Scuba Diving The Philippines - Puerto Galera

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I first dived in the Philippines in 2010 with Atlantis Divers. This vlog is from my second dive visit to Puerto Galera, diving with Captn' Greggs in 2017.

Puerto Galera diving offers diverse dive sites accessible via a five or ten-minute boat ride. It is a hub of marine biodiversity, offering some of the best diving in the Philippines - including macro, critters and wide-angle. It is home to various dive operators, resorts, and hotels that are sure to suit the most discerning dive enthusiast and photographer.

Here are some of the top dive sites in Puerto Galera:
1. The Wall - Located on Verde Island, the drop-off features huge sponges, fans, and a mix of colourful soft and hard coral. You can spot manta rays, eagle rays, barracudas, schools of bigeye jack and tuna.
2. Manila Channel - It is a terrific muck diving site with a nice sandy bottom and hard coral spots. It also features two walls that are covered with sponges and a variety of corals. You'll find mantis shrimps, nudibranchs, eels, and crabs at this dive site. With only a mild current and good visibility, the site is suitable for all levels of divers.
3. Boatyard - Another fantastic muck diving site! You can spot frogfish, seahorses, velvet ghost pipefish, cuttlefish, nudibranch, and many other macro critters.
4. Coral Cove - This dive site is home to some fascinating species. Pygmy Seahorses and Ornate Ghost Pipefish are often spotted at the site. And if scuba divers have some luck, thresher sharks might even pass by!
5. The Canyons - The adrenaline junkie's site of choice during times of strong currents, boasting a thrilling ride with rests in the bowls as you watch in amazement while schools of trevally, tuna, and sometimes barracuda hang effortlessly in the current.
6. The Alma Jane wreck - The dive site is a favourite among wreck enthusiasts, is easily accessible, and is home to several giant frogfish, big schools of batfish, and small tropicals.
7. Shark Cave - The main residents in the cave are the white tip sharks and blue spotted stingrays. Moreover, you can spot pufferfish, tiny reef fish, nudibranch and sweetlips around the corals and sponges.

Traveling to Sabang Beach & Puerto Galera
Hole in The Wall & Dungeon Wall
Verde Island
Secret Bay
Alma Jane
Dry Dock
Turtle Rock
The Canyons
Kilima Steps
Sabang West
Black Fish