Book of Interest to B.C. Scuba Divers



Dive Guides ---- ID Guides ---- Other



I hope this list will grow as people discover British Columbia and write a few more books about the diving up here.
If you know of any good books that should be added to this list please let me know.

Dive Guides

Scuba Guides Mapping
Bernie Kyle
Locally published maps of dive sites. Thus far 2 available:
HMCS Mackenzie ISBN 0-9699989-1-0
and
Whytecliff Marine Protected Area ISBN 0-9699989-0-2.
for more information contact bernie_kyle@mindlink.bc.ca

The Vancouver Area Diving Guide
Carl Trepanier
Gordon Soules Book Publishers Ltd.
ISBN 0-919574-81-5

99 Dives (From the San Juan's to the Gulf and Vancouver Island)
Betty Pratt-Johnson
Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd.
ISBN 1-895881-18-X

101 Dives (From the Mainland of Washington and British Columbia)
Betty Pratt-Johnson
Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd.
ISBN 1895811-20-1

Diver's Guide Vancouver Island South
Greg Dombowsky.
Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd
ISBN 1-895811-88-0



Creature ID Guides

Coastal Fishes (of the Pacific Northwest)
Andy lamb And Phil Edgell
Harbour Publishing Company Ltd.
ISBN 0-920080-75-8

Guide to Marine Invertebrates (Alaska to California)
Daniel W. Gotshall
Sea Challengers
ISBN 0-930118-19-7

Coastal Fish Identification: California to Alaska
Paul Humann
New World Publications
ISBN 1-878348-12-4

Pacific Coast Nudibranchs (second edition)
David W. Behrens
Sea Challengers
ISBN 0-930118-17-0

Pacific Coast Crabs and Shrimp
Gregory C. Jensen
Sea Challengers
ISBN 0-930118-20-0

Probably More than You Want to Know About Fishes of the Pacific Coast (second edition)
Milton Love
Really Big Press
ISBN 0-9627825-5-5
Milton Love's web page

Tidepool and Reef (Marinelife Guide to the Pacific Northwest Coast)
Rick M. Harbo
Hancock House Publishers Ltd.
ISBN 0-88839-052-1


Other Titles

The Emerald Sea (Exploring the Underwater Wilderness of the Pacific Northwest)
Dale Sanders and Diane Swanson
Whitecap Books
ISBN 1-55110-091-6