Destination: Visayas
Diveity's dive site atlas spans 582 dive sites across 17 countries, from shallow shore entries to deep wrecks and drift dives. Guides bring together available information on dive sites, marine life and nearby operators. Some guides are partial; missing or disputed details are labelled.
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582 dive sites are listed across 17 countries. Some guides are partial, with missing or disputed details labelled.
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Philippines > Visayas > Apo Island
Largahan, Apo Island Largahan is an Apo Island reef site with coral patches and sandy areas. Mahi Mahi Dive Resort describes bubbles emerging through dark sand between the corals and attributes them to geothermal activity. Its named entry also reports small subjects such as nudibranchs, flatworms and scorpionfish. These are operator observations, not a promise of particular sightings. A closer…
BeginnerPhilippines > Visayas > Malapascua
A coral and macro dive near Malapascua Lapus Lapus offers a different focus from Malapascua’s offshore shark dives: reef formations and small animals to look for at a slower pace. Sea Explorers places the site on the island’s northwestern side and describes rocks, small canyons and soft corals. Thresher Shark Divers also highlights hard and soft coral, with frogfish, mantis…
Philippines > Visayas > Malapascua
Lighthouse Reef: a dusk dive near Malapascua Sea Explorers and Malapascua Exotic describe Lighthouse as a sunset or dusk dive associated with mandarinfish. Their accounts focus on activity among the corals as daylight fades. That timing is part of the operators’ description of the experience; it is not a promise of courtship behaviour or a guaranteed animal encounter. How the…
Philippines > Visayas > Apo Island
Coconut Point on Apo Island Coconut Point and Cogon Point are separate entries in the Atlantis and Mahi Mahi dive-site guides. Keep both names distinct when comparing trips: a description or photograph labelled Cogon should not automatically be treated as evidence for Coconut. Master Liveaboards places Coconut on the island's northwestern tip, while Diveplanit's account describes a dive beginning in…
Philippines > Visayas > Apo Island
Cogon Point is a separate Apo Island site Cogon Point appears separately from Coconut Point in both Atlantis and Mahi Mahi's site lists. Master Liveaboards places Cogon on Apo Island's eastern side. This guide keeps those identities separate: Coconut's nickname, depth table and reported western route are not evidence for Cogon. When arranging a trip, confirm that the operator means…
Philippines > Visayas > Dauin
Masaplod South, also called Masaplod Sur, combines coral reef and sandy habitat on the Dauin coast of Negros Oriental. Mahi Mahi Dive Resort describes two separate reefs supporting hard and soft corals. Its named southern-site account reports sea moths, pipefish and anemonefish. These are reported possibilities, not guaranteed encounters or a recent census. Confirm the southern site Masaplod Norte and…
Philippines > Visayas > Dauin
Bahura on the Dauin coast This guide covers Bahura in Dauin, Negros Oriental. Local operator accounts describe a combination of sand and coral rather than a single uniform reef. The name also appears elsewhere in the Philippines: a previously listed Anilao source concerns Bahura in Tingloy, Batangas, and cannot establish conditions or wildlife for this Dauin guide. Reef, sand and…
Philippines > Visayas > Dauin
Ginama-an and the tire-reef descriptions Ginama-an appears in Dumaguete.com's Dauin guide as an artificial reef made from used tires. Dauin Diving Center uses Ginama for a truck-tire reef, while Sea Explorers describes Ginama Point. These accounts share a distinctive habitat, but matching descriptions alone do not establish identical entry points or dive boundaries. Confirm the name and intended location with…
IntermediatePhilippines > Visayas > Dauin
An artificial reef on Dauin's sandy slope Pyramids takes its name from metal reef structures off Dauin, Negros Oriental. The structures and surrounding sand offer different places to look for small animals, making this an option for divers interested in artificial reefs and macro subjects. This guide concerns the Philippine site; similarly named sites in other countries are separate places.…
Philippines > Visayas > Malapascua
Gato Island Tunnel, Malapascua This guide concerns Gato Island's underwater tunnel, a specific route within a wider island dive destination. It does not represent every reef, wall or overhang around Gato. Sea Explorers distinguishes tunnel entry from reef dives that remain outside it, and Thresher Shark Divers likewise describes surrounding reef exploration as a separate attraction. Confirm which option a…
Philippines > Visayas > Malapascua
Doña Marilyn wreck: current condition unverified Doña Marilyn is a passenger-ferry wreck listed among excursions from Malapascua by Thresher Shark Divers. Its page describes an intact wreck and reports an 18–32 m range, but that description must not be assumed to establish present condition. Dated salvage reporting SunStar reported salvage activity at the wreck on 15 August 2018 and an…
Philippines > Visayas > Moalboal
Talisay Wall in Moalboal Talisay Wall appears in Magic Island’s Moalboal dive-site guide as a combination of slope and wall. Pescador Diving Center describes a site called Talisay with a coral-covered shallow reef and a wall supporting black corals, sea fans and sponges. These named accounts offer an orientation to the dive, while the exact route and boundaries still need…
