Divesites in Moalboal

1. HOUSE REEF. Right in front of the diveshop. Our house reef offers a rich variety of hard and soft corals and a huge variety of marine creatures. A great place for night-dives and beginners wishing to take up scuba diving. Many of our Scuba courses are conducted in this area. Visibility: 5-30m. Depth Range: 0-30m. Travel Time: 1 minute.

2. TONGO POINT. Lots of caves and crevices here, turtles are frequently seen in addition to nudibranchs and many species of shells.Sharks can also be seen with increasing frequency.This spot offers good diving for both the beginner and more experienced diver. Visibility: 5-20m. Depth Range: 0-25m. Travel Time: 5 minutes.

3. TUBLE REEF. A wall dive with a rich variety of soft corals, here you find many shells, big fan corals and plenty of colorful fish. Visibility: 5-25m. Depth Range: 0-25m Travel Time: 5 minutes.

4. WHITE BEACH. This site has soft corals, gorgonians and sea fans. Here you can also see a lot of pelagic. fish and if you are really lucky you might spot a pilot whale. The beach is really beautiful and unspoiled if you wish you can have a picnic or barbecue on the beach after your dive. White beach is a very popular site for parties after a night dive too! Visibility: 5-30m. Depth Range: 5-25m. Travel Time: 10 minutes.

5. RONDA BAY. Along the coast going north you find Ronda Bay, the newest divespot around Moalboal. You also find a small sanctuary here that is quite wellpreserved. Being a sandy area there are chances of spotting Rays here. Also lots of softcorrals and sea pens. Daytrips go out when requested to Ronda Bay with a White Beach dive on the way back. Visibility: 5-25m Depth Range: 5-30m Travel Time: 20 minutes

6. SUNKEN ISLAND. This underwater island raises up from the ocean depths to 25m in the middle of Tanon Strait. As the site can be difficult to locate quickly, we always bring a local fisherman who can find it easily. When you descend from the surface down into the deep blue water you only have the decent line as a reference point until you can see the top of the island looming ahead of you at approximately 20 m depth. Currents can be strong here so it is not a dive for the inexperienced. A lot of pelagic marine life passes by here including schools of tuna, barracuda, manta rays and (if youÇre lucky) a whaleshark. Frogfish and lion fish are usually in abundance at the top of the island. Visibility: 5-40m.Depth Range: 25-40m. Travel Time: 20 minutes.

7. PESCADOR ISLAND. (Moalboal Marine Park)- is now a protected area. This giant mushroom rises from the seabed at 30m-40m. The underwater photographer has a marine paradise here.This is perhaps the best known dive site in the area. The famous "cathedral" is best dived at noon when light streams down into this giant underwater formation. Sharks are regularly seen at depths below 30 m. In the months of December to March you can see a big school of Hammerhead sharks if you go deep enough.(Don’t worry......no attacks on divers have ever occurred!) Macro photography is very good at shallower depths.Pescador has 450 species of hard coral, probably the most diverse in the world. Visibility: 5-40m. Depth Range: 5-40m Travel Time: 10 minutes.

8. BADIAN ISLAND. This island you can see from Panagsama and it boosts a resort. Diving is quite okay though corral growth is slow here. Normally this is a stop on the way back from safaris. Visibility: 5-12m. Depth Range: 0-40m. Travel Time: 15 minutes.

9. UMBRELLA POINT. 400 meter after white beach, it is here you can dive on the airplane wreck. It has a nice wall and most of the dives in this area are drift dives. Look for turtles and Napoleon wrasses. The area between 15 meters up to 5 meters is covered with different kinds of hard and soft corals. Visibility; 8 - 25 meters Depth Range; 3 - 40 meters Travel Time; 15 minutes.

Divesites in Liloan

1. LILOAN POINT. The base for our safari program where the accommodation is, Liloan also have an excellent Housereef. Especially nightdives are appreciated here. With a wall dropping down to about 30 meters it offers a great verity of marinelife. Very common are nudibranschs, but also beware of the longspined sea urchins. Visibility; 5- 30 meters Depth Range; 5- 30 meters Travel Time; 0 minutes, You’ll be living on the reef.....

2. SUMILON ISLAND. This little island on the southern tip of Cebu island hold a marine sanctuary, once totally destroyed, that has now grown back with a tremendous speed. Lots of both soft and hard corals, nudibranchs and the picture below of the little Ghost Pipefish is taken here. Sea is normally calm here but current range from moderate to strong. It is also a good place for snorkeling but check for currents first. Visibility; 5- 30 meters Depth Range; 5 - 35 meters Travel Time; 25 minutes from Liloan.

3. BALICASAG ISLAND. South of Bohol, holds a verity of organism making it among the best diving in the Philippines. On the south side you find 400m of marine sanctuary that has been very well protected. Baligcasag has quite steep drop-offs over deep water giving a very healthy environment for coral growth. There is also plenty of pelagic visitors such as Hammerhead Sharks and sometimes even Whale Shark. Look also for the big schools of Jacks that you with a little bit of luck can sink down through and find yourself surrounded by fish! Look also at the Black Coral Garden. Visibility; 5 - 30 meters Depth Range; 5 - 40 meters Travel Time; 2 hours from Liloan.

4. CABILAO ISLAND. South west of Bohol lies Cabilao Island, also among the best diving you will find in the area. Especially known for itÇs large gatherings of Hammerhead Sharks in the deeper water. The shallow areas has nice corals all around which also makes it a good place to snorkel. Make sure to check the currents though they sometimes are very strong. Visibility; 5 - 30 meters Depth Range; 5 - 40 meters Travel Time; 3 hours from Lilioan.

5. SIQUIJOR ISLAND. Situated about 1 hour south of Cebu lies this somewhat newcomer of divespots. The island is normally more known for itÇs voodoo culture, but it offers very good diving in the marine sanctuary. Through a mooring fee the sanctuary is kept after very good. The bottom is quite sandy making it a good spot to see Rays of different kinds. At the end of the sanctuary thereÇs a big group of Great Barracudas which come up pretty close to divers. Visibility; 5 - 15 meters Depth Range; 5 - 25 meters Travel Time; 2 hours from Liloan.

6. APO ISLAND. There is a marine sanctuary also here, one of the most successful. lying on the southeast side it has a gradual slope with a short drop-off. You also find the outstanding "Clownfish City" here. Literally hundreds of ClownfishÇs with Anemones. A little bit north of the sanctuary you can make really good driftdives, but beware, currents can be fierce! This is only for the experienced diver. There is now also accommodation available at Apo for a reasonable cost, if you are interested in staying please inquire about the cost with Neptune. Visibility; 5 - 30 meters Depth Range; 5 - 40 meters Travel Time; 2 hours from Liloan.

7. DULJO POINT. A drift dive takes you along a sandy slope that eventually drops off to a wall about 40m deep. Currents are normally strong which brings in large pelagic species. The drop-off wall is covered with large gorgonian sea fans. At depth there is a chance of seeing Stingrays and Napoleon fish. There is normally large schools of many different fishspecies here due to the current. Visibility; 5 - 30 meters Depth Range; 5 - 40 meters Travel Time; 2 hours from Liloan.

8. PAMILACAN ISLAND. Reef slopes at 45m with many coral heads, spanish mackerel, barracuda, queen triggerfish, large bump-head wrasses, jacks and tuna. Visibility;10 - 40 meters Depth Range; 6 - 30 meters Travel Time; 3 hours from Liloan

9. CERVERA SHOAL. 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 - 40 meters. Travel time : 3 hours from Liloan.