SCUBA Diving Best Sellers

These were the best selling diving books, videos and DVDs in October, November and December 2001.

1. The Blue Planet DVD
   
   The BBC television series on DVD - action shots of the fascinating behaviour of the underwater world with commentary by David Attenborough.
2. The Blue Planet Book
   
   The BBC publication covering the world's oceans. A fascinating book superbly illustrated with tons of photographs, which adds a great deal of information to the TV series.
3. The Blue Planet Videos
   
   Yes, this series was extremely popular - The Blue Planet takes the top three spots.
4. Top Dive Sites of the World by Jack Jackson
   
   Features around 60 of the world's top diving locations.
5. Collins Pocket Guide: Coral Reef Fishes by Ewald Lieske, Robert Myers
   
   An excellent, compact, guide to over 2000 species of fish you're likely to see whilst diving on coral reefs.
6. Lonely Planet: Diving and Snorkelling: the Red Sea by Jean-Bernard Carillet, Gavin Anderson, Peter Harrison
   
   Guide to the dive sites of the Red Sea.
7. Dive Sites and Marine Life of the Calf of Man and Neighbouring Area by Bill Sanderson, Bruce McGregor, Andrew Brierley
   
   The Isle of Man boasts some excellent diving and this book describes some of the best dive sites in the south of the island.
8. Neutral Buoyancy: Adventures in a Liquid World, by Tim Ecott
   
   Tales of the characters and episodes in the history of diving: the sponge divers, the second world war saboteurs, the free divers, etc.
9. Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Baja California by Walt Peterson
   
   Guide to the dive sites of Baja California.
10. Sport Diving
    
    The Diving Manual of the British Sub-Aqua Club: excellent for beginners.

Best Sellers of 2001

And here are our best sellers of the year...

1. The Blue Planet DVD
   
   The BBC television series on DVD - action shots of the fascinating behaviour of the underwater world with commentary by David Attenborough.
2. The Blue Planet Book
   
   The BBC publication covering the world's oceans. A fascinating book superbly illustrated with tons of photographs, which adds a great deal of information to the TV series.
3. The Blue Planet Videos
   
   The Blue Planet also takes the top three spots for the year.
4. Top Dive Sites of the World by Jack Jackson
   
   Features around 60 of the world's top diving locations.
5. Collins Pocket Guide: Coral Reef Fishes by Ewald Lieske, Robert Myers
   
   An excellent, compact, guide to over 2000 species of fish you're likely to see whilst diving on coral reefs.
6. Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Baja California by Walt Peterson
   
   Guide to the dive sites of Baja California.
7. Lonely Planet: Diving and Snorkelling: the Red Sea by Jean-Bernard Carillet, Gavin Anderson, Peter Harrison
   
   Guide to the dive sites of the Red Sea.
8. Diving Guide to Sharm-el-Sheik by Claudio Cangini
   
   The title says it all.
9. Diving Guide to Red Sea Wrecks, by A Ghisotti
   
   Packed with photographs, details 18 wrecks lying in the Red Sea - from Jordan to Eritrea..
10. Reef Fishes and Corals of the Red Sea
    
    A guide to 270 reef fishes and corals found throughout the Red Sea.