Christmas gift guide 2011

It’s that time of year again. I trust you are all feeling suitably festive. Here’s our annual (well, second so far) Christmas gift guide. Use it/don’t use it…

Books

For the reader, you could check out our book reviews, arranged by topic:

• Conservation
• Dive travel
• Diving adventures
• Diving history
• Diving science and physiology
• Extreme diving
• Fish identification
• Marine biology
• Marine outposts and shipping
• Oceanography and ocean history
• Photography
• Sharks
• Ships and shipwrecks

There are also a couple of children’s books to consider.

Dive gear

Check out What’s in My Dive Bag for some ideas… You can contact Andre for most of these:

• torch
• gloves
• fins
• hoodie
• SMB
• strobes
• signalling devices
• a knife
• logbook
• slates

Probably not a good idea to get a mask unless the place you buy it will let the person exchange it if it doesn’t fit!

Donations

For the person who has everything, or just because you’re feeling grateful:

• NSRI
• Shark Spotters
• Sustainable Seas Trust

Experiences

Don’t forget to add a memory card for the lucky recipient’s camera if you plan to gift any of these!

• Discover Scuba Diving
• Refresher
• dive at the Two Oceans Aquarium
• voucher for a boat dive

For those who need (or like) to relax

• Movies
• Documentaries

Magazine subscriptions

• The Dive Site
• Divestyle
• Submerge

Wall art

Clip Clop designs and prints beautiful tide charts for Cape Town and Durban and moon phase charts for the year. You can order online or find them at Exclusive Books.