Scuba Diving at Canyons - Puerto Galera - Philippines

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Submitted by divetime   
Date: 2010-06-15
YouTube Username: EnvironmentRanger
Video ID: 2474

Avery healthy large reef area split by large fissures(crack) has resulted in three spectacular canyons. Soft tree corals and excellent diversity of hard corals and many beautiful colors to the reef. There is usually a current at this site, making it a world-class exhilarating drift dive. As you fly past the Hole in the Wall you see basket sponges growing tall, along with giant gorgonian fans, whip corals and hard green tree corals. Every imaginable kind of coral, hard and soft, grows densely all over the reef. Large fan corals, perfectly intact have been twisted an distorted by the currents. The reef is home to smaller tropical fish such as anthias, damsels and butterflyfish. But what makes it one of the best Dive sites in Puerto Galera are the large pelagics that are often seen their.When the current is running, the fish seen to be everywhere. Shoals of trevallies, jacks and king jacks cruise in mid water, with tuna and mackerel darting around the canyons. Schools of humpback and pinjalo snapper, batfish and barracuda are also frequently observed. Moray eels are found in some of the large cracks and whitetip reef sharks can be seen sleeping on the sandy bottoms of the canyons. Several species of angelfish have also been recorded here, such as the Emperor Angelfish and Royal Angelfish. Occasionally manta rays, eagle rays and hammerheads and thresher sharks pass through. This Dive site can be dived over and over again without seeing all that it has to offer. The variety is

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