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Anilao in Batangas
has oustanding corals and reef life with one of
the highest diversity of small marine creatures
and it is a good place to carry out underwater
photography and this place is a diving haven.
Subic Bay in Olongapo is one of the best wreck diving sites
in Asia and is a popular tourist diving destination.
Puerto Galera in
Mindoro is situated on a beautiful nature harbor
with many fine beaches, sheltered coves and lush
green hills and offers scuba divers a wonderful
diving destination.
Busuanga in Palawan
is one of Philippine diving's best kept secrets
that boasts of a dozen wreck sites and offers
visitors a great diving adventure.
Cabilao Island in Bohol offers some of the best diving in the
country and is particularly noted for sightings
of Hammerhead sharks in its deep waters.
Balicasag Island in
Bohol is a microcosm of all that is great in
Philippine diving.
Photo: Diving in Balicasag
Moalboal in Cebu is
beautiful and picturesque. Pescador Island is a
favorite of underwater photographers and
snorkelers.
Apo Island in Negros
Oriental, the most populous and diverse aquatic
ecosystem in the world, was recreated at the
Shedd Aquarium in Chicago on a 27,000 sq ft area
costing USD47 million. This interactive state-of
-the-art project called The Philippine Wild Reef
Exhibit was opened on 2003.
Malapascua in Cebu
which means 'Unfortunate Christmas' is a
paradise where time stands still.
Tubbataha Reefs
National Marine Park in the Sulu Sea boasts of coral
cover of seventy to eighty percent and was
declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in
1994.
DIVING RELATED
FACTS ON THE PHILIPPINES
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Close to 60
registered dive sites.
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Coral reefs have
grown since the Ice Age.
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Close to 25
shipwreck dive sites.
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Over a thousand
species of marine life.
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Over 100 reef
slopes.
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Over 800 classes
of corals.
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Over 400 fish
species and over 500 fish families.
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34,000 sq km
(13,124 sq m) of coral reefs.
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Most populous
and diverse aquatic ecosystem.
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Cheapest way to
learn diving.
RECOMMENDED DIVE
SITES IN THE PHILIPPINES
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Tonga Point
- in Moalboal, Cebu has lots of good soft
corals, some gorgonian sea fans, barrel
sponges and mixed fish life.
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Sumilon
Island - the first Marine Sanctuary in
the Philippines, developed and preserved by
Similan University in Negros.
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Danjugan
Island - it is situated in Sulu Sea
surrounded by coral reefs retaining most of
its original forest cover on hills.
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Apo Reef
National Marine Park - 20 miles west of
Mindoro an island covered by mangrove trees
while waters surrounding it abound with
marine fauna and luxuriant coral growth.
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El Nido -
Palawan
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Port Barton
- Palawan
NOT TO BE MISSED
SHIP WRECK SITES
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Ex-USS New
York - the best preserved dread nough in
Subic Bay.
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Oryoko Maru
- also known as the hell ship because of the
death of thousands of prisoners of war and
their families when it sunk in 1945 in Subic.
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Seian Maru
- a cargo ship with approximately 30,000
tons on board in Subic Bay.
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Black Island
Wreck - Coron, Palawan
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Taei Maru
- this auxiliary oil tanker offer the
perfect site for wreck penetration courses.
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Akitsushima
- offer an adventure filled dive because of
the depth where it lies.
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Olympia Maru
- a small freighter located on the north end
of Lusong Island and Target Island.
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Irako - a
Japanese refrigerated ship that is home to
groupers and other fish families.
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TOP DIVE SITES IN
PHILIPPINES
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Anilao, Batangas
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Apo Island
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Balicasag Island, Bohol
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Boracay
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Busuanga, Palawan
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Cabilao Island, Bohol
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Cebu
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General Santos City,
Sarangani Bay
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Malapascua, Cebu
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Moalboal, Cebu
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Northern Palawan
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Panglao Island, Bohol
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Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro
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Subic Bay, Olongapo
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Tubbataha Reefs
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