Diving Guide to the Philippines 2015

Romblon E xisting in relative isolation from the rest of Luzon, Romblon retains much of its Spanish legacy and its natural attra ...

Alad Island and Sanctuary Icons: Location: Alad Island Depth: 18-85 ft. (5-25m) Alad is an inhabited island close to Romblon I ...

Also within the Alad Marine Sanctuary is the Alad Sanctuary Garden. This large wall is covered in soft and leather corals, spong ...

Three P House Reef Icons: Location: Barangay Lonos Depth: 10-67 ft. (3-20m) A round Romblon Island there are various dive site ...

Lunas Icons: Location: Barangay Lonos Depth: 10-67 ft. (3-20m) This is a true muck dive with a sandy-muddy bottom that is one ...

Magnificat Icons: Location: Barangay Lonos Depth: 10-115 ft. (3-35m) This dive site is known for large sea fans and beautiful ...

Agpanabat Marine Sanctuary Icons: Location: Off Barangay Agpanabat Depth: 18-84 ft. (5-25m) T his dive spot is characterized b ...

Logbon Coral Canyon Icons: Location: Barangay Logbon Depth: 9-131 ft. (3-40m) One of the great things about Romblon and the su ...

A fter Boracay was named one of the best island destinations in the world by Travel & Leisure Magazine in 2013, this area no ...

45) Cathedral Cave Icons: Location: West Carabao Island Depth: 82-130 ft. (25-40m) This is a favorite that can be a bit of a boa ...

This is the largest but not the only cave or crevice along this wall. Look for nice coral growth along the walls and schools of ...

hold moray eels, triggerfish and other reef residents. At the wall bottom, there is sand and marble rays like to lay here. Punta ...

love the site for its nice corals and variety of fish life. And just over the wall are gorgonians and lots of colorful anthias. ...

when the current is not too strong. Nasog Point has an interesting bottom composition of massive boulders and canyons with some ...

T he huge towering palm trees are a bit scarce on Malapascua now. But after a supertyphoon flattened the island in 2013, the isl ...

flops) to keep the hot sand at bay. However, this inner maze in the center of all the local and tourist housing, with the less s ...

divers should make this a slow and easy dive and look closely at the rocks, small coral clusters and sea floor to find an array ...

type of Antipathes sp. around the island including the beautiful white bottle brush black coral. The big novelty dive is the one ...

North Point Icons: Location: North tip of Malapascua Depth: 18-70 ft. (5-22m) This dive requires roughly a five- minute boat r ...

parts of the wall are well worth exploring with clusters of huge catfish inside. One part of the dive is shallower with a more s ...