So whats wreck diving all about then? Well. Exhilarating, frightening, awesome, dangerous etcetc. Firstly diving in the Philippines seems to be much more exciting because they dont appear to take any notice whatsoever about safety, even though they are safe. Our dive shop is very well respected in diving these wrecks and so i threw caution to the wind and went with it. Boats were great, blah so what about the diving? Each wreck is at an average of about 25-...

So whats wreck diving all about then? Well. Exhilarating, frightening, awesome, dangerous etcetc. Firstly diving in the Philippines seems to be much more exciting because they dont appear to take any notice whatsoever about safety, even though they are safe. Our dive shop is very well respected in diving these wrecks and so i threw caution to the wind and went with it. Boats were great, blah so what about the diving? Each wreck is at an average of about 25-...

September 24th 1944, Coron Bay Basuanga Philippines Task Force 38 launched their air strike from the deck of the USS Lexington. Taking off at dawn, they surprised 15 Japanese ships in the Bay, the Coron Passage and just west of Coron Island. Ships ranged in size from small freighters to 15,000 ton tankers. Upon teaming up to take on the ships they were dispersed as follows i) between Tangat and Lusong Islands: 1 x destroyer (DD) or destroyer escort (DE); 2 ...