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Philippines

In the plankton-laden water, a whale shark appears... (Sogod Bay, Leyte, Philippines, March 2020)

Sogod Bay Whale Sharks

I take you back to Sogod Bay, nicknamed "Whale Shark Bay", in the south of Leyte Island, Philippines... On my first trip there in 2008, I missed them. Twelve years later, I was luckier!
Philippines: Sogod Bay [Leyte] + Moalboal [Cebu] + Pangatalan [Palawan] - March 2020
A school of white-striped snappers s'scattered as I approached. (Sogod Bay, Leyte, Philippines, March 2020)

Back to Sogod Bay, a perfect place to dive and marvel

In lack of salt water, I'm nostalgically looking back these days to my last underwater images brought back from the Philippines... It was a year ago, early 2020. Before the Covid-19 pandemic and border closures.
Philippines: Sogod Bay [Leyte] + Moalboal [Cebu] + Pangatalan [Palawan] - March 2020
My fellow trainees, very busy marking a position, with a surface parachute. (Trébeurden, June 2020)

Traveling and diving in the world after Covid

It's hard to make diving travel plans with the Covid-19 pandemic. In the world before the coronavirus, I used to go diving in the Philippines or Indonesia... In the world after, I dive in Brittany in green and cold waters.
Between Two Journeys
Here we go! The jacks start to swirl above Jérôme... (Philippines, Balicasag, March 2019)

Fish Whirl at Balicasag

In the Philippines, Balicasag Island is a popular dive site. You can observe a huge silvery school of trevallies, spinning near the reef. A fascinating sight...
Philippines: Cabilao + Balicasag [Panglao-Bohol] - February-March 2019
Colors and life everywhere! How beautiful it is, Cabilao! (Philippines, February 2019)

The beautiful surprises of Cabilao, a small coral jewel

Making bubbles along coral drop-offs overflowing with life and colour, what a delight! In the Philippines, Cabilao Island is a real little underwater gem.
Philippines: Cabilao + Balicasag [Panglao-Bohol] - February-March 2019
(Tubbataha, Philippines, May 2018)

The Beauty of Tubbataha

In the Philippines, Tubbataha Marine National Park is open only three months per year. It is an underwater jewel, with exuberant coral and abundant life below the waves.
Philippines : Tubbataha + Panglao - May 2018
Marine biologist Steven Weinberg in tete-a-tete with a whale shark in the waters of Balicasag. (Philippines, May 2018)

In the Philippines, let the whale shark come to you...

In the Philippines, it is THE mythical encounter that all divers dream of: the whale shark, the biggest fish in the world.
Philippines : Tubbataha + Panglao - May 2018
Melibe coleman. Romblon, Philippines, March 2017)

Melibe colemani, the Grail of nudibranchs

His name: Melibe colemani. This small sea animal is the star of Romblon, Philippines. Divers are ready to travel thousands of miles to admire this strange sea slug!
Philippines: Anilao + Romblon - March 2017
Cyerce nigra is a rare species of nudibranch, much sought after by underwater photographers and can be seen in Romblon. (Philippines, March 2017)

Diving into another world in the Philippines: Anilao and Romblon

Traveling light, I do not know what it is! In March, I went diving in the Philippines, Anilao and Romblon. With, in my luggage, a cumbersome paraphernalia to photograph the tiny wildlife that lives under water.
Philippines: Anilao + Romblon - March 2017
Toad fish (antennal). Philippines, March 2008.

The fabulous underwater critters of Dauin and Apo

The wealth of submarine sites in Dauin (Negros) and Apo made a strong impression. Life abounds there and the beauty of the coral, hard and soft, farting with health, is properly stunning.
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
The beach of Dauin. In the background, the island of Apo. The sky clears on the horizon ... (Negros, Philippines, February 2008)

Dauin, a paradise for divers

Spectacular dives at Dauin and Apo Island! The corner is teeming with life and sites allow you to alternate dive-muck, drop offs, reefs ...
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
Here he is, the cute little mandarin! He likes nothing so much as to hide under the coral and just show the tip of his nose, just to taunt the photographers ... (Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)

The cute little mandarin

It was in Siquijor, Philippines, that I had the pleasure of photographing my first Mandarin fish. What good memories, on this island!
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
A couple of nudibranchs in action ... (Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)

You will take many nudibranchs again?

  Philippines : Visayas - February 2008 Since I'm in Siquijor, I dive and dive again every day. Yesterday,...
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
The girl watches me come and go in the big room. (Lazi, Siquijor, Philippines, February 2008)

Sweetness of life in Siquijor

I am under the spell of the island of Siquijor, in the Philippines ... I continue to discover it, a little random, according to my walks after the dives.
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
We must have the eye, to locate the tiny seahorse-pygmy!

Here is the pygmy seahorse

Come on, a little article just to help you see the tiny and very shy seahorse-pygmy that I had photographed in Sogod Bay, since many of you didn't manage to find it.
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
Snuggled against the reef, a "knit-striped" snake. (Sogod Bay, Leyte, Philippines, February 2008)

The small underwater fauna of Leyte in pictures

For lack of whale shark, in Sogod Bay (Leyte), I turned to the little people of the reef... And there's plenty to do and observe!
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008
The wind blows on the dead coral beach of Sogod Bay Scuba Resort. (Leyte, Philippines, February 2008)

Sogod Bay, the Whale Shark Bay

First stage of my Philippine journey: the southern tip of the island of Leyte. For some dives in Sogod Bay, in the hope of crossing the path of a whale shark .
Philippines: Visayas - February 2008

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