The 4th Casili Spring Exploration was conducted last March 28, 2012. Using better equipment this time, Doc and Bernil navigated through the 48cm/1.57ft opening of the MAD Gate and down to the Snake Crawl with relative ease in comparison to the previous dives. The Hollis SMS 100 system and the helmet mounted lights worked very [...]
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The 3rd Casili Spring Exploration
Posted: September 23, 2011 in Cebu ExplorationsTags: Balamban, cave exploration, cave shrimps, caves in the philippines
The 3rd Casili Spring Exploration was conducted on September 21, 2011. On this trip, we managed to get more information on the topography of the area and the depth of the MAD Sanctum Canyon. We were also joined by 2 representatives from the Aquatic Cebu Enthusiasts (ACE), Niel Jarina and Lerch Ylaya, who were there to document, identify and [...]
The 2nd Casili Spring Exploration
Posted: August 30, 2011 in Cebu ExplorationsTags: Balamban, cebu diving
The 2nd Casili Spring Exploration was conducted on August 30, 2011. This is presently the most challenging cave system the MAD cavers have discovered! No mount is required on entry and exit– you push down your tanks to get in, you push them up to get out. Casili Spring Profile View The MAD Gate is [...]
The 1st Casili Spring Exploration 2011
Posted: August 24, 2011 in Cebu ExplorationsTags: Balamban, casili balamban, casili spring, cebu caves, diving
The MAD Cavers undertook the first ever Casili Spring Exploration on August 23, 2011 and discovered a new cave system! The exploration was very promising and we will definitely visit the area again very soon to extend our line. The mouth of the cave starts at 10.5 meters and water temperature is a cool 28 [...]
Balamban’s Cambuhawi Spring 2010
Posted: December 15, 2010 in Cebu ExplorationsTags: Balamban, Cambuhawi, spring, toledo, western cebu
It was a great drive from Mactan to Cebu then across the trans-central highway to get to the lovely Municipality of Balamban on that fine mid-morning on Dec. 15, 2010. The town is on the western coast of Cebu and faces the Tañon Strait. Balamban’s Cambuhawi Spring intrigued me when I visited it many summers ago– way [...]
