| 01. Manila Channel |
5m 에서 18m |
수심 5미터 정도의 수심으로
다양한 산호와 수많은 고기들(대부분이 작은 고기)이 노니는 암초에서
잠수를 할 수 있다는 것이 큰 장점이다. Verde Passage(수로)에서의
조류로 해서 해협을 유영하기가 아주 용이하다.
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| 02. Coral Garden |
3m 에서 10m |
이 다이빙 포인트는 이름에서
느낄 수 있듯이 다양한 산호가 볼거리가. 대형 경산호와 형형색색의
연산호, 다양한 종류의 고기들을 구경할 수 있기 때문에 수중촬영
장소로는 최고로 꼽히는 곳이다. 게다가 수심도 그리 깊지 않아
모든 계층의 다이버에게 어필할 수 있는 곳. 이 곳은 빼놓지 말고
구경해야 할 포인트다.
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| 03. North Point |
5m 에서 12m |
다양한 산호와 바닷속 기암절벽이
일품. 그리고 바다 밑바닥이 백색 모래로 덮여 있는 것이
특징. 물론 조그만 고기들이 헤엄쳐 다니는 것을 구경하는
것 또한 빼놓을 수 없는 재미.
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| 04. Batangas Channel |
5m 에서 15m |
Drifting inside the channel over sandy bottom
where in the shallow water large tree corals, fans and basket sponges are
abundant. If you have a good eye you will see frog fishes...
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| 05. The Hill |
5m 에서 15m |
It is a small and a very protected area which
is made up of rocky corals, fans, sponges and many different hard and soft
corals. A great site for macro photography.
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| 06. La Laguna Point |
3m 에서 18m |
Close to the beautiful white beach of Big
LaLaguna is a very nice reef with plate and stag horn corals living in harmony
with small fishes. During night dives sole fish and stargazers can be seen.
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| 07. Small to Big LaLaguna |
3m 에서 18m |
A small aluminum speedboat wreck at 12m where
sergeant majors swarm and a large black frog fishes are commonly seen. Following
the rich coral reef down to 18m you end up at the beautiful LaLaguna wall.
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| 08. Anton's Wreck |
18m |
A wooden hull of a cargo boat which was sunk
to create an artificial reef lie down at 18m on sandy bottom. The wreck has
become the home for blue spotted rays, snappers, juvenile bat fishes and a large
variety of other fishes.
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| 09. Sabang Wrecks |
18m |
On sandy bottom lays the wooden hull of a
Vietnamese fishing boat which is covered with aquatic life. You will be swarmed
by damsel fish and bigger fish like bat and surgeon fish. Close the wreck is
steel hull of a 12m sail boat that was submerged by a dive shop to create a new
reef. Both wrecks are great night dives.
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| 10. Sabang Point |
5m 에서 21m |
A photographers choice and a great night
dive. The reef is abundant with fish life. Sea horses, turtles, parrot fish,
sweet lips, small snapper, shoals of surgeons, tuna and cuttlefish are common
visitors.
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| 11. Monkey Beach |
3m 에서 18m |
This colorful reef is covered with christmas
trees, plate corals and crowded with small fish. Soft corals are also abundant
at this site. Many colorful tube corals come out at night and make it a popular
site for night dives.
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| 12. Ernie's Cave |
3m 에서 30m |
A large rocky coral formations covered with
tube corals, tree corals and gorgonian fans. The cave used to be habited by
Ernie a large grouper. A great dive site if you have planned a multi-level dive.
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| 13. Wreck Point |
3m 에서 27m |
At low tide you can see the wreck of a steel
vessel at the surface. In more or less 12m a wall starts and drops off to a
sandy bottom. Down at 27m rest a 12m long catamaran. A great multi-level dive
site.
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| 14. West Escarceo |
3m 에서 24m |
An amazing dive site with lots of fishes,
hard and soft corals placed between huge rocky corals and bommies. The shallow
sandy bottom drops off to 24m.
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| 15. Hole in the Wall |
7m to 18m |
In about 12m is a hole which is big enough
and safe for a diver to dive through. A dive site where you can spend hours to
discover the fish life hard and soft corals.
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| 16. Pink Wall |
5m to 12m |
A small wall is covered with pink tree soft
corals and basket sponges. You may see puffer fish, octopuses and many small
eels in wall cracks. Small fans, whip corals, sea squirts and nudibranches are
plentiful.
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| 17. Boulders |
3m to 21m |
During the descend you will discover
different shapes and sizes of boulders. It looks like they have rolled from the
surface building some caves and dive-through. A good site for macro photography.
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| 18. Oddies Ding
Ding |
24m to
42m |
A blue water descent to a sandy bottom where
a wall starts in 24m and drops off to 42m. On top of the wall is a large
formation of corals, sponges and sea fans. You may see shoals of big jacks and
barracudas.
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| 19. Dry Dock |
24m to
30m |
The Dry Dock is a quite large steel and
plywood construction. The construction lays on a sandy bottom. It has become the
home of a giant Barracuda.
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| 20. Monkey Wreck |
40m to
42m |
A 24m long supply boat was sunk by a number
of dive centers to create a wreck site. Shoals of surgeon fish and tuna are
common to this area. A great site for advanced and technical dives.
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| 21. Canyons |
24m to
30m |
It is a large reef which is made up of a
beautiful chain of rocky coral formations visited by shoals of jacks, tunas,
barracudas, humpback, mantas and eagle rays. A dive site you could visit every
day and discover new things.
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| 22. Fish Bowl |
40m to
55m |
After a blue water descent you reach at 40m
the top of the Fish Bowl. Beside black whip and soft tree corals you can get
close to some of the big fishes.
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| 23. Horse Head
Reef |
35m to
50m |
The reef consist of many different rock
formations and one looks like a horse head. It is a great drift dive where you
will see shoals of jacks, tunas, sweet lips, hammerheads and occasionally
thresher sharks.
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| 24. The Atoll |
18m to
30m |
A large rock formation covered with soft
corals, sea fans and tube corals. You will see lion fishes, moray eels and
scorpion fishes. Watching into the open water you may discover tunas and king
jacks hunting for food.
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| 25. Shark Caves |
25m to
30m |
In the first cave at 25m white tip reef
sharks resting during daytime. Further down is a second smaller cave where
spotted sweet lips and blue spotted rays can be seen.
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| 26. The Steps |
5m to
30m |
Starting at 5m a series of small walls with
different contours creating the steps down to a depth of 30m and makes this dive
site a great multi-level dive.
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| 27. Sinandigan
Wall |
10m to
30m |
A vertical wall from 10m to 30m with lots of
aquatic life. It is another perfect place for multi-level diving and known for
the varieties of nudibranches, sea fans and corals.
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| 28. Turtle Rock |
5m to
45m |
A short distance away from Sinandigan wall is
a giant Rock covered with soft corals and visited by sweet lips, snapper, white
tip reef sharks and turtles.
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| 29. Sinandigan Deep
Boulders |
60m |
Two approximately 6m high rocks on sandy
bottom are covered with soft corals. It is a great spot to observe giant jacks
and tunas. This dive site is recommended for technical diving only.
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| 30. Kilima Drift |
12m to
30m |
Current speeds from 4 to 6 knots make this
site ideal for excellent drift diving. Flying over the bottom discover some of
the great dive sites together with shoals of jacks, big tuna, spanish mackerel,
rainbow runners and barracudas.
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| 31. Japanese
Wreck |
42m |
On sandy bottom rest the wreck of a small
Japanese patrol boat. Beside the sheets of steel plate laying around the wreck
you will find a big 3 cylinder engine, transmission, propeller and shaft,
anchor, chain and winch. In the engine block living 2 big moray eels waiting for
food...
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| 32. Verde Island Drop
Off |
5m to
60m |
Along a spectacular vertical wall you will
come across giant gorgonian fans, lots of soft tree corals and basket sponges.
Looking into the blue you see groups of fusiliers, surgeons, jacks, tunas and
bat fishes.
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| 33. Verde Island Mini
Canyons |
5m to
27m |
A series of canyons offer a very exciting
dive on the ebb tide. There are many feather stars, christmas trees, parrot
fishes, frog fishes, many eels, sea snakes and shoals of surgeons and tunas.
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| 34. Black Fish
Pinnacle |
24m to
60m |
This extraordinary dive site starts at the
top of a pinnacle in 24m and then drops off into the deep. There are giant
basket sponges and gorgonian fans. You will see shoals of bat fishes, jacks and
if you are lucky you will see black tip and thresher sharks.
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| 35. Chicken Feather Island Hot
Springs |
15m to
21m |
The bottom consist of volcanic rocks where
streams of hot water flowing out the cracks and small bubbles of sulfuric gas
are released to the surface. There are some small caves occupied by white tip
sharks.
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| 36. Chicken Feather Island East
End |
12m to
27m |
A dive in shallow water on a reef that is
covered with hard and soft corals. Along the way down to 27m you will find many
nudibranches, lion fishes and shoals of jacks and surgeons.
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| 37. Marcus Cave |
52m |
The dive starts with an exiting blue water
descent to the top of a wall in 40m. An additional 12m deeper is the entrance
oft the big cave. The caves ceiling is covered with fantastic corals and large
gorgonian fans. Occasionally reef sharks are on the sandy bottom outside the
cave.
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| 38. Sweet Lip
Corner |
40m to
55m |
A great technical dive site starting with a
deep water descent to a sandy bottom in 40m. Further down at 55m is a large
opening of a tunnel you can dive through. Inside the tunnel you will see a shoal
of yellow ribbon sweet lips.
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| 39. Secret Reef |
40m to
65m |
The dive site starts at 40m, drops down to
the sandy bottom at 65m and is covered with big gorgonians, basket sponges and
black corals. You may see a giant cod, shoals of barracudas, jacks and snappers.
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| 40. Mamoods Reef |
30m to
50m |
A wall from 30m down to 50m is covered with
basket sponges and fan corals. Along the wall there are some small caves with
some big moray eels. This area is frequented by trigger fishes, sweet lips and
different surgeons.
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| 41. Deep La Laguna
Reefs |
45m to
75m |
There are two reefs covered with large
gorgonian fans and basket sponges. The west reef bottom is at 55m. The east reef
bottom is at 75m and more a technical dive site. Eagle rays and Sharks are often
sited.
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| 42. Sabang Reef |
45m to
65m |
A series of large rocks with incredible giant
gorgonian fans and abundant fish life. You may see shoals of mackerels,
snappers, and tunas. This dive site is recommended for technical diving.
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| 43. Deep Monkey
Beach |
45m to
75m |
A spectacular reef made out of a series of
walls. Common visitors to this area are tunas, sweet lips, snapper, mackerels
and bat fishes. Gorgonian fans, basket sponges and fields of whip corals
covering the place.
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| 44. Joshua's
Wall |
60m to
82m |
At 60m you reach the top of the wall and then
drops off to 76m where you can see large shoals of snappers. The sandy bottom is
at 82m where you see shoals of bat fish. The water temperature is 15 degree's
Celsius but very clear.
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| 45. Talipanan
Reef |
15m to
80m |
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Roughly 500m offshore is a pinnacle starting at 15m and has a
large variety of hard and soft corals, small fishes and drops of to over 80m.
Different sharks are often seen during deeper dives. |
