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Liberty’s Lodge Valencia

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Libertys diving on APO

Liberty’s Lodge APO

Liberty’s Lodge Valencia

About us

Dive courses

Lodge rooms 1-6

Discover area around

Contact us

Dive sites 1-2

Lodge rooms 7-20

Discover Dumaguete

Get here and away

Dive sites 3-6

Dive pictures

Maps around APO

APO village life

Dive sites 7-10

APO Pictures

Helpful Informations

APO history and help

Liberty´s dive Truno

APO press & oppinons

Offers + last minute

Text Box: Descending from the Calypso buoy in about 5 metres of water, you are met by an abundance of fish: Anthiases, Damsels, Butterflyfish and Wrasses. Look under the table corals and you will see lots of Cardinalfish, spending the day there, resting. The sandy area has masses of Garden Eels, Flounders and sometimes a Marbled Snake Eel. 150 metres out from the beach you come to the top of Chapel Wall at about 12m depth. The more advanced of you will be able to explore the bottom, some 40m down. Resident on the wall is a very large grouper (Epinephelus sp.) and it is common to see Napoleon Wrasses (Cheilinus undulatus) and Bumphead Parrot fish (Bolbometopon muricatum).

Text Box: A feature since 2005 has been repeated sightings of Thresher sharks. The wall has many small scoop like caves, the largest of which goes in to about 15m. The entrances of all caves are always visible and are big enough to drive a truck through, but we stay out of them to avoid our bubbles damaging the reef. Many of the small caves have groups of Sweepers. Along the top of the wall (early morning is best for the light) rays of light bounce off thousands of fish, a magical experience. If you like nudibranches then this is a place for you. Seventeen different specials have been seen on one dive, Chromodoris and Nembrotha species being the most common. South from the wall are superb hard coral terraces with many Snappers and Fusiliers. The dive ends in 5m on the superb soft coral with Blackfin Dartfish (Ptereleotris evides) and, in season, small schools of Squid.

Text Box: Chapel is the perfect place for us to conduct your PADI course. This beautiful reef is our underwater Classroom. If you happen to be diving later in the afternoon you are likely to see schools of marauding parrotfish (Chlorurus sp) and Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus) looking for dinner before they sleep. Chapel is a superb site for night dives with many creatures on the night shift that you do not see in the daytime. The sand comes alive with Decorator, Anemone and Hermit Crabs competing for camouflage. Shrimps give themselves away with their bright eyes whilst Nudibranches and Gastropods moving over the sand range from Pluerobranchus forsakalii to Cassis cornuta. Fish include Flatheads (Thysanophrys sp.), Cardinalfish (Apogon sp.) and Soldierfish (Myripristis sp.)as well as sleeping Goatfish (Parupeneus sp.) and Parrotfish (Scarus sp.). Highlights include thephosphorescent plankton and the light show from the Seapens (Veretillum sp.).

Text Box: Boluarte takes its name from the huge solitary rock jutting out into the sea from Apo’s west side. Boluarte means mystery and this really is a mystery dive. To the right of the Chapel sandy area, a small coral ridge leads you out to a horseshoe shaped plateau that in turn slopes from 12m to 40+m. Plate and mushroom corals adorn the plateau; branching corals compete for space on the shallower part of the plateau. In the deeper parts Squarespot Anthias (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia) and Harlequin Hinds (Cephalopholis polleni) swim around beautiful gorgonian fans adorning the top of the walls. Typical fish in the shallower area are surgeons, Bluefin Trevallies (Caranx melampygus), Scribbled, Onespot and Red snappers (Lutjanus rivulatus, monostigma and bohar), Yellowmargin triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus) and Goggle-eyes (Priacanthus hamrur). Nighttime brings out a different clientele on the reef: Soldier fish (Myripristis sp.), Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa) and Cardinalfish.

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