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Editor's Acknowledgements

Any book of this scope represents the sweat and talent of many people, and an awful lot of both have gone into this one.

The fieldwork for this volume—hundreds of dives, thousands of kilometers of airplane and boat travel, sometimes weeks at a time without a cold beer—was conducted by Kal Muller, a Hungarian-born photographer and writer who has spent some 20 years tromping around the archipelago with his cameras and notebook. Kal is an old friend and probably the most tireless and good-humored person I know. Others who have contributed to this volume:

Dr. Charles Anderson, a marine biologist with the Marine Research Section of the Ministry of Fisheries of the Republic of the Maldives, coauthored the marine life section and updated the practical section for Sumatra.

Cody Shwaiko, an experienced diver living in Bali, provided the Kangean Islands section, parts of the Banda dive narrative, and the sections on Sumba and Sangihe-Talaud. Cody has also provided several interesting photographs.

Dive guide Wally Siagian not only kept Kal out of trouble while he was researching the Bali section of this book, but also provided detailed sketch maps of the Bali and Banda Islands sites, and to this edition, several photographs. Wally, who has an instinct for finding underwater life that is second to none, also pioneered all the best sites around Komodo Island.

Helmut Debelius, founder of the IKAN agency, provided us with his own photographs, as well as those of agency photographers Ed Robinson, Jan Post and Lionel Pozzoli. Helmut also provided a nice anecdote about discovering the beautiful reef lobster that now bears his name.

Photographer Mike Severns, who runs a dive operation in Maui with his wife, marine biologist Pauline Fiene-Severns, provided us with some of his very fine work from North Sulawesi. Mike's most recent book of photographs, Sulawesi Seas, co-authored with Pauline, has garnered widespread praise from both journalists and fellow professionals.

Rudie Kuiter is an experienced underwater photographer and the author of one of the best fish identification guides to the region: Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific. Rudie provided an essay on discovering new species and a series of very interesting photographs.

Mark V. Erdmann, a coral reef ecologist who has conducted research in Indonesia for four years, provided the section on South Sulawesi. Mark's primary concern is marine conservation and development, and he has authored several articles on destructive fishing techniques in the archipelago.

Janet Boileau and Debe Campbell, both free-lance writers living in Jakarta, wrote the Java section, and Debe helped update the practical section for Bali.

Andy Udayana, a student at the National Tourism University in Bali also helped update the practical section for Bali.

Lastly, I wrote some of the marine life and background sections, and updated the volume for this printing.

— David Pickell

San Francisco 1998

Two snappers, Macolor macularis, and a cloud of peach anthias and lyretail anthias, Pseudanthias dispar and P. squammipinnis, at Mike's Point, on the northwest corner of Bunaken Island in Sulawesi. This site was named after the photographer. Photograph by Mike Severns.