Cathedral

Named for the shafts of sunlight that pour through cracks in the rock into a shadowed chamber, Cathedral is the dramatic wall on Balicasag's north side. A vertical face dropping toward 40 metres is broken by overhangs, ledges and small caves that shelter moray eels, lobsters and resting fish. Out in the blue, schools of barracuda, jacks and snapper patrol the edge while green and hawksbill turtles drift past. Run as a drift from the bangka, the current swings from gentle to brisk with the tide, and the depth rewards experienced divers comfortable on a wall.