{"id":7817,"date":"2024-03-10T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?p=7817"},"modified":"2024-03-07T08:19:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T08:19:28","slug":"scuba-diving-in-panglao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?p=7817","title":{"rendered":"Scuba Diving in Panglao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lucas and Henry dove into scuba diving in Panglao. Diving is why we chose to spend a month on the island. They completed two try dives in Cham Islands, Vietnam, in September. That introduction was all they needed to get hooked on diving. After that, they completed their scuba certification in Koh Tao, Thailand, in November. Michael did too.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7817 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?attachment_id=7342'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1478\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/henry-scuba-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/henry-scuba-2.jpg 1478w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/henry-scuba-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/henry-scuba-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/henry-scuba-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/henry-scuba-2-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/henry-scuba-2-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/henry-scuba-2-800x450.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1478px) 100vw, 1478px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?attachment_id=7341'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1625\" height=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/reef-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/reef-3.jpg 1625w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/reef-3-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/reef-3-1024x522.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/reef-3-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/reef-3-1536x783.jpg 1536w, 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https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/family-photo-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/family-photo-1024x541.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/family-photo-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/family-photo-320x169.jpg 320w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/family-photo-480x254.jpg 480w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/family-photo-800x423.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1487px) 100vw, 1487px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7314'>\n\t\t\t\tVietnam\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In Panglao, Lucas completed his Advanced Open Water Diver certification, and Henry completed his Junior Adventure Diver certification (when Henry turns 12, he only needs to complete a deep dive to earn his Advanced Open Water Diver certification). Their friend Jake got his Advanced Open Water Diver certification too. There was an online learning component for the advanced certifications too. The sky is the limit when kids are motivated.\u00a0 It is amazing what they can accomplish.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-7817 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?attachment_id=7767'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240223_0341155812_Original.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240223_0341155812_Original.jpg 964w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240223_0341155812_Original-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240223_0341155812_Original-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240223_0341155812_Original-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240223_0341155812_Original-320x425.jpg 320w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240223_0341155812_Original-480x637.jpg 480w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240223_0341155812_Original-800x1062.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?attachment_id=7821'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"1118\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240218_0156541232.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240218_0156541232.jpg 980w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240218_0156541232-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240218_0156541232-898x1024.jpg 898w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240218_0156541232-768x876.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240218_0156541232-320x365.jpg 320w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240218_0156541232-480x548.jpg 480w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240218_0156541232-800x913.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?attachment_id=7799'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"967\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jL-Scuba.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jL-Scuba.jpg 967w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jL-Scuba-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jL-Scuba-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jL-Scuba-320x198.jpg 320w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jL-Scuba-480x296.jpg 480w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jL-Scuba-800x494.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>As a family, we also did several fun dives. We did all of our diving at Sierra Madre Dive Shop. It is a professional and friendly dive shop on Alona Beach. Under the guidance of experienced instructors, Lucas and Henry, along with their friend Jake, honed their scuba skills and learned about marine wildlife and conservation practices.<\/p>\n<p>We did a boat trip to Balicasag Island. The snorkeling and scuba in Panglao is incredible.\u00a0 There is a dramatic coral reef wall not far from shore.\u00a0 Michael and I also saw thousands of sardines on a two-hour self-guided snorkel adventure.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-7817 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?attachment_id=7807'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"842\" height=\"1118\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240209_0144333162.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240209_0144333162.jpg 842w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240209_0144333162-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240209_0144333162-771x1024.jpg 771w, 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?attachment_id=7860'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"957\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/starfish.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/starfish.jpg 957w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/starfish-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/starfish-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/starfish-320x235.jpg 320w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/starfish-480x352.jpg 480w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/starfish-800x587.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/?attachment_id=7861'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"781\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/starfish3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/starfish3.jpg 781w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/starfish3-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/starfish3-768x669.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/starfish3-320x279.jpg 320w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/starfish3-480x418.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Having the Advanced Scuba diving certification means Lucas can dive to greater depths. Lucas and Henry are both qualified now to explore more challenging dive sites, opening up a whole new world of underwater adventures.<\/p>\n<p>We enjoyed spending time in the underwater world, seeing colorful coral reefs teeming with fish, turtles, sea snakes, and more. There is a dramatic coral wall just off the coast of Alona Beach, which is great for scuba divers.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7862 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/coral-and-fish.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/coral-and-fish.jpg 910w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/coral-and-fish-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/coral-and-fish-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/coral-and-fish-320x247.jpg 320w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/coral-and-fish-480x370.jpg 480w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/coral-and-fish-800x616.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7863 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/coral.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"988\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/coral.jpg 988w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/coral-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/coral-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/coral-320x224.jpg 320w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/coral-480x337.jpg 480w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/coral-800x561.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7864 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jellyfish.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jellyfish.jpg 470w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jellyfish-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jellyfish-320x290.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7865 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sea-snake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sea-snake.jpg 551w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sea-snake-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sea-snake-320x164.jpg 320w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sea-snake-480x246.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition to diving, Lucas, Henry, and Jake spent a few days a week hanging out in the dive shop, learning how to clean and organize gear before and after their dives. They even got to help clean algae off the bottom of the dive boat.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7766 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240218_0111131854_Original.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1098\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240218_0111131854_Original.jpg 1098w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240218_0111131854_Original-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240218_0111131854_Original-878x1024.jpg 878w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240218_0111131854_Original-768x895.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240218_0111131854_Original-320x373.jpg 320w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240218_0111131854_Original-480x560.jpg 480w, https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240218_0111131854_Original-800x933.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1098px) 100vw, 1098px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We plan to include diving in our future travel plans. Henry wants to do his deep dive as soon as he turns 12. He is also keen to do shipwreck dives. Diving in Panglao was a great experience. I wonder where we will dive next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucas and Henry dove into scuba diving in Panglao. Diving is why we chose to spend a month on the island. They completed two try dives in Cham Islands, Vietnam, in September. That introduction was all they needed to get hooked on diving. After that, they completed their scuba certification in Koh Tao, Thailand, in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[258,259,230,15],"class_list":["post-7817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","tag-panglao","tag-philippines","tag-scuba-diving","tag-worldschooling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7817"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7866,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7817\/revisions\/7866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gowatkinsgo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}