Official dive vacation thread

[Apo Reefer]

grilled lionfish is yummy!

those are the days when we use to free dive at a nearby reef and a catch lionfish.

[GoFish]

Just got home from the Philippines yesterday. 3rd time there beautiful country! Try to go back every year
This time around went to Puerto Galera, El Nido, Dingalan, Tagaytay. Wanted to dive in Galera but the weather wasnt on our side, windy most of the time, mainly cloudy with some rain. So just went snorkelling there.
El Nido was beautiful but the coral diving isn't as great there so took some tours and one day of diving which turned out to be just one dive out of 2 as i was having difficulty breathing. After a several minutes decidided i needed to go back up and when i got the surface i released the velcro strap on the BCD and wow i could breath! Turns out the fitted me with an XXS vest . Should've known when suiting up for a back roll as i had to exhale to get the strap on so my lung capacity maxed out at probably 40%. Live and learn, non-PADI cerified dive shop and not the greatest equipment

Anyhoo heres some pics, i dont really feel like uploading videos

This is flying into El Nido on a direct charter. Way better than the 7hour bumby bus ride from the Puerto Princessa airport but turned out to be really expensive, oh well. The last pics are snorkelling in Puerto Galera near Coral Garden Resort just north of the Giant clams site

^^ Our private boat captain Austin ^^

[GoFish]

Some coral pics in Puerto Galera. Tried to get some macro shots while snorkelling in the current... a lot of them were too blurry

[GoFish]

A mixture of Puerto Galera and El Nido snorkelling

To be continued next year...

[Delphinus]

Fantastic colours!!

[hillegom]

Beautiful
Is that with a filter or flash?
thanks