Black Island Wreck - Busuanga Diving
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Black Island Wreck Dive - Busuanga Diving

Black Island Wreck is relatively shallow, this dive is great for wreck-diving novices, photographers and night divers and has plenty of fish. There are many large scorpionfish and lionfish on the superstructure, small schools of batfish, large schools of sweepers, snappers, fusiliers and groupers, trumpetfish, six-banded angelfish and emperor angelfish. The hull has lots of sponges and hydroids. There are crinoids, although not in the numbers seen elsewhere in the Philippines. The western side of Malahon Island has poor corals but a times of strong currents is good for sighting large pelagic species, including Hammerhead Sharks.

The origin of this 150 ft coastal vessel is not known. It sits upright but down the sandy slope from the shore with the bow bottoming at 104 ft and the stern bottoming at 65 ft.

Location of Black Island Wreck, Busuanga, Palawan

The east side of Malajon Island, called Black Island because of its black rocks. The wreck is just off the beach in front of a stranded vessel on the shore. Access: By banca 3-5 hr west to the west side of Busuanga Island. If you are going to dive on other wrecks en route, you can stay overnight at one of the small resorts in the area.

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