Bohol 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]

Bohol Sea
Mindanao Sea
The sea with Camiguin island in the distance
Bohol Sea
Location within the Philippines
Location
Coordinates9°12′N 124°30′E
Typesea
EtymologyBohol / Mindanao
Basin countriesPhilippines

The major cities along the coastline of 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 both 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. 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. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  3. "The Return of Rorquals in the Bohol Sea" (PDF). Marinemammalscience.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  • Media related to Bohol Sea at Wikimedia Commons


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