Moalboal Island Diving - Cebu Philippines

Moalboal Island Dive Sites

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Moalboal Island

Panagsama Beach, also known as Moalboal, which is the small town to which it belongs, has become the favorite haunt of serious scuba divers.

Just 2 and a half hours drive over paved roads from Cebu City takes you to Moalboal town proper, home to approximately 15,000 cebuanos, mostly farmers and fishermen. A brief, bumpy ride over a dusty dirt road brings you to Panagsama Beach (population: approximately 320 households or 2,500 people), which one easily notices as being a spot designed primarily for the diving tourists. The ambience is laid-back and friendly. Strikingly absent are the hawkers and hustlers ussually pushing their wares and services in most tourist towns.

Located in the southwest of Cebu city with a couple of hours drive. Fan corals and gorgonians are everywhere as are sponges, crinoids and shells. Divers will also encounter Reef fishes like sweetlips, tangs, gobies and lionfish. You will also encounter large pelagics including shark, barracuda, tuna, manta rays and groupers.


Diving Sites in Moalboal Island

       • Ronda Bay
       • Tuble Reef
       • Tapanan & Tongo Point
       • Lambug
       • Airport / Umbrella Point
       • Pescador Island
       • Copton Point
       • Saavedra
       • Bas Diot
       • Badian Island
       • Sunken Island


How to Get to Moalboal Island

By Plane
Three (3) airlines are available in flying to Cebu daily - Air Philippines, Cebu Pacific and Philippine Airlines.

By Ferry
There are regular ferries to Cebu pier from almost all the islands of the Philippines
Just 2 1/2 hours drive over paved roads from Cebu City takes you to Moalboal town proper.

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