De La Paz

De La Paz is listed as a Davao-area dive site in a South Shore Divers contribution to PADI. This partial guide uses the site name and map position from that source. The location has not been independently confirmed by a local diver.

The source name and map position are retained; exact site boundaries, access and local naming relationships remain unconfirmed.

Current access, entry arrangements, depth limits, currents, visibility and seasonal conditions remain unconfirmed. Confirm the exact site, current local conditions and a suitable dive plan with a local operator.

What the sources say about De La Paz

PADI's dive-site page for De La Paz, fetched in October 2026, describes "a steep wall covered in colorful corals and sponges" whose crevices may hold "nudibranchs, octopuses, and colorful reef fish". It gives a maximum depth of 30 meters and calls the site "suitable for advanced divers", yet names both PADI Open Water Diver and PADI Advanced Open Water Diver as useful training; the dive types are listed as reef and ocean, the entry as boat, and the suggested equipment as a dive computer and surface marker buoy. The listed position is 7.01308, 125.71698, the point this guide uses. The page is a short catalogue description and none of its figures have been confirmed locally.

No independent description of a De La Paz dive site was found in this review. The DivePlanner Pro aggregator page calls it "an intermediate dive site in the Davao Gulf" with "a reef reaching thirty meters" and "rocky formations", but that text mirrors PADI's depth figure and is treated as derivative rather than a second witness; its "intermediate" rating and PADI's "advanced" wording are noted, not reconciled. Nothing on either page ties the dive site to a particular shore, resort or operator. The wall profile, current, access and any fee remain to be confirmed with a Davao or Samal operator.