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The Diver's Guide to Cape Ann, 16th Edition
By Captain Fred Calhoun & Cecile Christensen
52 pages, 8-1/2x5-3/8, saddle stitched, line drawings, map
No ISBN
Pub Date: 2004
Price $12.00
The Diver's Guide to Cape Ann has brief descriptions of 73 dive sites based on the authors' decades of diving experience in the waters off Cape Ann. Both beach dives and boat dives are covered. In addition, the authors provide information on laws pertaining to diving and marine life, as well as useful information on motels, campgrounds, restaurants, boat launching ramps, dive shops and charter boats. There is also a chapter on local marine life.
Table of Contents
- Important Telephone Numbers
- Massachusetts Diver Access Law
- Cape Ann Grand Tour
- Restaurants
- Compressed Air
- Dive Charter Boats
- Boat Launching Facilities
- Camp Sites, Hotels, and Motels
- Gloucester Regulations and Ordinances
- Rockport Regulations
- State Divers Flag Law
- Coast Guard Diving Operations Rule
- Laws Relating to Marine Fish
- Laws Relating to Lobsters and Crabs
- Laws Relating to Shellfish and Sea Urchins
- Laws Relating to Spearfishing
- Laws Relating to Seaweed
- Dive Site Descriptions (With Chart)
- Sea Life of Cape Ann
- Index
View Complete List of Dive Sites Covered >>>
About the Authors
Captain Fred Calhoun is registered professional engineer. He has been diving since 1953 during which time he has owned a dive shop, and since 1978, captained the dive boat Easy Rider out of Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Fred began teaching scuba in 1957 and has been a certified instructor for NEC, YMCA, NAUI and PDIC. He is the recipient of the NAUI Outstanding Achievement Award and was one of the original inductees in the NAUI Hall of Honor. He is also the recipient of the SSI Platinum Pro 5000 award and the J.B Green award.
Together with his wife Chris, Fred has made several award-winning underwater films including The Wall (CINE Prize) about diving the Tongue of the Ocean, and Largo (Knights of Malta, Island of Malta Prize) shot off the coast of the Florida Keys.
Cecile Christensen has been scuba diving since 1966 and is a NAUI instructor. She ia a principal of the Boston Scuba Diving Show and the first mate of the dive charter boat Easy Diver. In addition, she is a film and video editor/producer who has produced Florida Keys and Bahamas dive guides.
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