philippines

I have recently started researching the collector urchins - sea urchins which put coral rubble, shells or sea grass on top of themselves. They do this for camouflage and UV protection. What I did was to classify the amount and type of debris on an urchin, and analyze them as a function of urchin...

Anemone, cardinal fish, spiny seahorse, striped eel catfish at the tires, razorfish hiding in the sand, a family of saddleback anemone fish, Clark's anemone fish with their family, common sea horse, two frogfish hiding on the rope, Valentin's sharpnose puffer, ornate ghost pipefish, juvenile...

Any volunteer in Marine Conservation Philippines that would like to share it's experience with us?

Two cuttlefish were found in Dumaguete. Philippines. Video was on a GoPro Hero 4.

Coconut octopus, razorfish, garden eels, frogfish, mototi octopus, cockatoo waspfish, cuttlefish, napoleon snake eel, mantis shrimp, fuzzy dwarf lion fish, white spotted puffer, blue ringed octopus. Video was taken on Day 4 staying at the Atlantis Resort in Dauin near Dumaguete in the...

The blue-ringed octopus, despite its small size, carries enough venom to kill twenty-six adult humans within minutes. Their bites are tiny and often painless, with many victims not realizing they have been envenomated until respiratory depression and paralysis start to set in. No blue-ringed...

The Finger Dragonet, also known as the Sailfin Dragonet is an unusual creature with it’s ‘fingered’ fins and striking metallic blue spotted dorsal fin. They will spend their day hovering among rocks picking at small crustaceans including copepods, amphipods. Their mouths are very small and they...

Hello fellow Divers – We are hoping if you, or someone you know, might be interested in taking our place on an April 27th to May 7th dive trip to Anilao in the Philippines. This is a photo dive trip with Blue Water Photo. Unfortunately, due to sudden and unexpected health issues we are forced...

I have recently updated my diving map of the Philippines. I have added entries about Siquijor, Subic Bay, and a short entry about Bolinao in Luzon. The map is clickable, and there is a blog post describing each location. With the blog posts I hope to give a general impression of the diving (and...

Sharing an experience where a resort I went to mixed diving and speed dating together lol. No new boyfriends, but a lot of new dive friends. If you're diving in the Philippines, let me know! We can always use new buddies. Also, showing a bit of Anilao, one of the most popular and convenient...

I wrote a tutorial about the strategies of marine animals for living and surviving in the sand. It's not a trivial challenge for a small fish or shrimp not to get eaten when living on a featureless sandy plane. That's the advantage of coral reefs - many places to hide. Not so in the sand. So...

I went on a short trip from my home base in Dumaguete to Siquijor. The reefs over there are in good shape. There was probably no dynamite fishing on the island at all, or none in a very long time. The diversity of both hard and soft corals is quite nice. I was very positively surprised about...

2017 is only a bit more than a month young, and I have already dived in 4 provinces of the Philippines. In one (Bolinao, Pangasinan) I dived for research purposes, but in the other provinces I got some nice underwater shots: Please enjoy a stingray from Subic Bay, Zambales, A stick pipefish...

Some interesting fish behavior, filmed last week in Siquijor, Philippines. These gobies (Valenciennea puellaris) live in pairs, and build borrows in the sand. They consider the sandy area around their burrow their territory. Here, one foreign goby tried to invade. Some posing and fighting...

I recently had the chance to photograph several of the wrecks in Subic Bay, Philippines. We did some of the dives as tech dives, one, to the Banshu Maru, due to the depth (52 meters), others, in the 35-45 meter range, to get more bottom time. The visibility was mixed, some dives inside the bay...

Hey all, Been doing a lot of research on Philippines diving and am really in need of some advise as there are so many options and its getting very confusing! :( My wife and I will be travelling there 1st week of May and will be taking our 2 year old son and my mother in law. So we are a bit...

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Hi guys, Just got back from 10 days in the Philippines (really 8 days after all the flight time). Flights are insanely cheap nowadays from the US to Asia and I scored a flight from NYC to Manila for $500. Doing some reserach and I ended up deciding on Cebu, and specifically Malapascua to see...

I normally don't post on forums, but I recently just came from a trip to Batok Reef in Batangas, and I'm so ecstatic about it. I just wanted to share some photos and a few pointers on how to get there. If you're staying in Manila, Batangas is the easiest dive site to go to since it will only be...

Hi! I'm an advanced open water diver, and I just wanted to share a few tips on where and how to get certified in the Philippines. In my opinion, the Philippines has some of the best waters for diving, and Anilao, which is a 2-hour drive from the city, is an accessible and easy area to learn in...