Bohol Sea

Bohol Sea
Mindanao Sea
The sea with Camiguin island in the distance
Bohol Sea is located in Philippines
Bohol Sea
Bohol Sea
Location within the Philippines
Location
Coordinates9°12′N 124°30′E / 9.2°N 124.5°E / 9.2; 124.5
TypeSea
EtymologyBohol / Mindanao
Basin countriesPhilippines

The Bohol Sea, also called the Mindanao Sea, is a sea located between the Visayas and Mindanao islands in the Philippines. It lies south of Bohol and Leyte and north of Mindanao. Siquijor and Camiguin are its two major islands.[1][2]

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 3/2 short wetsuit to dive the location.[citation needed]

Sea life is abundant and includes clownfish, lionfish, barracuda, dolphins, huge coral formations, and other common tropical sea life. Rorquals, including blue whales, have returned to the Bohol Sea, which is a rare trend in any Asian waters.[3]

Gallery

  • Salagdoong Beach facing the sea in Siquijor
    Salagdoong Beach facing the sea in Siquijor
  • Swimming pool overlooking the Bohol sea
    Swimming pool overlooking the Bohol sea
View of Bohol sea from The Barangay of Cambanac

References

  1. ^ a b "Bohol Sea". Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
  2. ^ Steve Baum (2011). "Mindanao Sea". www.eoearth.org. The Encyclopedia of Earth. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
  3. ^ "The Return of Rorquals in the Bohol Sea" (PDF). Marinemammalscience.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.

External links

  • Media related to Bohol Sea at Wikimedia Commons