Monterey Guide and Dive Map. Printed on waterproof, rip-proof plastic. Available folded or flat laminated (like a placemat)
Map size: 14" x 21"

Side 1 of Franko’s Dive Map of Monterey shows the Monterey Peninsula and Point Lobos State Reserve in fabulous green shaded relief as they jut out into stunning and true ocean blue canyon topography. Monterey’s hilly shaded relief accuracy is courtesy of USGS digital elevation models, and the new ocean depth bathymetry is from NOAA data. We tax payers paid for this wonderful data, so it is nice to be able to use it to create a more beautiful and accurate map. Although this is a “Dive Map” of Monterey, Franko’s Map is also a perfect tourism map. All of the local major roads and routes are clearly shown, including the unbelievable 17-Mile Drive (a toll road), as it meanders through the most amazing scenery, including ocean vistas that can’t be beat, tall forests of Monterey pines and Monterey cypress trees, and the most stunning golf courses on earth. And if you thought that the Monterey Peninsula was beautiful, Point Lobos State Reserve is all of that, with zero human population! A special detail of Point Lobos State Reserve shows its trails and dive spots. You can also follow Franko’s personal favorite bike route from Point Lobos to Carmel, around the Monterey Peninsula on the famous 17-Mile Drive, to Pacific Grove, and on to Monterey and beyond. Meanwhile, not forgetting that this is a “Dive Map”, there are over two dozen of the most notable scuba dive spots around the Monterey Peninsula located, with their underwater features described. A pair of underwater photos show a patrol of batrays around divers, and some of Monterey’s goofiest wildlife – the playful sea lions. This gives the map viewer a glimpse of what is down there. Franko’s Kelp Forest Creatures gives the viewer a better and deeper understanding of what lurks and lives below the surface as it depicts dozens of fish, invertebrates, and even an ascending sea otter, which clutches a red urchin in its paws. Since Franko is a bicycling enthusiast, of course Monterey’s best bike routes are shown, including the superb and famous Monterey Recreation Trail, which runs clear up past Sand City on the north and right through Monterey’s Cannery Row area. There is a separate map of Point Lobos State Reserve on the lower right side of the map to enlarge and details the wonders of Franko’s favorite California State Park. The Point Lobos State Reserve map shows the legal diving areas, all of its forest trails, plus coves, points and rocks that make up this gorgeous and unpopulated peninsula.
This side of the map shows the Monterey Peninsula with captions located all around the three sides of the peninsula to describe what is there, primarily in the underwater environment. Starting in the Monterey Harbor area and going counter-clockwise around the Monterey Peninsula the following captions describe the scene, both above and below the water

Side 2 of Franko’s Map of Monterey is a zoom-out view to show the area from the Northern edge of Big Sur, up through Monterey, around Monterey Bay and on past Santa Cruz. The two-mile deep Monterey Canyon is shown in visually stunning descending hues of Franko’s favorite colors - ocean blues. It looks as if you can see right through the water into the vast Monterey Canyon. A further zoom-out showing the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary accentuates the underwater bathymetry of the region, from San Francisco Bay to San Simeon State Beach. Also on side two, there are zoom-ins of Monterey Harbor, which details everyone’s need to get around downtown Monterey and Cannery Row, plus the Wharf area; plus Moss Landing and Elkhorn Slough, which includes this biologically rich 6-mile long slough, the beach and harbor. Kayakers will especially like this detail. It also shows Franko’s wildlife depictions, otherwise known as biological interpretive data. Scuba diving sites from end to end in this area are shown with descriptions of what might be found down there. Camping sites are shown, with reservation info, in case you want to stay inexpensively and in the most fun fashion.