Barracuda Lake, Coron Island

Arriving at the cove near Barracuda Lake, Coron Island	Reef under the boat in the cove	We had a large dive boat so we needed to swim to shore	Snorkelling over to the dock at Barracuda Lake
The guardhouse at Barracuda Lake	Dock and guardhouse	Eroded limestone of Coron Island	Now the fun begins...
The Coron Bay cove at Barracuda Lake, Coron Island	Luluyuuan - Barracuda Lake	Climbing the rocks in scuba gear	Coveby Barracuda Lake
Amazing stone landscape	Luckily it's not too far to the lake	Arrival at Barracuda Lake	Looking into the clear water
Looking back at the tough part of the scramble	Barracuda Lake, Coron Island	Barracuda Lake, a mix of fresh and salt water fed by a hot spring	The entry point, Barracuda Lake
Barracuda Lake	Barracuda Lake	Wetsuit not required	Putting on my fins
Eroded shore of Barracuda Lake	I'm using an underwater housing	...took a few tries	Diving Barracuda Lake
Toto the divemaster making sure we're ok	The various layers are clearly visible...thermoclines separate the 28C water above 8m from the 37C water below	There are also different layers of salty and fresh water	Dennis diving in Barracuda Lake
Odd jelly-type creature	Diving in a giant hot spring	Swimming just above the thermocline	Looking up from the depths at the rock formations above
	The haze at the bottom of the image is the visible thermocline	The thermoclines and helioclines are the most interesting part of the Barracuda Lake dive	Swimming between layers, Barracuda Lake
I'd recommend the dive	Dennis	Prominent rock formation, Barracuda Lake	A small opening Toto led us through
Hello	37C on the computer at 17m made the 28C water above 8m feel cold	Distortions in the water caused by variations in temperature and salinity	Barracuda Lake, Coron Island
Diving just below a thermocline which shimmers like the lake surface	Rock formations similar to those above water	The attack of the killer cleaner shrimp	Every divemaster's essential skill
Coming to the surface back at the starting point	Rock formations in Barracuda Lake	Barracuda Lake	The Olympus performs much better in the bright light of shallow water than at depth
Jagged rock formations of Barracuda Lake	Barracuda Lake	Barracuda Lake	Very good visibility underwater, Barracuda Lake
Back at the surface, Barracuda Lake	Nice dive	Now for the challenging scramble with the scuba gear	Looking down on the cove where the boat is anchored
Cove, Coron Island	Blue water cove, Coron Island	Had to keep the mask on...corrective lenses	Cove at Barracuda Lake
Smaller boats could tie up at the dock	...but we had to swim back to our large dive boat	Snorkling, Coron Island	Dennis with one of the small bancas, Coron Island
Me, Coron Island	Try not to smack the outrigger...