Situated 150km (95 miles) from Manila on a beautiful harbor, with many fine beaches, sheltered coves and a backdrop of lush green hills, Puerto Galera is a safe port where ships can shelter from typhoons.

Puerto Galera offers picturesque beauty and good beaches plus an abundant nightlife for those who want it. It is fast becoming an international diving destination. There is a great variety in both underwater terrain and marine life. From shallow coral gardens, excellent for snorkellers and underwater photographers, to excellent deep dives, most of the dive sites are a short Banka ride from the beaches.

CANYONS

A fast and furious drift dive over three ravines at around 81ft/27m. The current is generally strong and the screams at high tide! There are a lot of sweetlips, jacks and beautiful soft corals including large gorgonian fans.

CORAL GARDENS

The coral gardens average depth is 30ft/10m with the bottom at 90ft/30m. Situated off Long Beach, this site features prolific hard & soft coral, reef fish, cowries and Nudibranches. Slight current is present most of the time, an ideal site for photographers.

SABANG POINT

This is a small wall dropping down to 66ft/22m with stony corals, soft corals fish and invertebrates. The special feature at this site is the presence of two mushroom-shaped domes, which are considered convenient landmarks.

ESCARCEO POINT

Probably the most popular dive site in Puerto Galera for it features the famous “Shark Cave”. Taking the tunnel at 30ft/10m and following the ridge to the canyons at 81ft/27m you can reach the cave. This is actually a two-cave system. Divers can expect to find an average of 2 or 3 sharks.

MONKEY WRECK

A local island transport sunk by Asia Divers in early 1993, lies in 120ft/40m of water and is a little dangerous, as it rolls around in the swell. It is already collecting its own resident fish, including a small shoal of batfish.

WASHING MACHINE

A high voltage dive consisting of small canyons with currents going in all directions, this site is for advanced divers and can be rough at times.

THE BOULDERS

An excellent site for night dive! It features big rocks, crevices and caves. A wide variety of Nudibranches offers the macro photographer an excellent subject matter.

DUNGON

An easy, multilevel dive with lots of good soft corals, colorful crinoids, most reef fish and the occasional tuna. All the dives described east of here get into rough surface water and strong currents.

HOLE IN THE WALL

Allowing the current, you drop into fields of table corals as good as anywhere in the world. You descend in several stepped drop-offs, each about 9ft/3m and eventually reach the hole of the wall at 36ft/12m . The hole is covered with multicolored sponges and crinoids leading to the Canyons.

THE FISH BOWL

This is an advanced dive within a bowl-shaped depression where you sit on the edge and look down. The main reason for this dive is to see bigger fish and shoals. Whitetip Reef Sharks and Grey Reef Sharks are common, as are large tuna.

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