Looking for dive buddies for Punta Fuego, Philippines

[reggiehg]

Hi guys,

Since getting my OW certification last November, I'm just trying to fill-up my dive log as enjoyably as I can ;-)

We've been diving in Punta Fuego, Nasugbu these past 2 week-ends in search of schools of Manta Rays, and while we didn't see any (the group that dove before us the 1st weekend reportedly saw an uncountable number of circus-performing Manta Rays; we had to dive at night that weekend due to a !@#$% booking problem), the coral reefs, compared to Anilao, was awesome! 100% live corals visible 30m deep. If that's a regular site for the oldies, that was a sight to behold for a newbie like me ;-)

Problem is the resort there charges an "arm and a leg" per diver (from the point of view of locals), instead of allowing more divers to share a fixed fee. So we're looking for alternative options to dive there.

Regards,

Reggie

 

[DandyDon]

I think we need to try to get this moved to your Geographic forum...??

 

[reggiehg]

Sorry about that - just thought I could kill 2 birds w/ 1 stone: introducing myself and then some ;-)

 

[DandyDon]

Oh, I'm not complaining - just trying to get you some help. We have a larger number of various forums and most of them are specialize in their usefulness, i.e. Local Information, Introductions, Medical, New & Basic Scuba, etc.

 

[Ed Palma]

Hey there! Welcome to the board. Nice avatar. Was that taken at the Cathedral?
Anyway, I'd bite on that offer, but I'm currently stuck in Chicago... Tsk.

 

[reggiehg]

Thanks, Doc! Actually, no, but you're close, literally - it's of the shore of Dive & Trek, also in Anilao. If I remember right, Cathedral was on a plain or valley or whatever, while this cross was on a hill. So I just floated up from somewhere below, & e voila ;-)

Just yell whenever you unstuck yourself from Chicago!

 

[Ed Palma]

Oh yeah. I was there last January. Its the Basilica, I think. You can actually access it from the bottom through a little swim-through cave.

 

[reggiehg]

Yup ... we tried but couldn't find that cave actually :-(