Dive Site - Negros Island - Masaplod North
| Dive Site - Negros Island - Masaplod North | |||
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| Negros Island - Masaplod North | Negros Island, Philippines | ||
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25 m | Open Water |
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| 9° 10.795′ N 9.179917° N 9° 10′ 47.7″ N |
123° 15.531′ E 123.25885° E 123° 15′ 31.86″ E |
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| The Masaplod North dive site is located near Atmosphere Resort, Negros Island, Philippines. This dive is often done as a drift dive from one side of the Masaplod Norte marine sanctuary to the other. It has more schooling fish and pelagic than any other dive site along the coast and is also the oldest marine sanctuary in the area. A long sandy slope is home to many blue spotted sting rays and occasional barracudas, as well as schools of surgeon fish. On the reef, which is divided into two parts by a sandy channel, you will find big staghorn, potato and lettuce coral formations and a resident school of big eyed jacks will encircle divers whilst you look for creepy crawlies on the bottom. Turtles are quite common here and don't forget to look for juvenile critters. Some of those white flecks on the sand could be baby frogfish, scorpionfish and flounders. At the end of the sanctuary you will find a couple of big orange black coral bushes that often have big schools of shrimpfish surrounding them. |
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