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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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DIVE CAPITAL

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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Amateur footage of a diver fighting the current at The Canyons

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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An aerial shot of the first night of Oktoberfest in Sabang, Puerto Galera

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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Thresher shark

Shark! Everybody *into* the water!

September 30, 2023

Our beautiful Verde Island Passage waters are home to some very special visitors right now – 14ft long, graceful (and entirely harmless) thresher sharks are being spotted on morning dives…

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Oktoberfest graphic

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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Sinandigan Wall is also known as 'nudibranch city'

Down to the dive site: Sinandigan Wall

August 29, 2023

This is a good spot for a mixed-ability group due to the abundant sea life which can be explored at different depths. Here at LLV our commitment to small-group diving…

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Clownfish

The marine life of Puerto Galera: Clownfish

August 29, 2023

Thanks to one of Disney/Pixar’s all-time great animated movies, clownfish have been one of the world’s most recognisable tropical fish for twenty years now. But there is much more to…

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Three species of starfish and a feather star

Marine life of Puerto Galera: Starfish

August 7, 2023

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…

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