Southern Leyte

Sogod Bay and Pintuyan: choose the activity first This record is a planning overview for Sogod Bay, including Padre Burgos and Pintuyan, rather than one surveyed reef with a single dive profile. A reef-diving day and a dedicated whale-shark excursion are different bookings. Confirm which activity, departure location and itinerary an operator is offering before comparing trips. Whale-shark excursions use…

Napantao Marine Sanctuary: a protected wall dive Napantao is a reef destination in Barangay Napantao, Southern Leyte. The provincial tourism office describes a protected coral wall with large gorgonian fans and opportunities for diving, macro photography and snorkeling. Peter's Dive Resort places the sanctuary across Sogod Bay on the Panaon side and describes a horseshoe-shaped wall. Wall depth and conditions…

Tangkaan Point: clarify the named reef route Tangkaan Point is used as an area heading in Peter's Dive Resort's Southern Leyte guide. Under it, the operator discusses Medicare North and South separately from Turtle Rock, Heaven's Gate and Santa Sofia. The descriptions include coral reefs and routes with differing depths and conditions. They should not automatically be treated as one…

Max Climax: a named dive within overlapping reef routes Peter’s Dive Resort groups Max Climax with Buluarte and Voltaire’s Rock along the coast in front of its resort. Its account describes overlapping drop-offs and sandy slopes with hard and soft corals, and conditions that can include different current strengths. Padre Burgos Castle Resort also names the three sites together at…

Padre Burgos Pier: a source-attributed night-dive guide Padre Burgos Castle Resort describes night diving at the Padre Burgos town pier in Southern Leyte. Its guide highlights opportunities to look for small marine subjects, including seahorses, frogfish and nudibranchs. These are operator-reported possibilities, not a promise of sightings on your dive. Plan the visit with a local operator Before booking, confirm…

Medicare: distinguish the north and south routes Peter’s Dive Resort describes Medicare North and South under its Tangkaan Point area guide. The names refer to their position near the Padre Burgos medical facility. The operator describes hard and soft corals and distinguishes a steeper southern route, extending to around 30 metres, from a shallower northern route suited to a longer…

Ghost Town: distinguish the shallow dive from the pinnacle Padre Burgos Castle Resort describes Ghost Town as a shallow dive over brown sand at Sta Paz, north of Napantao in Southern Leyte. The same account describes Jun’s Pinnacle as a different, deeper dive from the same starting point. Peter’s Dive Resort also names Ghost Town among its Panaon Island diving…

Buluarte: an overlapping house-reef route Buluarte is part of the reef diving around Padre Burgos in Southern Leyte. Peter's Dive Resort describes it together with Voltaire's Rock and Max Climax: adjacent routes in front of the resort with drop-offs, sandy slopes and hard and soft corals. That grouped description supports the character of the area; it does not establish a…