Coron Bay
| Coron Bay | ||
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 Wreck in Coron Bay |
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| Waters | Sulu Lake | |
| Land mass | Calamian Islands | |
| Geographical location | 11 ° 54 ' N , 120 ° 9' E | |
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| width | approx. 25 km | |
The Coron Bay is a renowned diving area in the Sulu Sea in the west of the Philippines .
It is located in the Calamian archipelago , between the islands of Coron and Busuanga . The Coron Bay lies mostly in reserve Coron Iceland Protected Area and is a traditional fishing area of the indigenous tribe of the Tagbanwa .
Coron Bay is famous for diving with ten Japanese shipwrecks. The ships Akitsushima, Okikawa Maru, Irako Maru, Kogyo Maru, Olympia Maru, Taiei Maru, Kyokuzan Maru, East Tangat Gunboat and Lusong Island Gunboat were sunk on September 24, 1944 by the third air fleet of US Task Force 38 based on Leyte . The wrecks can be reached in a one-hour drive from Coron by diving boat. With the exception of the Lusong Island Gunboat, which partially breaks through the water surface and is therefore suitable for snorkelers, and the East Tangat Gunboat, which is suitable for beginners at a depth of 5 to 20 m, all other wrecks lie at depths of 20 to 45 m. Some of the wrecks are over 100 m long and have different decks, corridors, galleys, etc. that can be dived. Even though some of the wrecks were cannibalized underwater (e.g. the engine blocks removed), there are still various equipment and some grenades there. Because of the depth and size of the sunk ships, Nitrox is usually used for diving because of the longer no-stop time and shorter decompression stops .
Web links
- coronwrecks.com: Wreck and Scuba Dive Sites of Coron Bay
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- ↑ HP. Landolt: Operations Against Coron Bay . 2nd Edition. HIWA Publications, Alicante 2002.