A five-hour bus ride from Manila, La Union is located - one of the best Philippine beaches . The most famous and popular dive site in the area - "Tanks" . At the bottom of the bay, at a depth of 39 meters rest three M-10 tanks of the Second World War, in which bodies various marine creatures live, including 65-kilogram moray eels . There are whale and white-tailed sharks, leopard rays, giant barracudas, Spanish mackerel, occasionally one can see a turtle . Of no less interest are located on the (15-18 meters deep), an easily accessible network of tunnels, grottoes and canyons, where you can always see lobsters, parrotfishes and lionfishes .
A few hours northwest of the Reefers cave from Manila is located the Subic Bay, where newly discovered sunken ships lie . "New York", one of the most interesting and popular places for diving in the bay is the remains of the eponymous US warship, lying at a depth of 27 meters and become the home for grupers, lobsters, lions, barracudas and spotted stingrays . Nebol The "El Capitan" frigate lies on the bottom in such a way that its nose is at a depth of 5 meters and the feed at a depth of 20 meters . This is a safe, easily accessible place for diving . Neighborhood with " El-Captain "are the remains of the Japanese" Oryoku-Maru "- a passenger ship carrying 1600 prisoners of war at a time when it was attacked and sunk in 400 meters from the pier .
A few hours drive from Manila, on the territory province of Batangas is located coastal town of Nasgubu .The most popular local dive site is a small private islet a few kilometers west of the city, which everyone calls the "Treasure Island" . There is a place known as the Blue Holes and popular due to the giant groomers, octopuses, cuttlefish and turtles . Three underwater tunnels lead to a large open cave located at a depth of 28 meters . Near the "Treasure Island" remains the remains of an old barge - a popular place for underwater photographers' sessions . Of no less interest is the Beth Cave - on half a water-filled cave, the entrance to which is at a depth of 20 meters . . Another local dive site suitable for novice divers - "Sunken Treasures", the remains of the long-sunken Spanish galleon
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