| Hole in the Wall Location. Just west of Escarceo Point. Access. 20min east by banca. You need a good local dive guide who can take account of the currents if you are to find the "hole in the wall". Average Depth. 12m (40ft) Maximum Depth. 19m (62ft) Conditions. Usually choppy on the surface, with strong currents, but it can be very rough with fierce currents. Visibility can reach 25m. Allowing for currents, you drop into 9m of well-lit water, with fields of table corals as good as anywhere in the world. You descend in several stepped drop-offs, each about 3m, and eventually reach the hole in the wall at 12m. The hole is about 1.5 high and .8m wide, covered with multicolored sponges and crinoids, leading to the Canyons. The Fish Bowl Location. Northeast of Escarceo Point. Access. 25min east by banca. Average Depth. 40m (130ft) Maximum Depth. 60m (200ft) Conditions. Usually choppy on the surface with strong currents, but can get really rough with fierce currents. Visibility can reach 30m on a flood tide . This is an advanced dive within a bowl-shaped depression at 40m, where you sit on the edge and look down. You need a good dive guide to allow for the currents. When you enter the water you will be swept down to where you hope to arrive; photographers can operate only by getting into the shelter of large rocks. The Canyons Location. Northeast of Escarceo Point. Access. 25min east by banca. Average Depth. 29m (95ft) Maximum Depth. 60m (200ft) Conditions. Usually choppy on the surface with strong currents, but can get really rough with fierce currents. Visibility can reach 30m (100ft). Another advanced dive that needs a good dive guide to allow for the currents, to get you swept into position. You drift past the hole in the wall and race over several small drop-offs covered in soft corals and sponges. A high-voltage dive. Diving Sites : Manila Channel, Coral Gardens, Batangas Channel, The Hill, La Laguna Point, Sabang Point, Monkey Wreck, Monkey Beach, Ernie's Cave, Dungon, Wreck Point, West Escarceo, Hole in the Wall, The Fish Bowl, The Canyons, Shark Cave, The Big Rock, Pink Wall, Kilima Steps, Sinandigan Wall, The Boulders, Verde Island, The Washing Machine, Verde Island - West Point |
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