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anscott@hi*.ne*.au* wrote:
>
> Sounds Great. We are interestd in organising a trip there possibly this
> year. What access to the wrecks , shore or boat dives, what is the average
> visibility on them, what are the costs for diving there, what condition are
> the wrecks in?
> We are primarily interested in diving wrecks. Any further info you could
> give me would be good so I can pass it on to our group.
>
> Thanks again,
> Scott
>
There are two wreck diving destinations that are good and quite popular
among wreck divers here, Coron bay in Palawan and Subic bay in Zambales.
Coron bay, Palawan
If your into deep wrecks and serious wreck diving, I suggest Coron bay.
There are 12 known wrecks there, mostly deep more than 40M. The wrecks
are accesible by small outrigger boats, you can rent these boats for $20
per trip. In the town of Coron, I recommend you stay at Discovery Divers
Inn. Food(3 meals) and lodging only cost $25 per day, cheap! and yet the
accomodation is good. To get to Coron bay Palawan, if your coming from
Manila you ride a plane which cost somewhere around $90, that's a round
trip.
The prices are in local currency(peso) but I just made a rough
computation based on the exchange rate.
Single tank with air fill $5 , airfill only $2.5
Double tank with air fill $10
Single Nitrox tank and fill $12
You can rent doubles here, but if you plan to go travelling around might
as well bring those doubles if it's not a problem.
Subic Bay,
If you want good wreck diving and a bit of tour around the former U.S.
base go to Subic. There you can do lot of things. Duty free Shopping, 5
star hotels, Casino, golf, beach etc. its a vacation paradise.
The wreck there lie around 20m to 40M. There are more than five
shipwrecks there. Mostly amercian and japanese warships. It's accesible
by outrigger boats, you'll reach the wreck in 10 min to 25 min.
If theres anymore info you'd like to know, just e-mail me.
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Al Filart
filcrafts@sn*.po*.co*
(632)824-5258
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