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| Love's Lodge Moalboal |
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Moalboal means" bubbling steam" and a small town of approx 3000 farm and fisher folk on Cebu Island,89km south west of Cebu City. The ihabitants are laid back and friendly and the area is void of agresive hustlers and hawkers. Panagsama Beach which is part of Moalboal, is an old fishing village but now a very popular dive tourist area.
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| Love's Lodge is a small,well maitained, family run resort located directly on the rocky beach of Panagsama.Elvi and Tata do a good job of overseeing the operation.There are
14 large rooms that are well furnished with a/c, bath with hot shower,and a balcony..
The 6 other rooms are smaller and have a fan and hot shower. |
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Their Restaurant is built out over the sea with a good view of Tanon Strait,Pescador and Negros islands.There is an adequate choice of local fare with seafood specialites. |
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Getting there:
From Cebu City you can reach Moalboal by taxi or bus in approximately 3 hours. From there you can go by Tricycle to Love's Lodge in Panagsama Beach. Of course,the best, easiest and most comfortable way is to let the Sea Explorers Head Office in Cebu organise the transport. |
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| Sea Explorers Moalboal |
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SEA EXPLORERS Moalboal is a PADI 5* GOLD PALM DIVE CENTER and it is located inside Love's Lodge The well equiped dive center has a multimedia classroom and an equipment room for the dive gear of their guests. |
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| The manager of the dive center
is PADI Instructor Peter,
from Germany. There are also two Filipino dive guides, Cayo and Raymund. |
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Two native SEA EXPLORERS outrigger boats take the guests to the most beautiful divesites in the area.
SEA GHOST : Outrigger boat for safaris, transfers and daytrips.
Capacity: max. 12 divers.
KATAWA : Outrigger boat for the closer dive sites.
Capacity: max. 8 divers. |
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| SEA EXPLORERS MOALBOAL offers:
• World class Macro,Wide angle day and Night-dives
• Many completely different dive sites, some in protected marine Sanctuaries
• Up to 4 dives a day
• PADI courses up to Divemaster
• NITROX dive courses and dives
• Excellent snorkel environment around Pescador Island
• Good quality, well maintained rental equipment |
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Technical information:
• Water temperature: approx. 76 to 84 °F
•65,80, and 100 cu ft aluminium tanks
• NITROX to 36%
• All the tanks have international valves, bring an adapter if you have a DIN reg ju
• Maximum depth is 40 meters-130 ft |
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| Dive Sites around Moalboal |
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HOUSEREEF
In front of Love's Beach Resort is the housereef. It slopes down from one to twenty meters, with different coral blocks, sponges and sea anemones. The ideal place for training, fun and night dives and macro photography. |
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PESCADOR
We can reach this highlight of this area in about fifteen minutes by boat. Spectacular wall diving with big fish schools, sometimes sharks and barracudas. Beautiful coral gardens with a large variety of coral fishes and very often giant frogfishes. The special place called CATHEDRAL, exciting vertical tunnel to dive through starting from 15 down to 35 meters. For more experienced divers. |
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SUNKEN ISLAND
The best place for early morning dives. Starting in a depth of about 24 and slopes down to 40 meters. Great diving with jack and other big fish-schools, big lionfishes and Spanish dancers, sometimes sharks and big tunas. Sometimes strong current. For more experienced divers. |
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TONGO POINT
It is an excellent spot for deep as well as for shallow dives. It goes down to 40 meters. On this point we have a great possibility to see turtles. Also any kind of coral fish, sea anemones and soft as well as hard corals. Sometimes you can see also a whaleshark. |
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| SAMPAGUITA
Sampaguita is a drop off, goes down to 40 m. There are a lot of small caves and overhangs in the wall. The wall is full of small soft corals, in the caves we are able to see some different groupers. This dive site is attractive for anybody.
TALISAY
Talisay is a drop-off, goes down to 40m, after that a sandy slop area starts. In a depth of 20 to 30m you can find a big variety of hard & soft corals, black corals and sponges anywhere. In the shallow part you can find a lot of small attractive things like nudibranches, shrimpfish, frogfish and so on. |
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| These are only some of the most important divesites - there are many more very interesting divespots around Moalboal. Come and see for yourself! |
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| Sightseeing around Moalboal |
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- Have a bath under the beautiful Kawasan Fall
- Visit the Orchid Farm in Moalboal
- Discover Canyoning in a creek
- Try Caving
- Do something for your fitness with a Mountain Bike Tour or easier with a Motor Bike
- Enjoy the Nightlife in Moalboal
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