Snork Snork!

It is possible to snorkel with whales on special boats at Silver Bank in the Caribbean. So we figured that a roundup of whale books was in order for us snorkelers. First off is Whalewatcher: A global guide ot watching whales, dolphins, and porpoises in the wild by Trevor Day, Firefly Books, 2006. Recommended. Good [...]

Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to the Biology, Behavior, and Conservation. James R. Spotila, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. If you love sea turtles, you’ll love this book. And if you are going snorkeling in an area that has a lot of sea turtles, you’ll want this sea turtle book in the condo or back [...]

Reef Fish Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas by Paul Humann and Ned DeLoach, New World Publications, 1989, with many updated editions. You can purchase them as a set. Reef Fish, Reef Creatures, and Reef corals. We only have the first two. We opted against the corals, mostly because, as snorkelers, we see relatively few types of [...]

This is the book I dreamed of someone writing. Reef Fish Behavior: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas by Ned DeLoach and Paul Humann. Thank heavens they did the job. This book, finally, dips into the world of symbiotic relationships, mating displays, and all out glorious oddity a snorkeler sees. Buy this book before you go on your [...]

So much of the natural history information on islands is hard to find and categorized narrowly…only accessible if you look up a specific island. That’s why I was glad to find this book. Wild Caribbean: The Hidden Wonders of the World’s Most Famous Islands  by Michael Bright with Karen Bass and Scott Alexander (Yale University Press, [...]