Barracuda Lake
La profondeur indique la plage entre le sommet du site et son maximum habituel ; le « niveau de certification recommandé » correspond au niveau généralement demandé par les opérateurs selon les agences grand public, et non à une règle légale. Les courants et la visibilité varient chaque jour — considérez toutes ces informations comme des estimations de planification.
Nothing else in the Philippines dives like Barracuda Lake. Enclosed by Coron Island's karst blades, the lake stacks fresh water over salt, and at about 14 m divers push through a shimmering thermocline into water near 38 °C, hot-bath hot, before it cools again below. The walls are sculpted stone, the silt floor swallows fins whole, and shrimp swarm divers' hands at the margins. A solitary barracuda, the namesake, patrols somewhere in the haze and finds you as often as you find it. Fish life is sparse; sensation is the entire point, and it is worth the gear haul over the rocks.
Le moment pour lequel vous venez: A 38 °C thermocline you can feel like a wall, cathedral rock formations, the lone resident barracuda
Topographie: Limestone walls, silt cones, and sculpted rock in a brackish crater-like lake
Entrée: Boats moor at Coron Island's cliffs; divers carry gear up and over a short limestone stair to the lake.
À savoir avant de plonger
Dangers: Heat stress in the hot layer, bottomless flour-fine silt, and deceptive depth in clear, dark water.
Permis & règlements: Community-managed entry fee collected at the island.
Conservation: Inside the Coron Island ancestral domain of the Tagbanwa; entry fees support the community and rules deserve strict respect.
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Grand angle: ★★★★☆ · Macro: ★★☆☆☆ — note 1–5 des éditeurs sur ce que ce site offre à chaque style de prise de vue