Kerry Sims
- Kerry Sims's trip Philippines 2011
2011-12-01 - Coron Island, Philippines
26m - 41 min - Dived with Jo Jo from Sangat Island Dive Resort
Hottest ever dive!! We arrived on the speedboat from Sangat Island and entered Coron Island in a small picturesque bay. We were the only boat so far that morning. We kitted up and then carried our fins and masks up a rickety looking set of steps going over the rocks.As we came down the other side we could see Barracuda lake. The lake had a tiny platform and set of steps to enter the water and was surrounded by steep granite cliffs. We donned our fins and masks and entered the water which felt instantly warm on my sunburnt legs (snorkelling is definitely dangerous). We descended down to 20 m- to an area of soft tannin mud and got the obligatory shots of us upside down with no head with them buried in the mud. By this point the water had reached a scorching 38 degrees C with the geothermal hot springs beneath the lake. We headed off to the spectacular cathedral like irregularly shaped walls. A small shrimp came off the wall and went on my hand which I tried to photograph. The thermoclines through the lake meant that you could have a cool head and toasty toes if you hung vertically. On the walls were also lots of shellfish like mussels and also some small fish that looked like catfish (never found out for sure what they are). This was a chilled out and really unusual dive. My profile pic is of me after we surfaced which shows just how warm it was as it caused our camera housings to steam slightly- something that never happened previously on the trip. By the time we left the water the lake was still pretty quiet but it was definitely nice to have had it to our group of 5.
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