Apol's Point

A boulder and reef-slope dive

Apol’s Point also appears as Aphol’s Point in the Anilao Diving operator guide. That page describes a sloping reef with a small drop-off and two large boulders. Its comparison with Cathedral describes the appearance of the rocks; it does not identify this site as Cathedral.

The operator reports a 10–25 m route and soft corals, sponges and sea whips in shallower water. It describes slight to moderate current and either a return to the boat or a drift, depending on conditions. Those are planning references from one operator, not a forecast or a universal route.

A dated view underwater

In his 18 October 2025 dive log, Michael McFadyen records reaching 25 m on a gentle slope, with barrel sponges and featherstars. He reports moray eels, nudibranchs, shrimps and a giant anglerfish near shallower coral outcrops. His calm conditions on that visit do not establish that current is always absent.

Planning your visit

Ask the operator which part of the reef is planned, the expected current, entry and pickup arrangements, and the experience needed for that route. Wildlife records describe past encounters rather than promised sightings. Local access arrangements and recent conditions still need confirmation.

Further detail from the same sources

The Anilao Diving guide gives Aphol's Point as approximately 17 minutes by boat from its resort, with current that usually moves westward and visibility of about 10 to 20 m in good water. It reports big groupers, batfish and snappers between the two boulders, whip corals and small gorgonians in the shallows, rare nudibranchs and ribbon eels, and says sharks are occasionally seen in low caves down the slope at about 20 to 25 m. Those are the operator's generalised statements, not dated sightings. Aqua-Venture's table lists Apol's Point at 18 m with moderate current, two big rocks and coral as its attractions and both wide and macro lenses.

Michael McFadyen's 18 October 2025 log notes that he had dived the site two years earlier, found millpond conditions with no wind or current, and estimated visibility at 12 to 15 m, with tens of thousands of niger triggerfish, many moray eels, barrel sponges and featherstars, and a greenish giant anglerfish near the shallow bommies. A photographer's entry for Aphols point on underwaterphotography.com, with images from 2013, gives a typical depth of 0 to 20 m and visibility of 3 to 10 m. Dive Happy's Anilao article, first published in June 2017, mentions that out at the island Aphol provides the rarity of a bit of current with even more nudibranchs.

A name that may not be the same site

Pacific Blue's Japanese-language page, in a Wayback Machine snapshot of 17 May 2026, lists an Apol's Reef together with Coconuts and Choconuts as 5 to 25 m macro sites about 40 minutes away around the Red Palm no-entry area, dived seasonally with a distance surcharge. Whether that Apol's Reef is this Apol's Point is not established here; the names are recorded without merging them.