Dive Sarangani » sweetlips http://www.divesarangani.com Sarangani Bay Dive Log Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:17:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Dive Log 5 & 6 : Tinoto, Maasim, Sarangani Province http://www.divesarangani.com/2009/07/dive-log-5-6-tinoto-maasim-sarangani-province/ http://www.divesarangani.com/2009/07/dive-log-5-6-tinoto-maasim-sarangani-province/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:56:19 +0000 Leonard Pe http://www.divesarangani.com/?p=38 Yep, we came back to this awesome place for my final dive to complete my training.

It was a cloudy day and there were still many particles floating in the water, visibility was still crappy in a sense. It was the first time, I’ve reached 80 feet. There seems to be a thermocline but it was manageable. We surveyed about a hundred meters of the Tinoto wall, I’ve seen more large fishes this time. A solitary sweetlips seem to like to hang out in an underwater cave, a huge grouper swam by but immediately vanished into the depths.

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On the second dive that day, I’ve found my first Napoleon Wrasse … oh man it was huge! It seems to swim in circles, going up and down the wall. After a while we went up to 20ft, there was a parrot fish with a large forehead, he just swims around. Just past this dude, we then reached the area of the 3 sweetlips which I missed to photograph when my batteries died on my previous dive. This time, I got what I wanted, a close up shot of  a sweetlips.

For a newbie like me, these 2 dives were great, I enjoyed it. And for last but not the least, I am now a certified PADI Open Water Diver!

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Dive No. 5 July 26, 2009
Location (John’s) Tinoto Wall, Maasim, Sarangani Province
Objective Open Water Course Dive 4
Dive Buddy Chris Dearne, Dennis
Equipment Complete Set, 3 kg weights
Lifeforms Found sweetlips, clownfish, angel fish, butterfly fish
DEPTH TEMPERATURE (celsius)
Average 12 m / 40 ft Water 22
Maximum 24 m / 80 ft Surface 28
PRESSURE (psi) VISIBILITY (feet)
Start 3000 < on bottom 25
Finish 200 ^ on bottom 25
DIVE TIME TOTAL TIME (hours)
IN 9:00am Hours to Date 2.8
Out 9:55am This Dive 0.9
At Bottom 55 mins Total Hours 3.7
Dive No. 6 July 26, 2009
Location (John’s) Tinoto Wall, Maasim, Sarangani Province
Objective Open Water Course Dive 5
Dive Buddy Dennis
Equipment Complete Set, 3 kg weights
Lifeforms Found sweetlips, parrot fish, grouper, napoleon wrasse, stonefish
DEPTH TEMPERATURE (celsius)
Average 10 m / 30 ft Water 22
Maximum 21 m / 70 ft Surface 28
PRESSURE (psi) VISIBILITY (feet)
Start 3000 < on bottom 25
Finish 200 ^ on bottom 25
DIVE TIME TOTAL TIME (hours)
IN 11:30am Hours to Date 3.7
Out 12:35pm This Dive 1.1
At Bottom 65 mins Total Hours 4.8
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