The second edition of Susan Mears and Linda Ianniello’s excellent “Blackwater Creatures-A Guide to Southeast Florida Blackwater Diving” is now available. The authors introduce divers to the amazing creatures observed during blackwater diving and help to identify them. the second edition has 70 new pages and now features 380 images in a softcover format.

Blackwater Creatures-A Guide to Southeast Florida Blackwater Diving is available now, priced at $45.

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BLACKWATER Creatures-A Guide to Southeast Florida Blackwater Diving

2nd Edition Now Available

Susan Mears and Linda Ianniello have produced a Second Edition of their BLACKWATER Creatures book (A Guide to Southeast Florida Blackwater Diving). This edition has 70 new pages of images, information, and IDs, including a whole new chapter on Behavior. It is now 240 pages and over 380 images in 8.5-inch x 8.5-inch softcover format.

Every night the largest animal migration on earth takes place in the oceans of the world. The zooplankton migrates vertically up from the deep to feed in the shallower water near the surface. With the plankton comes a variety of both pelagic and larval creatures to feed on the plankton and each other. This creates an opportunity for underwater photographers and divers looking for something new and unique. A “black water dive” means going out at night in the deep ocean and looking for these subjects, which include: fish and mollusk larvae, that will eventually settle on the bottom; pelagics that live their whole lives in this environment; and creatures like jellyfish and siphonophores, all traveling with the currents.

The purpose of BLACKWATER Creatures is to introduce black water divers to the creatures they may see on an average dive in southeast Florida – both the more common subjects some of the rare ones. This will help them to recognize the creatures and, therefore, have a better dive experience.

BLACKWATER Creatures sells for $45 plus shipping (worldwide) and can be ordered here