Dungon Wall in Mindoro, Philippines

Dive #: 253

Date: 8.2.2015
Place: Philippines, Mindoro, Sabang, Dungon Wall
Depth: 26,8m Average: 16,1m
Dive time: 41min
Visibility: 15-20m
Sea temperature: +25C

Equipment
Bottle: 12L/200bar (air)  Wetsuit: 3mm long wetsuit  Weight: 5Kg
Camera: Canon PowerShot G15 + Ikelite´s housing  Computer: Suunto Stinger

Dive Center: Tina´s Reef Divers
Price: 1000PHP/17,95€/1 dive

I had a one dive in Dungon Wall during the weekend in Sabang, Mindoro. Few photos from our dive.

Snowflake moray.

Nudibranch.

Moray and the cleaning shrimps. 

Same moray and shrimps. 

Puffer.

Mantis shrimp hiding in the hole. 

Small fishes hiding in the hard coral.

Diving in Dungan Wall was relax basic dive. I can go later again to dive in the same place. 

Regards from Manila,

Mika

Island hopping and snorkeling day in Coron, Philippines

Old story. I wrote earlier in February something about wreck diving in Coron. The area is also great place for snorkeling and there are beautiful islands. Here is something from our island hopping day.

Our boat left from Coron town, which is the centre in Coron area. Some beach resort near the Coron town.

Our first stop was Cyc Island.

Mask, snorkel and fins and to the water. I Feeeel Good...!

Lyn snorkeling.

Second place was Coral Garden.

Same place under water.

Next place was beautiful Kayangan Lake. In fact it´s only hidden bay, but it´s called lake.

Not bad?

Same place from the view point. 

When continue walking the stairs down there is a real lake.

This place looks very cool under water. It´s like snorkeling in the stalagmite cave.

Small seashells.

Lyn dives.

And explores.

I have never seen this kind of rock formation under water before. 

I have everything "ok". 

Our next place was Coral Eden. There was a lot of mangroves.

Leaves under water.

Our last stop was Twin Peak Reef. There was also more fishes than other places. Some people saw there also turtle, but we missed it. 

I took small peace of bread to the water and I had a lots of friends.

Corals and fishes. 

Lyn was like a dolphin in the water.

Staghorn corals and reef fishes.

It was great snorkeling day in the beautiful places. Price for the full day trip was 850PHP/15,30€ per person including great meal. 

This was also my first real under water test for my new Canon Powershot G15 and Ikelite´s housing. Before the trip I tested the camera and housing only in the pool. Package seems to work well with out problems.

Regards from Manila,

Mika

Plane wreck and sardines in Cebu, Philippines

I had a weekend trip from Manila to meet my friend Petri in Cebu. We did also two dives in Mactan area.

Dive #: 239

Date: 21.6.2013

Place: Philippines, Cebu, Mactan, Tambuli

Depth: 29,5m Average: 14,9m

Dive time: 43min

Visibility: 20m

Sea temperature: +30C

Equipment

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

Camera: Canon PowerShot G15 + Ikelite´s housing Computer: Suunto Stingray

Dive Center: Scuba Haven

Price: Special friend price

Divers: Petri, Jari, Minna and me.

Our first dive spot was Tambuli. There is plane wreck, which is of course the most important target on the dive. 

Plane a bit closer.

Jari inside the plane.

"This is your captain speaking…". That´s me.

Petri comes out from the plane.

Jari takes some photos.

After the wreck we dived to more shallow area, where we saw banded sea snake.

Minna with the snake.

Finally the snake swam to the surface.

Small reef fishes.

Feather starfish.

Nudibranch.

End of dive and back to the surface.

Dive #: 240

Date: 21.6.2013

Place: Philippines, Cebu, Mactan, Kontiki Reef

Depth: 15,8m Average: 8,2m

Dive time: 73min

Visibility: 15-20m

Sea temperature: +31C

Equipment

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

Camera: Canon PowerShot G15 + Ikelite´s housing  Computer: Suunto Stinger

Our second dive spot was Kontiki Reef. There our goal was to find school of sardines, which usually are on the area.

Small striped catfishes.

Oh yes, we found the sardines.

More.

Corals and some kind of worms.

Soft corals.

Nudibranch.

Lionfish.

Our friend "Nemo".

School of striped catfishes.

Later on the dive we saw more sardines.

Closer.

Jari under the school.

In the end of the dive we saw lots of sardines. Visibility just in that place was not the best possible. 

Here is a short video clip of the sardines.

Water temperature especially on the second dive was very warm. Amazing +31C! Nice and relax dives.

If you are interested to dive in Cebu area just contact to Petri.

Regards from Manila,

Mika