The sea is my love, so I spent Valentine’s Day with her. She did not disappoint. 70 feet deep at a dive site nicknamed “Dila ni Lando” by the dive shop’s DMs, a marine turtle awaited. She was lovely! Even if she let me admire her for only a brief moment, she completed my day.
We’ve got to stop making excuses for them, that these islanders are simply trying to make a living. And we’ve got to stop thinking that one small purchase wouldn’t make any difference. The trade of sea shells is illegal for a very good reason: it’s there for the conservation of our fragile marine ecosystem. The [...]
I take pictures of marine life as part of my involvement in the Save the Philippine Seas movement, and as I’ve mentioned in a previous post, I organize these photos via online resources in an effort to help the advocacy along. While it gives me satisfaction doing this, what provides real pleasure is when I [...]
On 31 January 2012, the Davao Reef Divers Club held its regular elections to put in place a new board of trustees and set of officers for 2012-2013. It is the longest-running dive club in this part of the country, and counts among its members divers of various backgrounds. It is also one of the [...]
Immediately after I took up underwater photography, I set out to look for an online service that would help me identify the myriad coral species, fish, mollusks, etc., that I was collecting. I found several sites right away, but the one that I cottoned to was Whats That Fish! (or “WTF” … lol!). The folks [...]
The AquaShots Underwater Photo Contest is an annual activity that aims to showcase the beauty and diversity of undersea life in the Davao Gulf. (Recently, the Gulf was declared as a priority area for marine biodiversity protection.) It is a project of the Davao Reef Divers Club. A few years ago, the Davao Reef Divers [...]
One fear that I’m sure each diver holds is the prospect of panicking underwater. Even the most seasoned scuba diver will admit that it’s a possibility. The question is, how would you handle it? I’ve logged 122 dives so far, and in all those dives, I’d like to think I’ve been mindful of safety — [...]
To break the routine of weekend diving, I recently went with a dive buddy on a backpacker-style dive trip. Well, it wasn’t exactly “roughing it out” because it was just at nearby Samal and life’s comforts were ever within reach — but the point is, we hardly availed of them. The plan was to discover [...]
One of the “intro dives” I did back when I wasn’t certified yet was in the town of Maasim in Sarangani Province. It was at the Lemlunay Dive Resort, where a group of bloggers were hosted by the provincial vice governor and the resort owners. That was more than two years ago. Last 13 & [...]
Diving today was such a treat. Ever since I started diving in earnest (June 2011), I’d been wanting to see a pygmy seahorse for myself. Old-timers keep talking about it, about how rare it is and how fascinating. At long last, after four months, I did! And there were two of them in one sea [...]
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Date with a pawikan
Keep sea shells where they belong
Love affair with nudibranchs
The Davao Reef Divers Club
A virtual Noah’s ark
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