Category Archives: Environment

Photo by Beth Watson

More on why Puerto Galera is just so awesome! From Manila Today

http://www.manilatoday.net/verde-island-passage-marine-eden-of-the-pacific/

“The Verde Island Passage Marine Corridor (VIP) is famously known as “the center of the center of marine biodiversity” (Carpenter and Springer, 2005). It is the proverbial heart of the Coral Triangle, the apex of aquatic life on Earth. The Passage’s 900,000 square-kilometer area is home to 60% of the world’s known shorefish species, and even as much has yet to be explored in its waters.

Marine life here has the highest levels of endemism and biodiversity anywhere. Scientists counted 1,736 species in a mere 10-by-10 kilometer area. This includes more than 300 coral species and 32 mangrove species in Batangas alone, 20 seagrass species in Balayan Bay and Mindoro Oriental, 162 fish species, rare enclaves of clams, endangered sea turtles, and more. You don’t need to be a mathematician to be astounded of the plentitude of creatures that live in the VIP.

Just this June 2015, scientists from the California Academy of Sciences found more than 100 rare and new species in the Passage. A sea urchin species long thought to have disappeared over the past 230 years was also recently ‘rediscovered’ in the VIP.”

Yup….we love it! Great weather here now and only a bit of rain at night. Come on down!

One of the nice things about being here in the off-season is getting the dive guide and dive site all to yourself! Clarice and Jeff Napier have been enjoying this type of diving all week…

WE vote for SINGAPORE WITHOUT FINS which aims to ban the consumption of shark fins in Singapore through a ‘PETITION of FACES’. It’s simple, just post a selfie on the fb page

SINGAPORE WITHOUT FINS https://www.facebook.com/groups/singaporewithoutfins/ and nominate 3 friends to do the same.

The INTERNATIONAL COASTAL  CLEAN – UP ( ICC) DAY 2014  was supposed to happen this past weekend, but due to the weather it was post phoned until next Saturday. (September 27^th) We’ll be doing a Scuba Dive Clean-up, so come on down and join us to “splash for trash”!!

You are invited to join for the INTERNATIONAL COASTAL  CLEAN – UP ( ICC) DAY 2014  on  September 20, 2014, Saturday. Highlights of the day: Planting of Mangrove Propagules,  Scuba Dive Clean-up, Beachcombing to collect trash, Sand Sculpture, Green Forum, Eco-Booths and a some music. Join us for what will be a very fun weekend!

Photos by Matt Hubball

Last month I noticed that there were many clown fish eggs appearing in one week over several different dive sites.  This intrigued me and made me want to look into this a bit deeper and find out why. I noticed this more just after the full moon which this time was known as a Super Moon! I was wondering if this is the time that eggs are laid? Hmmmm….So searching around on the internet I found out some interesting facts about our little orange buddies. Continue reading →

Thanks to the whole gang who took part in today’s International Coastal Clean-up dive.  Matt, Snake, Alli, Brian, Brad and Sue came back with rice sacks full of nasty and gnarly stuff from Dalaruan / San Antonio. The main items seem to be paint cans and boat repair items such as plastic cords, tins and jars. There was also lots of old clothing and diapers.

We keep doing these clean-ups year after year in hopes that it will teach everyone in the area the importance about not throwing the rubbish in the ocean. It’s still a long way to go…but every little bit helps!

In an effort to get everyone involved in keeping our environment clean and creating a level of environmental awareness, Jamie organized a Dive against Debris with our lads at Asia Divers. As well as making it good fun they collected over 24 KGs of trash. With the most unusual item being a boxing glove! Fantastic

In effort against ocean debris Asia Divers hosted an underwater clean up this past weekend in the shallow waters of Small Lalaguna bay. Lots of trash was collected including 2 umbrellas. Check out the photo above. Keep an eye out for future posts about other clean-up projects and send us a message if you’re interested in taking part.

This is the view from our office right now! Beautiful sunny weather, calm water and great vis under it…what more do you want?!  Many folks get frightened off coming here because they think the weather is bad during this time of year, but they are so wrong. We get some of our best diving over the months of June to September and the water temp will stay around 29-30 degrees. So….Come on down!!

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