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Sogod Bay Scuba Resort

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Sogod Bay Scuba Resort is dedicated to the conservation of marine life. The resort is situated on the beautifully diverse Sogod Bay, home to unique reefs, steep drop-offs, shelves, walls, and black sand filled with macro life. Here you can find soft and hard coral with tiny pygmy seahorses, nudibranch, pipefish, frogfish, sea turtles, octopus, and the occasional whale shark.

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The resort offers six oceanfront rooms that overlook the bay from a beachfront terrace. There are also four spacious apartment rooms set away from the beach and have a large terrace with views of the bay and Limasawa Island. The resorts two budget rooms don’t have bay views. The two-story beachfront homes have views of the bay with a king size bed, a kitchen, a pull-out bed, a terrace, sleep four people, and have air conditioning upstairs. All rooms are serviced daily and come with a tea and coffee maker. The resort has a backup generator for power when required and WiFi. All rooms also include air cnditioning, TV, mini-bar, ceiling fan, and an ensuite with hot shower.

The resort also offers a reading library, a pool table, satellite television, a spa, guided jungle walks, and a restaurant and bar that cater to western tastes and local cuisine.

The state-of-the-art diving equipment is perfect for both new and experienced divers. Guided dive tours are led by dive masters with extensive local experience. The guide to guest ratio is no more than six divers per guide. The dive instructor is qualified to teach a wide variety of PADI courses.

There are two dive boats: the bangka dive boat named Dako Kermit is seventy-three feet long and Kermit 2 is sixty-three feet long. Dive gear the resort provides includes Cressi BCDs, regulator sets, and wetsuits, and Luxfer tanks that are maintained to a high standard. There are also Bauer and Coltri Sub compressors as well as cascade systems that ensure a quick and tank filling for guests.

There are five amazing dive sites close to the resort. These dives range from fifteen to forty meters deep and include the wall dives Max’s One and Two. There is also Voltaire’s Rock, Bulawarte, and a wreck dive. You can find a plethora of aquatic life in these areas including developed whip corals and huge gorgonian fans. One of the more established dive sites is Sunok and divers encounter whale sharks from early November to May. These dive sites are also great night dives. The Padre Burgos jetty and Malibog wreck are a part of this adventure and shallow water dives perfect for photographers. The wreck is home to seahorses, frogfish, reptilian eels, octopus, razorfish, and slipper crabs.

Dive Conditions

There are three seasons that affect the diving conditions in the Philippines. The northeast monsoon brings strong winds from December to March. The southwest monsoon affects the months of July through November which are wet but the ocean waters are warm. April through June are the dry months with very little winds.

November to May is the dry season in the Philippines, offering little to no rain and a nice hot and humid weather. This period of time is often considered as the best time to dive in the Philippines and is the most popular time to visit the country. Regardless, the diving season in the Philippines runs year-round, keeping in mind that some of the areas and certain marine life sightings are either seasonal or weather dependent, this includes Tubbataha which can only be dived around the months of March to June. During the wet season, typically runs from May to October, most of the dive sites remain great, the waters are warmer, and divers have the advantage of having uncrowded sites. Typhoons may occur during the wet season, particularly around July to September.

Tubbataha Reefs National Park – amazing biodiversity. Tubbataha is home to no less than 600 species of fish, 360 species of corals (about 50% of the coral species in the world), 11 species of sharks (including tiger sharks, whale sharks, and whitetips), 13 species of dolphins and whales, nesting hawksbill and green sea turtles. You can also see manta rays, schools of barracuda and tuna, and smaller marine life like nudibranchs, ornate ghost pipefish, seahorses, and frogfish.

Anilao, Batangas – best muck diving. The long list of small-scale sea life and critters that you can find in Anilao includes nudibranchs, frogfish, seahorses, cuttlefish, and pipefish. But don't leave your wide-angle lens at home. Beautiful coral reefs, turtles, huge schools of jacks, jellyfish, and the occasional reef sharks await in Anilao.

Dauin, Dumaguete – the luxury destination. The variety of marine life that you can find along the Dauin Coast include various types of frogfish, dragonets, pipefish, nudibranchs, blue-ring octopuses, bobtail squids, mandarin fish, seahorses, cardinalfish (with eggs), various shrimps and crabs. The main diving season in Dumaguete is October to early June, but the prolific marine life of Dauin can be found all year round, so there’s no worry of missing out.

Moaboal, Cebu – amazing sardine baitballs. Scuba diving in Moalboal is diverse and very vibrant. Think big schools of fish, beautiful walls, canyons and caves, and fascinating macro life. Pescador Island offers some of the best dives in the Philippines, featuring a dramatic wall with colorful soft corals teeming with anthias. Then there is a large cathedral on the west side of Pescador which makes a nice background for dramatic underwater shots. You can also see schools of barracuda, beautiful caves, reef sharks, and also smaller marine life like nudibranchs and frogfish

Puerto Galera, Mindoro – stunning white sand beaches and diverse dive sites. Canyons provide plenty of action with strong currents. For divers interested in wrecks, the three sunken boats of the Sabang Wrecks offer a fascinating dive trip. Don't forget to include a day trip to dive at Verde Island during your stay in Puerto Galera. Its passage is known to offer some of the highest biodiversity in the Philippines. Nudibranchs, reef octopuses, frogfish, and seahorses can be seen in abundance in Puerto Galera. There are also many stunning soft and hard corals to be found while exploring the reefs of this dream destination. Like most of the Philippines, Puerto Galera can be dived all-year-round.

Anda, Bohol – the hidden gem. There are 17 kilometers of coastline to explore in Anda, with a good mix of walls, slopes and sandy muck dive sites as well as coral gardens. The diverse underwater topography and critter population in Anda are really worth exploring. Divers can see pygmy seahorses, skeleton shrimps, anemone shrimps, dragon sea moths, mantis shrimps, Napoleon snake eels, nudibranchs, and mating mandarin fish. Turtles and beautiful reef fish can also be seen in the area. Anda can also be dived all-year-round.

Malapascua, Cebu – thresher sharks abound. Malapascua is known to be the best place in the world to see thresher sharks. This tiny oasis is the only place in the world where thresher sharks are consistently seen daily. Combine that with its pristine waters and milky-white beaches, and divers have a perfect destination for a dive vacation.

Coron Bay, Palawan – the destination for wreck dives. The historical World War II shipwrecks of Coron are unique. Coron Bay used to be the harbor for World War II Japanese warships. Eleven of these ships were sunk during an air attack in September 1944. Today the wrecks of serve as reef systems, supporting a number of marine critters. Some of the residents of these wrecks include scorpionfish, nudibranchs, cuttlefish, and octopuses. Divers see the occasional reef shark or stingray, hovering near the wrecks.