Boracay,
one of the famous tourist destinations in the world, is known for its
powdery white sands, crystal clear blue waters that contrast the expansive clear
blue sky. Without doubt, Boracay is popular
as one of the world’s best as to water activities such as swimming, jet skiing
and other water sports. Scuba diving is
also included in the list. There are at least 12 dive centers doing
lucrative business around this island, which offer excellent diving lessons for
those who are yet to start to learn the sport and provide dive equipment for
the advanced dive enthusiasts.
There are also
several diving sites in the hard to reach locations in the neighboring islands such
as Sibuyan Sea, Tablas, Romblon, Semirara Island among others. Closer to Boracay, there are some first class
scuba diving sites catering divers of all levels, that is, from the neophytes
to advanced divers. Some sites are
excellent for snorkeling as well. Some diving
sites are between 10 to 18 meters deep and are the favorite dive sites for
beginners. However, advanced divers prefer
deep dive sites such as the Friday’s Rock. Here you will find interspersed colorful
corals, the variety of which range from soft to hard coral reefs. A lot of variety of fishes can be found in
these dive sites. These include butterfly
fishes, wrasses, damsel fishes, tangs, snappers, stingrays, lion fishes and
scorpion fishes. Most dive masters can take
you to the fish feeding station where the fishes swarm around divers expecting
to be fed.
There are two dive sites situated a little northwest of Friday’s Rock
named the Shallower Dive and the Deeper Wall.
You drop off to 24 meters then you’ll go deeper to 30 meters and down to
50 meters. On the Shallower Dive, you
will find that the top of the reef is covered with soft corals along with groups
of angel fishes and trigger fishes. Diving
on the Deeper Wall, divers will find delightful large gorgonians of all colors
as well as big stingrays. There are also
a lot of huge sweet lips, tuna and occasional barracudas and sharks.
Found in the Southeast of Boracay is the Crocodile Island. The island is named as such because of its shape which resembles to that of a crocodile. The Crocodile Island is another popular dive site, but it has strong current owing to its location between Boracay and Panay. The bottom seabed is about 234 meters at its deepest, but the top of the reef is only about 10 meters. In this dive site, you can find sweet lips, wrasses, trigger fishes, butterfly fishes and snappers. There are also pretty blue gorgonians found. Be careful as there are a few sea snakes found in the site.
Another excellent dive
close to Boracay is the Laurel
Island. Caution should be exercised as
currents can get very strong here. Yet,
these strong currents encourage corals to open up their orange and yellow polyps
to feed microscopic elements. Big sponges
and beautiful large gorgonians are found in this diving site.
At the northern end of Boracay, divers can find Yapak. This is a deep wall starting around 30
meters and descending beyond 60 meters depth. Currents are tricky in here and
the water is usually rough, but for the advanced divers and enthusiasts for big
animals, this is the best diving site Boracay has to offer. Corals of different sizes, shapes and colors
abound. There are various fishes found
in this dive site such as the snappers, sweet lips, surgeons, rainbow runners,
pennants. Barracudas, whitetip, manta
rays, hammerhead and gray reef sharks are also sighted in this dive site. This is definitely not a dive for
beginners.
Visit and
explore Boracay! The island is not only known for its excellent
white sand beaches, crystal clear blue waters and expansive blue skies, but
also is one of the most interesting and the most exciting dive sites in the
country and in the world.
BOOK HOTELS IN BORACAY, PHILIPPINES.
BOOK HOTELS IN BORACAY, PHILIPPINES.
No comments:
Post a Comment