Amazing Animals You Can See Underwater - Volume One

Amazing Animals You Can See Underwater - Volume One is the first eBook in a series created for people of all ages and backgrounds that are curious about animals living in the world’s oceans. In simple terms, we want you to feel the same sense of awe and joy we feel when we dive.


The text provides an overview of the natural history of a variety of animals that are commonly encountered by scuba divers and snorkelers when they don a mask, snorkel, and fins and explore the world beneath the waves.


Animals featured in this book are: 

 • Bottlenose Dolphin

 • Mandarinfish

 • Lemon Shark

 • Garibaldi

 • Great Barracuda 

 • Peacock Mantis Shrimp

 • Whitetip Reef Shark

 • Convict Blenny

 • Moray Eels

 • Black-Banded Sea Krait

 • West Indian Manatee

 • Coney, Giant Sea Bass

 • Slingjaw Wrasse

 • Great Hammerhead Shark

 • Hermit Crabs

 • Basking Shark

 • Shrimpgobies

 • Green Sea Turtle

 • Flatworms


"Amazing Animals You Can See Underwater - Volume One is, in a word, amazing. Illustrated with more than 175 captivating photos of – and fun facts about – marine animals, this eBook by veteran underwater photographers and writers Marty Snyderman and Eric Riesch is perfect for ocean enthusiasts of all ages." -- Cathryn Castle Garcia, author and filmmaker and Gui Garcia, boat captain and filmmaker (from the Introduction)


A major point of emphasis throughout every eBook in the series is to help our readers better understand the vital roles served by various animals in making healthy ocean ecosystems function and flourish.


Honored with the 2018 NOGI Award in the Arts by the Underwater Academy of Arts and Sciences, an EMMY Award for cinematography, and the Diving Equipment and Marketing Association’s (DEMA) Reaching Out Award in 2008, Marty is a widely published still photographer and author. Eric Riesch has 28 years of experience in book publishing for the recreational scuba industry at New World Publications. Together they have formed Wise Divers Publications to create eBooks on underwater photography, marine life and much more!