General calm with little current, although it can get up to medium. Visibility can reach 65ft

The name Arthur's came from the resort owner of Arthur's resort. Diving starts from in front of Villa Erika to in front of Arthur's resort. In times of no current condition, diving returning to the boat is also ideal for this dive spot. The dive spot is slight drop off and lot of big boulders of big rocks where some of big groupers and snappers resides in between of these rocks. Similar dive to Koala, these two sites gradually slope from 16 to 70 ft, offering small coral heads on sand, plenty of small reef fish, sponges, feather stars, soft corals, hydroids and anemones with clownfish, lots of whip corals and some small gorgonians.

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3m.-18m./10ft.-60ft. in depth (sloped), located at San Jose area. Number one choice of macro photographer, its a habitat of most of the unique creature of Anilao. Mimic octopus, sea horse, Small frog fish, harlequin shrimp, bobbit worm, pipe fish, crocodile snake eel and some small cattle fish and squids. Best season is during summer (easterly winds) when there is grass under water. During rainy season be careful of many sea urchins. It has sandy and loose rubble bottom, visibility is 10m plus, no current and Ideal for night diving.

Generally calm with a gentle current. Visibility can reach 65 ft.

This is an easy dive, similar to the Cathedral, with a shallow drop-off from 25 ft to 60 ft. There are plenty of small reef fish, sponges, nudibranchs and feather stars. This dive spot is located in front of Eagle point resort just after the cathedral if you are southbound. The dive here is one way, normally drift dive, which usually starts about 10 meters from the shore of cathedral point toward Eagle point resort. Slight to moderate current runs parallel to the shoreline and The spot is long steep drop off, the shallow area is covered with branching stinging hard corals with sandy bottom sloped area, big pelagic fish patrol in the mid water of this area like Wahoo, Giant Trevally, Skip Jack and Yellow fin Tuna

This site is more exposed than most in this area. Currents can be very strong and afternoon winds can make the surface choppy and spoil the visibility. Best dived on a flood tide, preferably during neap tides. Visibility can reach 80 ft.

Dive here is 99 percent with current because it is adjacent to maricaban strait. The way we do diving here often one way follow the current which flows parallel to the strait and moving west ward and then moved close to the shore upon exit where less to no current is present and where your banca boat is waiting for you to pick you up. The current strength sometimes moderate to strong. The dive spot has shallow sandy bottom mixed with soft and hard corals. The drop off is a formation of solid rocks and wall of rocks coated with all kinds of soft corals and surrounded by hovering great barracudas, surgeon fish, blue fin jacks, rainbow runner and tuna fish. Beneath the rocks close to bottom you will see a patrolling dog tooth tunas and occassionally a white tip grey reef sharks can be encounter along the way. Ideal for a short drift dive and barracuda watching. Some rocks break the surface. A gradual set of boulders form mini drop offs from 16 ft to 100 ft plus. Due to the currents the marine life is plentiful and varied especially when the currents are running. There are good corals and the fish life includes Moorish idols, porcupine puffer fish, snappers, powder blue surgeonfish, jacks, scorpion fish, wrasse and fusiliers as well as all the smaller reef fish, angelfish and butterfly fish. There is a cave 23 ft in which Whitetip Reef sharks have been sited. The boulders are festooned with soft corals and anemones, together with many crinoids, colorful Linckia sea stars and nudibranchs. Because of the fierce currents, one has to shelter behind rocks to be able to photograph.

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10m.-30m. / 33ft.-100ft. in depth, most of the time no current and visibility is from 5m.-10m./16ft.-33ft. Bottom composition is mostly sandy with narrow but long fringing reef lays underwater at about 18m.-30m./60ft.-100ft. deep of water. The main attraction on this dive spot is watching the hot bubbles rising from sandy bed and the fringing reef that often visited by sting rays, snappers and grouper fish. The dive here can be one way where you usually starts from the deep end of the reef moving west ward to shallow point and watching underwater hot bubbles while making a safety stop.

Generally calm with just a slight current. Visibility can reach 65 ft.

This place is number one choice of professional underwater photographers, because in just one small area around the two big rocks you'll get what you need, a good photos of macro, wide, dome etc. Here you will find three colors of ribbon eel, black and white small frog fish occasionally yellow, a pair of mating devil fish, hundred kinds of nudibranch, some gobbies, anteas, lots of clown and anemone fish with multiple color of anemone, and lots, lots of fishes, from big size bat fish and surgeon fish, school of yellow tail barracuda and blue lined snapper fish, rabbit fish and many more. The good thing is you'll find all these in not more 15m./50ft. deep of water. The dive here can be one way or returns to the boat depends on the current that sometime slight to moderate normally moving to the south but switching direction sometimes. Underwater you will see a capsized barge and a two big rocks which is less than one meter apart that resembles its name twin rocks. The remains of a capsized barge lie here on a gradual slope, with sponges, algae, hydroids, feather starts and small reef fish, sometimes shoals of barracuda and squid are seen.

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5m.-20m./16ft.-66ft. in depth, and about a 2 minutes away from Basura, right front of vistamar resort. No current, visibility is 10m. plus, bottom composition is sandy on shallow area, small drop offs made out of rocks and hard corals. It has under water concrete chairs and tables on shallow ground at about 5 meters, you can find some gobies and frog fish on loose rubble and sand and some pelagic and reef fish by the drop off side.

Generally calm but can have some strong currents that make photography difficult. Visibility can reach 80 ft. The site is best dived at neap tide.

This is a Marine Park Sanctuary and probably the best-known Philippine dive site. Originally quite barren, it has been seeded with coral from elsewhere and is now, due to incessant fish feeding, teeming with fish. The banca anchors in a shallow water and you may swim down and out across sand with small coral heads soon to be met by hordes of fish hoping to be fed. The site itself resembles a roofless cavern consisting of two large sea mounts, between which is a small cross planted at 50 ft by now ex Philippine President, Fidel Ramos on 1983 and blessed by Pope John Paul II. The site drops away in small steps, but becomes less interesting below 78ft. When the current is running there are colorful feather stars and inflated soft corals everywhere. Lots of colorful sponges and nudibranchs, hydroids, sea squirts, feather duster worms and algae coat the rocks in between stony corals with Christmas-tree worms in the corals.

Cathedral is check out dive for most open water student divers, the dive here done usually by returning to the boat, with slight to moderate current often south bound but switches direction occasionally. It has under water artificial landmarks like castle and the famous cross that named it cathedral, this cross-made out of concrete cement the shallow area is abundance in hard corals with sandy bottom on the way to the cross. The two big rocks lay underwater at 18m./60ft. and coated with soft corals, big sea fans and lots of fish, sometimes octopus, green turtle, giant black frog fish and marble sting ray can be encounter. Main attraction is fish feeding. The fish that pester you to be fed include all the smaller angelfish, butterfly fish, wrasse, triggerfish, Moorish idols, surgeonfish, damselfish and puffer fish. There are lots of parrotfish, anthias, trumpet fish, cornet fish and hawk fish, some blue linckia sea stars, sea cucumbers, small barrel sponges and anemones with clownfish and frogfish.

Generally calm with a medium current. Visibility can reach 65 ft.

A gradual slope from 30-80 ft, Koala is a good dive for novices with soft corals, stony corals, some big boulders, small reef fish and anemones with clownfish. The dive here is normally one-way and drifts with the current that run along parallel to the shoreline southbound. Occasionally moderate current that is ideal for drift diver prevail on the deeper water. The shore line up to about 10 meter depth is compose of rocks and hard corals, after these is a fine sand bottom composition which is ideal for open water training on minimum or no current condition and has many kinds of goby for under water photographer. This place is often visited by green turtles, white tip grey reef sharks and a school of small yellow tail Barracuda and big brown-stripped Grouper fish.

Coala (Aquarium)

15m.-30m./ 50ft.-100ft. in depth. The style of diving, current condition and visibility is pretty much like of Coala because they are same area except that it is on the deeper area and has a short semi drop off that lay under water at about 18m./60ft. depth. The mid water is often patrolled by big pelagic fish like skip jack and yellow fin Tuna, Wahoo and Great Barracuda and when season thick layer or big shoal of small scud, big eye, red fusilier can be seen also in the mid water. Below the drop off area, is nested with hundreds of red tooth Trigger fish, yellow stripped sweet lips and some times black tip brown reef sharks and dog tooth Tunas.