Diving Anilao 30th December - 06th Jan 2007. Which Dive sites?

[I-NSC]

Hi guys,

Need the experience from you onto which divesite is a must go and what is there to photograph there. I know that lionfishes abound there but what else?

Your suggestions pls.

 

[pyrodiver]

'Basura' for sea horses and big chance to find coleman shrimps on fire urchins....

 

[Mike Veitch]

and lots of little frogfish...

twin rocks has a nice blue ribbon eel

 

[Halthron]

Basura has a nice ribbon eel too, as well as (what seemed to be) a mated pair of morays. Lots of giant clams in from of Dive'nTrek

 

[clgsamson]

and lots of little frogfish...

twin rocks has a nice blue ribbon eel

really amazing you still remember where that little guy was hiding, 3 mos after DOR IV (May 06) and thru the workshop (August 06).


here's the little guy

I-NSC, my faves in Anilao is Bahura (6 dives, it is a big reef), Beatrice and Basura (for the weird critters). For night dives, I usually do Twin Rocks (underrated), Sepok Wall (Sand garden).

 

[boljakool]

Went diving in Bahura yesterday. Saw a 4-ft turtle at 30ft, a fat 7-ft white tip shark at 65ft., a scool of red snappers followed by a school of jacks. Medium current with great visibilty (++80ft) in the early morning & it grew stronger as noon approached.

We also did a night dive in front of Outrigger...Lionfish abound, a deep dark red (almost maroon) sea hare, a decorator crab, a giant clam (near the cross)...

The sad part is that I don't have a camera to take em pictures.

Other divers from our group went to Arthur's and saw 2 black tips.

 

[I-NSC]

Sheez..
now I'm wondering how to settle Wide or macro ...

P.S. I understand that there is diver's grave near the cross? Some local divemaster requested to be burried nearby?

 

[clgsamson]

Sheez..
now I'm wondering how to settle Wide or macro ...

P.S. I understand that there is diver's grave near the cross? Some local divemaster requested to be burried nearby?

Yes there's someone in Cathedral. A japanese diver, a pioneer in Philippine diving who happened to be the former instructor of a certain PADI Course Director in the Phils.

The Dm will tell you if you have to go macro or wide angle before the dive.

 

[jonix]

Sheez..
now I'm wondering how to settle Wide or macro ...

you should have both.

@caloy: nice tidbid on cathedral. so that's why...

 

[I-NSC]

arrgh...
maybe i'll do two dives on each site then..
one for macro and another for wide.
hate switching lenses underwater...especially with my wide..just too heavy....