Diving WW2 Wrecks in Coron, Philippines + We Crash!!!!
We freedive on the mind blowing WW2 wrecks in Coron. These are by far the largest and best preserved wrecks I have ever seen! We dive the East Tangat wreck, the Ikikawa Maru and the Morazan Maru. All 3 wrecks sank during air raids during WW2.
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ABANDONED JAPANESE SHIPWRECK in CORON, PALAWAN (Philippines)
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SCUBA DIVING Coron Palawan Philippines | WRECK diving w/ Exploring with Cody
Coron Palawan Philippines is becoming legendary. World class island hopping and beautiful blue water is reason enough to visit. It's already paradise for adventure travel, but the Scuba diving in Coron is a hidden secret. Not many know that it is home to some of the best wreck diving in the world.
Just north of Palawan Island, and about 30 meters below the surface in Coron Bay is a fleet of Japanese warships, sunk by American bombers in 1944 as they were fleeing the Philippines. These ships are massive. Some are over 150 meters long, and almost completely intact.
In this Philippines travel vlog, I team up with Exploring with Cody, and we tag team this incredible location. This was one of my favourite adventures in the Philippines. Let's go back!
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Sunken WWII Japanese Warship (Coron, Philippines)
Tying the buoy to the ship
Sunken WWII Japanese Warship (Coron, Philippines)
Japanese shipwreck Akitsushima, Coron, Philippines
Video from wreck dive to Akitsushima. The ship was sunk by Hellcats airstrike in September 1944. Of all the sunk ships near Busuanga in Coron Bay, this is the only warship. Akitsushima lies at a depth of 35 meters on the left shipboard. One can see quite serious damages from an airstrike. You can penetrate inside the ship. Usually divers enter inside the ship in the stern part, pass through the engine compartment through several levels and exit through the fault of the shipboard in the middle.
Diving the sunken Japanese ships of WWII in Coron, Philippines 2016
Diving the WW2 Shipwrecks of Busuanga Bay, Coron (Philippines)
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In the last few years, Coron has been become famous over instagram— clear waters entice visitors form all over the world to investigate the abundant and unpralleled marine environment. Coron ranks as my most memorable dive location; the World War 2 wrecks were a bucket list item for me. As a graduate with a degree in history, Coron was not on my radar because of instagram, I knew about it due to my studies on the war in the Pacific.
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While the Philippines has become a tourist hotspot, the history of Japanese occupation during WW2 lies relatively invisible to the average visitor, unless you go underwater.
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Following the Battle of Manila in 1945, the Japanese navy fled to the protected area of Busuanga Bay, Coron. The American forces bombarded the limping Japanese navy and for several weeks the waters of Coron were filled with oil, sunken vessels, and blood.
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While the seven ships in Busuanga Bay are a popular dives, it is important that we educate ourselves on the manner in which the wrecks came into existence. While the war in Europe has consumed much of global studies on World War 2, it is imperative to recognize the suffering and events which simultaniously occurred in South East Asia, specifically the Philippines. While I enjoyed the aesthetics of the dive, what makes Coron so notable is the ability to visit the physical wrecks and pay my respects to an important moment in history as well as the people, on all sides, who perished.
Wreck Diving on the Japanese Warships of Coron, The Philippines hd 2011
Scuba diving in Coron, Palawan, The Philippines reveals a broad array of creatures clinging to sunken Japanese ships of WWII, including the Kogyu Maru, Tangat, Lusong Gunboat and Taiae Maru. Imagery by Brenda S. and R. Duncan Kirkby.
Epic wreck diving at Morazan Maru | Coron, Philippines (OHSHIP with Chindonan Dive Resort)
OHSHIP campaign by Chindonan Dive Resort is a campaign focusing on giving you a quick and complete picture of how it is to dive the wrecks in Coron.
Morazan Maru is the first of 8 wrecks we will present to you - Diving Morazan Maru is for the diver that wants to get started on their wreck adventure in Coron.
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Coron, Palawan - Japanese Sunken Warship
Snorkelling around the Japanese sunken warship in the coast of Coron, Palawan.
Diving WWII Japanese wrecks Akitsushima, Okikawa Maru, and Lusong Gunboat in Coron, Philippines.
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Japanese WWII Shipwrecks in Coron (The Philippines)
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THE ULTIMATE DIVE SPOT PHILIPPINES | SUNKEN WWII SHIPS CORON
Coron is amazing! We are here for 3 short nights before taking an overnight boat back to manila. Check out the sunken world war II ships and the Coron hill! We've also put in some frequent boat trip timetables around Palawan to hopefully help you with your travel planning too!
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Wreck Diving Coron Philippines
Wreck diving in Coron offers a number of sunken Japanese vessels attacked during US led air strikes in 1944. This GoPro video show highlights from our dives of (1) East Tangat Gun-Boat (Tamakaze) and Okikawa Maru (former Taiei Maru), which are both good wreck dives for beginners.
We embarked on these dives with Rock Steady Dive Center in Coron and will elaborate more about this underwater adventure in a forthcoming blog post on: RoamingAroundTheWorld.com
Philippines INCREDIBLE Shipwreck Diving Coron - Palawan Travel VLOG Guide 2016
Travel Vlog about my vacation in the philippines. This episode is Coron, Scuba Diving mecca for Wreck diving. But there is also more to travel & explore in this beautiful area..
Coron is another of the philippines amazing places! it's huge limestone cliffs are like the walls of a fortress towering out of the sea
And just like a fortress the rocks on top are sharp like daggers!
There are some fantastic beaches surrounding this island. And some very interesting freshwater lakes on the interior.
But by far the biggest and best reason to visit Coron is the fantastic shipwrecks you can scuba dive.
Underneath the waves lies arguably the number one place in the world to Scuba dive shipwrecks! This is what I’m here to see!
Sitting at the bottom of the sea are not one not 2 but 11 absolutely huge world war 2 ship wrecks.
This is an eerie place. these ships have been here for over 70 years.
Countless Japanese sailors lost their lives when they were bombed by the americans at the end of the war
Its dark, cramped and incfredbibly scary. It's not for the faint hearted !
Massive gaping holes in the ships are the scars left from torpedos and bombs.
Most of the wrecks are at the perfect depth for Recreational Scuba Diving - And no other special training is required.
If you want to penetrate these wrecks then its possible to do some more training and you could seriously spend days exploring each individual wreck. They are massive. some over 120meter long.
Its best to avoid diving at new moon or full moon. As I discovered the visibility is not that good at this time. But i think this adds to the mysterious and quite scary atmosphere which surrounds the ghostly shapes of the shipwrecks.
But its not all doom and gloom! The tops of the wrecks are teeming with life. Coral gardens scatter across the decks with a whole variety of fishes.
On top of the wrecks are gardens of coral between 5 and 10 meters - which makes for an interesting safety stop after penetrating the wrecks.
It is also possible to snorkel some of the wrecks. but most are too deep to safely snorkel- your guides will take you to the correct places.
There are also some reefs and shoals to dive in the area but i did not find these to be that interesting - and like most of the Philippines it has been massively overfished.
One thing which is very interesting, is one of the “freshwater” lakes on the main island of Coron. Its a bit of an adventurous hike with the equipment but once you are there too will experience a strange phenomenon in the water. at about 15 meters there is a mix of salt and freshwater, creating a layer between the different liquids. Impossible to capture on camera but well worth experiencing.
So thats enough diving for the day, now its time to head back to the town..
The small town of Coron is very quiet especially at night, but there are some nice restaurants and a market to explore. Don’t expect wild parties and nightlife here. Most of your energy should have been burned during the days activities!
The next stop for me is a budget liveaboard dive trip to Apo Reef! Be sure to watch the next video or visit my blog for more information
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Akitsushima WW2 japanese wreck scuba diving Coron, Philippines #4
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Wreck Diving in Coron (Philippines) - 2014