Rock Point East

Recorded value

intermediate

Supported by: Apo Island Scuba Diving

• Apo Island Scuba Diving

Contrary evidence

• Advanced Open Water

  Dive The World, one of the sources for the difficulty rating, indicates that Rock Point is suitable for 'Advanced Open Water' divers, while other sources like Scubago and La Tortue Diving Center classify Rock Point East as suitable for 'Intermediate' divers, and Dauin Diving Center and Tripbase suggest 'Intermediate-Advanced'. This inconsistency and the presence of 'Advanced Open Water' in a source cited for 'intermediate' warrants rejection.

  DDC · 2026-09-16T03:40:41.985Z

• Advanced divers

  Dive The World, cited as a source for 'intermediate', explicitly states that for Rock Point West (part of Rock Point), 'Advanced divers will love... Rock Point West for strong currents and pelagic action'. While it also mentions 'Apo Island (South Side) for gentle dives with turtles and reef sharks' for beginners, this refers to the general area rather than Rock Point specifically. The Apo Island Dive Guide classifies Rock Point East as 'Intermediate-Advanced' and requires an 'Advanced Open Water' certification for Rock Point.

  Dive The World · 2026-09-16T03:41:15.869Z

• Intermediate-Advanced

  Dive The World indicates that for Rock Point West (part of Rock Point), 'Advanced divers will love... Rock Point West for strong currents and pelagic action'. It also mentions 'Apo Island (South Side) for gentle dives with turtles and reef sharks' for beginners, but this refers to the general area rather than Rock Point specifically. The Apo Island Dive Guide classifies Rock Point East as 'Intermediate-Advanced' and requires an 'Advanced Open Water' certification for Rock Point. Furthermore, the Apo Island Scuba Diving guide lists Rock Point East as suitable for 'Open Water' divers and describes it as 'beginner-friendly' with 'gentle currents.' This directly contradicts the idea that it's exclusively intermediate to advanced and requires an Advanced Open Water certification.

  Apo Island Dive Guide, Apo Island Scuba Diving · 2026-09-16T03:44:23.560Z

• Intermediate-Advanced

  The Apo Island Dive Guide classifies Rock Point East as 'Intermediate-Advanced' and requires an 'Advanced Open Water' certification for Rock Point, noting 'Strong currents at the point's tip concentrate marine life—blacktip and whitetip reef sharks cruise the deeper sections'. Divernet also describes Cogon Point (another advanced site) as for 'intermediate to advanced divers' due to strong currents, and refers to Rock Point East & West as having 'gentle slope dive with lots of macro life,' which does not directly contradict strong currents elsewhere at Rock Point but rather emphasizes a different aspect. However, Apo Island Scuba Diving describes Rock Point East as 'one of Apo Island's most beginner-friendly sites, with gentle currents,' and lists it as suitable for Open Water divers. This contradicts the 'Intermediate-Advanced' classification and the requirement for an 'Advanced Open Water' certification.

  Apo Island Dive Guide, Divernet, Apo Island Scuba Diving · 2026-09-16T03:44:23.560Z