every day that are unfortunately concentrated on only a tenth dive sites. The increase in scuba divers, however, is inversely proportional to the knowledge of those who guide and present the sites and who no longer have the time and possibility to increase their knowledge. In times when the scuba diver has to transform himself from a simple 'tourist' to an explorer of the undersea world in order to not only understand it but to respect and protect it, this book, a real diving atlas which has been elaborated over more than ten years of diving experience, illustrates clearly and easily the topography as well as the 'secrets' of all major dive sites of the South Sinai. Contents How to Use This Guide The Red Sea - The origin of a name - The Red Sea in figures - Small dictionary of geographical terms The Red Sea in the history Origin and geology The climate The winds and breezes - Beaufort Wind Scale and effects observed on the sea - Gulf of Suez Waves Currents and tidesThe Coral Reef - The world of the reef - Coral bleaching Architecture of the coral reef - The growth of the coral reef Morphology of the coral reef
The Reef´s Marine Fauna
Diving in the Red Sea
Safety
The Protection of the Marine Environment
Monitoring the Reef
Reef Indicators |
