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Travel Time: 12 mins. Arthur’s Rock Depth: 10m.-25m. / 33ft.-82ft. Visibility: 10m.-20m./33ft.-66ft. What can be seen: hard and soft corals with sightings of small to medium sized reef fishes. Different species of Ribbon Eels, Nudibranches and Macro sized shrimps. In between big rocks there are some big groupers and snappers reside in between of these rocks.
Travel Time: 20 mins. Depth: 5m.-25m. / 16ft.-82ft. Visibility: 10m.-30m./33ft.-100ft. What can be seen: One of the eye catching moments here is the Black Tip Brown Reef Shark that some time can be seen at even 5m. /16ft deep of water. Also a group of Tuna and Barracuda and occasionally giant spotted Eagle Ray and Manta Ray can be encountered.
Travel Time: 15mins Depth: 3m.-18m./10ft.-60ft. Visibility: 10m. /30ft. What can be seen: It’s a habitat of most of the unique creatures like the Mimic Octopus, Sea Horse, Frog Fish, Harlequin Shrimp, Bobbit Worm, Pipe Fish, Crocodile
Travel Time: 25 mins. Depth: 5m.-25m. / 16ft.-82ft. Visibility: 10m.-30m./33ft.-100ft. What can be seen: One of the eye catching moments here is the Black Tip Brown Reef Shark that some time can be seen at even 5m. /16ft deep of water. Also a group of Tuna and Barracuda and occasionally giant spotted Eagle Ray and Manta Ray can be encountered.
Travel Time: 23 mins. Starting Depth: 5m/15ft Maximum Depth: 21m/70ft Current: moderate to strong Remarks: Fun Dive, Slope, Wall Dive, Mac Dive
Travel Time: 25 mins Depth: 5m.-15m./16ft.-50ft. Visibility: 10m. /30ft. What can be seen: long slope sandy bottom with a mix of scattered big and small rocks with corals, such as big Basket Corals and Soft Sponges. Here you can see some of the most unique and rare kinds of Nudibranches.
Cathedral Depth: 10m.-18m. / 33ft.-60ft. Visibility: 10m.-20m./33ft.-66ft. What can be seen: an underwater landmark cross that was installed by none other than former Philippine president Fidel V. Ramos. The cross is situated between two big rocks at around 18m. /60ft. which is decorated with soft corals. There are usual sightings of schools of big fish, turtles and occasionally some reef sharks.
Travel Time: 23 mins Depth: 5m.-15m./16ft.-50ft. Visibility: 10m.-20m./33ft.-66ft. What can be seen: Popularly known for macro you can spot a Zebra Fish Goby, Yellow Shrimp Goby, Sabre Tooth goby, Phylodesmium Nudibranches, Moray Eels, Mantis Shrimps, etc.
Travel Time: 15 mins. Starting Depth: 5m/15ft Max Depth: 24m/80ft – 30m/100ft Current: NA Remarks: Fun Dive, Wall Dive, Mac Dive
Dive and Trek 25mins from the resort Depth: 5m.-27m./16ft.-89ft. Visibility: 10m.-25m. /33ft.-82ft. What can be seen: It has an underwater Virgin Mary Statue at about 24m., a cross made out of concrete lies on top of the cavern at about 20m. deep. Inside small cavern resting a big group of Midnight Snapper, some Red Snapper and Black Surgeons, also Napoleon Fish and lots of Stripe or Banded Grouper. Under the cavern you can have your nail groom by lots of those cleaner shrimp and many kind of anemone fish. Rocks have many big holes so be careful where you put your hands for there are some big Moray Eel.
Travel Time: 5 mins. Depth: 10m.-18m. / 33ft.-60ft. Visibility: 10m-20m./33ft.-66ft. What can be seen: resident big pelagic fish like the Wahoo, Giant Trevally, Skip Jack and Yellow fin Tuna.
Travel Time: 20 mins. Depth: 5m.-30m / 16ft.-100ft. Visibility: 10m.-20m./33ft.-66ft. What can be seen: You can find see fans that has many juvenile Sea Cucumber attached to the wall as well as Long Nose Hawk Fish and beneath that the same rock you will see many Yellow Lined and Harlequin Sweet Lips. You can also see black and white Frog Fish, a Golden Pygmy Sea Horse, Twin Spot Lion Fish, Sea Snake, small group of Giant Trevally and its resident the beautiful Purple Fire and Blue Lined Dart Goby.
Travel Time: 8 mins. Depth: 5m.-18m. / 16ft.-50ft. Visibility: 10m.-25m./33ft.-82ft. What can be seen: The shore line is composed of rocks and hard corals, after this is a fine sand bottom composition where big turtles, different species of Trigger Fish and some Cuttle Fish.
Travel Time: 21 mins. Depth: 5m.-15m. / 16ft.-50ft. Visibility: 10m.-15m./33ft.-50ft. What can be seen: It has a slight shallow drop off made out of sand, small rocks and naturally crashed corals that makes it nesting place of hundreds of red tooth trigger fish. This place is often visited by Sea Snakes, Turtles, MSquids and Octopus and lots of ollusk on the shoreline.
25mins from the resort Depth: 5m.-30m. / 16ft.-100ft. Visibility: 10m.-25m. /33ft.-82ft. What can be seen: The place is abundant in all kinds of reef fish, crossing point of barracuda, big rainbow runner, bonitos, jacks and tunas and also sharks. On the shallow area you will see a number of nudibranches and some nice looking multi-colored soft corals.
25mins from the resort Depth: 10m.-30m. / 33ft.-100ft. Visibility: 8m.-15m./26ft.-50ft. What can be seen: This area has lots of big sea fans like red and yellow gorgonians. Dive site is drop off made out of slanted wall of rocks with sandy bottom sloped to more than 30m./100ft. deep of water. The multi colored sea fans and the wall is the main attraction and lots of Long Nose Hawk Fish.
20mins from the resort Depth: 10m.-30m. / 33ft.-100ft Visibility: 5m.-10m./16ft.-33ft. What can be seen: The main attraction on this dive spot is watching the hot bubbles rising from sandy bed and the fringing reef that often visited by Sting Rays, Snappers and Grouper Fish. The dive here can be one way where you usually start from the deep end of the reef moving west ward to shallow point and watching underwater hot bubbles while making a safety stop.
Travel Time: 22 mins. Depth: 5m.-30m. / 16ft.-100ft Visibility: 10m.-20m./33ft.-66ft. What can be seen: The dive spot has shallow sandy bottom mixed with soft and hard corals and then suddenly a drop off. The drop off is a formation of solid rocks and wall of rocks coated with all kinds of soft corals and surrounded by hovering Great Barracudas, Surgeon Fish, Blue Fin Jacks, Rainbow Runner and Tuna Fish. Beneath the rocks close to bottom you will see a patrolling Dog Tooth Tunas and occasionally White Tip Grey Reef Sharks can be encounter along the way.
Travel Time: 26 mins. Starting Depth: 5m/15ft Max Depth: 21m/70ft – 24m/80ft Current: slight to strong Remarks: Wall Dive, Fun Dive, Mac Dive
15mins travel Depth: 5m.-20m./16ft.-66ft. Visibility: 10m. /30ft. What can be seen: It has under water concrete chairs and tables on shallow ground at about 5 meters; you can find some Gobies and Frog Fish on loose rubble and sand. Some pelagic and reef fish by the drop off side. There is an open boat submerge about 30 feet long at 18m/60ft deep of water just in front of the resort.
Travel Time: 18 mins. Depth: 5m.-15m. / 16ft.50ft. Visibility: 10m.-20m. /33ft.-66ft. What can be seen: Here you will find a big school of Jack Fish, three colors of Ribbon Eel, black and white small Frog Fish occasionally yellow, a pair of mating Devil Fish, hundred kinds of Nudibranch, some Gobbies, Anthias, lots of Clown and Anemone Fish with multiple color of Anemone, and lots, lots of fish, from big size Bat Fish and Surgeon Fish, school of Yellow Tail Barracuda and Blue Lined Snapper Fish, Rabbit Fish and many more. Underwater you will also see a capsized barge and two big rocks which is less than one meter apart that resembles its name twin rocks.