Diving day in Puerto Princesa, Palawan

I was about two weeks on Palawan during Christmas time and my first day in Puerto Princesa was of cource diving day.

Dive #: 229
Date: 16.12.2012
Place: Philippines, Puerto Princesa, Broken River
Depth: 35,6m Average: 20,7m
Dive time: 39min
Visibility: 15m
Sea Temperature: +30C

Equipment
Bottle: 12L/200bar (air) Wetsuit: No wetsuit, shorts + sleeveless Weight: 5Kg

Dive Center: Moana Dive Center

Price: 2800PHP/53€ (2 dives)

Our first dive spot was Broken River. I have dived there many times before and there are always lots of marine life.

 Red clown fish. "Nemo".

Nudibranch.

Huge fan coral.

Very big yellow nudibranch.

Safety stop and back to the boat.

Dive #: 230

Date: 16.12.2012
Place: Philippines, Puerto Princesa, Maris Rock
Depth: 24,3m Average: 14m
Dive time: 51min
Visibility: 5-8m
Sea Temperature: +30C

Equipment
Bottle: 12L/200bar (air) Wetsuit: No wetsuit, shorts + sleeveless Weight: 5Kg

Our second dive spot was Maris Rock. This time the visibility in Maris was quite bad. Maris Rock is anyway interesting dive spot and there are always some creatures, which are not so common.

Octopus trying to hide.

Jav fish on her hole.

Giant puffer from close.

 Moray eel ready to attack.

Pygmi sea horse. There was five tiny sea horses in one coral. Pygmis are only about 1-1,5cm high, so it´s difficult to find them and especially to take photos. They always disappear from the focus.

Nudibranch.

Porcupine fish try to look bigger than it really is. It looks funny when it make itself almost like a ball and then try to swim.

In the end of the dive we saw quite strange looking crab. Instructor Dani has dived many years on these water and he told he has never seen this kind of crab.

Some coral, which looks almost like flower.

Two relax dives in Puerto Princesa again. This time the visibility especially in Maris Rock was quite poor. Anyway there was again some interesting creatures to see. 

Regards,

Mika