Hello everyone. This is officially my first post in the blogging world. Thanks to Blogie’s invitation I am now part of this global force. I have to admit that one of the reasons I’m taking part in this trend is that I’m currently promoting our beach resort Leticia by the Sea. Just recently I discovered [...]
The joy of exploring new dive sites
It was rather disappointing that the Davao Reef Divers Club wasn’t able to do the planned dive safari during the last looong weekend (27-30 August). We did still get to dive each day (except Sunday for me), but I felt robbed of the opportunity to dive the other side of Samal Island (the one facing [...]
Exploring Mahan Garden
Mahan Garden Location: Babak District, Island Garden City of Samal Features: reef, sandy bottom, gradual slope Date: 22 August 2011 Time in: 6:05pm Bottom time: 42mins Maximum depth: 40ft/15m Visibility: 6ft/2m Bottom temperature: 78°F/25.5°C Entry: boat Last Monday, we were looking for a suitable spot for night diving, and we ended up near the Babak [...]
Diving Tawi-Tawi
When I finally got myself certified for scuba diving, the urge to travel became even more pronounced for me. And when I started hearing about far-off places like Tawi-Tawi, I knew I wanted to dive there! (Not that I’m tired of the dive sites in Davao already — in fact, I haven’t even been to [...]
Night dive at Babusanta
I had done one night dive sometime before (at the Leticia by the Sea resort), and it gave me such an entirely new and exciting experience. So as a belated birthday celebration, my friends and I spent the night at Babusanta Beach to see its seascape after sunset. We went diving with the Carabao Dive [...]
Suggested reading
I wrote an article about mooring buoys and the destruction caused by anchors for the Save the Philippine Seas site. The backdrop is the Davao Gulf, but the situation, I believe, can be applied anywhere in the country (or the world, for that matter). Please click below to read the post: Why we need mooring [...]
Artificial reef domes
The Davao Reef Divers Club is deeply concerned about the state of the marine environment in Davao Gulf. That’s why they regularly conduct scubasurero activities and talk to fellow divers about the importance of protecting marine life. Last 17 July 2011 (Sunday), the club had its monthly club dive at a beach resort on Samal [...]
Unsustainable tourism
Tourism is a great thing for any destination: it brings in tourist dollars, thus stimulating economic activity, thus creating more jobs for locals. However, tourism can also turn unsustainable. It’s when the destination’s environment is eroded, thereby becoming less and less attractive to tourists. It should be noted that one of the causes of this [...]
First dive with new gear
Last week, my dive buddies and I saw a cluster of fascinating critters: really tiny orange, white-spotted shrimp with upturned tails, all congregated around a tube anemone. Our dive master told us later that those were squat shrimp (Thor amboinensis). No bigger than the tip of my finger, they were just crouched there among the [...]
Hello from Davao!
Welcome to our new blog! We’re newbie divers who love Davao Gulf, and we’ve come together to document our dives and related activities. We want to share our experiences so that more people will come to appreciate the true value of the life-giving waters of the Philippines’ waters. The video here was taken at the [...]
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DOT-11 promotes scuba diving — at last!
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March ’12 club dive
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Ah…the diver’s life!
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My 200th dive
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Amazing sharks of Malapascua
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Blogie: Thanks for dropping by, Chris!...
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Christopher Kaluna: Aloha all, just checking out the site....
- Better than Shells! (Part 1) | | Save The Philippine SeasSave The Philippine Seas: [...] this article, “Keep sea shells where t...
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Winston: waaaa nice. Nainggit ako!! hahaha...
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