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Dive Sites |
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Our diving sites are only 5 to 30 minutes away from our resort. Two wrecks are located only 15 minutes away in a protected bay. An other two wrecks are one hour away by banca. Ship Wrecks, Caves, Canyons, Drop Offs, Coral Riffs, and Big Fish, all everything at Sipalay City. Recently, we had a Whale Shark playing with us for almost one hour. We have Turtles at Habok Habok dive site. Or if you are lucky, you can see Eagle Ray at Manta Drop. In 2016, we have placed a car wreck as a new dive site at Campomanes Bay. We are still discovering new dive sites in Sipalay. |
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WRECKS | |
GREAT WHITE CAR WRECK | |
This car
wreck lies on 17 Meters on a nice coral plateau. The car was used for
more than 10 years to service ARTISTIC DIVING to put up the Resort. It
is an old white coloured pick up car Nissan SD 23, built in 1988. The car
was a great white vehicle pioneering in Sipalay and to bring in the
first Tourists to Sipalay Town, starting way back in 1998. This car was
the first car driving in and out of Punta Ballo to start with our Beach
Resort. We donated the car to the City of Sipalay to use it as a dive
site. DESCRIPTION; GREAT WHITE HISTORIC CAR WRECK OF SIPALAY TOURISM. The Dive Site is named after the great white shark, found in colder waters like in Australia. Now you can experience a great white also in the Philippines. |
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MS JOJO WRECK | |
This wrack is down at Campomanes Bay. Freighter from the 80's. Excellent condition. Topmost level at 20 m. Max. depths. 33 meters. Plenty of big lion fish to be seen. It has big two masts. You can see lots of robe, and a great view in the cargo room. | |
SS PANAY WRECK | |
Exiting wreck from the
second world war. Very good condition with 33 m at topmost level.
This war ship was hit by Japanese torpedo's in March 1942. Still gas
mask in the stock rooms. See story below from a eye witness.... In the summer 1942, early in the day, 4 Japanese planes circled the cove twice. They came back later - just before noon - and started dropping torpedoes. The ship was hit but not directly as apparently the planes could not manoeuvre well because of the mountain and the tall trees on the shore. Many runs after they left. The ship was already on fire. Around 6 o' clock in the evening, the hold where the arms and ammunitions were kept, probably was reached by the fire. The ship exploded, probably cut in half because both ends were up and the middle sunk immediately after the biggest bang. The first salvage was after the Liberation in the seventies and the final one in the eighties. |
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JULIEN WRECK ( location of this wreck is near Turtle Island ) | |
Wreck dive with some current at 6 meters. The quiet big wreck lies on a large area. You can dive or snorkel on it. Beautiful coral coverage. | |
DIVE SITES NEAR AROUND THE BASE / HOUSE REEFS | |
Eva's Point | |
Drop off wall from
3
to 33 meters straight down. The
wall is fully covered by corals and plenty of fish going around.
Just
fantastic. Marine Protected Area (MPA) |
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Eva's Pt. Extension | |
Wall dive toward Campomanes
Pier
with a max depth of 26 meters. Plenty of table corals. Nice
relaxed dive site. Marine Protected Area (MPA) |
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Manta Drop | |
Fantastic drop off from 15 to 35 meters. Plenty of nice fan
corals. Sometimes you can see
Mantas and Tuna going over the reef plateau.
After a great dive, you can rest for the safety stop on a 5 meters
corals garden. |
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Habok Habok Reef | |
A very nice Wall with several big cracks and Canyons in it.
Depth from 1 to 16m. Marine Protected Area (MPA) |
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Kevin's Reef | |
Excellent house reef with an old big anchor at 9-meter
depths. Max. depths 24 meters. |
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A- Rock | |
Another house reef, just next to Disneyland. Nice coral rocks surrounded by white sand. Depths 12 to 18 meters. | |
Great Canyons | |
Really great canyons to dive through like a labyrinth. All
at 8 to 17 meters. Very suitable for beginners and
masters. Marine Protected Area (MPA) |
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Toscana Reef | |
An other very nice house reef like a drop off from 11 meter
down to 28 meters. It has
beautiful corals and many small fish.
Marine Protected Area (MPA) |
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Disneyland | |
Very exiting dive site with coral blocks and white sand. Plenty of lions fish. 6 to 15 meters. Excellent for night diving with lots of night active marine life. | |
Leonardo Reef | |
Healthy coral house reef with hard and soft corals. Max. depths at 15 m. It`s located just in front of our resort ARTISTIC DIVING. |
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MA - ASIN Island | |
This dive site is just south of the dive shop. A 20 minutes banca ride
will bring you there.
Most beautiful big table corals ever seen. Great coral
garden from 8 to 28 meters. Mostly good visibility. |
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MA-ASIN Wall 1 |
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Nice coral walls starts from 5 down to 30 meters
and is just 300 meter south of the MA-ASIN island. |
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MA-ASIN Wall 2 |
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An other wall full of nice corals starts from 5 m down to 30 meters. Very nice Dive in the morning, since the reef will light up. |
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Matatindoc Pt. | |
Simple wall dive along the front reef of Natassan Resort. From 5 to 18 meters with slightly current. |
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Enzian Reef |
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Reef / Wall dive with a very nice plateau at 28 meters,
max. 40 meters.
Several Frog Fish are on about 5 meters. |
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Sunken Island |
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Beautiful big sunken island with plenty of fish and very
nice table corals. 8 m down to 30. For many divers one of the best dive
site. |
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Miami Beach |
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Straight down wall to 30 meters. The coral top is on 4 to 5
meters. Nice corals and a lot of colorful coral fish |
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Fritzantino Wall | |
Very nice drop off down to 40 meters. The coral wall goes up to 15 meters. You even can reach the shallow area at 5 meters. Very exiting dive experience. |
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Ayers Rock |
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Fantastic sunken island with wonderful corals and plenty of fish at 18 to 35 meters depths. |
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Romantico | |
Another reef down with a negative entry to 26 meters. We have found a shark cave on top of the reef. Finally you can discover a very romantic wall dive bringing you back to the main house reef. |
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Traudolf `s Point | |
This new dive site takes only 7 minutes to go there. The boat crew will drop you just on top of the beautiful reef. With a negative entry, you go down to 18 meters on top of the reef plateau. The entire reef is dropping down all-around to 35 meters. There're caves and cracks in the wall, where you can go inside and have a look around. Many big table corals and gorgonians will join you along the reef. During full moon and new moon, there's a strong current pushing you along the wall. | |
Grotto | |
Grotto is the extension of Cyndarella dive site. You go down to 8 meters on top of the reef plateau. The entire reef is dropping down all-around to 35 to 40 meters. Many big table corals and gorgonians will join you along the reef. Very nice for Night Diving. | |
Cyndarella | |
This dive site takes 20 minutes to go there. The boat crew will drop you just on top of the beautiful reef. With a simple entry, you go down to 7 meters on top of the reef plateau. The entire reef is dropping down all-around to 35 meters. There're caves and cracks in the wall, where you can go inside and have a look around. Many big table corals and gorgonians will join you along the reef. | |
Da West |
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Negative entry down to a fantastic coral reef with hundreds of big fish like Barracuda, Tuna, etc. down to 34 meters. Just amazing and very unique. There are Sting Rays and Sharks passing by. Perfect for underwater video and photography. Just in front of your cottage. |
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Marco Polo |
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Negative entry down to a fantastic coral reef with hundreds of big fish down to 30 meters. Just amazing and very unique. There are sharks passing by. |
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Bulubadian Cave |
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A coral plateau of about 5 meters starts the dive. A very nice drop off goes down to 22 meters to an entrance to a big cave. Excellent corals and gorgonians. |
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Blue Wall |
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Deep blue negative entry down to 45 metes. Only for experienced divers. |
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Ketchup Drop Stop | |
This dive
sites is just next to Enzian Reef. It will take a 15 minutes banca ride. A
spectacular negative straight down entry down to about 40 meters will
start the exiting dive. You will dive along the beautiful reef wall,
surrounded by fish and big table corals. In about 20 meters the wall will
become more flat, so that you can prepare for a stress free safety stop at
5 meters. |
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Benissimo | |
Reef is south of Campomanes Bay. Just descend to almost 10 meters to start the dive. After a while, you can reach a reef plateau of about 30 meters. The following wall is fantastic straight down to 60 meters. You will be surrounded by plenty of fish and beautiful corals. By the end of the dive, you will reach 5 meters to go for a relaxed safety stop. | |
DAYTRIP TURTLE ISLAND | |
Cathedral Tower |
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Deep dive down to 40 meters on an excellent reef. A tower goes up to 22 meters. |
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Bulata Pier (Mad Max) |
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Dive along the pier at Bulata and you will find very special species like Nudibranch, Lionfish, Sea slag, Star fish, Tiger cowry, Black lined Doris…. |
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Diente de Lobo ( Turtle Island ) | |
Diente de Lobo is the nord west extension of Turtle Island dive site. You go down to 14 meters on top of the reef plateau. The entire reef is dropping down all-around to 25 meters. Many big table corals and gorgonians will join you all around the reef. | |
Farmers Market ( Turtle Island ) | |
Farmers Market is the south extension of Turtle Island. It is a nice reef, just near the Juliens Wreck. You go down to 10 meters to start the dive. The journey will go along a nice reef wall. The entire reef is dropping down to 25 meters. Many big table corals and gorgonians will join you all around the reef. | |
Turtle Head Point ( Turtle Island ) | |
This dive site is along Turtle Island and will extend along the east reef of the Turtle Head Island. It s a nice wall with plenty of corals along the way. Great reef, where you can do your safety stop on a great coral reef as well on 5 Meters. | |
Anjan West ( Turtle Island ) | |
This dive site is just next to Turtle Island Reef along the wall of the west side of the Island. It is a nice wall with big corals. If you find the right timing, you can experience a strong current going a long with a lots of Corals. Great reef, where you can see maybe a Turtle. | |
DAYTRIP HINOBA AN | |
Black Rock |
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Steep wall dive along the front reef of Obon Pt. From 5 to 25 meters with slightly current. Clear Visibility, very nice.. |
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Black Rock I |
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Similar extension of Black Rock, 5m to 18 meters. Very nice with the Morning Sunshine into the reef. |
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Black Rock II |
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Nice Dive starts at 4 meters with small drop of down to 12 meters. Several channels along the wall. |
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Spiral Drops |
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This Dive site was discovered way back in 1999. Straight down wall from 5 meters down to 27 meters, with a Coral formation like a spiral. That's why it is named ( Spiral Drops ) You can really dive into the spiral. There are nice Bat Fish. This Dive Site is on a beautiful reef at Obon Pt. also known as Tabacay Reef, BRGY Cayhagan. |
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Catmon Pt. |
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North of Catmon Pt. is an nice dive site from from 5 to 18 meters. Excellent for day trips. Nice wall with lots of canyons. |
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Clara Reef |
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The reef starts at 11 meters down to 30 on a exiting slightly dropping wall. Plenty of Butterfly Fish among others and with the best chance of good visibility. |
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Villamor | |
A special dive site near Hinoba-an. Entry at 5 meters going through channels. If current comes in , the dive site changes to a drift dive. Most beautiful soft corals on reef top. | |
Mystery Wall |
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Beautiful Drop Off starts at 35 meters down to 70 meters. Only for Deep Divers. Large Turtles can be seen. |
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