Diving at night can be exhilarating, thrilling, and surprising – with different creatures to see and different behaviours to observe. Exploring pitch black waters by flashlight may not sound like everyone’s idea of a good time, but for those of us in the know, sometimes there is nothing so fun
One of the greatest joys of scuba diving is the opportunity to visit what seems to be another world teeming with alien life. Not only do the seas of Puerto Galera abound with reef fish and sea turtles, sharks and rays, but a vast ecosystem of invertebrate life including many species of starfish, including, in this one photo, a blue sea star, a necklace starfish and a granulated sea star, as well as a feather star or crinoid
The gentle slope of Monkey Beach hosts to a diverse marine ecosystem, with hard and soft corals providing a home to thousands of crinoids and nudibranches, while above them the waters teem with reef fish and turtles often swim by.
Over the last 30 years diving with enhanced air with higher concentrations of oxygen (nitrox) has gone from the preserve of the tec diving community to PADI’s most popular specialist course and is now considered a must-have certification for most divers. So what’s it all about?
Come with us for a very special journey to the crown jewel of Puerto Galera’s dive sites in the Verde Island Passage Verde Island itself. This is a special trip, with multiple dives and incredible sights including three-metre wide coral fans, bubbling volcanic vents, and triggerfish so abundant they block out the light.