Species field guides for divers
Field guides to remote dive destinations: the sharks, rays, fish and birds you are most likely to meet, where and when to look for them, and how to tell the lookalikes apart.
Barracuda school, Malpelo · photo Megan Applegate
Each guide covers one destination in depth, with a photo and reference links for every species.
Colombia · Eastern Tropical Pacific
A UNESCO World Heritage sanctuary on an underwater ridge more than 500 km off the Colombian coast, known for schooling hammerheads, big gatherings of silky sharks, and fish found nowhere else.
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More destinations to come.
Each guide brings together published dive reports, species references such as FishBase and the Smithsonian’s Shorefishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific, and REEF fish survey data from the destination. Sources are linked on every page, so each fact can be checked.
Underwater photos marked “Megan Applegate” were taken on dives at the destination. Other photos are credited on the page where they appear.
