Your favorite Anilao Divesite

[jonix]

Turns out Paolo's forecasts (and our analyses) were reliable after all.

:laughing:

 

[Spoon]

Really bad. Last Saturday, just getting to the resort (Divers Sanctuary) was an adventure. We had to hike up and down a hill as the bangka could not dock at the resort pier because of the waves. We managed to do one shore dive in the morning before the waves became really big. Sunday was just a bit better, we were able to do 2 dives. Entries and exits were a challenge, but everything went well except for a few bruises.

We were not lucky enough to get the kind of viz you describe. At 100 ft. on the Ligpo island wall it was so dark it was almost like a night dive.

Turns out Paolo's forecasts (and our analyses) were reliable after all.

wow! totally opposite from the newsflash of Caloy.

 

[Matthew]

wow! totally opposite from the newsflash of Caloy.

The difference in viz? Maybe its because bahura is an offshore site. The ligpo sites, being close to shore, is affected by run-off when it rains, thus spoiling the viz.

 

[Spoon]

The difference in viz? Maybe its because bahura is an offshore site. The ligpo sites, being close to shore, is affected by run-off when it rains, thus spoiling the viz.

thanks for the heads up. il be sure to request a off shore site if the weather is the same.

 

[chip104]

Awesome description. Were you able to bring your camera?

I was able to see a hawksbill around cathedral on my second dive. Don't think I'll see another one for a while.

Sunday Aug 7 - Woke up early and proceeded right away to the balcony to see what was in store for us divers. Saw a thick mist hiding the horizon, couldn't see much, don't know if it was hiding white caps. Anyway, I just wished for a smooth dive with gud viz. The plan was for a Bahura dive, the newbies in the group weren't exactly enthusiatic to dive in there cuz of what they were already seeing from aquav to dive7000, swells which some of the more experienced ones say were 4-5 feet swells. So off we go, the bravest among the yellows. We stop right on top of the "amphitheater" of Bahura. I splashed, I descended.... into the most incredible visibility I have ever experience (our Dm sez 100ft. viz!, I believe him). At 315 deg. heading we finned ever so slowly, Bahura was showing her most captivating and alluring side. Not more than ten minutes into the dive, we encountered a big turtle (hawksbill, I think) swimming towards us, we stopped and it circled us. Then a school of jacks zip right thru our group, we were getting luckier. Farthermost point of Bahura is the hole in the wall and it is here that you kneel on a ledge and look below you, nothing but blue deep water. Then a shadow, forming into something and then it was there as I suspected, It was a black tip shark. Lazily not minding us it swam deeper until it was just a dot. We ended the dive and surfaced under a torrential rain.

At the boat you just smile to the other divers who silently like me was truly fascinated and captivated by the Bahura dive. I guess she was just rewarding us for giving her the time inspite of the bad weather.

 

[clgsamson]

Yup, forgot to mention the entire shoreline of aquav and to the left and right of it was colored brown. We were just lucky bro; gin viz bahura.

 

[Spoon]

Yup, forgot to mention the entire shoreline of aquav and to the left and right of it was colored brown. We were just lucky bro; gin viz bahura.

darn! im really jealous was suppose to dive that day, J.R. said it was not wise

 

[clgsamson]

like what I said, bahura rewarded us for taking the time to visit her inspite of the bad weather. I really really hope ul have the same experience this weekend bro.

 

[Spoon]

like what I said, bahura rewarded us for taking the time to visit her inspite of the bad weather. I really really hope ul have the same experience this weekend bro.

crossing my fingers...... maybe a novena will help

 

[clgsamson]

I believe so bro...