| Northwest Point - Hammerhead Point Location - Located at the northwest point of Cabilao Island, by the Lighthouse. Access - 2 hr by banca from Mactan island. Average Depth - 100ft Maximum Depth - 130ft Conditions - Usually calm with strong currents; can get really rough with fierce currents. You would not normally make this journey in bad conditions with visibility up to 130ft. An interesting double drop-off, first to 100ft then deeper. With strong currents, this dive is noted for small shoals of Hammerhead Sharks in December and January. There are lots of small gorgonian sea fans, large barrel sponges, good soft corals, sea stars and crinoids. This dive has everything, but most divers would want to go deep in the hope of seeing Hammerhead Sharks, large groupers and large Napoleon Wrasse. Southwest Point - Drifting North Location - Located at the southwest point of Cabilao Island. Access - 2hr by banca from Mactan Island. Average Depth - 65ft Maximum Depth - 130ft Conditions - Calm even during rain, with strong currents; can get really rough wiht fierce currents. You would not normally make the journey in bad conditions with visibility up to 130ft. Drifting north with the current, you are taken along a typhoon-damaged reef-top at 13ft, from which a wall goes down in two steps to beyond 130ft. Southwest Point - Drifting South and East Location - Located the southwest point of Cabilao Island. Access - 2hr by banca from Mactan Island. Average Depth - 65ft Maximum Depth - 130ft Conditions - Calm even during rain, with strong currents; can get really rough with fierce currents. You would not normally make the journey in bad conditions with visibility up to 130ft. A good wall drops to 130ft plus. Different underwater species with profuse fish and invertebrate life, make this a good dive. There are many species of sea cucumbers and sea stars, anemones with clownfish and tube anemones. Diving Sites: Napaling, Duljo Point, Pungtud Wall, Southwest Wall/Rico's Wall, Southeast Wall/Rudy's Rock, Northeast Slope/Black Forest, Kalipayan, Arco Point (The Hole in the Wall), Cervera Shoal (Spaghetti Shoal), Pamilacan Island - Northwest Side, Hammerhead Point (Northwest Point), Southwest Point (Drifting North), Southwest Point (Drifting South and East) |
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