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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
Dive Sites
Enalik Island
88. Reiher's Pass
Kwajalein
Dive Sites
89. Prince Eugen
Other Dives of Note: Japanese Seaplane, Fishing Boats, Shark Dives, Walls
Bikini
Dive Sites
90. USS Saratoga
91. Nagato
92. USS Apogon
Appendix 1: Emergency Numbers
Appendix 2: Dive Operators
Index
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