PHILIPPINES DIVE SITES

DUMAGUETE

1. Masaplod Marine Sanctuary
2. Dauin South
3. Dauin North
4. Cars
5. Sahara
6. Dorado Reef South
7. Dorado Reef North

8. Atlantis House Reef
9. Atlantis Artificial Reef
10. DuCoMi - Main Pier
11. DuCoMi - Soft Corals
12. DuCoMi - New Pillars
13. Siquijor: The Sanctuary
14. Siquijor: Maite Point
15. Siquijor: Sunken Island
16. Siquijor: Paliton Wall
17. Balicasag: The Sanctuary
18. Balicasag: Black Forest
19. Balicasag: Divers Heaven
20. Apo Island: Coconut Point
21. Apo Island: Kan-uran
22. Apo Island: Cogon
23. Apo Island: Mamsa
24. Apo Island: Marine Sanctuary
25. Apo Island: Largahan
26. Apo Island: Rock Point East
27. Apo Island: Rock Point West
28. Apo Island: Chapel Point


 

Atlantis House Reef
15-60 ft
Beginner
Just steps from your room you'll discover sea grass and coral beds hiding a number of rare creatures. Colorful mandarin fish, lionfish, scorpionfish, nudibranchs, schools of catfish and yellow tail snapper, freckled porcupine fish, morays, blue spotted stingrays, ringed pipefish, crocodile fish and juvenile batfish are common sightings. Also keep a close eye out for devilfish, ghost pipefish, frogfish, ribbon eels, twin spotted gobies, double spotted lionfish, comet fish, blue ringed octopus and spanish dancers.

 

Masaplod Marine Sanctuary
15-66 ft
Beginner to Intermediate
An amazing variety of reef fish and interesting critters can be found here! Enjoy peacock groupers, red snapper, batfish, sweetlips, blue-spotted stingrays and schools of jacks and fusiliers. Some of the smaller creatures you'll encounter include morays, scorpionfish, cowries, mantis shrimp, crab-eye gobies and nudibranchs galore!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

DuCoMi - Soft Corals
15-60 ft
Beginner to Intermediate
The stunning soft corals on this pier are surpassed only by the incredible diversity of marine life that can be found here. Multiple species of morays and frogfish, cuttlefish, scorpionfish, devilfish, pipefish, batfish, seahorses and juvenile trevallies are regular sightings. Also possible are octopus, stonefish, harlequin ghost pipefish, flamboyant cuttlefish, harlequin shrimp and juvenile batfish.

 

Apo Island: Mamsa
15-75 ft
Advanced
Immense schools of hundreds of jacks are the main focus here. You'll also see banded sea snakes, turtles, 4 varieties of snapper, boxfish, clown triggerfish, scribbled filefish, pyramid butterflyfish and longfinned bannerfish. Also look for napolean wrasses, tuna, cuttlefish, bumphead parrotfish, batfish, eagle rays, mantis shrimp, blue spotted stingrays, flatworms and frogfish.

 

Apo Island: Largahan
15-60 ft
Beginner to Intermediate
A landscape that is representative of the volcanic origin of the island provides interesting terrain for plenty of critters! Coral bommies, black sand erupting with bubbles from geothermal activity below, ledges with deep undercuts, a wall and a soft coral garden reveal nudibranchs, frogfish, flatworms, scorpionfish and blue ribbon eels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Apo Island: Rock Point East
15-75 ft
Intermediate
A large reef protruding into open sea currents ensures incredible marine life...Big schools of red tooth triggerfish, pyramid butterflyfish, longfin bannerfish, fusiliers, unicornfish, black-and-white snapper, blue fin trevallies, potato groupers and nudibranchs. If you're lucky, you may also see remoras, turtles, sea snakes, batfish, morays, frogfish and mantas.

 

Balicasag: Diver's Heaven
30-120 ft
Beginner to Advanced
A gentle slope with excellent hard and soft corals meets a wall with plenty of cracks and caves to explore. Lionfish, morays, batfish, soldierfish, nudibranchs, sweetlips, groupers, surgeonfish, fusiliers, snapper and anemone fish abound. Occasional visitors include turtles, Napolean wrasses, schools of jacks, frogfish and barracuda.

 

 

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