Coral Garden - Located just to the
West of Medio Island is composed of stony and soft corals from about
3 meters / 9 feet. The site is perfect for snorkeling and underwater
photography and is recommended for all divers including beginners. Conditions
are usually calm, although it can get rough during the monsoon season.
Best time to dive is on flood tide when visibility can reach 20 meters
/ 65 feet.
Maximum depth: 12 meters / 40 feet
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West Escarceo & Deep Escarceo - Located
West of Escarceo Point, it is a beautiful site that slopes from 9 meters
/ 30 feet to 30 meters / 100 feet with table corals, moorish idols,
puffer fish, and sponges to see. Good for all types/classes of divers,
but the depth depends on the certification level. The surface is now
and then choppy with water currents becoming strong. Visibility is usually
around 25 meters / 80 feet
Maximum depth: 30 meters / 100 feet
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Dungeon Wall - Located west of Escarceo
Point, it has lots of good soft corals, crinoids and a great variety
of reef fish. It is an easy dive with drop offs from 12 meter / 40 feet
to 25 meters / 80 feet. The surface alternates from calm to choppy with
water currents becoming strong. Good for all types/class of divers including
beginners. Visibility is usually 25 meters / 80 feet
Maximum depth: 18 meters / 60 feet
Dungeon Wreck - Located west of Escarceo,
is an old concrete catarman sunk in 1994 and is home to crinoids, butterfly
fish, angelfish, groupers, puffer fish, scorpion fish, and a wide range
of other marine life. The water surface is sometimes choppy with occasionally
strong currents. Good for more advanced divers with visibility at 25
meters / 80 feet.
Maximum depth: 27 meters / 90 feet
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Ernie's Cave - Located east of Monkey
Beach, is composed of two small caves. One can be found at 22 meters
/ 72 feet, the other at 27 meters / 90 feet. It is home of jacks, surgeon
fish, and unicorn fish among others. Water surface is usually calm with
medium currents. Good for the more advanced divers. Visibility is usually
25 meters / 80 feet.
Maximum depth: 27 meters / 90 feet
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Hole in the Wall - A
very popular dive site west of Escarceo Point, one must swim through
a hole to reach the most beautiful and abundant marine life filled with
corals. The water conditions are at times choppy with strong currents
and can be very rough with fierce currents. The dive spot is good for
all types/class of divers including beginners. Visibility reaches 25
meters / 80 feet.
Maximum depth: 18 meters / 60 feet
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La Laguna Point -Located
west of Sabang. The point has a short wall from 12 meters (40 feet)
to 15 meters (50 feet) with colorful crinoids, nudibranches and a great
variety of small reef fish. Water conditions are usually calm with a
gentle current recommended or all divers especially beginners. Visibility
reaches 20 meters / 65 feet.
Maximum depth: 15 meters / 50 feet
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Manila Channel- Located between
Medio and Boquete Island, the channel is filled with stony and soft
corals along a 3 meter / 10 feet drop-off. The conditions are usually
calm with a gentle current and specially recommended for beginners with
visibility reaching 20 meters / 65 feet.
Maximum depth: 18 meters / 60 feet
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Monkey Beach- Located east of Sabang,
it has A huge variety of marine life at a beautiful coral slope to 18
meters / 60 feet, the surface is now and then choppy with water currents
occasionally strong. Visibility is usually 25 meters / 80 feet.
Maximum depth: 18 meters / 60 feet
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Sabang Point - Located east of Sabang,
is a beautiful wall dropping to about 22 meters / 72 feet with abundant
soft and stony corals. The water conditions are usually calm with a
slight current and can be visited by all types/classes of divers. Visibility
reaches 20 meters / 65 feet with maximum depth of 21 meters / 70 feet.
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Sabang Wreck - North of Sabang Beach,
the locals sank this Chinese fishing junk in 1993. Over the years the
junk develop in to an artificial reef attracting lion fishes, moray
eels and batfishes. Good for all types/class of divers including beginners.
Water conditions are usually calm, with occasional strong current flow.
Visibility reaches 20 meters / 65 feet.
Maximum depth: 18 meters / 60 feet
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Shark Caves- Located east of Escarceo
Point, White tip reefs sharks rest inside a 15 meter / 50 feet overhang
and blue spotted sting rays can also be seen. The area around it is
also hosts angelfish, moorish idols and nudibranches and is recommended
for more advance divers. The water surface of the Shark Caves is sometimes
choppy with strong currents; the advisable diving time is during slack
tide. Visibility is usually 20 meters / 65 feet .
Maximum depth: 27 meters / 90 feet
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St.
Christopher Wreck - Located
west of Sabang, St. Christopher sank in 1995 and turn into a home for
moray eels and twin spotted snappers. Sea surface is usually calm with
mild currents and is for the more advanced diver. Visibility is usually
20 meters / 65 feet.
Maximum depth: 24 meters / 80 feet
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The
Atoll - Located southeast of Escarceo Point,
it is 15 meters / 50 feet wide rises from 33 meters / 110 feet to 21
meters / 70 feet. Many different species can be found in the atoll with
lion fishes in the overhangs and blue spotted stingray in the sand.
The water surface is sometimes choppy with medium currents and good
for more advanced divers. Visibility is usually 33 meters / 110 feet.
Maximum depth: 18 meters / 60 feet
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The Canyons - Located northeast of
Escarceo Point, is filled with a multitude of marine life like barracuda,
large sweet lips, and white tip reef sharks. The surface is sometimes
choppy with medium currents and is ONLY for advanced divers. Other than
being an advance diver it is important to have a good guide. Visibility
is usually 25 meters / 80 feet.
Maximum depth: 33 meters / 110 feet
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The
Hill - Small reef fish, soft corals and sponges
abound at this dive site located at the southeast end of the Batangas
Channel. Good for all types/classes of divers including the beginners.
The conditions are usually calm with occasional rough waters with strong
currents. Visibility reaches 20 meters / 65 feet.
Maximum depth: 18 meters / 60 feet
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The Pink Wall - The Pink Wall is an
overhanging wall at 10 meters / 30 feet and is covered with pink corals
and cup corals. It is located at the southern headland of Escarceo Point
good for all divers including beginners. The conditions are usually
calm during flood tide, but rough with a strong current at times. Best
time to dive is on flood tide when visibility can reach 15 meters /
50 feet. It is also excellent for night diving.
Maximum depth: 12 meters / 40 feet
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