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Dive Sites on Cebu Is, Negros Is, Siquijor Is and Bohol Is, Philippines
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Good Tropical Diving...

Good Tropical Diving... Can be defined in many different ways and different personal opinions among divers make it virtually impossible to pinpoint any one particular place as the "best" dive location. What is known for fact is that Philippines coral reefs have the world's greatest diversity of marine life. Scientists believe that is was here that a particular marine ecosystem known as the coral reef once evolved and then spread to other tropical places around the world. The Philippines is an archipelago comprising over 7000 islands; consequently there are a huge number of dive sites and diving opportunities. This and the fact that the Philippines currently does not have heavy levels of tourism (unlike Thailand, Maldives, Red Sea and the Great Barrier Reef where the dive sites are subject to damage due to the sheer number of divers (many of whom are careless) means that the Philippines islands are a natural choice for divers seeking a unique underwater experience. When we looked for a good location to set up a diving centre, the Philippines was the best choice for us and we are sure that if you choose to explore the underwater world with us, you will agree!

Divesites in Moalboal / Cebu:

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Panagsama Beach, (House Reef):

District: Basdiot, Moalboal
Distance: 0km
Travel Time: 0min by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 57.013' E.123° 21.903'
Composition: Slope / wall.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-20m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 5-15m
Marine life: Rich variety of hard and soft corals and of marine creatures. School of sardines being hunted, turtles, nudibranches,
batfish and whaleshark.

Talisay Wall:

District: Basdiot, Moalboal
Distance: 1km from Panagsama Beach
Travel Time: 3min by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 56.552' E.123° 22.064'
Composition: Slope / wall, with canyons and small caves.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-25m
Current: 0-3 knots
Interesting depth: 5-15m
Marine life: Turtles, batfish, mandarin fish and frogfish.

Tongo Point:

District: Tongo, Moalboal
Distance: 2km from Panagsama Beach
Travel Time: 7min by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 56.063' E.123° 22.376' Entry point
N.09° 55.936' E.123° 22.587' Exit point
Composition: Deep wall.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-25m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 5-18m
Marine life: Lots of caves and crevices with different nudibranches and shells. Turtle, clownfish and mandarinfish.

Kasai Point:

District: Tuble, Moalboal
Distance: 1km from Panagsama Beach
Travel Time: 3min by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 57.532' E.123° 22.024'
Composition: Steep slope with wall. Canyons and small caves.
Snorkeling: Excellent
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-22m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 7-15m
Marine life: Big hard corals, plenty of nudibranches, coral shrimpfish (razorfish), whaleshark and squid.

Tuble Reef:

District: Tuble, Moalboal
Distance: 2.5km from Panagsama Beach
Travel Time: 6min by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 58.116' E.123° 22.157'
Composition: Wall
Snorkeling: Good, but shallow
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 8-18m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 10-15m
Marine life: Plenty of soft corals, shells, nudibranches, turtles and Napoleon wrasse.

White Beach:

District: Savedra, Moalboal
Distance: 5km from Panagsama Beach
Travel Time: 13min by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 59.583' E.123° 22.180' Entry point
N.09° 59.451' E.123° 22.160' Exit point
Composition: Steep slope with wall.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-22m
Current: 0-3 knots
Interesting depth: 12-18m
Marine life: Soft corals and sea fans. Pelagic fish, longnose hawkfish, ghost pipefish and scorpion fish.

Ronda Bay:

District: Savedra, Moalboal
Distance: 7km from Panagsama Beach
Travel Time: 19min by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 59.750' E.123° 23.000'
Composition: Slope
Snorkeling: Perfect
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 8-18m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 10-15m
Marine life: Sea pen, spotted eagle ray, blacktipped reefshark and batfish. Plenty of different nudibranches.

Dolphin House:

District: Savedra, Moalboal
Distance: 2.4km from Panagsama Beach
Travel Time: 8min by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 58.281' E.123° 22.195'
Composition: Steep slope with wall.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-25m
Current: 0-2
Interesting depth: 17-22m
Marine life: Very big sea fans, turtle, wahoo, longnose hawkfish and nudibranches.

Sunken Island:

District: Lambug, Badian
Distance: 10,4km from Panagsama Beach
Travel Time: 26min by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 51.524' E.123° 20.654'
Composition: Shoal hill
Snorkeling: Not good
Experience: Advanced open water Open Water Diver
Visibility: 12-30m
Current: 1-4 knots
Interesting depth: 25-30m.
Marine life: Underwater island with pelagic schools of fish. Frogfish, big lionfish, and spanish dancer.

Pescador Island:

District: Basdiot, Moalboal
Distance: 4km from Panagsama Beach
Travel Time: 11min by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 55.302' E.123° 20.617' Is south entry point
N.09° 55.410' E.123° 20.641' Is east entry point
Composition: North and west deep wall, steep slope in the south. The Cathedral in northwest.
Snorkeling: Excellent
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-30m
Current: 0-3 knots
Interesting depth: 7-20m
Marine life: 450 spieces of hard coral, pyramid butterflyfish, tuna, nudibranches, snake eel, frog fish, barracuda
and whitetipped reef shark.

Copton Point:

District: Savedra, Moalboal
Distance: 6km from Panagsama Beach
Travel Time: 11min by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 59.872' E.123° 22.425'
Composition: Slope / wall
Snorkeling: Perfect
Experience: Advanced open water Open Water Diver
Visibility: 5-20m
Current: 1-3 knots
Interesting depth: 10-18m, airplane at 22m
Marine life: Lots of different corals, spotted eagle ray, yellow ribbon sweetlips, ringtailed cardinal, majestic angelfish,
mantis shrimp and squid.

Divesites in Santander / Cebu:

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Antina Point:

District: Liloan, Santander
Distance: 1.5km from Liloan
Travel Time: 5min by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 25.257' E.123° 17.989' Entry point
N.09° 24.958' E.123° 18.054' Exit and entry point from Ilak
Composition: Flat slope
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-20m
Current: 1-4 knots
Interesting depth: 10-15m
Marine life: Different nudibranches, banded snake eel and soapfish.

Maria Elena:

District: Santander
Distance: 0.5km from Liloan
Travel Time: 3min by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 24.960' E.123° 18.526' Entry point
N.09° 24.899' E.123° 18.649' Exit point going east
N.09° 25.016' E.123° 18.224' Marine Village
Composition: Slope
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 8-20m
Current: 1-3 knots
Interesting depth: 10-15m
Marine life: Mushroom-coral pipefish, yellow frogfish, false stonefish, nudibranches, blue ribbon eel and pyjama cardinal fish.

Santa Maria:

District: Santander
Distance: 2km from Liloan
Travel Time: 10min by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 24.672' E.123° 19.506' Entry point
Composition: Slope
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-20m
Current: 1-3 knots
Interesting depth: 7-15m
Marine life: Sweetlips, snappers, puffers, nice nudibranches and long-nose filefish.

Sumilon Island:

District: Oslob
Distance: 10km from Liloan
Travel Time: 25min by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 25.776' E.123° 23.270' Entry point
N.09° 26.113' E.123° 23.133' Exit point
Composition: Wall
Snorkeling: Perfect
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-25m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 8-18m
Marine life: Whaleshark and manta passes by. Giant anglerfish, comet and big schools of mackerel and fusiliers.

Luisan Shoal or Caseres Reef:

District: Oslob
Distance: 24km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 33.075' E.123° 27.479' Entry point in the north
N.09° 32.823' E.123° 27.631' Exit point in the east
N.09° 32.632' E.123° 27.387' South point
Composition: Shoal with deep walls.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Advanced open water Open Water Diver
Visibility: 15-20m
Current: 0-3 knots
Interesting depth: 5-30m
Marine life: Blue finned triggerfish, black spotted puffer, frog fish, damsel fishes and whaleshark.

Divesites Cabilao Island / Bohol:

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Cambaquiz:

District: Cambaquiz, Cabilao Island
Distance: 78km from Liloan
Travel Time: 2hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 53.130' E.123° 47.626'
Composition: Steep slope
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-30m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 10-15m
Marine life: Nudibranches and pipefish.

Talisay Wall:

District: Looc, Cabilao Island
Distance: 78km from Liloan
Travel Time: 2hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 53.556' E.123° 46.146'
Composition: Deep wall
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-20m
Current: 0-3 knots
Interesting depth: 15m
Marine life: Nice corals, striped fusiliers, shrimps and snails.

Light House East:

District: Pantudlan, Cabilao Island
Distance: 77km from Liloan
Travel Time: 2hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 53.394' E.123° 45.481'
Composition: Deep wall with slope and platforms.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Advanced open water Open Water Diver
Visibility: 18-25m
Current: 1-4 knots
Interesting depth: 10-20m
Marine life: Nudibranches, seamoth/dragonfish and pygmy seahorse.

Light House South:

District: Pantudlan, Cabilao Island
Distance: 77km from Liloan
Travel Time: 2hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 53.186' E.123° 45.505'
Composition: Wall
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Advanced open water Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-30m
Current: 1-4 knots
Interesting depth: 10-15m
Marine life: Nice corals and sea fans. Pegasus seahorse, ghost pipefish, stonefish and leaffish.

Balay Reef, (House Reef):

District: Pantudlan, Cabilao Island
Distance: 77km from Liloan
Travel Time: 2hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 53.186' E.123° 45.505' Entry point
N.09° 52.892' E.123° 45.558' Exit point
Composition: Wall
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 8-20m
Current: 1-3 knots
Interesting depth: 8-15m
Marine life: Nice corals. Frogfish, schools of tuna, barracuda and jackfish.

Three Coconuts:

District: Cabacongan, Cabilao Island
Distance: 75km from Liloan
Travel Time: 2hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 52.476' E.123° 45.550' Entry point
Composition: Wall
Snorkeling: Perfect
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-20m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 5-15m
Marine life: Big hard corals, barracuda schools and blacktipped reef shark.

Shark Cave:

District: Cabacongan, Cabilao Island
Distance: 74km from Liloan
Travel Time: 2hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 51.560' E.123° 46.020' Entry point
N.09° 51.619' E.123° 45.838' Exit point
Composition: Wall
Snorkeling: Perfect
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 12-25m
Current: 0-3 knots
Interesting depth: 22-25m
Marine life: Nice hard corals, comet, sea horses and white- and blacktipped reef sharks.

Divesites Panglao Island / Bohol:

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Napaling:

District: Tangnan, Panglao Island
Distance: 76km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1.5hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 37.041' E.123° 46.265'
Composition: Wall
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 12-20m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 8-12m
Marine life: Big gorgonias and soft corals, small stingrays, moray eels and sea krait.

Doljo Point:

District: Doljo, Panglao Island
Distance: 70km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1.5hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 35.542' E.123° 43.349'
Composition: Steep slope / wall.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 15-22m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 10-15m
Marine life: Nice corals, sponges and pelagic fish.

Pungtud Wall:

District: Doljo, Panglao Island
Distance: 67km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1.5hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 34.421' E.123° 42.796'
Composition: Wall
Snorkeling: Exellent
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-30m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 7-15m
Marine life: Beautiful coral garden. Lots of small fish, mackerels, squids and snakes.

Danao Beach, (Habagat Wreck):

District: Danao, Panglao Island
Distance: 58km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1.5hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 32.408' E.123° 45.358'
Composition: Steep slope.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 15-25m
Current: 0-1 knots
Interesting depth: 8-12m
Marine life: At 27m the small wreck is found, sunk by Sea Quest Dive Center in 2000. Tallfin batfish, giant anglerfish and harlequin
ghost pipefish.

Kalipayan:

District: Danao, Panglao Island
Distance: 57km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1.5hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 32.494' E.123° 45.639'
Composition: Wall in the beginning, slope at the and of the dive.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-25m
Current: 0-1 knots
Interesting depth: 7-12m
Marine life: Nice corals, harlequin ghost pipefish, comet and banded pipefish.

Garden Eels:

District: Danao, Panglao Island
Distance: 56km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1.5hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 32.711' E.123° 46.260'
Composition: Steep slope / wall.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 8-25m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 6-18m
Marine life: Splendid sand eel, spotted garden eel and big groupers.

Alona Beach, (House Reef):

District: Tawala, Panglao Island
Distance: 55km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1.5hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 32.742' E.123° 46.346'
Composition: Steep slope / wall.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 8-25m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 5-15m
Marine life: Scorpionfish and nudibranches.

Bohol Beach Club:

District: Bolod, Panglao Island
Distance: 59km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1.5hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: ?
Composition: Steep slope.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 18-25m
Current: 1-3 knots
Interesting depth: 7-15m
Marine life: Pygmy seahorse, in the caves moray and snake eels.

Arco Point:

District: Libaong, Panglao Island
Distance: 60km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1.5hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 33.486' E.123° 48.578'
Composition: Wall with a small cave you can visit.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-25m
Current: 0-3 knots
Interesting depth: 10-15m
Marine life: Groupers, humphead parrotfish, moray and snake eels.

Pamilacan Island:

District: Baclayon
Distance: 75km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1.5hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 29.451' E.123° 56.038'
Composition: Slope
Snorkeling: Not good
Experience: Advanced open water Open Water Diver
Visibility: 15-22m
Current: 1-3 knots
Interesting depth: 10-20m
Marine life: Many coral heads, spanish mackerel, barracuda, queen trigger and humphead wrasse.

Cervera Shoal or Snake Island:

District: Libaong
Distance: 66km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1.5hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 29.371' E.123° 50.756'
Composition: Shoal
Snorkeling: Not good
Experience: Advanced open water Open Water Diver
Visibility: 15-25m
Current: 1-3 knots
Interesting depth: 10-15m
Marine life: Various sea snakes and pelagic fish.

Divesites Balicasag Island / Bohol:

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Black Forest:

District: Balicasag Island
Distance: 45km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1.5hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 30.890' E.123° 41.336' Entry point
N.09° 30.779' E.123° 41.182' Entry point
Composition: Steep slope.
Snorkeling: Not good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 15-30m
Current: 1-3 knots
Interesting depth: 15m
Marine life: Coral heads and a forest of black corals. Big schools of mackerel, nudibranches, frog fish, big barracudas
and Napoleon wrasse.

Rudy's Rock:

District: Balicasag Island
Distance: 43km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1.5hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 30.828' E.123° 40.838'
N.09° 30.780' E.123° 40.932' Entry point / exit point
N.09° 30.910' E.123° 40.782' Exit point / entry point
Composition: Wall
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 12-20m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 15m
Marine life: Corals, caverns and crevices with turtles and schools of silverjack.

Rico's Wall:

District: Balicasag Island
Distance: 44km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1.5hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 31.048' E.123° 40.843'
Composition: Wall with small caverns and ledges.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 15-30m
Current: 0-1 knots
Interesting depth: 10m
Marine life: Unicorn fish, batfish and big schools of surgeonfish.

Cathedral:

District: Balicasag Island
Distance: 44km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1.5hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 31.244' E.123° 41.076' Entry point
N.09° 31.216' E.123° 40.953' Exit point
Composition: Wall
Snorkeling: Excellent
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 12-25m
Current: 0-3 knots
Interesting depth: 20m
Marine life: Turtles, Napoleon wrasse and drummer.

Divers Heaven:

District: Balicasag Island
Distance: 45km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1.5hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 31.105' E.123° 41.273' Entry point
N.09° 30.985' E.123° 41.316' Exit point Black Forest
N.09° 31.218' E.123° 41.166' Exit point Cathedral
Composition: Steep slope.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 12-25m
Current: 0-3 knots
Interesting depth: 15m
Marine life: Like an aquarium.

Divesites: Siquijor Island

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Daquit Shoal:

District: E. Villanueva, Siquijor Island
Distance: 55km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 15.474' E.123° 41.410' East side
Composition: Flat shoal top at 5m with slope and wall.
Snorkeling: Nice
Experience: Advanced open water Open Water Diver
Visibility: 8-18m
Current: 1-4 knots
Interesting depth: 12m
Marine life: Nice sponges and corals, double-line mackerel and blueside wrasse.

Tulapus Sanctuary:

District: E. Villanueva, Siquijor Island
Divesites:
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 17.227' E.123° 38.680' Entry point
N.09° 17.330' E.123° 38.557' Exit point
Composition: Flat slope. 150 concrete "crosses" on bottom.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 8-18m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 12m
Marine life: Concrete "crosses" overgrown with corals. Bluespotted fantail stingray, manta ray and big barracudas.

Tonga Point:

District: Siquijor, Siquijor Island
Distance: 26km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 13.959' E.123° 28.450' Entry point
N.09° 13.948' E.123° 28.285' Exit point
Composition: Wall
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-25m
Current: 1-3 knots
Interesting depth: 15m
Marine life: Napoleon wrasse, frogfish and humphead parrotfish.

West Point:

District: Paliton, Siquijor, Siquijor Island
Distance: 27km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 13.015' E.123° 26.822'
Composition: Steep slope / wall.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-25m
Current: 0-3 knots
Interesting depth: 8-15m
Marine life: Small caves with groupers.

Paliton Staghorn:

District: Paliton, Siquijor, Siquijor Island
Distance: 31km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 10.413' E.123° 27.583' Entry point
N.09° 10.530' E.123° 27.414' Exit point
Composition: Slope
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 15-25m
Current: 0-3 knots
Interesting depth: 10-15m
Marine life: Staghorn corals, many reef fish and blue ribbon eel.

Paliton Wall:

District: Paliton,
Siquijor Island
Distance: 31km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 10.348' E.123° 27.635' Entry point
N.09° 10.413' E.123° 27.583' Exit point
Composition: Deep wall in the beginning, slope at the end.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-35m
Current: 0-3 knots
Interesting depth: 10-18m
Marine life: Small caves with comets and snubnose drummer.

Sunken Island:

District: San Juan, Siquijor Island
Distance: 34km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 09.313' E.123° 28.882'
Composition: Shoal
Snorkeling: Not good
Experience: Advanced open water Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-25m
Current: 1-3 knots
Interesting depth: 12-20m
Marine life: The island is covered with nice corals. Sardines hunted by mackerels and spotted eagle stingray.

Solangon:

District: San Juan, Siquijor Island
Distance: 34km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 09.749' E.123° 28.919'
Composition: Flat slope.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-25m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 5-12m
Marine life: Coral platforms, nudibranchs, moray eels and dothead rockcod.

Maite:

District: San Juan, Siquijor Island
Distance: 36km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 09.178 E.123° 29.662'
Composition: Flat slope.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 12-25m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 7-13m
Marine life: Blue ribbon eel, mandarin fish, graceful prawn goby and pyjama cardinal fish.

Coco Grove:

District: San Juan,
Siquijor Island
Distance: 38km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 08.441' E.123° 30.529' Entry point
N.09° 08.329' E.123° 30.664' Exit point
Composition: Flat slope.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver. Good for night dive.
Visibility: 10-25m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 6-15m
Marine life: Big nudibranches, flatworms and seahorse.

Sawang:

District: San Juan, Siquijor Island
Distance: 40km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 08.190' E.123° 30.990'
Composition: Slope, rocky bottom with a tunnel (6m).
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Open Water Diver
Visibility: 10-25m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 15m
Marine life: Blueside wrasse, regal angelfish and giant clams.

Divesites Apo Island / Negros:

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Coconut Point:

District: Olo, Apo Island
Distance: 38km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 05.128' E.123° 16.302'
Composition: Slope
Snorkeling: Excellent
Experience: Advanced open water Open Water Diver
Visibility: 15-35m
Current: 2-5 knots
Interesting depth: 20m
Marine life: Great barracudas, trevallys, angelfish, batfish, short dragonfish and turtles.

Largahan

District: Largahan, Apo Island
Distance: 38km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 04.916' E.123° 16.022'
Composition: Flat slope in the beginning and end, wall in between.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: open water
Visibility: 8-20m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 20m
Marine life: Big variety of corals, mandarin fish, blue razorfish, bignose unicornfish
and bluefin trevallys.

Boluarte

District: Kan-Upi, Apo Island
Distance: 39km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 04.762' E.123° 16.020'
Composition: Flat slope.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: open water
Visibility: 12-25m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 8-20m
Marine life: Coral heads on sandy bottom. Trevalliers, snappers and goggle-eye.

Chapel

District: Apo Island
Distance: 40km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 04.683' E.123° 16.000'
N.09° 04.785' E.123° 16.077'
Composition: First steep cliff, after slope dive.
Snorkeling: Excellent
Experience: open water
Visibility: 12-25m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 20m
Marine life: In the sandy area plenty of garden eel and flounder. Many different
nudibranches, humphead parrotfish and tresher shark.

Katipanan

District: Apo Island
Distance: 40km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 04.518' E.123° 15.993' Entry point
N.09° 04.263' E.123° 16.025' Exit point
Composition: Slope
Snorkeling: Excellent
Experience: open water
Visibility: 10-22m
Current: 0-2 knots
Interesting depth: 10-16m
Marine life: Big cuttle fish, nudibranches, turtle and comet.

Rock Point West

District: Tumoy, Apo Island
Distance: 41km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 04.263' E.123° 16.025'
Composition: Slope with platforms.
Snorkeling: Perfect
Experience: Advanced open water
Visibility: 12-28m
Current: 1-4 knots
Interesting depth: 10-20m
Marine life: Many soft corals and terraces with hard corals. Schools of guilded trigger
and bignose unicorn. Golden batfish, sea kraits, turtles and egg cowrie.

Rock Point East

District: Tumoy, Apo Island
Distance: 41km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 04.268' E.123° 16.132'
Composition: Platform with steep slope.
Snorkeling: Perfect
Experience: Advanced open water
Visibility: 12-25m
Current: 1-3 knots
Interesting depth: 10-20m
Marine life: Like an aquarium. Schools of redtooth trigger fish, schooling banner and
pyramid butterfly fish.

Marine Sanctuary

District: Kanigaran, Apo Island
Distance: 42km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 04.445' E.123° 16.308'
Composition: Steep slope.
Snorkeling: Excellent
Experience: Open water
Visibility: 12-25m
Current: 1-3 knots
Interesting depth: 4-12m
Marine life: Clownfish city. Hard corals with anemonies growing on them populated by different anemonefish.
School of juvenile bigeye jacks.

Kan-Uran

District: Kan-Uran, Apo Island
Distance: 41km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 04.593' E.123° 16.493'
Composition: Steep slope.
Snorkeling: Perfect
Experience: Open water
Visibility: 10-20m
Current: 1-2 knots
Interesting depth: 5-20m
Marine life: Great corals, pyjama cardinalfish, scorpionfish and nudibranches.

Mamsa Point

District: Punta, Apo Island
Distance: 40km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 04.703' E.123° 16.537'
Composition: Steep slope.
Snorkeling: Good
Experience: Advanced open water
Visibility: 15-35m
Current: 1-4 knots
Interesting depth: 8-20m
Marine life: Nice corals, schools of bigeye trevally, humpback snappers, bluelined grouper
and many bignose unicornfish.

Cogon

District: Kasurinio, Apo Island
Distance: 40km from Liloan
Travel Time: 1hr by banca boat
GPS Coordinates: N.09° 04.967' E.123° 16.453'
Composition: In beginning flat slope, after steep slope. Drift dive.
Snorkeling: Excellent
Experience: Advanced open water
Visibility: 15-35m
Current: 1-4 knots
Interesting depth: 10-18m
Marine life: Like an aquarium with king mackerels, mangrove jacks, blue razorfish
and a school of bigeyed jacks with 200 to 3000 individuals.
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