Galder Jon
- Galder Jon's trip Malapascua 2015
2015-01-02 - North Point, Malapascua, Philippines
14.6m - 47 min - Dived with Gino Pelayo from Evolution
Sonia and me in our frst dive in Philippines. Big waves and rain, testing the gear for next dives in Malapascua. Buoyancy issues. Swallow dive, not much to see in this area, but the east of the island had bigger waves and this place is more protected. We spotted a small lion fish, white ghost shrimps, a medium black kind of lobster, clown fishes, a small box fish and nice big sea stars.
2015-01-03 - Monad Shoal, Malapascua, Philippines
28m - 46 min - Dived with Alex Gulfan from Evolution
First time at Monad, to see the Thresher sharks! We saw them, awesomeeee! Also a nice big fish as soon as we entered the water, and many sea stars. Monad is a submerged island, we enter the water on its top and go down to 25-30 meters on the wall, to arrive to the cleaning points were the sharks go every morning to get cleaned by small fishes. The sharks will then go back deep into the sea.
2015-01-04 - Monad Shoal, Malapascua, Philippines
27.8m - 46 min - Dived with Jo Jo Mantes from Evolution
Second dive at Monad Shoal, with Sonia, Andrew, a Denmark couple and JoJo as guide. When the couple ran out of air they left with the guide and Sonia, Andrew and me stayed, going deeper and seeing a great Threser Shark, quite close and at the eye height, just in front of us, awesome!. Returned after seeing it slowly up and then towards the boat.
2015-01-04 - Lighthouse, Malapascua, Philippines
8.8m - 61 min - Dived with Gino Pelayo from Evolution
Sunset dive to see the famous Mandarin Fish. Swallow dive, we saw them, but because they are shy and hide when using lights, we did not use so they seem black, if turning on the light can see their real blue colors, beautiful. It was a group of 3. We also saw two octopuses small, a red crab and a few blue nudibranchs.
2015-01-05 - Monad Shoal, Malapascua, Philippines
29.9m - 46 min - Dived with Gino Pelayo from Evolution
Third dive at Monad Shoal, no sharks until the end when returning thru the wall, we saw a big one first and two or three small ones very close to us, really near. Very cool!
2015-01-05 - Gato Island (Tunnel), Malapascua lsland, Philippines
17.1m - 51 min - Dived with Alex Gulfan from Evolution
Cave dive under Gato Island. Very crowded, too many divers around. Saw 2 sepias, very colorful sea stars, small black mourane, small octopus, some ghost shrimps and a lot of nice soft coral.
2015-01-05 - Gato Island (West Wall), Malapascua lsland, Philippines
19.2m - 59 min - Dived with Alex Gulfan from Evolution
Awesome dive, calm waters, clear and a lot of stuff seen down there. 4 white tip reef sharks sleeping inside caves, a beautiful small yellow mourane, nice colored sea stars, white ghost shrimps,... The guide, Alex, with two guys emerged while Sonia and I stayed more time to see a great brown maurena, a big box fish, and a big group of medium size silver fishes above us. Finally we emerged a little far from the boat so I returned towards it diving while Sonia swimmed. A great dive!
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