Bohol Diving - Bohol Island Philippines

Diving season in Bohol is year-round. Expect some monsoon rains between July and September. But it is generally too far south to be affected by the rainy season typhoons.

Bohol Popular Diving Area

Panglao Island Bohol Diving

Panglao Island located near the south western tip of Bohol. The north and western section of the reef are noteworthy, with a reef platform that is relatively narrow and shallow (15-20ft/5-6m) that has an edge terminating into perpendicular submarine cliffs, plunging down to depths 100-170 ft/33-56m.

Panglao reef is thickly covered with hard and soft corals, branching table, sacrophyton and lobophyton varieties. Near the cliff are schools of tuna, mackerel and surgeonfish. At 90-100 ft/30-33m depths are big snappers, groupers, and occasional black-tip sharks.

Farther seawards are schools of dolphins and pilot whales. Its coral gardens welcome you near the surface which is great for snorkelling. Its best assets are its steep walls with caves, overhangs and crevices home to abundant fish and invertebrate life. Listed below are the most famous among the dive spots in Panglao Island.

Panglao Dive Sites:
• Kalipayan Dive Sites
• Arco Point Dive Sites
• Puntod Island Wall Dive Site
• Doljo Point Dive Site
• Doljo House Reef Dive Site
• Napaling Dive Site
• Cervera Shoal Dive Site
• Garden Eels Dive Site
• House Reef Dive Site
• BBC Dive Site
• Crystal Sanctuary Dive Site
• Momo Beach Dive Site


Balicasag Island Bohol Diving

Balicasag Island a 400 meter Marine Sanctuary of healthy corals with plenty of pelagic visitors characterized by vertical walls over deep waters with strong currents. Balicasag Island Diving in December or January can offer treats of Hammerhead Sharks and sometimes Whale Sharks.

A sandy shell coral line beach surrounds the island, which in turn, is fringed by a narrow reef shelf, 30-165 ft/10-55m wide. The shelf, which is 15-25ft/3-8m deep, terminates into a perpendicular underwater down to depths beyond 250ft/83m on the north and northwest face of the reef.

Balicasag Dive Sites:
• Resort Wall
• Black Coral Forest
• Cathedral Wall
• Turtle Point
• The Cavern

Cabilao Island Bohol Diving

Cabilao Island is a eight-square-kilometer island jutting out into the waters of the Cebu Strait and the Bohol Sea is the convergence point of hammerheads sharks, tunas, dolphins, groupers, and mackerel that abound around the island. A small island of Lo-on, Bohol. It is 1 hour 20 minutes boat ride by banca from Mactan Island, Cebu. Diving in the area is centered in front of the light house and has some of the best divesites in the Philippines and is particularly noted for Hammerhead Sharks in the deeper waters off its northwest point, an exciting dive for the more experienced.

Cabilao Dive Sites:
• Housereef Dive Site
• Hammerhead Point Dive Site
• Drifting North Dive Site
• Drifting South & East
• Sharks-Point Dive Site
• Lighthouse Dive Site
• Fallen Tree Dive Site
• Looc Wall Dive Site
• Cambaquiz Dive Site
• Santa Cruz Dive Site
• South-Point Dive Site
• Coconut Dive Site
• Rock-Point Dive Site


Pamalican Island Bohol Diving

Pamalican Island is located in the eastern side from Panglao Island, the Island has strong currents which is great for drift diving. Pamalican Island has a gradual slope of white sands and isolated corals but is known for its big Napoleon wrasse and large pelagic fishes.

Pamalican Dive Sites:
• Northwest Side Dive Site

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Best Bohol Hotels & Resorts
Panglao Island Nature Resort
Isis Bungalows Resort
Amarela Beach Resort
Balicasag Island Dive Resort
Lost Horizon Beach Resort
Bohol Diver's Resort
Alona Kew White Beach Resort
Bohol Beach Club
Amorita Resort
Flushing Meadows Resort
Ananyana Beach Resort
Alona Palm Beach Resort
Cabilao Beach Club
Bohol Tropics Resort
MetroCentre Hotel

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