Technical Dive Sites

Discovered and named by John Bennett, after his son, Joshua’s wall runs from South to North and is about 400m east of the Escarceo light house. Starting at 64m and dropping to 78m it is a fascinating sight, contrasting the dark rock face against the clear white sand road that runs the walls length at its base. This site should only be dived during the flood tide. Visibility tends to be around ten meters and the surface wash-off can to make the site dark.

A series of three atols lying about 150m south of Joshua’s wall. The Atols run from West to East. Marine life is abundant at this site with a large variety of Sweetlips cruising the rocks, making it a “must” to dive. The distance between the atols makes visiting all three possible on the one dive.

A site named by Chuck, John’s dive buddy for many deep dives. The name comes from the stunning similarity to the famous Sphinx’s head. It lies about 150m south of the deep atolls. The site starts at 64m and drops to 82m. Surely the best view comes from 82m gazing up at the Sphinx’s head jutting proudly out from the rock face. Very close to the Sphinx’s head are two anchors of unknown origin.

A wall plunging down from 70m to 78m, discovered again by John and Chuck on a trimix dive. When they first dived here they were convinced that the wall dropped to at least 90m. On a later dive they were surprised to find the wall bottomed at 78m. Subsequent dives discovered a medium sized anchor wedged into the wall; a symbol of an ancient ships struggle against some past storm.

A formation of large coral diamond shaped rocks found by and named after Dave Ross from Sabang. The large formation lies approximately 150m east of Sinandigan Wall. The largest of the boulders seems to defy gravity as it stands against the fierce ebb tides that rake the area. It is an excellent deep multi level dive - All the decompression time can be completed on Sinandigan Wall making for a very enjoyable deco time.

A dive site at the west end of Verde Island. Named by Chuck after the schools of Black Fish which have made the area their home. A large drop off plunging down to unknown depths with several pinnacles jutting out, making the dive a very interesting deep dive.

A 30minute boat ride West of Puerto Galera will take you to this stunning drop off. Hibo drops from 30m to at least 100m in places. The sheer face makes for a exhilarating 76m dive, gazing down to a distant bottom with a full forty meters of wall soaring above you.

A 12metre wooden wreck lying close to Monkey Beach, sunk by a joint effort of several of the Puerto Galera dive shops. Although the structure of the wreck is mainly collapsed, it has become a home for scores of fish. Several large Bat Fish, Sweet Lips, Barracuda Cod and Snapper can be seen around the timbers. There is also often a large school of black and white catfish there, with one particularly cheeky chap that likes to come out and have a look at you for a change.

To get to this site requires a blue water descent to the top of a wall in 40m which is covered with whip corals and sea-fans. From there you drop down the face which bottoms out to a sandy bottom in 55m. There, at the western tip of the wall, is the opening of the cave. It is as wide and deep as a three-car garage so there is plenty of room to explore the inside. You will find a large gorgonian that hangs from the ceiling of the cave, and the brilliant colours of the soft tree corals come to life in the beam of an underwater light. A home to a multitude of cleaner shrimp and wrasse this site attracts all marine life for daily cleaning – you never know what you might see!

A section of deep wall to the West of Sabang has several points sticking out into the current. One of these points has a passage running through it, and when the current starts to move a large school of Sweetlips likes to take refuge by this ‘cave’ – Hence this sites name. The colourful Sweetlips sometimes fill the passage way as you swim through, or at other times swarm over the top of the corner, amongst the soldier fish and small sea fans. The huge amount of life at this site makes it one of the most spectacular deep sites on offer.

Secret Reef is a very special site; tucked on the end of the wall which houses Sweetlips Corner and Marcus’ Cave, this site is settled into a depression in the seabed. The top of the reef area starts at around 50m, with a collection of fans and sea whips. As you follow the reef down, huge schools of reef fish swarm over the tip in the current. Out in the blue you can see the resident school of batfish, as well as the chance of some Blackbar Barracuda, looking at you as if you have invaded their home! Don’t forget it IS their home.

The top of the reef starts at 30m where there are whip corals, basket sponges and fan corals. The reef wall drops off as you follow the contour to 45m. Along the face of the wall there are some small caves and overhangs with gorgonian fans of all varieties. Impressive populations of sweetlips, trigger fish and different species of surgeonfish swarm along the reef. There are also some big moray eels living in the cracks and crevices of the wall. Best to dive at slack high tide and you need a good guide to find the site. There are also three anchors to be found if you are in an adventurous mood.

There is a series of deep walls starting directly behind Monkey Wreck. The first drops from 45m to 51m, running east to west. Swimming directly north brings you to two separate walls dropping from 55m down to depths of 72m in places. Huge fan corals are abundant, some spanning as much as 2.5 meters. Swimming East will take you to the deepest of the walls.

A wall running east to west stretching from Monkey Beach to well past Ernie’s Cave. A beautiful wall with schools of Sweetlips, who spend their time exploring the many over-hangs and small caves, which are spread along its length. The two anchors, which give the wall its name, lie at the Western end.

A series of walls running from opposite The Point to well into Big La Laguna. A great drift dive in the currents which run along its length. You can spend the dive speeding past wall after wall, which are lined with huge Fan Corals.

Its sheer walls and drop offs have long been admired by recreational divers as they gaze into the depths. Technical diving has given us the tools to explore. Dropping to 76m, it makes for an ideal mixed gas dive and the decompression can be completed on the wall. An inspiring sight can be had from the bottom, where the diver is literally dwarfed by the wall.