Talisay

Talisay is named by La Tortue Diving and Bongo Bongo Divers among their Dauin dive sites. La Tortue describes a sandy muck-diving setting. REEF lists the survey-location name Talisay / Talia’s (Dauin) under code 72050120.

This guide concerns the Dauin site, not similarly named sites elsewhere in the Philippines. La Tortue also lists Talisay 2 — Sea Dream separately; its relationship to Talisay is unresolved here. No second guide or verified alias is inferred from those names.

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.

What makes this a macro-focused outing

Bongo Bongo's dedicated Talisay page presents the site as a muck dive for underwater photographers. Its named possibilities include Rhinopias, hairy frogfish and wonderpus octopus. La Tortue's Talisay entry also describes a sandy setting with small animals, including seahorses, pipefish and crustaceans. These operator descriptions explain the photographic interest without establishing when or how often any animal is seen.

Read depth figures in their original scope

Bongo Bongo places 18–24 m in its maximum-depth field. That is not evidence that the dive begins at 18 m. La Tortue separately gives a 5–25 m route range. Neither account establishes an average, an exact site boundary or a universal qualification requirement. Their different presentation is a reason to confirm the proposed section and planned depth with the operator.

Be specific about the name

For an enquiry, specify Talisay on the Dauin coast and ask whether the operator means the sand-focused route or the separately listed Talisay 2 — Sea Dream. The available descriptions do not resolve their relationship, so this guide keeps the names distinct without claiming a second confirmed site or moving the unresolved map position.

A separately described reef route

Liquid Dumaguete's September 2026 guide describes a U-shaped reef profile at Talisay, with sand around it and a reported 5–20 m profile. This adds a reef-focused account to the sand-focused descriptions above; it does not settle the relationship with Talisay 2 or supply a verified map position. Ask which habitat and section an operator intends to visit rather than assuming every description covers an identical route.

Liquid's named Talisay list includes ghost pipefish, flamboyant cuttlefish, frogfish, seahorses, nudibranchs and shrimp. These are the operator's reported subjects, without dated encounter counts. Its September article date identifies the publication, not a survey proving those animals will be present together.