Scuba Diving Monkey Beach - Puerto Galera 2024 (4K DCI)
Philippines
Dive Operator: Dive You Go
Dive Site Info:
The Monkey Beach dive site in Puerto Galera has a gradual slope to 20m with a sandy bottom Here you will find a 6m long shipwreck laying on its side. The site can find often find Anthias, Damselfish, Snapper, Batfish, Moorish Idol, Gobies and Basslets. Wrasses, Trigger, Puffer fish, Cods and Lionfish, Scorpion Fish. When the current is present, there are Sweetlips, common Jacks and Emperor Fish patrolling the area hunting for their prey. In mid-water, there are school of Fusiliers and Long Jawed Mackerel swimming randomly that makes this dive site more alive.
In Monkey Beach a short drift over densely populated hard and soft coral reef can be done where, Banded Sea snake, Moray Eel, and Green Sea Turtles can often be seen.
Underwater Camera Setup is Ikelite Housing and 8" Dome Port holding a Canon 5D MIV with a Canon 10-22mm EF-S f3.5-4.5 wide angle lens modified to fit the full frame camera to reduce crop in 4K recording.
Magic Filter and Sea&Sea Internal Correction optical filter attached to lens.
Puerto Galera Town from Drone
Moray Eel
Shipwreck 18m down 6m across
Don't know the story of this tombstone
The end of the dive we encountered so many vibrant coral gardens