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I was disappointed with the Boracay dives I did in January 2015. I had planned to dive for 9 days, but one was enough. Visibility was 10 m or less and marine life scarce. Despite occasional patches of colour, most of the soft coral was dead and marine life bigger than small fish scarce (Friday's Rock and Angol Point).
The poor viz may have been due to January plankton bloom, however that wouldn't account for the generally poor conditions.
One dive operator was taking a group to Aklan island, just to the south, but said not to expect anything better. I tried to charter a boat to Carabau, to the north, but 20 dive shops turned me down. One said it would go for a few hundred dollars, then changed its mind. Another said $1,000. The Carabau dive sites are about 20 minutes past Yapak, off the northern tip.
I did my first dives on Boracay 30 years ago. Viz was 50 m and better and the range of marine life vast. The island had no paved roads, as I recall and few concrete structures. Today, Boracay is a poster child of unsustainable development. Construction rubble is omnipresent and there is barely room to walk on the packed sidewalks. Most of the divers seem to be newbies, largely from Korea.
Most shops were avoiding the back side of the island (Crocodile Island), because of wave action.
The poor viz may have been due to January plankton bloom, however that wouldn't account for the generally poor conditions.
One dive operator was taking a group to Aklan island, just to the south, but said not to expect anything better. I tried to charter a boat to Carabau, to the north, but 20 dive shops turned me down. One said it would go for a few hundred dollars, then changed its mind. Another said $1,000. The Carabau dive sites are about 20 minutes past Yapak, off the northern tip.
I did my first dives on Boracay 30 years ago. Viz was 50 m and better and the range of marine life vast. The island had no paved roads, as I recall and few concrete structures. Today, Boracay is a poster child of unsustainable development. Construction rubble is omnipresent and there is barely room to walk on the packed sidewalks. Most of the divers seem to be newbies, largely from Korea.
Most shops were avoiding the back side of the island (Crocodile Island), because of wave action.
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