Sogod Bay As The Evening Sets
Sogod Bay, as the evening sets, is so beautiful. When you look across the bay, the water is so blue that it blends into the sky. Can you picture watching the sunset across the bay? What majestic beauty! The perfect end, to a delightful day.
Watching the natural beauty of the bay is a fantastic experience, but it does not end there. As beautiful as the bay is, there is more! Sogod Bay is an underwater paradise teaming with soft and hard corals. These waters are home to an endless variety of beautiful marine life – all waiting to be explored. With extraordinary reefs, divers delight in beds of coral with amazing and steep drop-offs. For the more experience diver, there are shelves and walls to delight you. On the floor of the bay there is black sand teeming with life. This is the other side of Sogod Bay!
What might you see on the underwater side of the bay? First you will notice an awesome cover of soft coral with beds of hard coral. As you move through the coral beds you may see the shrimp fish, the pipe fish, the frog fish, and the bat fish. There are so many amazing creatures for us to see. You might see Sea turtles and lion fish. There is a Charismatic Signal gobie fish that lives on the sandy seabeds. They mimic the eye spots and claws of a crab. This is their built in way to fight off predators. It is amazing what you can see and this is just the beginning. If you have a trained eye, you may spot the frog fish and the scorpion fish waiting to ambush an unsuspecting predator. The blue-spotted Ribbon Tail Rays are extraordinary. Large families of snapper run through the reefs and are awesome to watch. If you watch you may see the odd looking Dogtooth Tuna or a Great Barracuda.
Not only is Sogod Bay a divers paradise, but it is a snorkelers dream. Because of the massive numbers of plankton in these waters, the Whale Shark also calls this their home between November and April as they drift through the bay on their migratory route. There are many snorkeling trips that seek out opportunities for snorkelers to swim with the Whale Shark. These huge sharks move with a smooth continuous motion, making very little noise. Those who have had the privaledge to swim with these magnificant creatures of the sea, know that it will take all your best swimming skills to keep up.
Not only is Sogod awesome for the tourist looking for peaceful sunsets and an awesome beach, it is a delight to the photographer. Underwater photographers often return multiple times to the same spot or shelf to get as many of the different shots available. Sogod is an underwater photographers dream, with an unlimited number of wide angle shots.
What are you waiting for? Make this the year you discover Sogod Bay Southern Leyte, Philippines. Grab your passport and pack your bags.
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beautiful :)
Glad you enjoyed @gracealong.
I simply loved it, gotta put it in my lists of places to go before I die, Good post, friend!
Greetings from South America
Glad you enjoyed @darkcentinel.
Love love this picture
Thanks @sfmkay.
Theres lot to explore in the Philippines! I am happy to see your blog these days featuring about the Philippines :)
I didn't know that there is that Scorpion fish I just learned it now. Thank you for sharing @exploretraveler!
Your welcome @wilsonblue5. We have featured the Philippines many times, but it has been a while.
great pic. love tghis kind of deep blue ocean view. the phillipines are def. on my list to travel around. Looking forward to see it. Greetings from the carribean. mikeCee
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Wow amazing
Glad you enjoyed @christiano1999.
Interesting place 💕
Thanks @iamrose99.
Great view and I'm from Kryptonia @ianstevenson
Thanks @ianstevenson.
Nice one, keep it up
Thanks @cryptocheta.
Very interesting post. @grace234
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I've heard that Southern Leyte have a rich coral reefs for snorkeling and diving, but haven't tried it myself. I have lots of friends, mostly from abroad, that visited the place only to dive, and I didn't care. But reading this blog made me want to see what Sogod has to offer. Thanks for sharing this Sir @exploretraveler.
The team dives throughout Leyte and Cebu and others often @gingbabida.
Really Sir? Wow! Hope the #taclobanph family could meet you in person when you're here for a dive. 😊😊
Very interesting post, kryptonia id @ofili2
Beautiful view
Beautiful place
awesome screen !
upvote for u from kryptonia @ziggy
wow lovely pictures from kryptonia @everdope
Great post! Leyte is one of the nice place to visit. Kryptonia @reatimtim
What a fantastic view! I didn't know Sogod has this very beautiful scenery. Thanks @exploretraveler for featuring Sogod. Read, upvoted, commented and resteemed by rubelynmacion of krypto
Nice post! Keep it up
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nice and keep it up @eliurii
wow thank you for featuring leyte I'm proud leyteño. @jezz90
beautiful post
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upvote and resteem
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great job, thanks for sharing @jamescrusader
Nice view! A beautiful place