Apo Island - Aladin

★★★★★ (129)

Aladin is a wall dive on the northeast corner of Apo Island, Mindoro Occidental. The dive site is accessible by boat from Pandan Island Resort (www.pandan.com).

Wide range of pelagics and reef sharks, mackerels, tunas, turtles, and occasionally manta or eagle rays. The wall is overgrown with hard and soft corals.

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography

Green Turtle
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Hawksbill Turtle
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Total number of species: 200

Alamy-WaterFrame

Moray Eel
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Total number of species: 27

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Barracuda
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Total number of species: 600

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Wrasse
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Oceanic Whitetip Shark
2 Sightings
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Total number of species: 25

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Eagle Ray
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Leatherback Turtle
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Whitetip Reef Shark
26 Sightings
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Total number of species: 90

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Angelfish
17 Sightings
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Total number of species: 130

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Butterfly Fish
14 Sightings
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Total number of species: 28

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Clownfish
10 Sightings
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Blacktip Reef Shark
9 Sightings
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Total number of species: 100

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Parrotfish
8 Sightings
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Total number of species: 150

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Sweetlips and Grunts
6 Sightings
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Total number of species: 15

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Tuna
6 Sightings
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Total number of species: 12

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Lionfish
5 Sightings
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Total number of species: 40

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Triggerfish
5 Sightings
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Total number of species: 350

Alamy-Andre Seal

Damselfish
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Total number of species: 130

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Pufferfish
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Total number of species: 3

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Trumpetfish
5 Sightings
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Total number of species: 3000

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Nudibranch
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Total number of species: 85

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Surgeonfish
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Total number of species: 25

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Boxfish
4 Sightings
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Total number of species: 8

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Bannerfish
4 Sightings
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Total number of species: 60

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Spiny Lobster
4 Sightings
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Total number of species: 250

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Grouper/Basslets
3 Sightings
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Total number of species: 250

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Scorpionfish
3 Sightings
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Total number of species: 110

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Snapper
3 Sightings
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Total number of species: 60

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Soldierfish
3 Sightings
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Total number of species: 90

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Goatfish
3 Sightings
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Total number of species: 15

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Garfish
3 Sightings
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Silvertip Shark
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Total number of species: 60

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Electric Ray
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Total number of species: 30

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Sand Eel
2 Sightings
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Wolf Eel
2 Sightings
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Total number of species: 40

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Jackfish
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Total number of species: 20

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Porcupinefish
2 Sightings
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Dive Centers Catering This Dive Site

Mariposa Diving@Pandan Island

Pandan Island Dive Resort, 5104 Sablayan, Mindoro - Philippines

REDSUN, REDSUN DIVERESORT

Small Lalaguna, 5203 Puerto Galera, Mindoro - Philippines

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