Laurel 2
Location - Located directly east of Laurel Island.
Access - 20min by boat south then east through the Tabon Strait .
Average Depth - 50ft
Maximum Depth - 65ft
Conditions - Usually a drift-dive in rainy season, but it can have strong currents and visibility averages 65ft.
A north-to-south wall that is not dived often, so there is little anchor damage and good fish life.
Channel Drift
Location - Located at the Tabon Strait.
Access - 15min south by boat to the Tabon Strait.
Average Depth - 60ft
Maximum Depth - 115ft
Conditions - Very strong currents (up to 7 knots); it can be rough on the surface. Visibility can reach 20m (65ft).
Strong tidal currets flow through the Tabon Strait with great force, taking divers along a sandy bottom with patches of coral, canyons and crevices where smaller fish take refuge and bigger fish wait for the current to bring them food. There is an excellent drift-dive at 60ft.
Unidos Point
Location - Located on the east side of Caticlan.
Access - 20min by boat south and then east thru the Tabon Strait.
Average Depth - 50ft
Maximum Depth - 80ft
Conditions - Usually dived as a sheltered site in bad weather with visibility up to 65ft.
A bad-weather site, shelving off to 80ft on sand with coral outcrops, groupers, snappers, batfish, sweetlips, moray eels, garden eels, angelfish and
butterflyfish.
Diving Sites: Bel-At Beach, Yapak 1, Yapak 2, Punta Bonga, Baling Hai Beach, Friday's Rock, Lobster Rock, Greenyard, Angol, Crocodile Island, Laurel I, Laurel II, Channel Drift, Unidos Point, Nasog Point, Dog Drift, Buruanga, Black Rock, Carabao Island - Cathedral, Carabao Island - Village Reef, Carabao Island - Village Mountain,
Carabao Island - West Wall, Maniguin Island - North Face, Maniguin Island - South Face
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