Apo Scuba Diving

★★★★★ SILVER REEF HOUSE REEF

Gentle slope reef with a lot of yellow tail Snappers, resident Green Turtles and Hawksbill turtles. Reef has strong current but a diver can hide behind huge coral bommies and hang out with fish at 5m

★★★★☆ Rock Point West

Located on the southwest corner of Apo Island, Rock Point West is adjacent to it’s sibling Rock Point East. A steep slope leads you to a plateau towards the southern tip where the current gets stronger most of the time.

★★★★☆ Apo Island Marine Sanctuary

To date, Apo Island is one of the most successful conservation stories in the Philippines. Marine Sanctuary was one of the first sanctuaries in the Philippines, where a maximum of only 15 divers are allowed at a time.

★★★★☆ Blue House

Sea Dream Resort house reef, built in 2019 and now one of the top dive sites on the coast. Flat seagrass meadow and sandy slope with coral blocks and large artificial elements made of metal and concrete. Fades south into a coral reef and another reef starts at 25m.

★★★★☆ Dauin Marine Sanctuary

Dauin Marine Santuary in Dauin’s Poblacion district 1. The most visited dive sanctuary with promises of turtles and beautiful coral gardens. Great beach area as well for sunbathers.

★★★★★ Coconut Point

A virtual washing machine experience awaits you at Coconut Point, an exciting dive site on the northern tip of Apo Island. The current can come at you literally from any side left, right, up, down & center. A sloping reef edging towards a rock wall. This site is best for experienced divers.

★★★★★ Largahan

Largahan is a very beautiful and diverse site. You will find a dark sandy area of coral gardens and volcanic rocks. This site is great for macro diving, like the whole of Apo Island.

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★★★★☆ Luca Sanctuary, Reef Village

Everything is possible at this place, the many artificial reef structures that have been built by Dive Society since 2012 attract a variety of creatures, from the smallest macro creatures to whale sharks and many reef fish, everything is possible. Reef Village, Reef Cones and wrecks have been sunk here.

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★★★★☆ Pura Vida House Reef

In this amazing Macro diving spot, you will find a couple of boats and cars that were sunk in the muck created a very interestiy dive site on the beautiful black sand

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★★★★☆ Punta

The very first marine protected area in Dauin is also the most popular dive site due to its proximity and gentle slopes. This makes it the perfect spot for beginners.

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★★★★★ Olo

Olo is a beautiful reef found on the north east of Apo Island. You will find not only the beautiful coral typical for the island, you may also spot sea snakes, nudibranchs, and frogfish.

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★★★★☆ Cogon

Cogon means grass in the Filipino language. ‘Cogon Point’ was named after the grass used for roofing native houses that can be seen directly onshore, northeast of Apo Island.

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★★★★☆ Mamsa Point

Mamsa is the Filipino word for trevally, hence the name. The currents can really be strong in this spot a few hundred meters north of Kan-uran Point.

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★★★★★ Kan Oran Reef

Slightly north of the Marine Sanctuary is a gentle wall dive that ‘Kan-Uran Point’ affords divers. Kan-uran means ’from the person,’ in the local Visayan dialect. Newbie fun divers can experience getting inside overhangs & ledges to explore an abundant gentle explosion of colorful soft & hard coral gardens.

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★★★★★ Rock Point East

Rock Point East is a finger-shaped reef located on the southeast corner of Apo Island, primarily exposed to prevailing currents ensuring an abundance of reef fish, colorful coral formations, and occasional visits from pelagic species.