{"id":35501,"date":"2024-06-11T23:14:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T15:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=35501"},"modified":"2026-03-10T22:41:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:41:38","slug":"cebu-2024-day-04-pescador-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2024\/06\/11\/cebu-2024-day-04-pescador-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Cebu 2024 \u2013 Day 04 \u2013 Pescador Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 04 was a pretty heavy day, itinerary-wise, for us. The planned schedule was for us to check out of our resort in Moalboal early in the morning, then drive to the jetty where we’d boat over to Pescador Island for snorkeling, followed by canyoneering at Kawasan Falls, and finally return to Cebu City in the evening.<\/p>\n

Pescador Island<\/strong> is a popular site for snorkeling, including observing sardine schools and turtles. As with the other places we’ve been to for amateur-level snorkeling though, most of the corals we saw were already dead, so the first stop for us to snorkel was disappointing. The waters were fairly clear, but there was little marine life and few living corals.<\/p>\n

The second stop was where we saw the sardine schools and turtles<\/strong>, and the kids were treated again to something new. The area was a little congested though, with many other groups also participating in the same activity, but it was nonetheless enjoyable and we got pretty good videos from the experience. Photos were a very different story though: the Olympus TG-5 struggled to focus in the mid-morning lighting! Like the whale shark watching activity, your boat driver and host will assist to help you take videos, so you just need to pass them your gear and let them know if you have specific preferences.<\/p>\n

Pictures and also a short video of the sardine schools.<\/p>\n

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Boating to Pescador Island. We were on a private excursion with two guides. The boat ride took about 20 minutes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sadly, mostly dead corals with just a few live ones.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We did spot a very blue-coloured starfish though!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Spotted a small sea turtle at the sardine observation spot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sardine schools!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The snorkeling gear we bought five years ago from Decathlon for the Maldives trip still fitted the kids.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The sardines were pretty small, size-wise: perhaps just under a foot long each.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n