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ARCO POINT
"Hole in the wall", hand-fed fish... Grouper, wrasses, butterfly fishes, dog eel, moray eel.
Visibility : 12 - 30 m. Depth range : 4 - 25 m.
Travel time : 12 min. (Back for lunch) Click here for dive prices!
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KALIPAYAN
The "Happy Wall", closest dive site (aside from a "house-reef" dive). Nice wall dive... Soft & hard corals, sea fans, some grouper and small barracuda.
Visibility : 8 - 25 m. Depth range : 3 - 20 m.
Travel time : 6 min.
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PAMILACAN ISLAND
Great drift dive... Reef slopes at 45º with many coral heads, spanish mackerel, barracuda, queen triggerfish, large bump-head wrasses, jacks and tuna.
Visibility : 10 - 40 m. Depth range : 6 - 30 m.
Travel time : 60 min.
BALICASAG ISLAND - (3 spots) Travel time : 45 min.
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BLACK FOREST
(N-E slope) - Steep slope with many coral heads and a "forest" of black coral at 25 - 40 m. Big tuna, jacks, barracudas, surgeon fish, grouper, triggerfish. Normally a drift dive.
Visibility : 15 - 40 m. Depth range : 20 - 40 m.
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RUDY'S ROCK
(S-E wall) - Deep drop-off wall dive... Soft and hard corals, many small caverns and crevices. Large turtles are sometimes seen. Often seen are large schools of silver jack. Beautiful wall.
Visibility : 10 - 40 m. Depth range : 3 - 30 m.
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RICO'S WALL
(S-W wall) - Drop-off in front of Balicasag Diver's Resort... Small caverns and ledges. Large grouper live near the bottom of the wall and can be seen at 20 - 30 m. Also large schools of surgeon fish.
Visibility : 15 - 40 m. Depth range : 5 - 35 m.
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PUNGTUD WALL
Beautiful coral garden... Lots of small fish, clown fish, damsels, moorish idols, butterfly fish, angelfish, etc. Excellent spot for snorkeling.
Visibility : 10 -30 m. Depth range : 2 - 20 m.
Travel time : 35 min.
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DOLHO POINT
Drift dive along this scenic wall. Many giant sea fans and basket sponges. Current is sometimes quite fierce but brings many large pelagic fish to be spotted by divers with "quick" eyes.
Visibility : 10 - 40 m. Depth range : 10 - 35 m.
Travel time: 60 min.
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NAPALING
Virgin coral... Great for shallow-water photography. Anthias in schools, small stingrays and moray eels.
Visibility : 10 - 30 m. Depth range : 3 - 20 m.
Travel time : 1 Hr 20 min.
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CABILAO ISLAND
Exciting dives for more advanced divers... An interesting double drop-off and strong currents. Hammerhead sharks in small schools are often seen. Also some other sharks show up occasionally. Big schools of barracudas swim circles against the sun... Only for "Early Birds" (dept. 6 o'clock).
Visibility : 12 - 40 m. Depth range : 20 - 40 m.
Travel time : 3 Hrs.
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CERVERA SHOAL
We call it "Snake Island". Various species of sea snakes inhabit this "sunken" island. The top lies in 12 meters of depth. A great experience do dive into the "blue". Not so good for corals, but lots of snakes and a good change to see some "big" fish.
Visibility : 5 - 30 m. Depth range : 12 - ??
Travel time : 50 min. |
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