Scuba Diving In Boracay Islands

B oracay is a beautiful            brilliant colored soft and hard    tropical island located at      corals, flittering butterfly       200 miles (315km) south of      fish, curious wrasses, darting     Manila, the capital of the            damsels, playful blue tangs,       Philippines. This island resort       ominous stingrays and snappers     is one of Philippines' most           when diving around Friday's rock.  popular tourist destinations          Hidden under the rocks, crevices   because it is consistently voted      and corals are big scorpion        by popular scuba diving and           fishes and lion fishes.            travel magazines as one of the                                           best scuba diving destinations in     There are two great dive sites     the world.                            near the main island of Boracay,                                         known as Punta1 and Punta2. Punta  There are many dive centers and       1 is a shallower dive of the two   operators in Boracay offering         spots and is a drop off of about   diving trips to top rated but         24m (80ft) and Punta 2 starts at   hard to reach dive sites such as      30m (100ft) and goes way down to   those in the Sibuyan Sea, Tablas,     about 50m (170ft). These two dive  Romblon and Semirara. Close to        spots are home to various species  Boracay are also excellent dive       of garoupas, trigger fish, angel   sites catering to divers of           fish, sweet-lips, tuna, barracuda  varying diving skills. Non diver      and the occasional reef shark.     will find snorkeling in Boracay                                          an enriching experience because       At the southeast coast of Boracay  of its rich and diverse marine        is Crocodile Island (the island    life near the beaches.                is named as such because of its                                          shape). The island a very popular  Friday's Rock is a nearby rocky       dive location and is a wall dive   outcrop in Boracay's western          to about 25m (80ft) in depth.      shore. Expect to see a variety of     This dive site is also very rich   in marine life so much so that        also find big colorful sponges     many species of fish and corals       and huge waving gorgonian sea      make this location their              fans here.                         permanent home.                                                                                                At northern tip of Boracay is a    Crocodile Island is also home to      dive site known asYapak. This is   some poisonous banded sea snakes      a deep wall diving location        some of which are long as two         starting at about 30m(95ft) and    meters (6.5ft) in length. Scuba       descending into the depth of 60m   divers need to be very careful of     (190 ft). Once again, the          sea snakes because all sea snakes     undercurrent here can get pretty   are poisonous and their bites         strong. Scuba divers will          lead to fatality.                     encounter larger pelagic fishes                                          here, such as barracudas and       Another great dive location near      various species of sharks.         the main island is the Laurel                                            Island. This dive site is for the     Hammerhead sharks and giant manta  more experienced and advanced         rays are the main attractions      divers because the undercurrent       when diving in Yapak. Other        here can be very strong and           excellent dive sites around        because of this, drift diving is      Boracay are Carabao (buffalo),     the main scuba diving activity        Cathedral Cave, Buruanga, Black    here. Furthermore, the strong         Rock and Dog Drift. Is it any      undercurrent encourages corals to     wonder why Boracay is              open up their brightly colored        consistently rated as one of the   yellow and orange polyps to feed      best scuba diving site in the      on passing planktons. Divers can      world?                             About the Author: Chris Chew have been scuba diving for three decades. See his travel websites at Palawan Island Resort and Tour Bali Volcanoes Published At: www.Isnare.com