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Coron to El Nido
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12 scuba dives usd 1250
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Nov 1 - 4
Dec 6 - 9
Dec 16 - 19
Jan 11 - 14
Jan 20 - 23
Mar 8 - 11
Feb 14 - 20 (7D)$1650
El Nido to Coron
Nov 8 - 14 (7D)$1650
Dec 10 - 13$1250
Dec 20 - 23$1250
Jan 15 - 18$1250
Jan 24 - 27$1250
Feb 21 - 27 (7D)$1650
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Coron to El Nido
4 days
12 dives usd 1250 php 72,000
DatesPrice
Nov 1 - 4
Dec 6 - 9
Dec 16 - 19
Jan 11 - 14
Jan 20 - 23
Mar 8 - 11
Feb 14 - 20 (7D)$1650
El Nido to Coron
Nov 8 - 14 (7D)$1650
Dec 10 - 13$1250
Dec 20 - 23$1250
Jan 15 - 18$1250
Jan 24 - 27$1250
Feb 21 - 27 (7D)$1650
They are cousins to Parrot fishes, they are the wrasses. This one found loitering by the bubbles area of Mainit bubbles is cute bubbly and makulit, kissing my mask, reminds me of my equally makulit cat Luna.
Mainit Bubble is a Dive site located in Batangas Bay, favored by Scuba Divers because of it’s curious emissions of Bubbles from the sandy bottom 6 Meters to a sloping 10 Meters from the Surface. The Bubble Source could be from Mount Panay a strongly Solfataric Volcano that has a breached caldera probably submersed and swallowed up by the Sea. Very little is known about Mt. Panay, it’s last assumed eruption was 10,000 years ago making it a Pleistocene Volcano. Nevertheless, this beautiful Dive site has drastically flourished, with Anemone’s, Soft Corals, Hard Corals, Sponges and various fishes as well as a Turtle.
You will be greeted by a Wall that dips to about 18 Meters. A good drift diving spot especially at lunch time.
Watch out for more vids and marine animals in Bubbles.
The Giant Barrel Sponge
Incorrectly referred to by me apparently and most Scuba Dive Masters as Basket Coral. It is not a hard or stone coral but a sponge. In existence for almost 500 Million years, these Giant Barrel Sponges are the supremely primitive Animals in our Planet.
They are the largest sponge in the reefs, with a diameter of 6 ft. and a height of a tallest man, 8 feet. They are the redwoods of the coral gardens, because of its lifespan of over hundreds to thousands of years.
Anilao Batangas is littered with these animals, these were particularly found in Batok Dive Site just off the shores of Sombrero Island. They also call it the Coral Garden, I call it the little Tubattaha, personally it is the most beautiful Dive site in Anilao which is why it is my first dive site in my series of Anilao Dive Sites. As you can see it is literally covered with soft corals and sponges and fishes are in swarms. I find it so beautiful and I hope Divers will keep it this way and allow this site to flourish some more.
Although you can see the Giant Barrel Sponge spawning everywhere in Anilao, these beauties are extra beautiful in Batok Dive site. Sometimes we see shrimps frequenting these barrels uninterrupted. Other Giant Barrel Sponges can be seen in Twin Rocks, Dive and Trek Marine Sanctuary and Layag Layag in Anilao batangas.
Hermaphroditic and Photosythetic, but Commensals, contrary to mutualism as most sponges live on. Find out more in www.philippinedivemaster.com
Who is the largest organism in the planet…Answer: The Great Barrier reef of Australia, it houses hundreds of coral species most specially the TABLE CORAL that is key to reef construction.
The table coral, without which fishes would leave. They provide shelter, food….jobs….just like any city provides. They are reef builders that produces calcium carbonate the foundation of coral reef. These eco system engineers, are regenerating The Great barrier reef than any other corals.
These animals relies on zooxanthellae exactly like the anemones. Their porous branch or stem called Acropora branches out like a flattened bush in a landscaped garden,hence their name. It is likened to a table, a shape very essential to Photosynthesis and its mutualistic relationship with zooxanthellae, the algae that provides the primary source of food for the table corals.
But since they thrive in shallow warm water, our very first sun worshippers are now also in danger because of coral bleaching. It is when they expel their main source of food, the zooxanthellae, because water is too warm. A clear sign is the bleach color, white. They are also more prone to destruction due to Boat Anchors. Something Puerto Princesa Tour Guides have made sure to be mindful of especially boat operators who are now more educated, appreciative and dedicated in coral reefs conservation.
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The Purple tip sea Anemone and it's Pink Skunck clownfish. So beautiful to look at, so animating. I saw this in Batok dive site in anilao batangas about 2nmi south of Sombrero Island on a Sunny afternoon with slight current at about 8 meters deep just before the basket corals.
Anemone and Clownfishes have a mutualistic relationship. The former a predatorial animal that stings and captures its prey, called nematocysts, was lured by the latter because ...well clown fishes are attractive ...cute and adorable. In turn the anemone provides clownfish protection.
Clown fishes are not 100% protected, the black spots are proof that lifetime of stings leaves a mark. Other Clown fishes turn full black, a more significant color transformation of the penetration on its scales.
Anemonefishes are protandrous hermaphrodites. They are borne male and then become female....well most of the time. Very male dominated indeed, most specially as they grow older, because most times females are removed from the Anemone and chooses a Male companion or more than one Anemone mate. They think it's cause females can be quite aggressive, hmmmm, fake or fact?
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The wrasses or the Labridaes, they are the most diverse of family because they are basically a large family of fishes. Bright and colorful, they have 81 genera, 9 subgroups. Small tiny 20 cms up to 2.5 meters which are the Humphead wrasse, a little smaller than the Humpheads are the Checkerboard wrasses.
The checkerboard wrasse is quite striking to the eyes of divers. They have three dark red to black vertical spots that starts from the back of the head to the middle part of the body. They have yellow rings that are stunning and a green orange and pink striping on the dorsal fin. You might also notice the reddish line passing through the checkerboard wrasse’s eyes stemming from the tip of the snout.
Called checkerboard because of the white to greenish colors and hints of blue to black on the edge of their scales, they are very slender fishes with lengthened body and prominent mouth conveniently feeding on worms, molluscs, echinoderms they find in the sand and feather dusters, but really are very well known Guardians of the Open Water Corals.
These glamorous looking fishes are what makes a coral garden bloom. Their unique intricate patterns are commonly seen in corals and oftentimes go unnoticed, but their friendly nature is what makes a coral garden flourish. A give and take relationship in a plethora of a predatory world is very much relaxing to think about. How amongst such butchery in the wild, us being the forerunners, they are allowed existence and allow persistence in return.
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