Diving
Sites and Dive Courses
We are continuously exploring
new islands and dive sites for your discovery and pleasure.
We have identified the following wonderful and exciting sites
scattered around the Calamian Group of Islands. We also offer
courses on diving for adventurous individuals. Come, the underwater
world awaits you!
Dive Site:House reef
Location: Off Dimakya Island Shore entry
Depth: 3-17 m
Features:This meandering reef features different
species of tunicates, sponges, seastars, sea cucumbers, turtles
and cuttlefish (seasonal). An aggregation of giant clams (Tridacna
gigas, an endangered species) is located at 12 meters. Several
species of damselfish, wrasses, groupers, fairy basslets,
emperors, parrotfish, snappers, butterfly fish, flying gurnard
and cardinal fish are among the inhabitants of the reef. Those
that burrow in sand include sand perches, lizardfishes, flatfishes,
stingrays and certain wrasses. During the day, a large aggregation
of jacks can be found in the inner reef slope. Fusiliers,
barracudas and tunas roam large areas around the island while
a number of reef-associated fishes venture to the open sea.
This site is good for macro photography (ghost pipefish, Pegasus
horse, nudibranchs, slugs and various small invertebrates
proliferate in this reef). Next to the reef is an extensive
seagrass bed. Occurring in large aggregations, goatfishes
scour the bed for food embedded in sand. Green turtles and
the dugong, both are endangered, are among the grazers in
this area. The dugong is a mammal, which can measure up to
3 meters in length and weigh about 400 kilograms. Dimakya
is one of the few areas in the world where dugongs can be
observed underwater.
Dive Site:Lang-aw
(reef)
Location: Off Isla Lang-aw By banca 15 min
Depth: 3-25 m
Features:Abundant fish life predominantly
composed of surgeonfish, rabbit fish, damselfish, wrasses,
parrotfish, groupers and butterfly fish. Fusiliers and trevallies
are commonly sighted. Cuttlefish (seasonal), rays and turtles
are occasionally seen.
Huge pits and mats of rubbles indicate previous blasting activity
in the area. The good new s is Acropora corals are starting
to regenerate.
Dive Site:Diboyuyan
(reef)
Location: Off Diboyuyan Island By banca 20
min
Depth: 10-28 m
Features:Stony corals of magnificent formation.
Mantas, blacktip and whitetip sharks are sporadically sighted.
On several occasions, a whale shark was seen passing by.
This reef is one of the traditional fishing grounds in this
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