Coral Reef Guide Red Sea: The complete Red Sea marine life guide for diving and snorkelling enthusiasts

This is an excellent guide book to the fauna of the Red Sea and covers everything from very large to small species. Some of the photographs are better than others, but generally the standard is good, a few with a blue cast. There is a very wide representation of species and with a book like this you are not going to get everything. For example, there is a photograph of each shark species and a few paragraphs of text. It is not going to give you a full identification guide to each species with 17 photos from different angles. That isn't the purpose of the book. Having said that, with most of the species the i.d. is great from the pics and the text.All in all, this is the ideal guide to the species of the Red Sea in as compact a format as you could wish for. Printed on glossy art. Recommended.

I was recently in the Red Sea and was without a proper guide to marine life. Needless to say, this book is fantastic. Great pictures and descriptions of marine life and an invaluable and essential companion for any read sea trip.

I bought this book for my sister who, at the age of 60, still scuba-dives in the Red Sea every year. She doesn't bother with reference books usually, but this is an excellent Guide, with wonderful colour plates, and will be a super reminder of all that she saw when she is too old to see the beautiful underwater corals and colourful fish for herself.But this Guide would suit anyone with an interest in coral reefs, even if you only see them on television. Identifying the different fish and corals fascinates me - it has done ever since the black and white Jacques Cousteau series on TV in the early sixties. If you haven't been to the Red Sea before, this book will whet your appetite.

The best book for identification in the Red Sea and surrounding. A few species are missing but that’s about it. Most images are perfect to identify with and while the descriptions are not consistent and sometimes unclear or lack crucial bits of information, this is the best book out there for the region.

There are no better book than this one! It is comprehensive and includes so many pictures of underwater species of all types (fish, moray, snakes, corals, anemone, etc).Detailed explanation and good quality pictures does the trick for me.Only thing that may put off some is that it is a bit old.

I have a vast reference Library to suit my varied hobbies one of which is underwater photography specifically of, yes you guessed it! coral reefs!This is my go to first book, it covers fish, reptiles, mammals, invertebrates and marine plants and whilst no publication can feature everything, it tries.Beautiful clear photographs accompany the descriptions, assisting you in identifying what you have seen on your dives. Sections on Geology, Conservation, Dive sites, Dangerous Marine Life to watch out for and so much more.

If like me you scuba dive in the Red Sea, this book is a must have item. I purchased into take with eons liveaboard diving trip. After each dive, I was able to use the book to identify the fish, animal and coral seen during the dive. It does appear to be a favourite book amongst Red Sea divers and understandably so.

This book is perfect for newcomers to the Red Sea. I snorkel and see many of the fish and species found in this book. Great size to travel with in paperback. A must to broaden your enjoyment of the Red Sea.