Thirteenth Beach

by Wade Hughes

Thirteenth Beach, facing the Southern Ocean in Australia was the setting for a chance meeting between two strangers who still do not know each other's names. But that meeting led to this fast-paced, factual, account spanning more than thirty years' underwater adventure around the world. From Australia to Turkey, Egypt, the Caribbean, Micronesia, Hawaii, Maldives, South East Asia, Ireland, Mexico, and the Great Lakes, Wade Hughes takes you underwater with a rare ability to reach deep into the excitement and emotions that surface whenever humans follow their curiosity and hearts into the sea. Great white sharks, isolated coral reefs in paradise, whales, deep cold shipwrecks, battlefields Â…and even an innocent encounter with an armed and dangerous bank robber, all contribute to this unique and highly entertaining collection of experiences and observations. Whether you're the stranger from Thirteenth Beach or someone else who can hear the sea calling, you'll know that you've found a fragment of your own adventurous spirit in the pages of this captivating book.

Paperback

First published April 22, 2002