Moalboal is located in the southwestern part of Cebu which is relatively sheltered. Moalboal name means bubbling brook, and is known for good snorkeling, white sand beaches and a relaxed atmosphere.

COPTION POINT (75ft/25m)

Location: West Point of the northern end of the Coption Peninsula.
Attraction: Napoleon Wrasse, Banded Sea Snakes, Spot Tail Sand Perch, Fire Gobies and colorful corals. Coption Point is a steep sandy slope that is rich in healthy soft, leathery and stony colorful corals.

SAAVEDRA WHITE BEACH (75ft/25m)

Location: Off the beach, just south of the Coption Point
Attraction: nudibranches, feather duster Worms and colorful corals, Saavedra is much like the Coption Point but with more slope and less wall.

BAS DIOT (45ft/15m)

Location: Drop-Off by the Moalboal Reef Club
Attraction: Plentiful of butterfly fish and Bubble Coral
Bas Diot is a drop off with a reef-top that exhibits typhoon damage with variety of scorpion fish, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, goat fish, small shoals of catfish, colorful soft corals, gorgonian sea fans, crinoids, smaller angelfish, butterfly fish and Bubble Coral.

TONGO POINT (75ft/25m)

Location: The southern point of Coption Peninsula
Attraction: Invertebrates and coral life
Tongo Point is shallow, with lots of small holes and crevices. To reach the Underwater Island or Lambug, you have to drop down to 80 ft. This site is not very good of fish but has plenty of invertebrates and coral life, with large gorgonian sea fans.

PESCADOR ISLAND (150ft/50m)

Location:southwest of Tongo Point in the Tanon Strait
Attraction: Pescador Cathedral
This is the best diving area of Cebu, Pescador Island is an open top funnel that bottoms out. It also has a wall that overhangs, and cracks and crevices with gorgonian sea fans, black coral, large barrel and tube sponges. The fish life includes just about everything: sweetlips, jacks, barracuda, Napoleon Wrasse, Moorish idols, parrotfish, Whitetip and Grey Reef Shark, lionfish, Zebra Lionfish, scorpion fish, stonefish, moray eels, sea snakes, hammerhead sharks, Manta Rays and Spanish Dancer nudibranches.

BADIAN ISLAND (75ft/25m)

Location: North Badian Point
Attraction: Whalesharks, Gorgonian sea fans
At this drop-off, expect to see some big gorgonians sea fans, colorful soft coral, sponges, nudibranches, angelfish and butterfly fish.

SUNKEN ISLAND (75ft/25m)

Location: Southwest of Badian Point
Attraction: Large shoals, Big barrel sponges, large soft corals and huge gorgonian sea fans. It is an open water dive where you have to get down to 25m quickly, it not a novices. The main reason for the dive is the chance of seeing large shoals of fish, big barrel sponges, large soft corals and huge gorgonian sea fans.

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

The beach is close to Moalboal and can be reached via an hours walk. You can also go snorkeling, sunbathing or just hang out. If this is not adventurous enough.

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