Franko's O'ahu Reef Creatures Guide (fish card). Franko's fish cards are stiff, laminated plastic, with a hole for a lanyard. Take it snorkeling or scuba diving with you! Size of Fish Cards: 6" x 9"
Franko’s Oahu Reef Creatures Guide
Side 1 shows a mini-map of Oahu with a few of it’s best diving and snorkeling spots located, most notably Hanauma Bay. The map is a scaled-down version of Franko’s Map of Oahu, showing the island’s lovely shape and green mountains, and the beautiful surrounding Pacific Ocean. A humpback whale, spinner dolphin, and Hawaiian monk seal are depicted on the map. Oahu’s main towns, Pearl Harbor and it’s highways and freeways can be seen. Below the beautiful mini-map is a fabulous photo of Oahu’s most popular snorkeling destination, Hanauma Bay. There is nowhere else on earth that is snorkeled by so many. Just beyond the reef line, which can easily be seen in the photo, the snorkeling just gets better and better. There might be 2000 visitors at any time in the shallows, but out where it is 12 to 18 feet deep there will usually be no one else out there with you. Visibility might reach 80 feet or more. I just had to put it on the fish card to represent the truly fabulous underwater Oahu.
Side 2 shows the wonderful reef life of Oahu. Oahu has such great snorkeling and scuba diving that it must have it’s own quality fish card. This is it! This picture of Oahu’s fish is the result of personal inspiration, as Franko has snorkeled and scuba dived all around Oahu, and especially at Hanauma Bay. The fish card, which measure 6" x 9", is printed on plastic and then laminated so that it is stiff, shiny and waterproof. It has a hole for a lanyard, so you can actually take it diving or snorkeling. I’ve used a thick rubber ban
d as an effective lanyard for mine. The reef creatures depicted on these cards are taken from my own artwork on Franko’s Map of Oahu. The fish shown include over 80 species, including a dozen or so that are found nowhere else on earth. The Hawaiian fish shown are selected from about 435 species that exist in Hawaii, and are based on Franko’s personal exploration. The colors and the means of showing them are based on personal observation. The naming of the fish in Hawaiian as well as English is helped by the experts at the Maui Ocean Center, The Pacific Whale Foundation, Hanauma Bay rangers, The Waikiki Aquarium, and local knowledge. I love them all, but maybe my favorite is the Humuhumu Nukunuku Apua’a, Hawaii’s State Fish.
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Franko's Maui Reef Creatures Guide (fish card)
Franko's Maui Reef Creatures Guide (fish card)
Franko's fish cards are stiff, laminated plastic, with a hole for a lanyard. Take it snorkeling or scuba diving with you!
Size of Fish Cards: 6" x 9"
FISH-M (Laminated $5.00) ISBN 1-931494-60-6
Side 1 shows a mini-map of Maui with it’s best diving and snorkeling spots. Snorkeling is Maui’s top attraction. The map is a scaled-down version of Franko’s Map of Maui, showing the island greenery and the beautiful surrounding Pacific Ocean. In the map’s ocean you’ll see a humpback whale, spinner dolphin and a Hawaiian monk seal. Maui’s main towns of Lahaina, Kihei and others and it’s highways can be seen. Below the beautiful mini-map is a fabulous photo of Maui’s Molokini Island, with a beautiful view of this crater island and the uprising Haleakala in the background. This is one small example of Maui’s incredible scenery. Molokini is visited by hundreds dozens of snorkels and scuba divers every day who come on tour boats. This helicopter view shows off Molokini’s ultra clear water as well. Snorkelers are often treated to 200+ feet of visibility. I just had to put it on the fish card to represent Maui’s fabulous underwater exploration opportunities.
Side 2 shows the wonderful reef life of Maui. Maui has fabulous snorkeling and scuba diving and this comprehensive, authoritative fish card will aid the visitor in knowing what he or she is looking at. This picture of Maui’s fish is the result of personal inspiration, as Franko has snorkeled all up and down Maui leeward side. The fish card, which measure 6" x 9", is printed on plastic and then laminated so that it is stiff, shiny and waterproof. It has a hole for a lanyard, so you can actually take it diving or snorkeling. A thick rubber band is an effective lanyard for me. The reef creatures depicted on these cards are taken from my own artwork on Franko’s Map of Maui. A few reef creatures have been added since the first edition. The fish shown include over 80 species, including a dozen or so that are found nowhere else on earth. The Hawaiian fish shown are selected from about 435 species that exist in Hawaii, and are based on Franko’s personal exploration. The colors and the means of showing them are based on personal observation. The naming of the fish in Hawaiian as well as English is helped by the experts at the Maui Ocean Center, The Pacific Whale Foundation, Hanauma Bay rangers, The Waikiki Aquarium, and local knowledge. You’ll see all of your favorites, including the ever interesting Humuhumu Nukunuku Apua’a, Hawaii’s State Fish. I love these reef creatures!
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Franko’s Kauai Reef Creatures Guide
Franko’s Kauai Reef Creatures Guide
Side 1 shows a mini-map of Kauai with a few of it’s best diving and snorkeling spots located. The map is a scaled-down version of Franko’s Map of Kauai, showing the island greenery and the beautiful surrounding Pacific Ocean. The ocean has humpback whales, spinner dolphins and Hawaiian monk seals, and thus they are depicted on the map. Kauai’s main towns and it’s highways can be seen. Below the beautiful mini-map is a fabulous photo of Kauai’s incredible scenery - it is a helicopter view of the Na Pali Coast. There is nowhere else on earth that surpasses this view. I just had to put it on the fish card to represent the truly fabulous Kauai.
Side 2 shows the wonderful reef life of Kauai. Kauai has such great snorkeling and scuba diving that it must have it’s own quality fish card. This is it! This picture of Kauai’s fish is the result of personal inspiration, as Franko has snorkeled and scuba dived all around Kauai. The fish card, which measure 6" x 9", is printed on plastic and then laminated so that it is stiff, shiny and waterproof. It has a hole for a lanyard, so you can actually take it diving or snorkeling. I’ve used a thick rubber band as an effective lanyard for mine. The reef creatures depicted on these cards are taken from my own artwork on Franko’s Map of Kauai. The fish shown include over 80 species, including a dozen or so that are found nowhere else on earth. The Hawaiian fish shown are selected from about 435 species that exist in Hawaii, and are based on Franko’s personal exploration. The colors and the means of showing them are based on personal observation. The naming of the fish in Hawaiian as well as English is helped by the experts at the Maui Ocean Center, The Pacific Whale Foundation, Hanauma Bay rangers, The Waikiki Aquarium, and local knowledge. My favorites are the Humuhumu Nukunuku Apua’a, Hawaii’s State Fish (of course), the little raccoon butterflyfish, the trumpetfish, and the whitespotted eagle ray. Well, actually I like the cleaner wrasse, the Hawaiian turkey fish and the saddle wrasse. I guess I could keep going on this list, because I like them all!
Franko’s Kauai Reef Creatures Guide
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Franko’s Hawaii Reef Creatures Guide
Franko’s Hawaii Reef Creatures Guide
Side 1 shows a mini-map of Hawaii, The Big Island with a few of it’s best diving and snorkeling spots located. The map is a scaled-down version of Franko’s Map of Hawaii, showing the island greenery and magnificent volcanoes and the beautiful surrounding Pacific Ocean. The ocean has humpback whales, spinner dolphins and Hawaiian monk seals, and thus they are depicted on the blue ocean. Hawaii’s main towns, such as Kailua-Kona and Hilo, and it’s highways can be seen. On the mini-map are two fabulous photos, one showing the cutest green sea turtle, and the other showing Franko’s wife Cindy, as she floats in crystal clear Hawaiian waters above a school of yellow millet seed butterflyfish. This is representative of Hawaii’s unbelievable snorkeling opportunities. The Big Island is fantastic for all levels of snorkelers or scuba divers.
Side 2 shows the wonderful reef life of Hawaii, The Big Island. Hawaii has such great snorkeling and scuba diving that it must have it’s own quality fish card. This picture of Hawaii’s fish is the result of personal exploration and inspiration, as Franko has snorkeled and scuba dived all around Hawaii. The fish card, which measure 6" x 9", is printed on plastic and then laminated so that it is stiff, shiny and waterproof. It has a hole for a lanyard, so you can actually take it diving or snorkeling. I’ve used a thick rubber band as an effective lanyard for mine. The reef creatures depicted on these cards are taken from my own artwork on Franko’s Map of Hawaii, The Big Island. A few creatures have been added or edited since the first edition. The fish shown include over 80 species, including a dozen or so that are found nowhere else on earth. The Hawaiian fish shown are selected from about 435 species that exist in Hawaii, and are based on Franko’s personal exploration. The colors and the means of showing them are based on personal observation. The naming of the fish in Hawaiian as well as English is helped by the experts at the Maui Ocean Center, The Pacific Whale Foundation, Hanauma Bay rangers, The Waikiki Aquarium, and local knowledge. My favorite is the Humuhumu Nukunuku Apua’a, Hawaii’s State Fish. What is your favorite? I also love the giant manta rays that grace the reefs, mostly at night. One of my favorite dives of all time was a night dive to watch the manta rays soaring gracefully through the waters feeding on plankton which were drawn to our night-diving lights.
Franko’s Hawaii Reef Creatures Guide
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Franko's Hawaiian Sharks & Rays Creatures Guide
Franko's Hawaiian Sharks & Rays Creatures Guide
Franko's fish cards are stiff, laminated plastic, with a hole for a lanyard. Take it snorkeling or scuba diving with you!
Size of Fish Cards: 9" x 6"
FM-SHARK (Laminated $5.00) ISBN 1-59162-029-5
Franko’s Hawaiian Sharks and Rays Guide
The last of this series of Hawaiian fish cards is a departure from the common and friendly reef creatures, and is instead a guide to Hawaii’s sharks and rays. Side 1 side shows the Inshore Species - ones that swim where even you might swim - hanging out in the crystal waters above a colorful Hawaiian reef. These species include Hawaii’s most common shark, the whitetip reef shark which divers see all of the time, the compact-sized blacktip reef shark which is hard to find inHawaii, the blacktip shark, the man-sized gray reef shark, the dangerous and rather large Galapagos shark, the most recognizable shark, the scalloped hammerhead, and the most dangerous shark in Hawaii, the awesome tiger shark. The tiger shark is the most likely to ruin some snorkeler’s or surfers day as it is responsible for a several attacks each year. The odds are something akin to getting struck by lightning, but yes it does happen. Three species of rays gracefully glide above the colorful Hawaiian reef on the sharks and rays card. They are the huge but harmless manta ray (one of Franko’s favorite night dives is the manta ray dive on the Kona Coast), the elegant whitespotted eagle ray, and the bottom-dwelling broad stingray. A flurry of technicolor reef life is depicted on the bottom below the sharks and rays. The flip side of the Hawaiian Sharks & Rays card shows the offshore species. These include the tiniest and the largest sharks. The tiny one is the cookie cutter shark, which has a feeding method that has it chomping non-lethal, but scarring 5-inch round divots right out of the side of pelagic fish, and even dolphins. The largest shark is the whale shark. It is shown to scale next to a woman diver. People occasionally get lucky and have a close encounter with one of these gentle giants on the outside of Molokini Island by Maui or near Lehua Rock at the northern tip of Niihau, 17 miles from Kauai. Since all of the other sharks appear so business like, with their natural menacing look, this whale shark is shown with it’s mouth agape in feeding fashion, which makes it actually have the appearance of smiling. Perhaps it is happy with being the largest thing in the sea other than the great whales. Other species shown on this card include the sleek and fast blue shark, the potentially dangerous oceanic whitetip shark, the world’s fastest shark, the mako, the beautiful thresher shark, the silky shark, and Hawaii’s rare visitor, the great white shark, which luckily prefers cooler waters. However, on Labor Day, 2003, Franko was at Yokahama Bay (aka, Pray for Sex Beach) on Oahu when a great white shark decided to check out the local skin divers, perhaps thanks to the delicious bloody odor of their spear catches. Yes, they got the heck out of the water, although it can be argued that the great white shark was not hunting, otherwise they wouldn’t have even seen him coming! Yikes! I called the Honolulu Ocean Safety people, but guess what...they did not believe my story that a great white shark was there! The local life guard wouldn’t believe it either.
Franko's Hawaiian Sharks & Rays Creatures Guide
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Franko's Lana'i Creatures Guide
Franko's Lana'i Creatures Guide
Franko's fish cards are stiff, laminated plastic, with a hole for a lanyard. Take it snorkeling or scuba diving with you!
Size of Fish Cards: 6" x 9"
FM-FISHLAN (Laminated $5.00) ISBN 1-931494-24-X
Franko’s Lanai Reef Creatures Guide
Side 1 shows a mini-map of Lanai, with a some of it’s best diving and snorkeling spots. The map is a taken from Franko’s Map of Maui, side 2, which shows all of Maui County. Lanai appears like a green emerald against the beautiful blue Pacific Ocean. The ocean has humpback whales, spinner dolphins and Hawaiian monk seals, and thus they are depicted on the blue ocean. Lanai’s main town of Lanai City and it’s roads and trails (dirt roads) can be seen. Lanai is a commonly visited snorkeling destination for tour boats who disembark from Lahaina Harbor. This little map is representative of Lanai’s beauty, both in and out of the water.
Side 2 shows the wonderful reef life of Lanai. Even though Lanai is small, it has such great snorkeling and scuba diving that it must have it’s own quality fish card too. This picture of Lanai’s fish is the result of personal exploration and inspiration, as Franko has snorkeled along Lanai’s coast. The fish card, which measure 6" x 9", is printed on plastic and then laminated so that it is stiff, shiny and waterproof. It has a hole for a lanyard, so you can actually take it diving or snorkeling. I use a thick rubber band from a one-use underwater camera as an effective lanyard for mine. The reef creatures depicted on these cards are taken from my own artwork on Franko’s Maps of the Hawaiian Islands. The fish shown include over 80 species, including a dozen or so that are found nowhere else on earth. The Hawaiian fish shown are selected from about 435 species that exist in Hawaii, and are based on Franko’s personal exploration. The colors and the means of showing them are based on personal observation. The naming of the fish in Hawaiian as well as English is helped by the experts at the Maui Ocean Center, The Pacific Whale Foundation, Hanauma Bay rangers, The Waikiki Aquarium, and local knowledge. My favorite is the Humuhumu Nukunuku Apua’a, Hawaii’s State Fish. I also love to see green sea turtles. Finding a pod of spinner dolphins in the water while you are snorkeling Lanai’s northwest reefs is an especially fantastic and unforgettable experience. You should try it!
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Franko’s Molokai Reef Creatures Guide
Franko’s Molokai Reef Creatures Guide
Side 1 shows a mini-map of Molokai, with a some of it’s best diving and snorkeling spots. The map is a taken from Franko’s Map of Maui, side 2, which shows all of Maui County. Molokai appears like a green shark against the beautiful blue Pacific Ocean. The ocean has humpback whales, spinner dolphins and Hawaiian monk seals, and thus they are depicted on the blue ocean. Molokai’s main towns and its roads and trails (dirt roads) can be seen. Molokai is not a commonly visited snorkeling destination for tour boats, so those who are lucky enough to explore it’s waters are undergoing a rare experience. This map is representative of Molokai’s beauty, from its dry, desert-like western half, to it’s steep and rugged eastern half, which is prone to support jungles and waterfalls.
Side 2 shows the wonderful reef life of Molokai. Even though Molokai is less visited, it has such great snorkeling and scuba diving that it must have it’s own quality fish card too. This fish card, which measure 6" x 9", is printed on plastic and then laminated so that it is stiff, shiny and waterproof. It has a hole for a lanyard, so you can actually take it diving or snorkeling. I use a thick sea-green rubber band from a one-use underwater camera as an effective lanyard for mine. The reef creatures depicted on these cards are taken from my own artwork on Franko’s Maps of the Hawaiian Islands. The fish shown include over 80 species, including a dozen or so that are found nowhere else on earth. The Hawaiian fish shown are selected from about 435 species that exist in Hawaii, and are based on Franko’s personal exploration. The colors and the means of showing them are based on personal observation. The naming of the fish in Hawaiian as well as English is helped by the experts at the Maui Ocean Center, The Pacific Whale Foundation, Hanauma Bay rangers, The Waikiki Aquarium, and local knowledge. My favorite is the Humuhumu Nukunuku Apua’a, the Hawaii State Fish. I also love to see green sea turtles. Molokai is both fabulous and friendly. It is called Molokai, The Friendly Isle.
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