Whirlpools at sea

The pictures were taken while we were on our way to Siargao Island. Siargao island is an island situated in the Philippine Sea, a part of the Pacific Ocean. It was rather eerie to see this whirlpools. The first time I got to Siargao Island years ago, I got curious with these whirlpools when the barge that we were in changed its course to avoid a rather big whirlpool swirling around. A local old man on his way home to Siargao Island was sitting beside us that time and told us that the reason that boats or in that case, our barge avoided the whirlpool as big as the one that we have seen was it could cause the boat to get sucked in. These whirlpools can be dangerous during stormy days. Anyway, during our trip we did not have any cause for worry about the whirlpool as the water was calm. We were fortunate too that there is now a bigger barge that plies the route from Surigao City-Siargao Island. The bigger barge is commonly called RORO (roll in, roll out). The RORO travels much slower (4 ½ hours) than the common barges or boats that ply the route (normally 2 ½-3 hours) but it is more popular as it is relatively bigger and you can actually take along your vehicles in it.