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If abundant sea life, caves and swim-thoughs appeal, then you need to dive the Illes Medes, in the Mediterranean Sea
A warm temperate sea, the Mediterranean has very limited communications with other seas. The strait of Gibraltar - the gateway to the Atlantic - is both narrow and shallow. At the Eastern end is the Suez Canal through which a slight current takes Red Sea water into the Med. Since the Suez Canal opened in 1869, several species of Red Sea fish have spread into the Mediterranean.
The Illes Medes are a marine reserve. These tiny islands are reached by boat from L'Estartit, Costa Brava.
More Information
More diving details will be added here shortly. Meanwhile these books give information on sea-life, the Mediterranean and Spain.
- Sea Fishes of the Spanish
Mediterranean Coast and Islands
- by GH Jennings, Calypso Pubns, 1996, Paperback.
Available from the WH Smith's Internet Bookshop with 5% discount
- Sea Fishes of the Spanish
Mediterranean Coast and Islands
(Reference Edition)
- Calypso Pubns, 1996.
Available from the WH Smith's Internet Bookshop with 5% discount
- The Mediterranean Sea
- by Angelo Mojetta, Swan Hill Press, 1996, Paperback.
A guide to the underwater life of the Mediterranean Sea. It includes practical advice for divers and has illustrated biological information on important species of fish.
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- Fishes of the Sea: The North Atlantic and Mediterranean
- by John and Gillian Lythgoe, MIT Press, 1992, Hardback.
Photographic and descriptive guide to the fish species that inhabit the North Atlantic and Mediterranean.
More details at Amazon.co.uk
Available from the WH Smith's Internet Bookshop with 10% discount
- The Mediterranean
- by Ernle Bradford, Penguin Books, 2000, Paperdback.
Ernle Bradford spent almost 30 years sailing into nearly every corner of the Mediterranean and here he tells its fascinating
story.
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- How to Eat Out in Spain: How to
Understand the Menu and Make
Yourself Understood
- by Ana Vazquez, 1997, Paperback.
Available from the WH Smith's Internet Bookshop with 20% discount
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