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With over 7,000 islands, the Philippine archipelago is a favorite
destination of both recreational and seasoned divers.
Spectacular drop-offs, deep dives, caves, wrecks, and a richly
varied marine life await the visitor. The variety of hard and soft
corals is amazing -- there are more than 500 species (the entire
Caribbean only has around 60). Divers commonly see sharks, rays,
moray eels, octopus, and sea snakes, along with innumerable species
of fish, including groupers, jack, tuna, surgeonfish, parrot fish,
sweetlips and lionfish, to name a few. Of the 100,000 known species
of shellfish, over 21,000 are found here, including many that are
unique to the Philippines. It's a diver's paradise!
The Puerto Galera region has been declared a Marine Reserve by the
United Nations Man and Biosphere Program International in 1974.
Continued efforts by the local dive operators to establish mooring
buoys and artificial reefs have contributed greatly to the
preservation of this magnificent underwater marine park. Thriving
fish life is also typical at the north-eastern dive sites: swirling
schools of fusiliers and surgeonfish are common, as are brilliant
angelfish, batfish, wrasses, butterflyfish and countless other reef
dwellers. The region is also home to a number of exotic fish species
seldom seen elsewhere in the Philippines, including pygmy sea
horses, blue ribbon eels, purple fire gobies and cleverly
camouflaged frogfish and ghost pipefish. The area features over 2
dozen prime dive sites (see listing below), all of which are well
worth diving.
A few, however, are 'must see' spots, make sure you don't miss
these!
Check with the staff at the SCUBAPLUS for more details!
Click here for a map of dive sites with
detailed descriptions of Puerto Galera's dive sites!
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