Diving Guide to the Philippines 2015

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  1. Sunken Cemetery
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    Location: NW Camiguin
    Depth: 25 -70 ft. (5-20 m)


This is a former land
cemetery site that was
pushed into the sea during
an 1800s volcanic
eruptions. Now marked by an above
the surface white cross, underwater
the reef is alive and well with a
good variety of huge brain and table
corals and a great diversity of
tropical fish life. The slope has nice
hard coral cover interspersed with
soft and leather corals. Cuttlefish
like this site as well as anthias. This
is also quite popular with
snorkelers. There are a couple of
1800s grave markers still visible
underwater here.


105) Old Volcano
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Location: NW Camiguin
Depth: 25 -120 ft. (5-35m)

A fitting dive for an island with
seven volcanoes, this site has sharp
undersea pinnacles formed by the
volcanic lava flow of years ago. The
varied terrain has small walls and
black sand chutes. This can be both
a wide angle dive and macro dive.
Gorgonians on the deeper area
hold pygmy seahorses. Look at the
crinoids to see if there are
ornate ghost pipefish or check
the sponges for hiding frogfish.
The areas with current
flowing over the sand are
home to garden eels. Whitetip
sharks also patrol the reefs.
Also a bonus, usually when
there is some current is the
appearance of eagle rays.
Manta rays and even mobulas
also come to the Old Volcano
site seasonally.

Chromodoris nudibranch

White-eye moral eel
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