Planning a diving vacation in the Visayas
In the Visayas, you dive from a base, usually from a bangka, the wooden boat with bamboo outriggers. Before Malapascua, it leaves early in the morning for the fox sharks at Monad Shoal and Kimud Shoal off Leyte, where most switched in September 2022. In Moalboal, you reach the sardine run from the shore off Panagsama Beach and Pescador Island by boat. Before Dauin on Negros, you dive from the beach over sand and silt, and from there the bangka goes to Apo Island, where the bases see sea turtles on most dives. From Alona Beach on Panglao, the bases go to Balicasag and Pamilacan.
With this booklet, you plan the week. On a base's weekly schedule, you can see how boat trips and house reef dives are spread over the days, with a plan B if the boat doesn't go because of the weather. The last day before the return flight remains dive-free. The travel season by months states water and air temperature, wind, visibility, crowds, and special features, so that you can set the date before booking the flight and accommodation.
You get a PDF in A5 format, which you can read on your phone or tablet on the go and print at home as a booklet.