Cetacean Hot Zone?

[lock_washer]

I been hearing about an area of the Philippines that is becoming a "Cetacean Hot Zone". An area where a lot of unique whales, dolphins and porpoises are showing up. Does anyone know of this area? Has anyone dove with these cetaceans?

Thanks,

Lock Washer

 

[Xizang]

sorsogon. diving is prohibited there.
generally this year a lot of unusual sitings in Philippine waters. sun fish in puerto galera, thresher shark in bahura anilao, eagle ray in mainit anilao. I bet if people dove often in the verde passage a lot more unusual sitings would have been reported. That area is said to have the highest concentration of marine biodiversity.

 

[Mike Veitch]

cetacean hot zone!?!? i am all ears... i need some whales in my portfolio

 

[shugar]

cetacean hot zone!?!? i am all ears... i need some whales in my portfolio

oh yeah, that's right... you haven't dived with me and chip yet...

Jag

 

[jonix]

oh yeah, that's right... you haven't dived with me and chip yet...

Jag

@mike: how about larry's albino dolphin impersonation last month?

 

[Hammerhead]

That was a hippo, you muppet!

 

[jonix]

my bad

see! we have albino hippos near verde island...that's biodiversity for ya (and he has a housed dslr)

btw, i swear (on the hippie pommies life of course) that i saw a mola mola while doing my safety stop at bahura, anilao december 2005. it was 15ft in front of me.

 

[Mike Veitch]

That was a hippo, you muppet!

oh, i thought that was Tim....

 

[iris_ice]

how in heaven's name can you mistake a dolphin from a hippo??? :lol:

 

[jonix]

how in heaven's name can you mistake a dolphin from a hippo??? :lol:

both white and seemed smooth...ask those who were there at the maricaban SI site