Anda
Two years have passed since I first visited Anda with Dr. Toby Panopio and have promised myself I will write about the place for CebuDiver.com. Two years and several visits later, I finally got the time to write about it. We were invited, actually we invited ourselves to Rudy Balbuena’s home away from home in Anda. I first heard about Anda through my good buddy Mike Lazaro, who visited the place many times several years before I did. “Anda? Where is that? Is that an island?” was my first question. I still get the same reaction everytime I mention the place. No, the Municipality of Anda is in the Province of Bohol, on the eastern side of the Island of Bohol (9.746°N 124.576°E - go to Google Maps, enter the coordinates in the.. more»
FINALLY, we can get going again.
It has been a while since the site has had an update, but we have reasons, of course!
These factors will exist regardless of who's on the team, but now however, there is new vitality that goes with a more obvious, understandable, and realistic direction.
With a much more defined path, we also plan to make minor changes to this site from time to time, so that eventually, it can support us in our new initiatives.
Look and feel will be pretty much the same, and there will be more of your usual favorite sections.
Check out Wolfgang Dafert's amusing and entertaining piece on free diving!
Be safe,
Ray
The Samboan Experience
I have been to Samboan several times, and on three occasions, I was there to dive. The first time was to explore the reef in Kulasi with a group. Kulasi was a newly declared marine sanctuary back in early 2000, and we went there upon the invitation of then Mayor Peter Calderon through Atty. Mark Tolentino (who was still a non-diver back in early 2000). In 2007, I went back twice - in August to explore Bato, Samboan, and on late September, upon the invitation of Samboan incumbent Mayor Raymond Calderon through his brother Dr. Tito Calderon, to check out Kulasi marine sanctuary again.
Nobody had underwater cameras back then when we first went to Kulasi. Fred Q, John M and Toby were in that dive, along with several other divers. We all remembered a healthy growth of corals, lots of squid, but that was it. We did, however, remember the current. more»
New Species in Tanon Strait - Homo Delphinus
Recently there have been first sightings in the Philippines of a new species with the scientific name Homo Delphinus.
Homo Delphinus, first seen in Tanon Strait near Moalboal, can get up to 6 feet in length and 200 pounds weight. They have a long elongated body, two long pectoral fins and a forked fin, but some sightings also speak of only one large tailfin! They are mostly found in depths up to 100 feet and more mostly along costal reefs, but some have also been sighted in open water. Some of the sightings have also been at nighttime and it can be that Homo Delphinus uses some kind of new photophores (light-emitting organs) which helps them to navigate even in complete darkness. Their body colours appear in big variations from black to camouflage brown.
It looks like the species prefer warm waters, but they have also been seen in such extreme water conditions like under ice. Since common Dolphins are often.. more»
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The infamous CebuDiver.com Photo Gallery has been updated. What are you waiting for? Let the "oooohhhs" and "aaaahhhhss" begin!
Conquering Bunzie’s Cove and Capitancillo Island
I got Rudy Balbuena’s invitation to dive in Tabogon from Mike Lazaro. Tabogon is a town in Northern Cebu, bounded by Bogo in the North, San Remigio in the West, Borbon in the South and the Camotes Sea to the East. more»
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