After what seems like forever things are starting to ease up here in the #philippines, more freedom of movement, curfews easing and best of all sporting activities are allowed again.
That means diving has resumed, there are limits on the number of divers permitted in the dive centre at any one time and of course there are new protocols in place. The number of people in town has dramatically dropped but fortunately a few tourists waited it out so at least there are some divers passing through.
Well worth the wait!
The wife Koz has been teaching a few courses which is great for her as teaching is her happy place. Before lockdown she had a student who had started his journey into the diving world, completing his first step by passing his open water course. So excited by what he had achieved he chose to extend his stay in Moalboal to take more courses, sadly only a couple of days later all hell broke loose and we went into hard lockdown.
Fast forward a few months and he (kaiden) has been able to resume his training and to date has become a advanced and enriched air nitrox diver. Stoked with his performance he is now staying around to train as a divemaster which is in layman terms is a dive guide, he has a lot of hard work ahead of him on his way to becoming a dive pro but is well up to the task.
Motley crew. Kaiden, 
@biggypauls and Koz.
Before he can start his divemaster course he needs to clock up 40 dives, as he is Koz's sole student 
Perfect day for it.
There's a slight breeze rippling the surface but once we drop down conditions are great, with no training to do this dive is all about fun and fish watching. As always I have my trusty camera rig with me, I love a bit of underwater #photography, lets see what we can find.
Always a favorite is Nemo.
Tucked away in it's toxic Anemone for protection, these little guys are actually quite aggressive if you come close they make charges towards you to tell you to back off, they are like a little lap dog that thinks it's a Rottweiler.
Harlequin filefish.
Also called the Orange spotted file fish, these brightly coloured fish feed on polyps from the Acrapora coral. This contains a toxin that is absorbed into the fish, resulting in it smelling like the coral and thus avoiding predators, a pretty clever trick.
Cute box fish.
As the name gives away these fish are nearly square, a strange quirk of nature. Despite their unusual shape they are agile swimmers. Young boxfish are bright yellow and as they age they slowly change colour becoming darker brown or blue.
Juvenile box fish.
It must be love!
This was my shot of the day, these white eyed moray eels were intertwined and clearly involved in some kind of courtship. Armed with jaws and teeth that could injure each other easily it was fascinating to watch them being so tender with each other.
Before long our maximum dive time of one hour was up and it was time to return to the surface, a great dive was had by all, with many other nice sightings, Baracuda, Octopus, turtles and the main attraction here.....
The Sardine storm.
Back on the surface with smiles all round.
Another dive logged for Kaiden and content divers, all that's left to do is clean and pack our dive gear away and chill at the bar with a beer and enjoy the day fizzle away with a stunning sunset over the neighbouring island of Negros.
Perfect end to the day.
Thanks for joining us on this lovely day, hope to see some of you here in the future, until next time stay safe folks!
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