Asian Diver (English)

Muck Diving

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I have always felt that muck diving was given the worst possible name. Going diving in “muck” doesn’t sound very appealing, at least not until you’ve tried it. The biggest misnomer is that it isn’t even muck you are normally diving in. Muck diving usually refers to a sandy bottom, or places without a lot of coral growth. Even though it is just sand, these areas have a plethora of marine life. Sometimes, the bottom is a more-mucky bottom su bstrate, such as rotting leaf litter in the ocean, deep silt, or seagrass beds. In some places, visibility is very low with lots of trash, but others, like Dumaguete, can have good visibility and not much trash. At first glance, muck dive sites like under a pier, just off a beach or a shipyard under anchored boats might not seem to be locations you would want to go diving in but you’ll be surprised how your mind will change after spending a dive witnessing sea snakes, seahorses, and many species of nudibranch­s in their natural habitats.

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