This time I take you to Puerto Galera. In my previous post I told you about Puerto Galera, you can read it here: Trip to Puerto Galera
And now it's time to get wet.
Our first dive was a muck dive. We wanted to start easy because both of us were not in perfect shape. Long travelling and busy work made us feel a bit tired. A muck dive is mostly a very shallow dive were you hoover just above the bottom to find bottom dwellers and critters.
And we were very lucky .. We spotted a Blue ringed octopus, one of the most deadly creatures :)
This little fella was trying to hide for us :)
This nudibranch is the Yellow tipped Phyllodesmium.
Willan's Chromodoris ... I love the colors!
This is the Durban hingebeak shrimp. If you see one, take a closer look ... most of the times you will find many others in the same spot.
Also on our list was the Canyon. This is a real drift dive. At one moment we ended up in a washing machine. The current was very strong and took us everywhere. This is a thrill seeking dive. You need some experience in drift diving as the washing machine can be dangerous if you don't have the skills. I don't have many pictures from this dive, because we were going way too fast to take decent snapshots :) But it is a very nice dive. A lot of bigger fish like barracudas, trevallies, snappers, jacks... And if you're lucky even a shark (we didn't saw one). And of course you have a wonderful scenery to enjoy.
The last dive I want to share with you is the Alma Jane wreck. I heard a lot of different stories, so I have no idea which one is true. The one I heard the most was it was a Japanese cargo ship. It was stripped and sunken in 2003 especially for diving. It lies upright at a depth of 30 metres.
I do love wrecks, it's not only a bunch of rusty metal. No, a wreck is full of life. By the years, nature takes over and it will be fully covered by corals. It becomes an artificial reef and it will attract a lot of marine life. When we were there, we saw a big school of batfish all over the wreck.
Sadly all good things come to an end and we had to go back to reality. It was a short break, but well worth. I enjoyed Puerto Galera, on land and underwater.
