| Carabao Island - Village Mountain Location - Located just north of the southeast corner of Carabao Island. Access - 55min north by boat. Average Depth - 65ft Maximum Depth - 100ft Conditions - Calm, but there can be a strong current with visibility up to 25m. A large coral head drops down to sand at 30m. There are lots of good fish, including shoals of jacks, fusiliers and snappers and plenty of colorful reef fish. With luck you may see some large pelagic species. Carabao Island -West Wall Location - Located at the southwest face of Carabao Island. Access - 50min north by boat. Average Depth - 80ft Maximum Depth - 130ft Conditions - Calm, but can be rough; usually some current, which can be strong with visibility up to 25m. A big wall, 200m long, drops from 10m down to 40m with caves, good soft, leathery and stony corals on the reef-top and prolific fish life on and off the wall. Maniguin Island - North Face Location - Located at the northernmost point of the reef. Access - By boat. Average Depth - 50ft Maximum Depth - 150ft Conditions - Variable - can be rough in bad weatehr; in good weather it is calm, with currents varying with the tide. Visibility 100ft. Most of the reef-top is a gentle slope from 10m to 17m with a mixture of coral heads on sand interspersed with fresh blast-fishing damage. The blast-fished areas cover only a small portion of the total expanse, the rest beign top-quality soft, leathery, stony and whip corals harbouring a myriad of reef fish. Maniguin Island - South Face Location - Located at the south face of the reef. Access - By boat. To find the greatest number of sleeping sharks in caves, line up the lighthouse with the prominent large white rick, while over the drop-off. Average Depth - 65ft Maximum Depth - 150ft Conditions - Variable - can be rough in bad weatehr; in good weather it is calm, with currents varying with the tide. Visibility up to 100ft. Drifting west with the current, it can be possible to cover most of the face in one very long dive. The wall and reef-top are very similar to the North Face; perhaps slightly more areas have been damaged by blast-fishing, but the majority of the dive is beautiful, with abundant reef and pelagic fish life. At the western end of the face the top of the wall becomes shallower; the reef-top offers excellent snorkelling when there is no surf running. 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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