Philippines - October 2017

Went on a two week trip to the Philippines, that despite some challenging weather, provided some spectacular diving. I spent ten nights on Negros Island, about an hour flight south of Manila. Sandwiched between a tropical storm on one side and a typhoon on the other, we endured six days in a row of almost continuous rain. Things finally cleared up the last couple of days and I saw what the area really has to offer. Due to the less than ideal conditions, most of the pictures below are close-ups of small creatures, but they still make good subject matter. I'm eager to return and see what else the area has to offer.

  • ambon_scorpionfish
  • ambon_crinoid_shrimp1
  • ambon_crinoid_shrimp2
  • crinoid_shrimp
  • leopard_crinoid_shrimp
  • arrowhead_crab
  • algae_octopus1
  • algae_octopus2
  • algae_octopus3
  • algae_octopus4
  • algae_octopus5
  • algae_octopus6
  • algae_octopus7
  • algae_octopus8
  • algae_octopus9
  • anemonefish-clark's1
  • anemonefish-clark's2
  • anemonefish_eggs
  • anemonefish-false_clown
  • anemonefish-tomato1
  • anemonefish-tomato2
  • banded_sea_krait1
  • banded_sea_krait2
  • blue-ringed_octopus1
  • blue-ringed_octopus2
  • blue-ringed_octopus3
  • blue-ringed_octopus4
  • blue-ringed_octopus5
  • bubble_coral_shrimp1
  • bubble_coral_shrimp2
  • cuttlefish1
  • cuttlefish2
  • cuttlefish3
  • dragon_shrimp
  • dragonet
  • flamboyant_cuttlefish1
  • flamboyant_cuttlefish2
  • flamboyant_cuttlefish_eggs
  • flatworm_cone_shell
  • frogfish
  • giant_frogfish
  • painted_frogfish1
  • painted_frogfish2
  • warty_frogfish1
  • warty_frogfish2
  • peacock-tail_anemone_shrimp
  • sarasvati_anemone_shrimp
  • graceful_anemone_shrimp
  • anemone_shrimp
  • hairy_squat_lobster1
  • hairy_squat_lobster2
  • harlequin_shrimp
  • leaf_scorpionfish
  • immaculate_puffer
  • many-spotted_sweetlips
  • mantis_shrimp
  • peacock_mantis1
  • peacock_mantis2
  • pink-eared_mantis
  • stargazer_snake_eel
  • napoleon_snake_eel
  • sapsucking_slug
  • green_sapsucking_slug
  • kuro_sapsucking_slug
  • sea_hare
  • lined_sea_hare1
  • lined_sea_hare2
  • nudi-aeolid
  • nudi-chromodoris
  • nudi-funeral_jorunna
  • nudi-gymnodoris
  • nudi-kubaryana's_nembrotha1
  • nudi-kubaryana's_nembrotha2
  • nudi-lined_nembrotha
  • nudi-magnificent_chromodoris
  • nudi-sky_blue_phyllidia
  • nudi_eggs
  • peacock_razorfish1
  • peacock_razorfish2
  • ribbon_eel
  • ringed_pipefish
  • sea_star_shrimp1
  • sea_star_shrimp2
  • shortpouch_pygmy_pipefish
  • shrimpgoby
  • soft_coral_crab
  • spiny_devilfish
  • spotted_porcelain_crab1
  • spotted_porcelain_crab2
  • spotted_porcelain_crab3
  • squat_shrimp
  • swimming_crab
  • striped_catfish
  • thorny_seahorse1
  • thorny_seahorse2
  • thorny_seahorse3
  • threadfin_hawkfish1
  • threadfin_hawkfish2
  • twotone_dartfish
  • whip_coral_shrimp
  • wunderpus1
  • wunderpus2
  • wunderpus3
  • yellow-spotted_anemone_shrimp1
  • yellow-spotted_anemone_shrimp2
  • snowflake_moray
  • white-eyed_moray
  • yellowmargin_moray
  • yellowtail_coris