Bohol Sea

Bohol Sea
Mindanao Sea
Silhouette of Camiguin as seen across the Bohol Sea
Bohol Sea Location within the Philippines
Location	Visayas and Mindanao, Philippines
Coordinates	9°23′3″N 124°24′24″E / 9.38417°N 124.40667°ECoordinates: 9°23′3″N 124°24′24″E / 9.38417°N 124.40667°E
Type	sea

The Bohol Sea, also called the Mindanao Sea, is located between Visayas and Mindanao in the Philippines. It lies south of Bohol and Leyte and north of Mindanao. Siquijor and Camiguin are its two major islands.^[1][2]

The major cities on the sea are Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Butuan, Dumaguete, Ozamiz and Tagbilaran.

The sea connects to the Philippine Sea through the Surigao Strait, to the Camotes Sea through the Canigao Channel and Cebu Strait, and to the Sulu Sea through the strait between Negros Island and Zamboanga Peninsula.^[1]

Scuba diving

The Bohol Sea is home to a large variety of premier scuba diving locations, dive charter boats, and hotels that cater to divers. Around the area of Tagbilaran and Balicasag Island there are numerous wall dives that range from 30 to 100 feet (9.1 to 30.5 m). Water temperatures are very warm and most divers use a standard 3/2 shorty wetsuit to dive the location.

Sea life is abundant and includes such attractions as clownfish, lionfish, barracuda, dolphins, huge coral formations, and other common tropical sealife. Interestingly, rorquals have been confirmed to return into Bohol Sea which is a rare trend in any Asian waters, and most notably Bohol regions host even blue whales.^[3]

References

1. "Bohol Sea". Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
2. Steve Baum (2011). "Mindanao Sea". www.eoearth.org. The Encyclopedia of Earth. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
3. http://www.marinemammalscience.org/smmtampa/Ponzo_Alessandro_12-10.pdf

External links

• Media related to Bohol Sea at Wikimedia Commons