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Choosing the Perfect Dive Resort: What to Look For

July 14, 2024

Diving is a thrilling adventure that offers unparalleled access to the wonders of the underwater world. But to make the most of your diving experience, selecting the right dive resort…

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Meet the team: Staff Instructor Ja Atienza

April 7, 2024

We sat down with the woman who has been at LLV Divers since it all began – IDC Staff Instructor Ja Atienza – to talk teaching, turtles, and triggerfish. “My favourite…

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Down to the Dive Site: West Escarceo

November 3, 2023

A classic Puerto Galera dive site, West Escarceo has a split personality depending on the moon and the tides. Will you be whipped along weightlessly, flying past boulders, critters, and…

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Did you know… the Philippines may be named the World’s Leading Dive Destination for an incredible *fifth* year in a row?

October 26, 2023

Did you know, the Philippines has been named the World’s Leading Dive Destination for the last four years in a row, according to the travel industry’s most prestigious awards? Not…

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Partying til the sun comes up: Oktoberfest ends in style at the LLV afterparty

October 13, 2023

The Oktoberfest festival in Puerto Galera, celebrating our being named the official Diving Capital of the Philippines, came to a literally all-singing-all-dancing climax on Sunday night at the official LLV…

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IT’S OFFICIAL: PUERTO GALERA IS THE DIVING CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINES!

October 7, 2023

Well after months, and years of saying it about ourselves, and quite rightly so, the town of Puerto Galera and its more than 60 dive operators are celebrating the fact…

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Down to the dive site: The Canyons

September 30, 2023

One dive site in Puerto Galera is sure to raise the pulse of anyone who knows about it: The Canyons! This exhilarating drift dive site, discovered in 1981, was rated…

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The party has started! Oktoberfest in Sabang is in full swing

September 30, 2023

Puerto Galera’s inaugural Oktoberfest celebrations, held in honour of the forthcoming announcement that the municipality is to be be named the Diving Capital of the Philippines, have gotten off to…

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Oktoberfest in Puerto Galera: the party starts tonight!

September 28, 2023

It’s festival time here in Puerto Galera, which will be officially named the Dive Capital of the Philippines as part of our first Oktoberfest celebrations – which start tonight! We’re…

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Christian from Blue Alliance hosting an information evening at LLV about the group's important work

Our conservation partnership with Blue Alliance

September 16, 2023

Our guests, and members of our team, got a chance to learn about, donate to, and indeed hang out with some of the great people who work for our partners…

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