Heading to Philippines in a few weeks. I anticipate primarily macro, of course, but keep wondering if it is worth taking a WWL or 8-15 along, perhaps for Apo island. This is my first trip there and hoping for some input. I have a suspicion I would not use either, and luggage restrictions and all that....

Thanks for any help.

JD

You could definitely shoot wide angle at Apo. But you could also just shoot macro there as well. You will definitely not shoot wide angle anywhere else near Dauin.

@JohnD

As @Whiskeyjack mentions, there no other real w/a worthwhile in the Dauin area, other than Apo Island (unless you're planning on taking the long (day) trip to Oslob for whale sharks).

At Apo you will likely see a number of sea turtles, potentially a few giant frogfish, very healthy coral, and they did have a whale shark swim by a few weeks ago.

Given this is your first trip to the Dauin area - our next trip will be our 5th - it's a very productive u/w macro region... having said this, we took the trip to Apo twice on our first trip, and have not been back on any of the last 3 trips. Dauin is so productive for macro, you can find really good reef dives in other areas. When you go to Apo you feel you might be missing something on the macro dives you don't do because you took the morning to go over to Apo.

Edited 11 hours ago11 hr by OneYellowTang

7 hours ago, Whiskeyjack said:

You could definitely shoot wide angle at Apo. But you could also just shoot macro there as well. You will definitely not shoot wide angle anywhere else near Dauin.

+1 for me

I was 2 times in Dauin and for me APO wide angle (macro also, but to change a little bit from macros ;) )

for the coast in Dauin macro macro and macro

Thank you. That was all very valuable. I am sure we will do Apo island once and are not planning on Oslob. Since I will be also learning to use my Retra LSD and the MFO 3 while there, I think I will just stick with macro on this trip. I have traditionally done far more WA and CFWA than macro so it is time to immerse myself in macro for this trip, and learn some new techniques and gear.

Macro is dangerous..it's an addiction ☠️

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