Best diving conditions in November?

[rhadamantus]

Been to the resort in Sipaway but was only able to go snorkeling. Lots of neat stuff though; saw a robust ghost pipefish just off their jetty. Saw a juv. orbicular batfish, a sea krait, and a bluering octopus in the intertidal zone also. Lots of potential, but I still prefer my sand dark.

hahahhaha, i know the ghost pipefish! i saw too many of them when i was there two weekends ago. i snorkeled only, too.

about your sand colour preference.... you're a true dumagueteno. :blinking: they all prefer their sand black!

 

[Hank49]

they all prefer their sand black!

And hot. I knew a guy operating a shrimp hatchery there called Ma Init. If you walk out on the beach, the sand was really hot from the geothermal water seeping up from the volcanic action of Kanlaon. (Isn't that the name of the big volcano there?)

 

[rhadamantus]

yup, Kanlaon. that's actually near my hometown than it is in dumaguete. but it produces a lot of hot springs across the island. (is that how it works? :laughing

And hot. I knew a guy operating a shrimp hatchery there called Ma Init. If you walk out on the beach, the sand was really hot from the geothermal water seeping up from the volcanic action of Kanlaon. (Isn't that the name of the big volcano there?)

 

[marku]

And hot. I knew a guy operating a shrimp hatchery there called Ma Init. If you walk out on the beach, the sand was really hot from the geothermal water seeping up from the volcanic action of Kanlaon. (Isn't that the name of the big volcano there?)

yup, Kanlaon. that's actually near my hometown than it is in dumaguete. but it produces a lot of hot springs across the island. (is that how it works? :laughing

Erm, Kanlaon is a bit too far up North. The geothermal activity in the southern Negros area is actually due to Los Cuernos de Negros (Horns of Negros, hence the prevalent disposition of horniness amongst the natives ) which is a dormant volcano. Despite being dormant, it's quite active (huh?); the geothermal plants on its slopes actually provides electricity for sections of three islands: Negros, Cebu, and Panay.

The Mainit marine sanctuary is actually a great divesite. Great drift diving with blue-spotted stingrays and a school of BIG barracudas (Sphyraena qenie) almost gauranteed on every dive. It's also one of the few places where a school of wild bangus can be seen from time to time. And if that's not enough, you get underwater hot springs while doing your safety stop.

 

[rhadamantus]

that's what i thought.

Erm, Kanlaon is a bit too far up North. The geothermal activity in the southern Negros area is actually due to Los Cuernos de Negros (Horns of Negros, hence the prevalent disposition of horniness amongst the natives ) which is a dormant volcano. Despite being dormant, it's quite active (huh?); the geothermal plants on its slopes actually provides electricity for sections of three islands: Negros, Cebu, and Panay.

The Mainit marine sanctuary is actually a great divesite. Great drift diving with blue-spotted stingrays and a school of BIG barracudas (Sphyraena qenie) almost gauranteed on every dive. It's also one of the few places where a school of wild bangus can be seen from time to time. And if that's not enough, you get underwater hot springs while doing your safety stop.

mainit is a marine sanctuary?! wow, i really do not know my own province! shame on me.