Putul and Crossing in Puerto Princesa, Philippines

Dive #: 263
Date: 29.12.2015
Place: Philippines, Puerto Princesa, Putul
Depth: 27,7m Average: 17,6m
Dive time: 52min
Visibility: 18-20m
Sea temperature: +30C

Equipment
Bottle: 12L/200bar (air)  Wetsuit: Only shorts + sleeveles  Weight: 5Kg
Camera: Canon PowerShot G15 + Ikelite´s housing  Computer: Suunto Stinger

Dive Center: Dive Puerto Princesa
Price: 3300PHP/64€/2 Dives

I did two dives in Puerto Princesa area. Dive spots were Putul and Crossing. 

Porcupine fish trying to be invisible.

Nudibranch.

Small crab in the anemone.

Same guy from the different angle.

Nudi couple.

Brain coral.

Time for the safety stop and to the boat.

Dive #: 264
Date: 29.12.2015
Place: Philippines, Puerto Princesa, Crossing
Depth: 19,5m Average: 13,7m
Dive time: 51min
Visibility: 20-25m
Sea temperature: +30C

Equipment
Bottle: 12L/200bar (air)  Wetsuit: Only shorts + sleeveles  Weight: 5Kg
Camera: Canon PowerShot G15 + Ikelite´s housing  Computer: Suunto Stinger

Our second dive was in Crossing, which is near Putul.

There was lot of redtooth triggerfishes.

These guys are very common on the bottom.

Blue-striped snappers.

What is this fish?

Turtle swimming on the reef.

Then to another direction.

Cinnamon clown fish.

Giant puffer on the cleaning station.

I have dived many times in the both dive spots before and dives were good basic diving. Lot of different kind of reef fishes.

Here you can check the hotels in Puerto Princesa.

Regards from Manila,
Mika

Crossing and Maris Rock in Puerto Princesa, Philippines

Dive #: 254
Date: 14.2.2015
Place: Philippines, Palawan, Puerto Princesa, Crossing
Depth: 31,7m Average: 18,5m
Dive time: 52min
Visibility: 20-35m
Sea temperature: +28C

Equipment
Bottle: 12L/220bar (air)  Wetsuit: Only shorts and sleeveless  Weight: 5Kg
Camera: Canon PowerShot G15 + Ikelite´s housing  Computer: Suunto Stingray

Dive Center: Moana Dive Center

I had two dives with my friend Tommi and our dive quide/instructor Dani in Puerto Princesa area. Our first dive spot was Crossing.

In the beginning we saw big nudibranch.

Scorpion fish is master to be invisible. Can you see it?

Nemos.

Three nudibranchs.

This kind of ray I have never seen before. It´s honeycomb whiptail ray. The visibility in that point was not so good and I also could not go near enough the ray, so I had to crop the photo quite much.

I tried to take photo one turtle, which was quite far. Guys showed me that there is another just on the front to me.

Same turtle.

Then it was time to safety stop. Dani in the sun.

Dive #: 255
Date: 14.2.2015
Place: Philippines, Palawan, Puerto Princesa, Maris Rock
Depth: 21m Average: 11,8m
Dive time: 66min
Visibility: 10-20m
Sea temperature: +28C

Equipment
Bottle: 12L/220bar (air)  Wetsuit: Only shorts and sleeveless  Weight: 5Kg
Camera: Canon PowerShot G15 + Ikelite´s housing  Computer: Suunto Stingray

Our second dive spot was Maris Rock. I had dived in that place many, many times. Maris is anyway always full of surprises. 

Small lion fish.

Sea cucumber.

Blue-spotted stingray hiding under the sand. Only tail and another eye are visible. 

Jaw fish at home. 

Same fish closer.

I like mantis shrimps. Those are so cool looking creatures.

Mantis closer.

Crocodile fishes are not so common in Puerto Princesa area. 

Very small nudibranch. Or is it even nudibranch?

End of the dive we saw still one turtle. 

It was great diving day. I don´t even remember when I have seen turtle last time in Puerto Princesa area and now we saw three turtles. Also honeycomb whiptail ray was cool to see first time. 

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