Scuba Diving Inwards Boracay, Philippines

Part of what made diving from Boracay Island inwards the Philippines together with hence exciting was that it was the off-season together with tremendously windy (gusty really) on the side of the isle most of the dive centres were on. With absolute organized faith inwards what I was existence told virtually non bad diving existence available somewhere else I signed up.

Getting ready

The showtime interesting betoken of the risk was existence given a men’s wetsuit to wear. When I asked for a women’s wetsuit I was told ‘this 1 volition lucifer you’. As a suitably female-shaped diver I knew this was going to hold upwards 1 of those baggy wetsuit experiences. I donned the wetsuit together with grabbed the residue of my gear.

Transporting SCUBA cylinders across Boracay Island, Philippines

 

Getting to the dive site

The dive conduct similarly trussed upwards similar a Christmas tree amongst all his equipment hanging limply off him (while, I enviously noticed, wearing a wetsuit that fitted him) rallied a grouping of us together with marched off. We kept upwards through the shopping mall together with upwards the dorsum streets to the island’s primary route where nosotros were pose inwards a tricycle. I felt a flake self-conscious wandering the streets dressed for diving, yet nobody seemed to care. 

Tricycle, Boracay, Philippines

The tricycle delivered us to Bulubog beach on the contrary side of the isle together with every bit I waded into the H2O I realized how yet it was. There was no air current together with alone the most half-hearted of waves lapping at my ankles. I idea how incredible White Beach must await amongst this weather condition instead of the electrical flow howling gale.

We clambered aboard a traditional Filipino long boat, assembled our SCUBA units together with headed out to the reef. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 swift backward curl after together with nosotros were on Tulubhan Reef, which I got the impression was the alone house suitable for diving at that fourth dimension of year, simply since it was a large reef had enough to continue us occupied. 

Sailing to the dive site, Boracay, Philippines

The Diving

At depths ranging from 25 metres to around fourteen metres the reef organization looked pretty healthy. I saw a lot of difficult together with soft corals, sponges, seaworms, blennies together with a plethora of reef fish, including my favourites Lionfish together with Masked Pufferfish. (I ever honour the would-be bandits of the body of body of water amusing). 

Pufferfish, Boracay, Philippines

Moorish Idols, Angelfish, Anemonefish, Damsels together with Trunkfish cruised around too. I was impressed amongst the diversity of little critters together with the overall wellness of the reef, which was non far offshore, simply disappointed non to convey seen anything larger similar turtles, rays or sharks. 

Clown Anemonefish, Boracay, Philippines

Making our provide journeying via tricycle (including games of how many soggy divers tin nosotros mash on 1 tricycle) could convey been every bit awkward every bit the outward journeying because, although nosotros were at nowadays to a greater extent than accustomed to wandering around inwards poorly-fitted wetsuits, nosotros had that attractive post-dive await of wild salty pilus and, on some of my dive buddies, mask pressure level rings around the eyes. However on walking by a store amongst this interesting concept of diver fashion inwards the window I at nowadays felt better.  

Dive fashion, Boracay, Philippines

When the diving from Boracay inwards the off-season was that proficient I was gutted non to convey been at that spot inwards peak flavor every bit the locals told me all the best dive sites were on the south-west side of the island. Oh well, it’s a proficient argue to return.

Divers, Philippines

A depository fiscal establishment annotation on the weather

Boracay is a bone-shaped isle that runs from north-west to south-east. Peak flavor on the isle is Amihan, when the air current comes from the north-east, from Nov to May. The residue of the yr is Habagat when the air current comes from the south-west together with it rains more. For the best diving become during Amihan.

Have you lot dived inwards the Philippines? Where did you lot dive together with what did you lot think?

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