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DEMA show - Sea Dive Resort DEMA show - Sea Dive Resort
dirtguy49 - 10/21/2011 8:04 AM
I have been working with several wreck diving shops in the Philippines to get them represented at the DEMA dive shows in the US. We finally got Sea Dive Resort at Coron registered with the Philippines Dept. of Tourism booth and I will be going to Orlando, Florida in Nov. to man the Sea Dive table also!! Looking forward to it...... http://www.seadiveresort.com/...
DEMA show - Johan’s Dive Resort DEMA show - Johan’s Dive Resort
dirtguy49 - 9/21/2011 1:45 PM
I have been working with several wreck diving shops in the Philippines to get them represented at the DEMA dive shows in the US. We finally got Johan’s at Subic Bay registered with the Philippines Dept. of Tourism booth and I will be going to Orlando, Florida in Nov. to man Johan’s table!! Looking forward to it...... http://subicdive.com/...
Wreck diving at Coron, Philippines Wreck diving at Coron, Philippines
dirtguy49 - 5/02/2011 8:18 AM
Just got home from a two week trip to the Philippines to dive the wrecks at Subic Bay and Coron. Here is a recent video on YouTube of traveling to Coron and diving the Japanese WWII wrecks there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-TBVw1UzDU&feature=relmfu...
Cancelled - Final Call - Philippine Dive Trip in March Cancelled - Final Call - Philippine Dive Trip in March
dirtguy49 - 1/02/2011 8:53 AM
This group trip is canceled - my wife and I are going, but not enough folks have responded positively for me to take just one or two other travelers - maybe next year. Thanks - Ed Final Call for this trip in March - we are now making air and room reservations. We will arrive in Manila on Friday 11 March. This trip can be 1, 2 or 3 weeks depending on your schedule. Dive locations will be Subic Bay and Coron. (Mainly wreck diving) Cost will be airfare, plus diving and room and board. You pay all y...
Photos from Coron, Palawan, Philippines Photos from Coron, Palawan, Philippines
dirtguy49 - 11/28/2010 7:49 AM
Here a few photos from my friends at Sea Dive Resort in Coron, Palawan, Philippines. Most of these photos will have been taken on the WWII wrecks in Coron Bay, so beyond the wrecks there is lots of marine life as well. I am taking a group here in March - Let me know if you would like to go along. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000649724466#!/album.php?aid=247095&id=122454986526&fbid=465174956526...
Toxic algae rapidly kills coral Toxic algae rapidly kills coral
dirtguy49 - 10/10/2010 9:51 AM
Harmful algal blooms have the potential to lay waste to coral reefs. Scientists studying coral reefs in the Gulf of Oman have issued the warning after being shocked by the impact of one large-scale bloom, which destroyed a coral reef in just three weeks. http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9070000/9070148.stm...
Apo Reef and Wreck Diving in the Philippines Apo Reef and Wreck Diving in the Philippines
dirtguy49 - 9/21/2010 7:19 AM
The best time to dive Apo Reef is November to May and one of the ways to dive this site is on a live-aboard out of Coron. Sea Dive Resort has a new live-aboard and they have scheduled to do Apo Reef starting in November and into May 2011. The price is $1,250 for 6 days and 7 nights - non diver price, deduct $175. Some wreck diving around Coron is included in this trip. See the Sea Dive web page for more info - http://www.seadiveresort.com/Seadive-Genel.html For more info about Apo Reef - http://...
Sailing and Diving in the Philippines Sailing and Diving in the Philippines
dirtguy49 - 9/15/2010 9:13 AM
For those of you who would like to do some sailing while you are diving, have a look at this web site. http://amihanvoyager.jimdo.com/ My American friend Mel Levine charters his sail boat for about $440 per day, all up. Rental gear and courses are extra. For a small group of people (3 to 6) that is pretty cheap diving and accommodations per day in one of the best wreck diving (Coron) and reef diving (Apo Reef) areas in the Philippines....
Final Call - Philippine Dive Trip in March Final Call - Philippine Dive Trip in March
dirtguy49 - 9/07/2010 9:41 AM
Final Call for this trip in March - we are now making air and room reservations. We will arrive in Manila on Friday 11 March. This trip can be 1, 2 or 3 weeks depending on your schedule. Dive locations will be Subic Bay and Coron. Cost will be airfare, plus diving and room and board. You pay all your own costs, I will help with arrangements only. I am not a travel agent. Cost per day should be less than $125 per day for divers and under $50 a day for non-divers. Let me know, if you would like mo...
Wreck Diving Magazine - Issue #21 Wreck Diving Magazine - Issue #21
dirtguy49 - 7/24/2010 8:37 AM
Wreck Diving Magazine has just published and sent out their Issue #21. Included in this issue is an article on the Wrecks of Coron - The September 1944 attack on the Japanese fleet in the Philippines. The Article was written by Ed Arata and Patrick Preston II with diving photographs by Ondrej Hindl. Wreck Diving Magazine is available by subscription and at some newsstands and dive shops. For subscriptions, please see their web site - http://www.wreckdivingmag.com/...
Dive Trip in November 2010 Dive Trip in November 2010
dirtguy49 - 7/13/2010 7:40 AM
I am putting together a small group of divers to dive in the Philippines in November 2010. This trip can be 1, 2 or 3 weeks depending on your schedule. Dive locations will probably be Subic Bay and Coron. Arrival date in Manila will be Friday, 5 November Cost will be airfare, plus diving and room and board. You pay all your own costs, I will help with arrangements. Cost per day should be less than $125 per day for divers and under $50 a day for non-divers. R/T airfare from the US west coast is c...
Philippine Dive Trip in November Philippine Dive Trip in November
dirtguy49 - 5/20/2010 7:00 AM
I am trying putting together a small group of divers to dive in the Philippines in November 2010. This trip can be 1, 2 or 3 weeks depending on your schedule. Dive locations will probably be Subic Bay and Coron. Cost will be airfare, plus diving and room and board. You pay all your own costs, I will help with arrangements only. I am not a travel agent. Cost per day should be less than $125 per day for divers and under $50 a day for non-divers. Let me know, if you would like more info. I have a W...
Wreck diving in June Wreck diving in June
dirtguy49 - 3/30/2010 7:27 AM
Anybody interested in a budget diving holiday in the Philippines in June 2010? 1, 2 or 3 weeks, depends on your schedule. Airfare about $1,000 - SFO/MNL/SFO on an Asian air carrier. And then about $100 to $120 per day for diving, room, meals and in-country travel. No firm date yet, but starting to look at some time after 17 June. I am not a travel agent, I will assist with arrangements, but you will make all your own bookings and payments. Drop me a note, if you want more info. I have a list of ...
Philippine Diving in June 2010 Philippine Diving in June 2010
dirtguy49 - 3/09/2010 9:43 AM
Anybody interested in a budget diving holiday in the Philippines in June 2010? Two weeks. Airfare about $650 to $850 - SFO/MNL/SFO on an Asian air carrier. And then about $100 to $120 per day for diving, room, meals and in-country travel. No firm date yet, but starting to look at 2 weeks some time in June. I am not a travel agent, I will assist with arrangements, but you will make all your own bookings and payments. Drop me a note, if you want more info. I have a list of suggested web sites to l...
Philippines diving this Fall? Philippines diving this Fall?
dirtguy49 - 8/15/2009 1:25 PM
Anybody interested in a budget diving holiday in the Philippines this Fall 2009? Two or three weeks door to door from San Francisco. Airfare about $650 on China Air - SFO/MNL/SFO via Taipei. And then about $100 to $120 per day for diving, room, meals and in-country travel. No firm date yet, probably after the middle of October. I am not a travel agent, I will assist with arrangements, but you will make all your own bookings and payments. Drop me a note, if you want more info....
Surin and Similan Islands - Thailand Surin and Similan Islands - Thailand
dirtguy49 - 8/14/2009 6:02 PM
I have dove with Sea Dragon Dive Centre out of Khao Lak, Thailand about four times now. The first trip was in 2002. Sea Dragon runs several different trips to the Surin and Similan Islands on three different boats - the trips range from 3days/2nights to 4days/4nights. I have always done the 4 day trip aboard the MV Andaman. You can see several photos of one trip in my photo section. The main dive season is late October through April, but they run other schedules during the remainder of the year....
 USS New York- #2 - Subic Bay - Philippines USS New York- #2 - Subic Bay - Philippines
dirtguy49 - 12/01/2007 8:40 AM
The following description of this dive site at Subic Bay is from the Boardwalk Dive Center web site. You can access their web site at - www.boardwalkdivecenter.com/ Built in 1891, the ship served in the Philippine-American war, the Chinese revolution and WW1. She was decommissioned in 1931 and stayed in Subic Bay for the next ten years until the time that it was scuttled by US forces themselves to prevent the massive 17-inch guns from falling into Japanese hands. She lies on her port side in 27m...
Akitsushima - Coron Wreck Diving - Philippines Akitsushima - Coron Wreck Diving - Philippines
dirtguy49 - 11/29/2007 8:41 AM
The drawing shown here is of the Akitsushima sunk in 1944, by a group of American carrier based aircraft. The Akitsushima is a Japanese Seplane Tender in the group of seven large ships that lie in the waters near Coron in the Calamianes Islands group (North Palawan). The other ships are freighters and a tanker. The Akitsushima is a very big warship (118 m long) that lies on her port side. Max depth: 35 or 36 meters, average depth about 26 to 28 meters. The ship was hit near the stern where the f...
El Capitan - Subic Bay - Philippines El Capitan - Subic Bay - Philippines
dirtguy49 - 11/11/2007 5:48 PM
The El Capitan at Subic Bay is an American Freighter laying on its side in 24 meters, the side of the hull is covered with corals at 8 meters.There are many large open spaces for penetrations and small spaces for advanced penetrations. You can see a video clip of diving on this wreck at - http://www.divebluerock.com/html/vclips.html The Philippines has a ton of dive sites, but I mainly go to Subic Bay and Coron to dive the wrecks. I could describe the various dive sites, but you can learn much m...
LST - Subic Bay - Philippines LST - Subic Bay - Philippines
dirtguy49 - 11/11/2007 5:06 PM
The LST at Subic Bay was probably sunk as a target sometime during the 1950`s. The superstructure at the rear is a tangle of metal, but the rest of the ship is pretty much intact and a great wreck dive. You are on the main deck at about 28 meters, the ship is on the sand at 34 meters. There are many large open spaces for penetrations and small spaces for advanced penetrations. The Philippines has a ton of dive sites, but I mainly go to Subic Bay and Coron to dive the wrecks. I could describe the...