Gooby Point
A dive in the bay close to the main land.
shore dive or boat dive
good
10
20
Yes
No
No
Ronday bay
This is one of the top dive sites in Moalboal. There are two main dives here. The first a shallow dive starting at 5m deep where there is a hard and soft coral garden which slopes down to the edge of the wall at 23m. In the shallows there is a turtle cleaning station, where up to 10 turtles can be seen in a single dive. But don’t get excited too quickly, this isn’t the best spot for viewing turtles in Moalboal. The second dive at the Marine Sanctuary is a wall dive which starts at 23m and descends down to 40m near the bottom of the wall. There are massive sea fans standing errect from the wall, hiding a multitude of creatures such as baby dancing shrimp. There is a calmness to this dive site as it is well protected. Swimming in depths of approximately 30m are large (1m long) camoflague groupers. Probably residing here as the fenced area of the marine sanctuary is a zero fishing area.
Shore dive, drive with car
very good dive site conditions
10
25
Yes
No
Yes
Airplane wreck
The airplane, an American 2-seater donated by Lancair, was placed by Savedra Dive Center on this particular sandy part of the slope as an artificial reef project in the 1990s. is now home to a lot of marine residents who enjoy a quite unique home. This dive site is about 22 meters deep, in front of the plane wreck you find another drop off to about 50 meters. Good mix of soft and hard corals along the dive you will see trigger fish, turtles, sweetlips, nudibranchs, devil scorpion fish and more.
with boat from harbour and drive 20 min north to the west parts of Savedra area
usually very good
10
22
Yes
No
Yes
Dolphin house
The Dolphin House dive site can be adapted to snorkeling and to divers that have a good command of their buoyancy because… it’s drift diving baby!
Contrary to its name, there are absolutely no dolphins to see on this dive site. However, you will see multicolored corals, caves, canyons, and, if you are really observant, many sleeping turtles and teeny tiny pygmy seahorses that measure only 3mm. This is also a super opportunity to see a real Divemaster in action!
note drift diving.
with boat from harbour to drive north towards savedra area.
quite rough since its drift diving
15
30
Yes
No
Yes
Tongo point Reef
Stunning coral formations are to be found in this well protected area of Moalboal. The Tongo sanctuary is one of the best dive sites in Moalboal. A reef top covered with hard and soft corals, a dramatic drop off, a great variety of reef fish with ghostpipe fish, triggers, frogfish, scorpionfish, hawksbill and green turtles, batfish, sweetlips and more. If you are lucky some eagle rays or a whale shark.
With boat from harbour, remember its a drift dive for letting divers to go with the currents and be picked up further south
good conditions
20
40
Yes
No
Yes
Talisay wall
Talisay wall is a great divesite with loads of pristine corals and great many different sea creatures. Some of those could be either a Hawksbill or Green Sea Turtles which is very common at Talisay wall.
with boat from harbour to drop off at the talisay wall
pretty good
30
55
Yes
No
Yes
Kasai point
Great dive site. Turtles, angel fishes most of the things you want to see…
With boat
Really good
20
45
Yes
No
Yes
Sampaguita
The dive starts and ends with a deep wall going to endless depths. Watch your no decompression time. Small caves can be explored all along this dive so bring a dive torch to look inside the caves. Some parts of the reef are exposed during low tide. Be careful with your entry; make sure it’s deep enough if you make the roll backwards.
There is a good chance to see a Turtle in the caves, juvenile Barracudas, Fusiliers, a school of Razorfish (Aeoliscus strigatus), Leaf fish (Taenianotus triacanthus), Harlequin Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus Paradoxus) and in the shallow and deep in between the corals, the famous Mandarin fish (Synchiropus splendidus). At the top of the reef you will find some very impressive Staghorn coral (Acropora sp.) – these are the builders of the reef.
with boat from harbour and drop off at point, currents go south
pretty good
20
40
Yes
No
Yes
Panagsama House reef
Just outside Neptune diving. Perfect for training skills and 30 meters further straight to the reef where you can find most of the interesting things, turtles, clown fishes, pipe fishes, nudi branches,
Lionfish, trumpet fishes, angel fish and many more
Shore dive straight to reef about 30 m
Good conditions sometimes currents and drifting
20
50
Yes
No
Yes
Balabagon
This is one of two muck diving spots in Moalboal, where those divers who must absolutely see more than 15 different types of Nudibranchs on the same dive come to visit. The site is shallow with brown muck/sand being the base material, this dive site isn’t dived so commonly.
with boat from harbour
pretty good
15
30
Yes
No
Yes
Badian island
Diving at Badian Island is possible there are a couple of dive sites located just off the beach as well as nearby sunken island. An underwater pinnacle in the middle of the Tanon straight starting at 20m depth. The initial descent is down a mooring line in Blue Water until you start to make out the pinnacle beneath.
Diving at Badian and Island and Sunken Island is by special request. Sunken Island is only for experienced divers you would need to complete several dives with the resort first and be minimum of an Advanced Diver.
The dive sites at Badian Island are suitable for all divers.
Please email us in advance is you are interested in diving either of these sites. Alternatively it is possible to combine a trip to the Blue Orchid with the Badian Island Wellness Resort to spend a couple of nights staying on Badian Island itself.
with boat from harbour
quite good
20
40
Yes
No
Yes
Sunken Island
Sunken Island is an underwater mount in the open sea. The top of the mount is at around 25 meters below surface. Please note that these dive site comes with a warning for strong currents. Keep your eye out into the deep blue, as that is where you will see the bigger creatures such as schools of jack fish, batfish, the occasional shark and pelagic fish swimming around.
with boat from harbour and drop off in ocean
quite good
20
25
Yes
No
Yes
White beach reef
Great diving site with alot of corals.
north of moalboal
by boat 20 minutes
quite good when no currents
20
40
Yes
No
Yes
Pescador Cathedral
The depth on this side ranges from 5m to 65 metres/ 200 feet, visibility 20 till 50 metres. There is an unbelievable variety of soft and hard corals, frog fish, schools of lion fish, barracudas, tuna and snappers. The highlight of this divesite is a magnificent cave that has a heavenly vertical swim through cave offering views of the surface so it’s easy to see why it’s called the Cathedral.
The Cathedral entrance starts at 28m entering into a vast chamber where sunlight shines in. The chimney continues to around 16m depth depending on tides, where the famous photos of the Cathedral are usually taken.
Occasionally you will meet sharks and at the north east side there is a plateau where you can find nudibranchs, shrimps and lots of other small marine life. The wall is covered with soft coral which offers a home to octopus, moray eels, snake-eels, nudibranchs and many more.
by boat 20 minutes
fairly good conditions. not so strong currents
20
40
Yes
No
Yes
Pescador island west
Vertical wall full of overhangs, big cave The Cathedral starting at 20m. Marine life includes school of sardines, lobsters, stonefishes, anemone crabs...
by boat 20 minutes
fairly good
20
40
Yes
No
Yes
Sardine Reef
very beautiful reef with alot of corals and fishes, and sardines. Also turtles
by boat 20 minutes
fairly good if no currents
20
40
Yes
No
Yes
Umbrella
Airplane and alot of corals and fishes
by boat 30 minutes
fairly good, sometimes currents
15
25
Yes
No
Yes