Where you should dive.
The most beautiful diving spots around THE ANANYANA at a glance:
| Doljo Point | |
| Location: | Southwest point of Panglao Island |
| Distance: | Approx. 5 minutes by boat from THE ANANYANA |
| Characteristics: | Mostly still, but with strong currents it can get tough |
| Visibility: | Up to 40m |
| Depth: | On average 20m |
| Sights: | A wide variety of fish fauna with chances of bigger species. Gorgonies, barrel and basket sponges, colourful feather stars and soft corals, surgeonfish, fuseliers, trevallies, jacks, bat-, trigger- and rabbitfish, coral catfish and reef sepia appear in shoals. In the shallow water you can admire sea barbels, lizardfish, crowns of thorns, starfish and anemones with anemone clowns. |
| Puntod Wall (Puntod Island) | |
| Location: | Close to Puntod Island |
| Distance: | About 10 minutes by boat from THE ANANYANA |
| Characteristics: | A beautiful coral garden descending from 2 to 10m |
| Visibility: | Up to 30m |
| Depth: | On average 10m – maximum 20m |
| Sights: | Impressive soft, leather and hard coral with innumerable starfish, small fish, sea cucumber, anemones with anemone clowns, sea urchins, angelfish, butterflies, puffers and wrasses. |
| Southwest Wall (Rico's Wall) | |
| Location: | Southwest wall of Balicasag |
| Distance: | About 20 minutes by boat from THE ANANYANA |
| Characteristics: | Mostly still with changing currents; but rough see with extreme currents are possible |
| Visibility: | Up to 40m |
| Depth: | On average 15m – maximum 50m |
| Sights: | At Rico's wall between 7 and 11m you will find a shelf with coral gardens, then a wall descending to 35m. The coral garden is the home of soft, leather and hard coral, feather stars, starfish, smaller reef fish and anemones with anemone clowns. At the edge of the reef and in the shallower water you can watch fuseliers, surgeonfish, jacks, snappers, wrasses, batfish, moorish idols, anthias and damsels as well as bannerfish. |
| Southeast Wall (Rudy's Rock) | |
| Location: | Southeast wall of Balicasag following Rico's Wall |
| Distance: | About 20 minutes by boat from THE ANANYANA |
| Characteristics: | Mostly still with changing currents; but rough sea with extreme currents is possible |
| Visibility: | Up to 40m |
| Depth: | On average 15m – maximum 50m |
| Sights: | Here you often come across a shoal of big-eyed mackerels that then circle divers for a few minutes. The wall has small caves, projections and crevices with devil firefish, soldier and hussar fish as well as morays. If you are lucky you can even meet some soup turtles! |
| Northeast Slope (Black Forrest) | |
| Location: | In the northeast of Balicasag |
| Distance: | About 20 minutes by boat from THE ANANYANA |
| Characteristics: | Mostly quiet, sometimes stronger currents |
| Visibility: | Up to 40m |
| Depth: | On average 20m – maximum 40m |
| Sights: | A steep sand slope descends from the beach to a depth of more than 40m. Here you will encounter coral blocks, whip and soft coral, on the sand there are gorgonies. After 30m you can admire forests of black corals as well as groupers, barracudas, napoleons, wrasses, tuna, batfish and snappers. In the shallow water you may see morays, bannerfish, giant and orangestriped triggerfish, surgeonfish in shoals, jacks, garden eels, angel, emperor and peacock as well as trumpet fish, puffers and flute fish. |
| Kalipayan | |
| Location: | Next to Alona Beach |
| Distance: | About 25 minutes by boat from THE ANANYANA |
| Characteristics: | Quiet, without currents |
| Visibility: | Up to 25m |
| Depth: | On average 10m – maximum 20m |
| Sights: | Very beautiful wall. From 3 to 20m depth you can see soft, leather and hard coral, small gorgonies, many small reef fish, groupers and barracudas. |
| Arco Point (The Hole in the Wall) | |
| Location: | not specified |
| Distance: | About 35 minutes by boat from THE ANANYANA |
| Characteristics: | Sometimes weak currents |
| Visibility: | Up to 30m |
| Depth: | On average 10m – maximum 25m |
| Sights: | Here you can feed fish by hand. In the wall there is a vertical funnel. Here you can dive in at a depth of 18m and then dive out at 9m. An especially ideal home for morays. |
| Cervera Shoal (Spaghetti Shoal) | |
| Location: | Ca. 15 km to the east of Balicasag Island |
| Distance: | About 40 minutes by boat from THE ANANYANA |
| Characteristics: | Often strong currents, no visits during rough sea |
| Visibility: | Up to 30m |
| Depth: | On average 15m – maximum 70m |
| Sights: | The „underwater mountain“ reaches down to 12m under the water surface and is also called Snake Island – and rightly so. As this is the home of numerous black-and-white annulated sea snakes. The natural cover is not very good because of the former practise of dynamite fishing. However you do have an almost 100% snake guarantee! |
| Pamilacan Island | |
| Location: | Ca. 23 km to the east of Balicasag Island |
| Distance: | About 45 minutes by boat from THE ANANYANA |
| Characteristics: | Often strong currents, no visits during rough sea |
| Visibility: | Up to 40m |
| Depth: | On average 20m – maximum 30m |
| Sights: | Pamilacan is considered to be the resting place for mantas; if you are lucky, you can watch them. Furthermore whale sharks can be seen every now and then. At the 45° sand slope with many coral blocks you can stream dive beautifully. There you will meet napoleons, fuseliers, barracudas, jacks, dogtooth tunas and anemone clowns. |
| Northwest Point (Hammerhead Point) | |
| Location: | At the northwest point of Cabilao Island (next to the lighthouse) |
| Distance: | About 2 hours by boat from THE ANANYANA |
| Characteristics: | Often strong currents |
| Visibility: | Up to 40m |
| Depth: | On average 30m – maximum 50m |
| Sights: | Steep front – At the beginning up to 30m, and then deeper. In the wintertime small groups of hammerheads meet here, often you can see whitetip reef sharks and barracudas. Furthermore you can watch many gorgonies, gigantic barrel sponges, as well as whip and soft coral, sea cucumbers, starfish, and feather stars. Always present are shoals of fuseliers, jacks, pipefish, moorish idols, bannerfish and butterflies, snappers as well as sweet lips. |
| Southwest Point (Drifting North) | |
| Location: | At the southwest point of Cabilao Island |
| Distance: | About 2 hours by boat from THE ANANYANA |
| Characteristics: | Sea may be rough and currents at times strong (to the north) |
| Visibility: | Up to 40m |
| Depth: | On average 20m – maximum 40m |
| Sights: | A two-step wall descends more than 40m displaying innumerous gorgonies, tsimouchas, basket and barrel sponges. Furthermore you can discover soft and whip corals as well as many fire corals. |
| Southwest Point (Drifting Southeast) | |
| Location: | At the southwest point of Cabilao Island |
| Distance: | About 2 hours by boat from THE ANANYANA |
| Characteristics: | Sea may be rough and currents at times strong |
| Visibility: | Up to 40m |
| Depth: | On average 20m – maximum 40m |
| Sights: | Besides many black corals and gigantic gorgonies this is the home of tsimouchas and snake sea cucumbers. |
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