Scuba Diving in Panglao Island, Bohol, the Philippines

Dive Site: Pungtud Wall
Location: 09°34.421N; 123°42.796E (Doljo, Panglao Island, Bohol, Philippines)
Description: Wall dive
Depth: 3 – 45 metres (10 – 148 feet). Most interesting at 7 – 15m (23 – 50′), not so interesting below 25m (80′)
Visibility: 10 – 30 metres (30 – 100 feet)

Easy dive suitable for PADI Advanced Divers or higher.

Start the dive with the wall on the right shoulder, going northwest. The entry point is where you see the fishing hut on pillars in the water standing in line with the south point from Panglao, bearing 125°. There is a beautiful hard and soft coral garden at this site. Lots of small fish like anthias, raggy scorpionfish, ribbon eels (Rhinomuraena quaesita), one-stripped fusiliers (Pterocaesio tessellata). At the end of the dive it you can have a slight current against you, return in shallow water in a south direction if it’s getting too strong. A great place to make your safety stop, there is much to see on the shallow 4m sandy pads. You can bring a dive light to look in the small caves along the wall.

Scuba Diving in Bali, Indonesia

Dive Site: Coral Garden
Location: Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
Description: Reef
Depth: 5 – 12 metres (16 – 39 feet)
Visibility: 20 metres (65 feet)

Just in the front of Tulamben resort in 5- 12 metres of water is a delightfully rich little patch reef, which is dominated by hard coral, including some large table and fire corals, interspersed with anemones and sponges. Though only less than 200 metres long, this reef supports a diverse fish population including snapper, angelfish, wrasse, parrotfish, black tip sharks, and millions of common reef fish. You can also see some rarities, like blue ribbon eels (the juveniles are black) frogfish and unusual scorpionfish and even the rare ghost pipefish.

Your dive here can be much deeper than 12 metres. If you follow the sandy slope down, you will find barrel sponges with many surprises, juvenile emperor, angelfish, a school of juvenile catfish, a school of razorfish and two spot lionfish. If you turn to the right toward the drop-off and swim along the slope you will arrive at a dry river bed, a grey bowl of rock and sand with no structure other than small sound ridges radiating out into the deep.

Tanzania Scuba Diving

Dive Site: Crypto Mania
Location: Mtwara, Tanzania
Description: Sloping sand with coral heads
Depth: 6 – 15 metres (20 – 50 feet)
Visibility: 5 – 20 metres (15 – 65 feet)

Fun and interesting dive, always loads going on. Schooling pelagics overhead. The cryptic part of the name comes from the hard to find leaf crocodile fish that abound plus an assortment of lionfish and scorpionfish. An array of pipefish and ribbon eels make it a macro photographers haven. Easy access from boat or shore, best dived on slack water.

Scuba diving in Tanzania – Crypto Mania, Mtwara

Dive Site: Crypto Mania
Location: Mtwara, Tanzania
Description: Sloping sand with coral heads
Depth: 6 – 15 metres (20 – 50 feet)
Visibility: 5 – 20 metres (15 – 65 feet)

During the dive schooling pelagics can be seen overhead. The cryptic part of the name comes from the hard to find leaf crocodile fish that abound plus an assortment of lion and scorpionfish. An array of pipefish and ribbon eel make it a macro photographers haven. Easy access from boat or shore, best dived on slack water.