Tag Archive for: Dauin

Dauin Fiesta 2023 – Schedule of Activities

The Dauin Fiesta 2023 will be celebrated from September 1-10, 2023. Click here to read more and see full schedule of activities!

Dive 7 Summer Festival 2021 in Dauin (Schedule)

The first ever Dive 7 Summer Festival 2021 will be held from May 21-23, 2021 in the municipality of Dauin, Negros Oriental. Schedule here!

Reopening of Local Tourism in Negros Oriental

A tourism press conference was held last Thursday with the reopening of Local Tourism in Negros Oriental. Click here to read more!

Miss Dauin 2018

8 lovely candidates, one crown and one title. Who is the worthy title holder of Miss Dauin 2018? Click here to read more & watch the video of Miss Dauin 2018!

Dauin Festival Events 2018 - Negros Oriental

Dauin Fiesta 2018

Dauin may be a small and quiet town, however, when the fiesta and Dauin Festival 2018 comes, the people are everywhere being loud and merry. Read more!

Miss Pura Vida 2017

Miss Pura Vida 2017

Pura Vida in Dauin was inviting us for their 13-year anniversary which was held together with their Christmas Party and the search for Miss Pura Vida 2017.

Kalye Sayaw 2017 - Dauin Festival

Dauin Kalye Sayaw 2017

Dauin Kalye Sayaw 2017 has set a new mark in the history of Dauin with its first ever festivity celebration of this kind. Check out our galleries here

Dauin Fiesta 2017

Dauin Fiesta 2017

The Dauin fiesta celebration will be held from Aug. 4 to Sept 10. The town famous for SCUBA diving can be found about 15 km south of Dumaguete. Read more.

Dead Whale in Dumaguete Dauin

Dead Whale in Dumaguete-Dauin

Like always, if there is a unusual creature anywhere in the world, the rumors go crazy. The same of course happened when a badly decomposed huge creature was found floating on the surface between Masaplod Norte and Apo Island. We all know that in the land of chissmiss, this must be a monster of the underworld. So the online-community on social networks voted for a Giant Squid at first.

Dead Whale in Dumaguete Dauin

Dead Whale on the Shoreline in Masaplod

The stinking creature was brought to the shoreline in Masaplod Norte and tight up. When we dropped by it was pretty clear that the dead creature looks like a whale. With the status of discomposure, the exact species is hard to determine.

Dead Whale in Dumaguete Dauin facing apo island

Dead Whale in Dumaguete Dauin facing apo island Probably a Sperm Whale

Sperm Whale in Dumaguete?

Best bet would be a Sperm Whale or any close relative of it. Looking at the size of the teeth, it would not be an adult sperm whale, but also no very young one.

The size of the carcass, teeth  and the blowhole compared to pictures and data online would suggest this species (without being experts in this field).

Dead Whale in Dumaguete Dauin local got the souviner teeth from the Whale Shark

Dead Whale in Dumaguete Dauin local got the souviner teeth of the dead creature for sale to the highest bidder a Whale Shark teeth

Stranded Sperm Whales in the Philippines

Stranded and dead sperm whales are no rarity in the Philippines. Just in October this year a dead sperm whale beached in Misamis Oriental. According to different media, the whale measured around 13 to 15 meters.

Looks like other creatures took already a bite

Looks like other creatures took already a bite

The status of the decomposing whale in Dauin was really beyond its prime and the carcass developed a bad stench. It can’t be said how long the creature has been dead already and what causes its death.

Getting the souvenirs from the dead carcass

Getting the souvenirs from the dead carcass

With getting closer to low tide, locals got into the water and tried to cut doubtful souvenirs out of it. The teeth of the dead whale were sold on shore for 1500 peso and more.