Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
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Photo courtesy John Smart |
The Philippine Boat Show SEA Expo 2010 is more than just a boat show: Sea-Expo 2010 is the only waterfront lifestyle exhibition in Asia that promotes all of the lifestyle toys and trinkets for playing and laying on the beach. Too keep cool you need Sunbrella ultraviolet resistant fabrics.
Sunbrella is the standard in ultraviolet resistant fabrics for tropical climes. BVZ Asia has the exclusive distribution rights for Sunbrella fabrics throughout most of Asia. With offices in Japan, Taiwan, China, Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand, and with the Head Office in Hong Kong, BVZ Asia has the most extensive and strongest distribution of Sunbrella fabrics anywhere in th
Posted in Adventure Sports, Exhibitions, Power Boats, Sailing Yachting, Scuba Diving, Sports Equipment, Surfing, Swimming, Wakeboarding Water Skiing, Water Sports, Windsurfing Kiteboarding | Tags: Mall of Asia, Philippine Boat Show, Philippines, Sea Expo, Sunbrella | No Comments »
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
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Photo courtesy Martyn Willes |
During Typhoon Mirinae ferry services from and to Batangas Port were suspended and the ferry boats sought shelter in Puerto Galera. By the middle of the evening the bay was full to overflowing with ro-ro ferries and cargo ships of all shapes and sizes. The Puerto Galera Yacht Club moorings were also full as sailing yachts, that arrived ahead of the storm, took up residence in preparation for attending the All Souls Regatta.
Unfortunately, the corals were to suffer from the anchors and chains dropped by these ferries but it is the only safe place to weather a storm for 50 miles in any
Posted in Sailing Yachting, Scuba Diving, Travel Services | Tags: Batangas Port, Ferry Services, Philippines, Puerto galera, Typhoon Mirinae | No Comments »
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
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Photo courtesy Nautik Recovery Asia |
Until recently Nik was one of the most popular dive instructors in Puerto Galera and then he just disappeared. Some said the Coral Cove thresher shark got him, others spoke of sirens. In fact he was one of two chief divers for Nautik Recovery Asia, a private company headed by Klaus Keppler on a secret mission to unlock the treasure and history of the Forbes – an English flagged privateer – that hit the then uncharted Discovery Reef off Belitung Island, Sumatra, Indonesia, in 1806. The wreck of the Forbes was discovered laying in 36-40 metres of water.
Today, Nik telephoned with the story of his work as part of the team who uncovered the treasure-filled wreck of the Forbes. In his first interview since the Forbes discovery became public knowledge, Nik described the moment the first treasure was recovered from th
Posted in Scuba Diving | Tags: Forbes, Indonesia, Puerto galera, Scuba Diving, silver coins, Treasure, Wreck Diving | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
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Photo courtesy Prosafari Dive and Equipment Center
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UPDATED 30/06/2009
Alona Beach, Panglao Island, Bohol, Philippines will host the 1st Alona Beach Digital Underwater Shoot-out, digital underwater photography scuba diving event, on 10th July 2009. The entry fee will be Php500, inclusive of the Awards Dinner.
This Digital Underwater Shoot-out is organised in collaboration with MADaboutUS, the Blue Group of Mr. Joel Uichico, and the Bohol Dive Operators, based on Alona Beach. The Digital Underwater Shoot-out is the most colourful annual scuba diving event in the Philippines.
Posted in Scuba Diving, Water Sports | Tags: Alona Beach, Bohol Island, Digital Underwater Photography, Panglao Island, Philippines, Scuba Diving | No Comments »
Friday, February 13th, 2009
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Photo courtesy Turtle Bay Dive Resort
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Scuba diving paradise of Moalboal, Cebu: OK, I accept that I am biased as I am lucky enough to spend my days running (my wife Fe will object to this verb as it implies action) a boutique dive resort overlooking Moalboal Bay and the Tanon Strait. The Tanon Strait bottoms-out at around 500meters, divides Cebu Island from neighbouring Negros Island, and is home to one of the largest collection of whales, dolphins, sharks and whale sharks in the Philippines.
Getting back to the topic of this article, I borrowed a few words from an article recently published in Plongée (in the November 2008 edition of this French Dive Magazine) and written by the well known underwater photographer from Marseille – Hen
Posted in Scuba Diving, Water Sports | Tags: Cebu, Moalboal, Philippines, Scuba Diving, Tanon Strait | No Comments »
Friday, February 13th, 2009
James Bond Scuba Gear - DataMask
James Bond scuba equipment - DataMask - will be on display at the Philippine Boat Show 2009 for the first time in the Philippines. DataMask is new from Oceanic and really does change things for recreational scuba divers, professional and technical divers, and for people with certain physical handicaps, wishing to go scuba diving along side the more able-bodied.
DataMask combines technologies tested to exceed even James Bond's rugged
Posted in Scuba Diving, Sports Equipment, Water Sports | Tags: Boat Show, DataMask, James Bond, Mall of Asia, Philippines, Scuba Diving, scuba equipment | No Comments »
Friday, February 13th, 2009
Directions: How to Feed A Sea Turtle. Following the success of the How To Jump Off A Boat video in the last issue, this video introduces a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), munching its way through a sparse field of sea grass near Club Paradise island resort, northern Palawan. In this How To Feed a Green Sea Turtle video, those scuba diving nearby introduce themselves to the green sea turtle and offer some sea grass from their hands; watch as the green sea turtle politely accepts the offering, thanks the scuba divers by waving at the camera and then swims off, with its passenger load of remoras, to regain some privacy. A thoroughly civilised s
Posted in Scuba Diving, Videos, Water Sports | Tags: Feed, green sea turtle, How to, pawikan, Philippines, Scuba Diving, Sea Turtle, Videos | No Comments »
Friday, January 23rd, 2009
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Photo courtesy Sea Dive Resort
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Scuba Diving Coron wrecks: northern Palawan is known for dramatic limestone cliffs and thermal lakes, but it might be said that it took an act of war to turn scenic Coron on Busuanga Island, into one of the best scuba diving destinations in the World.
Early in the morning of 24th September, 1944, a wave of Hell Diver bombers burst out of a cloud bank, high above Coron Bay and commenced their rapid descent towards an unsuspecting quarry. The American fast carrier force, in the Leyte Gulf of the Philippine Sea, launched a daring long-distance aerial raid on a Japanese supply convoy hiding
Posted in Scuba Diving, Water Sports | Tags: Busuanga, Coron, Hell Diver, Philippines, Scuba Diving, Wreck Diving | No Comments »
