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Daily
Diving
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Dive
11 World War Two Japanese wrecks at 12 to 43 meters, caves, 2 geothermal
hot lakes, coral reefs and walls. Diver training through advanced nitrox and
swreck penetration. Learn to dive in warm, calm, crystal clear water. PADI
Dive Center Dive Right-Coron makes daily trips for two or three wreck
dives.
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Coron's Dive Sites
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Coron
is well blessed with a wide range of dive sites to suit all tastes and
levels of experience, from shallow pristine reefs to advanced wreck diving.
Full details and wreck drawings can be found here.
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Water Temperature
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Water
temperature is 27 to 30 C or 80 to 86 F. Using a 3 mm one-piece wet suit
with gloves is Dive Right's recommendation for Coron's wreck dives.
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Visibility Underwater
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Some
cave, reef, wall and wreck dive sites are in the open ocean giving 20+
meters visibility. The two hot lakes have 20+ meter Viz. Six big wrecks in
Coron Bay have visibility that varies with the strength of the tidal flow.
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Biodiversity
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The
area between the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia has been been stable
longer than any other ocean region on Earth giving marine organisms a chance
to develop in more diverse forms than any other marine region.
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 Diving
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Diving
on Nitrox is for depths from 16 to 45 meters. It is not a gas for deep
dives. Within appropriate depth limits Nitrox will allow increased No
Decompression Limits, shorten Surface Intervals, or decrease your
Decompression Requirement. Dive Right-Coron offers both PADI and TDI Nitrox
Diver training courses. Make your Nitrox Diver training dives on the wrecks
and enjoy more bottom time.
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Technical Diving
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Dive
Right-Coron teaches through TDI Advanced Nitrox Diver and supports
technical divers making any dive that they are trained for. Dive
Right-Coron can provide stage cylinders for high O2 decompression gases.
Dive Right can provide dive lights and reels and a wide variety of
equipment for the traveling technical diver.
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Wrecks
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Not
sure you want to dive on wrecks. After 55 years underwater the wrecks are coral
reefs with their own resident fish populations. Compared to wrecks in
British waters these are intact, have no appreciable current, and have good
visibility.
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Learn to Dive
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Yes!
We can teach you how to dive! Besides being good divers themselves, our
PADI and TDI instructors have been trained to teach you. Bring your swimsuit.
We provide everything else.
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Advanced Diver Training
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The
wrecks are a GREAT place for advanced diver training. The 5 training dives
for the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course can be done on the wrecks.
Nitrox Diver and Wreck Diver Specialty Courses can be integrated with
advanced training or done separately.
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PADI Instructor Training
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Want to
become a PADI Open Water SCUBA Instructor? Dive Right-Coron teams up with
the most experienced PADI Course Director in the Philippines to offer PADI
Open Water SCUBA Instructor Training for $950 US!
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Deepstops
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If you
happily embraced the concept of a "Safety Stop" then here is
additional information you must be aware of. A must for older divers, deep
divers, and divers doing decompression diving. Any diver traveling to
remote and exotic diving locations where you can't call a Coast Guard
helicopter or Emergency Medical Services MUST READ THIS!
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Seven of
the 11 wrecks were major ships longer than the 118 meter armed seaplane
tender, "Akitsushima". Click Coron's Dive
Sites for pictures of all of the wrecks. |
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Coron is a small fishing and trading town on Busuanga Island in the
Calamian Island Group Southwest of Manila. Coron is off of the regularly
travelled tourist path. Since the people here don't make their living off
of you they don't hustle you non-stop like on Boracay. You won't feel like
you are in an over-developed tourist ghetto. No need to dodge crowds of
"package tour" tourists.
Coron has remained quiet through all of the trouble on the flyspeck
islands of Basilan, Tawi Tawi, Sulu and Jolo in the far south below
Mindanao. Right now the Philippine Army has the dissident Muslim rebels
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Dive
Right-Coron is located in Coron Town, on Busuanga Island, in the Calamian
Island Group. |
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Welcome
to diveright-coron.com, the only stop you need to make for complete travel,
lodging, diving and activity information for Coron Town, Busuanga Island!
This site is for anybody with an interest in: |
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- Coral Reef Snorkelling
- Wreck Snorkeling
- Scuba Diving
- Wreck Diving
- Nitrox and Technical
Diving
- Underwater Photography
- PADI and TDI Diver
Training
- Sea Kayaking and Boating
- Fishing and Hiking
- Motorcycling or Mountain
Biking
- Sightseeing in Palawan
- Wildlife and Ecology
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If
it's information you need, it's here. You can get more information by
clicking on the links on the left and right sides. |
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Whatever
you're looking for, if you're an avid scuba diver, a wreck or tech fanatic,
a honey-mooning couple, a nature lover, or just a Barefoot traveller, if
Coron has it you can find out about it here at
diveright-coron.com |
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PADI Dive Center S-6121 / TDI Facility, Dive Right-Coron |
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Coron Bay.
Beautiful emerald and turquoise seas. White sand beaches. Towering limestone
cliffs. The day trip for diving is worth the scenery alone.
14 meters, deck of Okikawa Maru.
Everyone can dive outside the wrecks and enjoy beautiful corals and abundant
fish life. Hour long dives are common.
Cathederal Cave.
A once in a lifetime dive. You'll never forget this diving experience.
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History of Coron
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American
carrier based fighters and bombers flew almost 600 km to pull off a
surprise attack on Japanese ships which had assembled in Coron Bay. The
ships sunk in this attack litter the bottom of Coron Bay. Fifty six years
has turned them into coral reefs with their own resident fish populations.
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Lodging in Coron
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Choose
from a Bed n' Breakfast, a Garden Resort, a Lodging House built over the
water, and a Beach Resort.
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Health Matters
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Mosquitos
with Malaria are not a problem on Busuanga Island in the Calamian Island
Group. Drink bottled water and eat in the tourist restaurants and you won't
have a problem. Prevent sunburn!
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Climate and Weather
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Rainy
season ended 15 October 2001. Skies are blue, clouds are fluffy white,
winds are gentle and warm. Our weather is generally dry from September or
October through to the 1st or 2nd week of June and rainy (daily showers)
from June through September or October. We are on the edge of the Typhoon
belt .......
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Travel to Coron by Air
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Coron
can be reached by Air. Depending on the day of the week, there are three to
four daily 55 minute flights from Manila.
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Airline Baggage Limits
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Airlines
serving Coron have a 10 kg limit for checked baggage. Baggage over 10 kg
will be charged an excess baggage fee of $1 US per Kg. A group of divers
with full dive gear definately need to read more.
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Travel to Coron by Ship
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Coron
can be reached by Sea. There are several sailings from Manila per week. The
ship leaving Manila at 4 PM on Friday is "Tourist Class".
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Telecomms
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Book
outgoing calls and FAXs at Globe and RCPI pay stations. Check your e-mail
at one internet cafe. SMART now has one GSM cell-phone tower in Coron..
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Money Matters
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Money
changing is available for $US but at a rate lower than in Manila. Payment
by Credit Card costs an additional 6.5%.
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Non-Diving Activities
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Island
Hopping, Exploring, Beachcombing, Motorcycles, Mountain Biking, Fishing,
Hiking, Sea Kayaking, Visits to the hot springs, Day Trips to other islands
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Night Life
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Night
life in Coron is pub style. There are a limited number of tourist restaurants
which also provide music and alcohol. Night life is conversation with other
divers while sitting around your drink and listening to music. There is a
small disco in town.
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Airport Transfers
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Information
about transfer from the International Airport to the Domestic Airport. Also
transfer information to the most frequently used Manila hotels.
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Lodging in Manila
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Your
trip to Coron may require an overnight stay in Manila on arrival or on
departure. Here are clean safe hotels and pensions in all price ranges. All
have been used by Dive Right's divers in the past with great satisfaction.
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Prices
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A
price list for diving, lodging, and per day packages.
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Trusted Travel Agents
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If you
want the security of a bonded travel agent in your home country here are the
agents we work with.
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Click to Contact Us
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If you want to send an e-mail to
Dive Right-Coron please click here.
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