Pamilacan island is home to steep sloping reefs, large hard and soft corals teeming with fish and rare macro life, large animals like hawksbill sea turtles and schools of barracuda. It is located about 40-minute boat ride from our dive center on Alona beach.
Dive Sites in Cabilao
28. LIGHT HOUSE
Depth:
3-30 meters
Description:
Deep steep slope in front of the beach and the light house. We start the dive in the shallow area covered by seagrass and corals, followed by a steep slope where we can find gorgonian sea fans. Deep drop off with a platform at 22 and 30 meters. This dive site with his unique marine life is a paradise for photographers.
Marine life:
Beautiful corals and sea fans, in some of them maybe we can find the pygmy seahorse, ghost pipefish, frogfish, and many kind of scorpionfish are also common here.
29. GORGONIA WALL
Depth:
5-60 meters
Description:
The entry point is about 100 meters away from the beach, where you can find this impressive wall, starting in 5 meters going down to 60, it is completely covered by corals with big gorgonians, barrel sponge and many more soft corals. In the wall, also you can find overhangs and small caves.
Marine life:
Frogfish, strange nudibranchs, scorpionfish, pygmy seahorse, huge gorgonians, and all kind of reef fish.
30. CHAPEL
Depth:
5–25 meters
Description:
Steep slope with great hard corals at the top especially at the end of the dive also we can find nice small caves and overhangs, and an area with very big table corals full of reef fish.
Marine life:
Table corals, gorgonians, reef fish, many kinds of nudibranch and frogfish.
31. SOUTH POINT
Depth:
3-60 meters
Description:
Wall dive. This dive site is located in the south corner of the island, the wall starts in 3 meters and drops down to 60, between 5 and 12 meters we find amazing hard coral. At 20 meters there are some caves where you have chance to see whitetip sharks. Sometimes there is a mild current here.
Marine Life:
The caves have sometimes small white tip sharks, the hard corals are the best of the island.
32. TALISAY PIER
Depth:
3–40 meters
Description:
Steep slope. In the shallow sandy area, we find blocks of coral and seagrass which is the perfect place for camouflage masters.
Marine Life:
Mandarinfish, nudibranchs, frogfish, scorpionfish, leaffish, etc.
