Dauin Archives • FlipFlopGlobetrotters.com https://www.flipflopglobetrotters.com/tag/dauin/ Sun, 06 May 2018 08:07:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.11 https://www.flipflopglobetrotters.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-site-icon-32x32.png Dauin Archives • FlipFlopGlobetrotters.com https://www.flipflopglobetrotters.com/tag/dauin/ 32 32 Diving in Dauin https://www.flipflopglobetrotters.com/diving-in-dauin/ Fri, 04 Dec 2015 09:24:13 +0000 http://www.flipflopglobetrotters.com/?p=918 Let’s start by saying Diving in Dauin is awesome! As a rule we don’t stay in resorts. We did it only one time before, and that was a very small resort (on Bunaken Island, Indonesia). Fancy resorts aren’t really our style and they certainly don’t fit our budget. But… while in Philippines you should dive, right? So we’re having a really good time at Liquid Dumaguete Dive Resort near Dumaguete ... Read more

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]]> Let’s start by saying Diving in Dauin is awesome! As a rule we don’t stay in resorts. We did it only one time before, and that was a very small resort (on Bunaken Island, Indonesia). Fancy resorts aren’t really our style and they certainly don’t fit our budget. But… while in Philippines you should dive, right? So we’re having a really good time at Liquid Dumaguete Dive Resort near Dumaguete on Negros Oriental and we’re trying really hard not to think about the big chunk of our budget that we’re literally blowing away with each breath underwater.

Spectacular diving

We were getting a bit spoiled about diving, having been to so many great dive sites on this year long trip. Diving at Panglao and Moalboal was nice, but not amazing. But I have to say, my first two dives off the coast of Dauin were quite spectacular. So far we love diving in Dauin. We went to Masoplod South and Sahara. Great dive sites, very healthy corals, amazing macro life, large schools of fish… I really enjoyed it! And I really hope we will be back here one day!

Creatures we spotted while diving in Dauin

  • 3 sea horses
  • a ghost pipefish
  • a tiny clown frogfish
  • a few other frogfishes
  • lots of shrimps
  • a giant cuttle fish (it was HUGE) and a tiny one
  • a big patch of garden eels
  • a massive grouper
  • a school of Yellow Snappers
  • ….. and so much more…

Diving in Dauin - Right at the end of the dive we saw this painted frogfish
Right at the end of the dive we saw this painted frogfish



Diving in Dauin - Porcelain crab on an anemone
Porcelain crab on an anemone



Diving in Dauin - Tiny crinoid commensal shrimp on a black and white feather star
Tiny crinoid commensal shrimp on a black and white feather star



Diving in Dauin - I'm not exactly sure but I think this might be a juvenile Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus)
I’m not exactly sure but I think this might be a juvenile Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus)



Diving in Dauin - Yeah! A thorny seahorse!
Yeah! A thorny seahorse!



Diving in Dauin - Tiny clown frogfish, only about 2cm big. So cute!
Tiny clown frogfish, only about 2cm big. So cute!



Diving in Dauin - Black spotted puffer fish, not a very special sight, but he was posing so nicely
Black spotted puffer fish, not a very special sight, but he was posing so nicely



Diving in Dauin - I'm not sure what this is, a shrimp? Haven't been able to identify it...
I’m not sure what this is, a shrimp? Haven’t been able to identify it…



Diving in Dauin - Beautiful big corals and colourful feather stars
Beautiful big corals and colourful feather stars



Diving in Dauin - I love nudibranchs! As far as I can tell this is a Halgerda batangas
I love nudibranchs! As far as I can tell this is a Halgerda batangas


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