Coron Goes Tech
Text by Gunter Bernert
Over the last few years, Coron has become renowned for its excellent wreck diving. With more then 12 WWII wrecks around Coron & Busuanga Island, most of them from one to two hours from Coron, every day is a special day amidst the beautiful scenery of Coron and Busuanga Island.
Most of the wrecks are lying in diveable depths. The average depth is between 25 and 30 meters.
| Wreck site: | Type: |
Approx.
Length:
|
Max.
depth/average:
|
| MOROZAN
MARU OLYMPIA MARU KOGYO MARU IRAKO AKITSUSHIMA TAEE MARU NANSHIN MARU KYOKUZAN MARU |
Freighter Freighter Freighter Refrigeration/provision Flying boat tender Tanker Aux. oiler Freighter |
120
m
100 m 140 m 160 m 180 m 200 m 40 m 160 m |
32
/ 24 m
26 / 18 m 34 / 26 m 42 / 30 m 37 / 28 m 26 / 18 m 32 / 25 m 43 / 27 m |
(For more detailed information on the wrecks, see Internet web-page: http://www.vasia.com/ddivers)
Now, with the introduction of Nitrox & Technical Diving, Coron attracts more and more divers wanting experience Nitrox diving on the wrecks. Nitrox allows divers to enjoy extended bottom times. If you are interested in Nitrox or Technical Diving, Coron is an amazing place to learn.Alex Santos, Head of PHILTECH (Philippine Technical Divers) IANTD Philippines, and Paul Neilson, IANTD Instructor of Mandarin Divers in Hong Kong, recently chose Coron as one of the prime technical diving training areas.
Discovery Divers in Coron offers now NITROX filling & training. Gunter Bernert, the founder of Discovery Divers and an expert on the wrecks of Coron, is now offering IANTD Courses from Basic Nitrox to Advanced & Technical Wreck Diver as well as PADI enriched air course.For more information contact: Alex Santos, Philippine Technical Divers, (63) 7338648 or email: philtech@ tridel.com.ph; Paul Neilson, Mandarin Divers, (85) 2 5547110 or email: mandarin@gateway.net.hk or Gunter Bernert, Discovery Divers, (63) 2 922 3233 ext. 2526 or email: ddivers@vasia.com.