Philippine Diving

Philippines is a truly variety of world-class dive sites set in a tropical environment with all the trappings you could wish for. Statistics from the Philippine Department of Tourism indicate that divers visiting the Philippines return for an average of 10 trips each which speaks volume about the quality of the dive sites and the professionalism of the operators.

Diving in Philippines offers a different kinds of diving from fresh water caves in the country inland to strong current drift dives along walls.

The Philippine Archipelago consists of 7,107 islands many of which are fringed by coral reef.

The most famous diving area is the Visayan islands in the center of the Archipelago but there are lots of great places less dived but not less spectacular. Many areas still wait to be discovered. Invertebrates, especially sea slugs, attract many divers to Anilao's reefs.

A 2 hour and a half bus ride from Cebu City on the west coast there is Moalboal. Pescador Island, 20 minutes by banca offers some of the finest diving in Moalboal. Whale sharks have been spotted in open waters on the South and to the Northeast, at 33 to 40 meters on the edge of the reef groups of hammerhead sharks gather. Two great dives are the Pescador Cathedral, an undersea formation resembling a giant funnel which drops to 115 feet and the Lionfish Cave.