Ceres

Ceres is a named dive site in the Dauin diving area. The Atlantis operator map lists Ceres separately from Shallow Cars and Cars, and REEF maintains the Ceres survey-location name under code 72050109.

The exact boundaries of Ceres relative to Cars Wreck have not been established here. A separate map label and survey name support this partial guide, but do not establish a separate wreck identity, current diving conditions or recent wildlife sightings.

Location unresolved: The exact dive-site position has not been established for this partial guide. It has no map marker or navigation point.

Depth, current strength, visibility, seasonal conditions, entry arrangements and diver suitability remain unknown in this partial guide. Confirm the intended site and current access with a local operator before planning a dive. No local-diver verification has been recorded.

Where Ceres sits in the Atlantis list

Atlantis Dive Resorts publishes a Google map titled Dauin, Negros Oriental, with dive sites in Dauin. Its numbered list reads in sequence from 1. Mainit to 18. Bahura. Item 8 is Punta, item 9 is Ceres, item 10 is Shallow Cars and item 11 is Cars. Ceres carries the label 30m/100ft, the same figure given to Cars and to Sahara Deep, while Shallow Cars carries 20m/65ft. These are operator map labels beside each name; this guide does not treat them as a verified depth range for Ceres. The map gives a written description for only a few entries, such as San Miguel Reef and Bahura, and none for Ceres.

REEF and the same ordering

The Reef Environmental Education Foundation survey-location list for Dauin (South of Dumaguete), under Negros Island, shows the same run of names, with 72050108 Punta, 72050109 Ceres, 72050110 Shallow Cars and 72050111 Cars / Car Wreck. REEF lists Ceres only as a survey-location name, with no description. The two lists agree on the ordering of these names along this stretch, but neither says what the reef looks like.

The neighbour with a written account

Dauin Diving Center describes The Cars as a site where you start by descending a moderately steep sandy slope with ghost pipefish, flamboyant cuttlefish, frogfish and seahorses among the creatures named, and where two sunken cars lie between 26 and 30 meters. It lists the entrance as by shore, a maximum depth of 30 meters and a level of Open Water or superior, and says that if your certification is below Advanced Open Water you cannot visit the sunken cars, which lie deeper than 18 meters. That is an account of The Cars, not of Ceres. Whether Ceres shares any of that terrain or wildlife is not established.

What remains unknown

No captured page describes Ceres terrain, current, visibility, access or wildlife, and no operator page for the name was found. Confirm the intended site with a local operator.