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DIVE SITE "DAUIN CAR WRECK, NEGROS"
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Carwrecks, artificial reef made of concrete tubes, sandy slope |
| Shape: |
Sand slope |
| Size: |
approx. 70 meters long |
| Distance: |
20 minutes |
| Direction: |
South |
| Max. depth: |
max. 27 meter |
| Current: |
gentle to moderate |
| Visibillity: |
5– 15 meters |
| Best Season: |
all year round |
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| Description of dive site: |
Either on it's own, or in combination with „ Dauin Ship
Wreck“. Diving this site you descend along the same buoy
as the ship wreck. You follow the sandy slope for 27 m
direction south and reach the wrecks of two cars after
about 50 m. On the way there are serveral artificial reefs.
Some made of concrete tubes and some of steel boxes.
It’s a good advice to bring a diving lamp along with you
fort his dive.
Slowly ascending along the sandy slope you
reach the seagrass area in 3 – 5 meters, where you can
make your safety-stop.
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| What to be seen: |
On the artificial reef you can find different nudibranches
and shrimps. Moray eels are looking out of their hideouts.
Many different small fishes hide in the artificial reef. At
the car wrecks you can find a scool of blue-striped snappers.
Many times they are inside the car and this is a funny
picture.
You can find many different shrimps and murray eels
while surrounding the wreck.
Lionfish and many different
reef fish find shelter in the wrecks too.
On the way
to the safety-stop it is a good idea to be very attentive.
File fish, shrimps, anemones, frogfish, seahorses and
nudibranches.
This safety-stop certainly never get boring.
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| Special: |
Auto wreck, Snapper, Murayeels, blue spottet stingrays |
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| Difficulty: |
beginners to advanced |
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