Phillipines - Tubbataha Reefs and Bird Island

13 April 2009 Dive 1, 7:30am, Malayan Wreck N8 53.141 E119 53.367 Blue water hang at 20 meters, waiting for schooling hammerhead sharks to pass by. This was a test of patience. We have never been lucky with hammerheads and often have to explain to the dive masters that we bring bad hammerhead luck. But […]

12 April 2009 Dive 1, 7:30 am, Bird Islet’s Washing Machine N8 55.611 E120 00.786 Hardly any current, but this dive was fantastic. Our dive master Omer Alanis already pre-checked where the huge school of jacks was, and made us go down exactly where they were. The water was finally crystal clear, and the jacks […]

11 April 2009 Dive 1, 7:30am, Malayan wreck N8 53.141 E119 53.367 It was the first dive of the trip, and it started with very slight current and some fan corals. The highlight of the dive came towards the end, when we reached the wreck in very shallow waters. There were sweetlips and a nearby […]