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click to enlarge DIVING MICRONESIA
By Eric Hanauer
128 pages, 7x10 inches, paperback, Color photos, Maps, Index, Appendices
Pub Date: October 2001
ISBN 1-881652-05-X
Price: $18.95
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 -Guam
Chapter 2 -Mariana Islands
Chapter 3 -Yap
Chapter 4 -Palau
Chapter 5 -Chuuk
Chapter 6 -Pohnpei
Chapter 7 -Kosrae
Chapter 8 -Marshall Islands
Appendix 1: Emergency Numbers
Appendix 2: Dive Operators
Index

Foreword

MICRONESIA

  • Geography
  • The Past
  • The Present
  • Map
Useful Information: Credit Cards, Cuisine, Currency, Dress Etiquette, Electricity, Getting There, Immigration and Customs, Japanese Divers, Language, Mail, Telephone, Time, Tipping, Weather

DIVING

The Islands: Guam, Mariana Islands, Yap, Palau, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Marshall Islands
  • Facilities
  • Water Temperature
  • Wind Chill
  • Visibility
  • Weather
Underwater Habitats: Slopes and Walls, Reefs, Channels, Lagoons, Marine Lakes, Caves, Caverns, Shipwrecks, Night Diving

Marine Life Diversity

Potentially Dangerous Creatures: Urchins, Jellyfish, Fire Coral, Crown of Thorns Starfish, Moray Eels, Sea Snakes, Venomous Fishes, Sharks

GUAM

  • At a Glance
  • Weather
  • Things to Do on Land
  • Diving
  • Map

Dive Sites

1. Tokai Maru 2. Cormoran 3. The Crevice 4. Blue Hole 5. Hap's Reef

Other Dives of Note: American Tanker (6), Kizogawa Maru (7), Seabee Junkyard (8), Cariba (9), Scotia (10), Double Reef (11), Hospital Point (12), Cocos Island (13)

NORTHERN MARIANAS

  • At a Glance
  • Weather
  • Map
  • Rota
  • Things to do on Land
  • Diving

Dive Sites

14. Shoun Maru 15. Senhanom Cave 16. Pearlman Tunnel 17. Sailigai Tunnel 18. Harnom Point 19. Coral Gardens

Tinian

  • Saipan
  • Things to Do on Land
  • Diving

Dive Sites

20. The Grotto 21. Bomber Wreck 22. Wing Beach 23. Naftan Point 24. Obyan Beach 25. Banzai Cliff 26. Banzai Reef

YAP

  • At a Glance
  • Weather
  • Things to Do on Land
  • Bill Acker
  • Diving with Mantas
  • Map

Dive Sites

27. Mil Channel 28. Goofnuw Channel 29. Yap Caverns 30. Lionfish Wall 31. Gabach Channel 32. Magic Kingdom 33. Sunrise Reef 34. The Barge 35. Cherry Blossom wall 36. Land's End

PALAU

  • At a Glance
  • Weather
  • Things to Do on Land
  • Diving
  • Wreck Diving
  • Map

Dive Sites

37. Ngemelis Wall 38. Blue Corner 39. Blue Holes 40. Jellyfish Lake 41. Oolong Channel 42. Peleliu Corner 43. Saies Tunnel 44. German Drop-off & Channel 45. Chandelier Cave 46. Soft Coral Arch 47. Ngedebus Wall 48. Short Drop-off 49. New Drop-off 50. Helmut Wreck 51. Iro

TRUK

  • At a Glance
  • Weather
  • Getting There
  • Truk or Chuuk?
  • Things to Do on Land
  • Kimiuo Aisek
  • Diving
  • Gardens and Graveyards
  • Map

Dive Sites

52. Fujikawa Maru 53. Shinkoku Maru 54. Fumitsuki 55. Aikoku Maru 56. San Francisco Maru 57. Nippo Maru 58. Hanakawa Maru 59. Kansho Maru 60. Sinohara (I-169) 61. Sankisan Maru

Other Wrecks of Note: Zero Fighter (62), Betty Bomber (63), Emily Flying Boat (64), Seiko Maru (65), Momokawa Maru (66), Yamagiri Maru (67), Rio de Janeiro Maru (68), Goshai Maru (70)

POHNPEI

  • At a Glance
  • Weather
  • Things to Do on Land
  • Diving
  • Map

Dive Sites

71. Palikir Channel 72. Tawak Channel 73. Manta Road 74. Likin Na 75. Black Coral 76. Ant Atoll 77. Pakin Atoll

KOSRAE

  • At a Glance
  • Weather
  • Things to Do on Land
  • Diving
  • Map

Dive Sites

78. Shark Island Reef 79. Lelu Harbor Wrecks 80. Hiroshi's Point 81. Walung Drop-off

Other Dives of Note: Yela Wall (82), Coral Gardens (83), Parrotfish Canyon (84)

MARSHALL ISLANDS

  • At A Glance
  • Weather
  • Getting There
  • Map
  • Majuro
  • Things to Do on Land
  • Diving

Dive Sites

85. Parking Lot Arno 86. North Point 87. Ine Island

Mili

  • Diving

Dive Sites

Enalik Island 88. Reiher's Pass

Kwajalein

  • Diving

Dive Sites

89. Prince Eugen

Other Dives of Note: Japanese Seaplane, Fishing Boats, Shark Dives, Walls

Bikini

  • Diving

Dive Sites

90. USS Saratoga 91. Nagato 92. USS Apogon


Appendix 1: Emergency Numbers
Appendix 2: Dive Operators

Index


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