kwhkg
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more storm signals being posted now as typhoon peping make a return engagement
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no damage in Puerto Galera to speak of except geting to and from maybe a little risky if sea conditions are rough. roro of Montenegro may start serving PG again by next month
Just wondering how Manila has been affected by the recent Typhoons. It looks pretty bad on the news. Everything still functioning for tourists or is the city still in disarray? Might affect this person's trip..
There are ferry services from Batangas to PG. I dove yesterday in Planet Dive (Anilao) and everything seemed ok except that the electricity is down. Dived at Saddle East, Kirby's, and Twin Rocks. Viz was pretty ok once you past 14 meters.
everything is going back to normal. the areas hards hit are suburbs east of manila. there shouldn't be any problem for diver's going to batangas or puerto galera (except for the rough seas kwhkg has mentioned)
have confirmed that Montenegro Shipping Lines will resume their roro service from batangas to Puerta Galera (Baltero pier) by end of this month. Divers should be aware that the other alternatives to PG are wooden "bancas" , (with a sorted history of accidents )that go direct to either Sabang or White Beach both of which are considered "Puerta Galera. whether some operator will put their fast crafts to Baletro remains to be seen as historically fast craft operators have been forced out of the market by banca operators (thats another story not part of this forum)
just a word of caution that divers going to PG should be very safety conscious of whatever vessel they will choose