Top Snorkeling and Scuba Diving in Western Visayas

From the shore of Boracay opposite of Calypso Diving Center

By boat from Boracay

Nice dive. The larger of the two islands has an 8m wide swim-through tunnel. Southeast of Boracay, after Crocodile island.

Interesting wreck with tight entries. Allowed for CMAS** / AOWD only due to depth. Many large fish, can find pigmey seahorse, other rare species. Western side of Boracay Island, in front of White Beach

Two great walls. Probably the best dive site but for advanced divers only (depth, current). Pelagic fishes. Yapak 1 is less well known and less frequently dived than it's more famous brother Yapak 2 and is for experienced divers only. We will jump in at the northwest tip of the island and make a head first descent to 35m where we will find the top of the wall which drops vertically to 55m plus. We will swim along the top edge where we can see cactus, black and fan corals and the larger reef fish. Sharks, rays, tuna and jacks are common and there is a nice chimney 3m wide which we can enter at 38m deep and exit on top of the wall at 32m. Northwest side of Boracay Island

Certainly a world class dive. Famous for its inhabitants, ranging from gray reef to white tip sharks, with reported sightings of hammerhead sharks. Schools of barracudas, jacks, tuna, surgeon fish, snappers, sweetlips and rainbow runners, as well as occasional large groupers, turtles and napoleon wrasse are commonly seen. Also a good dive site for technical and trimix diving.Calypso Diving School 5-Star IDC Center Calypso.ph

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Crocodiles, sea snkes, and a nice wall running down to 24m Southwest side.

One of the most beautiful coral reefs in Sipalay. Table corals, whip corals, soft corals, etc.

Very nice wall dive Between Crocodile Island and Boracay Bouranga is also known as Buruanga.

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Manta Drop is a mesmerizing slope with fishes and corals in abundance. You may even come across a turtle now and then. Depth: 5 - 35 meters. Source: Takatuka Divers Fantastic drop off from 15 to 35 meters. Plenty of nice fan corals. Manta Drop is also known as Manta Drop.

Cathedral tower / Wollux Heaven starts with a 14-meter-free-dive down along a rope, past a reef-top full of fishes, corals and lots of little white sand spots going down to 37 meters. At 18 meters, Gorgonians and Whip-corals overgrow beautifully a giant "rock finger" which gives shelter to a big variety of fishes. Further along the reef edge is another big rock forming some kind of canyon through which one can dive to spot frogfishes and stonefishes. Source: Takatuka Divers Cathedral tower is also known as Wollux Heaven.

Magnificent coral garden on a sloping wall.

Wall with lots of hard and soft corals. Turtle Island South is also known as Farmes Market.

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Juliens Wreck is a beautifully overgrown freighter lies scattered in approx. 7 meters depth. Lots of vivacious fishes and manifold colourful corals as well as Ribbon eels live here in this luminous wreck area. Juliens Wreck is the perfect divespot for beginners and also qualifies for snorkeling. Source: Takatuka Divers This three small freighters run on ground on Julien's reef. Can also be explored by snorkel.

SS Panay was a commissioned American ammunitions ship carrying supplies to the Philippine guerrillas, the SS Panay played a crucial role in the war against the Japanese Imperial Forces. In March 1943 it was spotted and torpedoed by two Japanese planes and laid to rest on the bottom of Campomanes Bay. The approx. 90 meters long warship lies perfectly upright in 35 - 42 meters depth and still has hundreds of gas masks on board. Source: Takatuka Divers

A spot with many coral valleys. Catmon Point is also known as Catmon Pt..

MS Jojo is lying on its side, this 80 meters long two-mast freighter is the home of countless batfish and big lionfish. You will see hundreds of them while diving through the cargo hatch. MS Jojo sunk in the eighties and lies now between 22 and 32 meters deep. Source Takatuka Divers This two-master Freighter sunk in 1980. It is possible to dive into the cargo compartment. Lion-, Bat- and Scorpion fishes. Whale sharks have been sighted too.

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Hard and soft corals along the reef.

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Free descent down to 18m. Three big coral formations with many nice hard and soft corals. Often big fishes.

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Vertical precipice, starts at 2m and ends at 32m.

Turtle Head Point / Turtle Island North is a slopy dive spot near "Turtle Island" is the habitat of various small and bigger fishes, too. Source: Takatuka Divers Wall with coral garden on reef top. Turtle Island North is also known as Turtle Head Point.

Descend directly to a fantastic coral reef at 27m. Always good visibility. For experienced divers.

Only for deep divers! The wall starts at 38m and vertically goes down to 75m.

Descend directly to 33m. Lots of big fishes such as Barracudas, Tunas and also sharks. A top diving ground with giant gorgonias. Reef ground at 45m.

An interesting, little slope reef wall. You will see many Batfishes. Most of the time nice visibility.

Beautiful coral wall.

Free descend to 24m, goes deeper and deeper! Danjugan can only be visit or dive by Easy Diving Resort, Sipalay. It is not allowed to dive or visit their since 7 years for other people or Resorts.

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Drop off followed by sandy slope. Many corals and coral fishes.

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A freighter sunk in 1980 and wich was loaded with San Miguel Beer and Coca Cola bottles. Free descend down to 50m. It`s possible to dive along the reef in 5m.

Beautiful coral garden. Beginning at 25m and raising up along many coral reefs to 5m. At the first coral block you can be lucky to find a grey reef shark in a cave.

Beautiful reef top.

Diving along a wall of the front reef of Obon Point. A little current is possible.

Steep face with coral formation that let you think of a spiral.

Free descend to maximal depth.

Little drop off. Begins at 4m and ends at 12m. You will see a couple of channels along a wall.

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Precipice with many cracks and gaps. On the high plateau you will see very nice corals. Fee applied.

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Very exiting dive site with coral blocks and white sand. Plenty of lions fish. 5 to 18 meters. Excellent for night diving with lots of night active marine life Punta Ballo Beach is located in close proximity to Tinagong Dagat. This fine white sandy beach is more than a kilometer stretch. It's the nearest jump off point towards the sea ideal for snorkelling & diving due to the rich marine life.

Great site for drift diving. Photography is not possible due to high current's velocity - images come out wiped out. A lot of fan and vase corals along the drift. Southern tip. By boat from Boracay's eastern cost beach. Channel Steps is also known as Channel Drift.

Eastern side of the north point of Boracay Island.

The Camia II, once a steel hulled fishing vessel, was sunk in January 2000. It rests on the bottom at 30 meters with its wheel house at 20 meters. It has since developed very nicely as an artificial reef. The sealife include large red bass, bluefin trevallies, scorpion fish, school of batfish, occasional schools of jacks, some small frogfish and triggerfish, and a handful of curious trumpet fish. Boat access. A 10-15 minute ride from shore. Dive shop operators maintain permanent buoy markers to the immediate north and south of the sunken ship. Your boat will tie-off at either one of these locations and the group will descend along the rope. Depending on a divers skill level, there are 3 cargo compartments, an engine room, small forward room, and the captains helm that can be entered while maintaining a reasonable amount of ambiant light (weather/visibility permitting). Camia II is also known as The Camia, Camia Reef.