Dive with Millions of Sardines, The Final Run 2019


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Fancy diving with Millions of fish and capture fish balls, Moalboal is your best bet


Diving Moalboal is always uber fun. Been here probably more than 50 times (500+/- dives in mind) and have explored every nook and cranny the area has to offer. Moalboal has been my safe place for years and my images from here sold the most (tiny roi in mind).

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That perfect bait ball moment with Linda

Beyond Millions of Sardines, Moalboal is home to Giant Frogfishes, and this is one area on Planet Earth you can get great encounters with not one but several.

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Giant Frogfish in a variety of colors abound

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yes, lots of Giant Froggies, Kenneth poses with one

One thing Moalboal has a lot of are Turtles. On this early November 2019 run, we recorded a whopping 23 turtles at the Tongo Point dive site, thats one dive folks... there is a video also embedded in the end and you may want to check it out.


Lucy enjoys diving with at least 10 turtles in one dive, we counted 23 on one late afternoon dive at Tongo point

Those divers who have not seen Mandarin Fishes would be delighted to know they are quite abundant in Moalboal, and they are huge, quite cooperative but not as prolific in mating, like the ones in Malapascua, but you will get to take home portraits guaranteed.

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The beautiful Mandarin fish is a guaranteed sighting in Moalboal


We did one macro dive at the pier and did a bonfire dive, we had several encounters with juvenile barracudas, gastropods, juvenile cuttlefish and managed to find a friendly squad of squids who posed nicely for the camera.

Yes, Bonfire and Blackwater dives yield great photo opps at night

Colourful corals are as beautiful as ever. Dolphin House and Kasai reef is home to the best colors.

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Select dive sites burst in color

Pescador Island used to be the home of the millions of Sardines, who nowadays take residence at Panagsama beach, but a short boat there is still quite interesting as it is home to the Cathedral cavern, where once inside, and with a fisheye lens, you can manage to capture this ghoul of an image.

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Linda with Jane on Egress at the famous Cathedral cavern

Diving Moalboal will not be complete without diving at Copton Point, a light plane with no World War historic relation, it resides at 60 feet making it the penultimate been there done Moalboal group shot.

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An artificial light plane wreck adds for a fun dive beyond wildlife encounters

We also had a fun shoot with Kenneth who jumps in with his awesome Spiderman outfit on, this was fun...

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Kenneth dons a spidey costume for a fun hero underwater portrait 

This will be my last entry for the year, who knows if will still be diving, for fun definitely yes, but just want to highlight this was a very happy trip with great people.

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Jane, Jaime, Linda and Lucy at Pescador Island

Here is as usual my labor of love trip video for those who joined, it was fun guys, see you in Moalboal next year. Those who want to join in 2020, drop me a line at paparazsea@gmail.com

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