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Books to Take on your Baja Expedition

These are our recommendations for books to take to Baja.

Diving Books Guide Books Sea Life Fiction, etc


Baja California Dive Guides

Diving and Snorkeling the Sea of Cortez: The Most Complete Guide to Baja California's Best Sites
by Susan Speck, Paperback, uthorhouse, 92 pages (2006)
Read our interview with the author, Susan Speck
Buy from Amazon.co.uk, 5% off
Buy from Amazon.com, 5% off
Lonely Planet : Diving and Snorkelling in Baja California
by Walt Peterson, Paperback, Lonely Planet Publications, 160 pages, (1999)
Buy from Amazon.co.uk, 20% off
Buy from Amazon.com ($11.87)
Baja California Divers Guide
by Michael Farley and Lauren Farley, Paperback, West Coast Divers Supplies, (1991)
Read our interview with the authors
Buy from Amazon.com

Baja California Guide Books

The Rough Guide to Baja California
by Wayne Bernhardson, Paperback, Rough Guides, 320 pages, (2006)
Buy from Amazon.co.uk, 20% off
Buy from Amazon.com, 32% off
Lonely Planet : Baja California
by Danny Palmerlee, Paperback, Lonely Planet Publications, 300 pages, (2007)
Buy from Amazon.co.uk, 20% off
Buy from Amazon.com, 22% off
Baja Boater's Guide : The Sea of Cortez : The Definitive Guide for the Coastal Waters
by Jack Williams, Hj Williams Publications, 256 pages, 2001
More details and 10% off at Amazon.co.uk (Note - this is the 1996 edition)
Baja Handbook: Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas
by Joe Cummings, Moon Publications, Paperback, 380 pages (2003)
Buy from Amazon.co.uk, 20% off
Buy from Amazon.com, 20% off
Moon Handbooks Cabo
by Joe Cummings, Avalon Travel Publishing, Paperback, 352 pages (2004)
Buy from Amazon.co.uk, 20% off
Buy from Amazon.com, 20% off

Sea Life

Coral Reef Fishes Coral Reef Fishes, Indo-Pacific and Caribbean
by Ewald Lieske and Robert Myers, Harper Collins, 400 Pages, Paperback (February 1999)
An excellent, comprehensive guide to reef fishes, which is small and light enough to pack regardless of amount of diving equipment. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to identify the fish they see whilst diving the tropics.
Read the full review...
Buy from Amazon.co.uk, 20% off
Buy from Amazon.com, 20% off
Reef Fishes of the Sea of Cortez: The Rocky-Shore Fishes of the Gulf of California
by Donald A Thomson et al, Paperback, 374 pages, University of Texas Press (May 2000)
This guide seeks to be a standard resource for divers and snorkellers - popular and scientific coverage of regional fish fauna.
Buy from Amazon.co.uk
Buy from Amazon.com
Guide to Marine Invertebrates; Alaska to Baja California
by DW Gotshall, Paperback
Buy from Amazon.co.uk
Sea of Cortez Marine Animals; A Guide to the Common Fishes and Invertebrates - Baja California to Panama
by DW Gotshall, Paperback
Buy from Amazon.com
Baja California Plant Field Guide
by Norman Roberts, Paperback, Natural History Pub Co, Revised edition (1989)
Buy from Amazon.com

Fiction, etc

The Log from the Sea of Cortez
by John Steinbeck, Paperback, Penguin
In 1940, Steinbeck and his friend, biologist Ed Ricketts, ventured into the Gulf of California to search for marine invertebrates along the beaches. This exciting, day-by-day account of their trip, is a wonderful combination of science, philosophy and high-speed adventure that provides a fascinating portrait of Steinbeck and Ricketts.
Buy from Amazon.com, 20% off
Buy from Amazon.co.uk, 20% off
Diving The Seamount
by Tom Rapko, Paperback, iUniverse
La Paz, Mexico serves as the backdrop for a sweeping tale that questions the wisdom of pursuing a material life at the expense of freedom.
Buy from Amazon.com
Buy from Amazon.co.uk
The Pearl
by John Steinbeck, Paperback, Penguin
John Steinbeck based his novel The Pearl on a story he heard whilst visiting La Paz in Baja California.
Buy from Amazon.com, 20% off
Buy from Amazon.co.uk, 20% off
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