Most visitors to Sabang are attracted by the excellent scuba diving provided by the protected marine sanctuary. The dive sites feature a large variety of small sea life with the occasional shark or turtle. Several sites are drift dives and often turn into (strong) current dives with the best diving (for coral and small life) being at 18m or 60 feet.
Almost all of the dive sites are within a 5 minute boat ride of from the beach which allows you to spend your surface interval on the shore.
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A.) HOLE IN THE WALL
A dive where currents meet, descends in several drop-offs in well-lit water completed with fields of table corals reaching towards the Hole at about 13 metres down. The hole is 1.5 metres wide and enclosed by multi-coloured sponges and crinoids.
B.) THE CANYONS
This is a world class exhilarating drift dive for experienced divers looking for a real thrill. It can be reached from the Hole in the Wall site by continuing deeper until you reach three spectacular canyons in the reef. The canyons are populated by big sea fans, octopus, scorpionfish and even pelagics like mantas and hammerheads.
C.) SHARK CAVE
The cave is a large overhang, which is a favored spot for white-tip reef sharks to rest. The ledge is 27 metres deep and is also home to blue spotted stingrays, moray eels and octopus with sharks hanging out further inside the cave. It is usually visited at the beginning of a multilevel dive o the Pink Wall or as a stop on the way to the Canyons.
D.) ODIES WALL
The wall is covered with enormous gorgonian sea fans and large black coral trees, unseen at other dive spots in the locality where you can find butterfly fish and hawkfish. Numerous small holes in the wall are home to eels and blue-triggerfish. Stingrays are common on the sandy patch below the wall and a tremendous variety of soft corals can be studied on the end of the wall.
E.) SABANG POINT
A good quality wall dropping down to 24 metres encompassed by stony corals, soft corals many fish and unusual invertebrates such as large cuttlefish and octopus. A ridge rising to 5metres is covered with more crinoids that are colourful and corals. It is best suited for diving at night.
F.) MONKEY WRECK
A 20 metre local pig-boat sunk in 1993 lies off the main reef in sand and hosts a large school of batfish and some good-size snappers and groupers. It is an advanced dive due to the depth and the strength of the currents.
G.) MANILA CHANNEL
It is a shallow starting dive on a beautiful reef abundant with stony hard coral and schooling small fish. The reef starts at 1 metre depth and drops to about 18 metres and along the way, you will encounter everything from large groupers to purple gorgonian sea fans and giant tree corals.
H.) CORAL GARDENS
It is the best-suited dive site for beginners, snorkellers and photographers but it can also be an exhilarating drift dive from the Manila Channel to the Batangas Channel. Attractions in the area are large coral strewn terrain shelves, which are also used by white-tip reef sharks.
I.) BATANGAS CHANNEL
A good drift dive on the right tide this dive site has many unusual sponge and coral formations and is a good place to find some more unusual creatures such as blue-ribbon eels, crocodile fish and stonefish.
J.) ST. CHRISTOPHER
A retired 20m live-a-board dive boat sunk off the end of the El Galleon Pier in 1995, this is good start to begin exploring the reef fronting Small Lalaguna Beach. After some time enjoying some large snapper that live on the wreck, the current will propel you up to another wreck, the Speedboat.
K.) THE HILL
The top of the hill lies in 5 m of water, covered with coral heads, sponges, large green tree corals and lush fields of soft coral. It then slopes down in all directions to a maximum of 15 m where a sandy bottom takes over scattered with hard coral and a proper treasure chest for finding unusual critters. The dive site is well protected between three islands, but the current can get quite strong on the wrong tide, so make sure to ask your dive master – or you might miss the dive site.
L.) MONKEY BEACH
A coral slope down to 18metres makes an easy dive, apart from the intermittent currents, good for novices. Small coral heads have crinoids, nudibranchs and plenty of small reef fish. If you drop in the middle of the bay, you will most likely encounter a wreck lying on its side at 15 metres where numerous aquatic life seek shelter.
M.) ERNIE'S POINT
Ernie's Point consists of two small caverns located at 21 metres and 27 metres. The caverns are adorned with sea fans with plentiful fish life, including shoals of surgeonfish, unicornfish, fusiliers and snappers. None of the caves are large enough to penetrate and there are intermittent tidal changes and eddys to be aware of.
N.) DUNGON WALL
It is an easy multilevel dive, with a dozen of attractions to be spotted from big barracudas to beautiful hard and soft corals along the slope and even a catamaran wreck. There is an abundance of aquatic macro life including big carpet anemonies and porcelain crabs.
O.) WRECK POINT
Excellent corals lead down from the large wreck that is actually positioned on the rocks at the surface. Very nice hard corals and all the expected fish make this a good dive for novices and photographers.
P.) WEST ESCARCEO
The reef starts at around 5 metres with a healthy reef spotted with very large coral boulders, and turns to sand in 25 meters. In the shallower areas is where blue spotted stingrays are spotted. The deeper areas sport long whip corals and lots of red toot trigger fish trying to hide from you in the many cracks and crevices. There is also a profusion of octopus and scorpionfish. West Escarceo also has an unusual abundance of scorpionfish and octopus, both excellent at camouflaging themselves so watch out! Large puffer fish are always seen here, and big groupers are often spotted. Schools become more common here as we get closer to Escarceo point with its currents, so expect to see big mouth mackerels, juvenile tunas, trevallies and emperor fish here.
Q.) THE ATOLL
The atoll is a huge rock stands upright on the bottom, with an overhang on one side and lots of small crevices on the deep side. The rock face is spotted with moray eels and swarms of small reef fish. The small crevices in the bottom are where reef sharks and stingrays can be found, while on the other side, lionfish and octopus are located.
R.) PINK WALL
An overhang which, when dived on the correct tide, is perfect for novices and photographers. Surface conditions can be a little rough. Good night dive.
S.) SABANG WRECK
These three wrecks consist of one small steel yacht, and two wooden boats. The wrecks amazingly attract an unusually large number of eels, large lionfish, damsels, trumpets, and the occasional stonefish. Flounders and stargazers inhabit the sand and offer excellent photography opportunities.
T.) JAPANESE WRECK
Situated on a flat sandy bottom, all that remains of this WWII Japanese patrol boat is the engine block and propeller shaft with the propeller. Two very large moray eels are resident, along with many sweetlips and a wealth of small invertebrates. A flashlight and a good dive guide make for a good dive,since the dive site can be hard to find.
U. SINANDIGAN WALL
Nudibranch heaven! A rocky slope is broken up by two walls, the bigger going down to 30 meters where big rocks are scattered on the bottom. Between the walls hundreds of nudibranchs flourish, as do countless sea cucumbers. The diversity is massive. On the same dive, you'll encounter up to 15 different species of colorful nudiebranchs, harlequin sweetlips, the occasional leaf fish, warty frog fish, crocodile fish hiding under rocky outcrops, almost every kind of anemone fish there is (including clownfish).
V. KILIMA STEP
A fantastic dive for the diversity of the fish and coral found here. Starting in shallow water, the dive site consists of flat areas broken up by small walls – ridges – at all depths, with the deepest one in 30 meters. The reef is letterally teeming with life, with schools of antheas, surgeonfish, angel fish, butterfly fish, parrot fish and all the other common reef fishes. Moray eels are very common here, and you will find one or two under most coral heads or rocks, often different species sharing a hole. Frogfish and banded sea snakes, turtles and octopus also frequent the area. A school of batfish tends to hang around in 18 meters and a big school of hunting longnose emperor fish very often speed past on their way to find a pray.
W. CORAL COVE
A wonderful dive site for macro lovers. A sloping reef ends in a small wall at 20 meters that follows the reef along for quite some time. On the slope, you will find countless nudibranchs, whip coral, sea fans, puffer fish and very often cuttle fish. The wall and its overhangs is home to some unusual critters – blue and black ribbon eels, juvenile emperor fish, pipefish of all varieties, urangutan crabs hiding in bubble coral, flamboyant cuttlefish and frog fish just to name a few. Banded sea snake is common here, as are blue spotted sting rays on the adjacent sandy bottom. Go deeper and you might find thorny sea horses hiding in the rubble.
X. TURTLE ROCK
Follow the slope down at the bottom of Sinandigan Wall, to a giant rock at 45 meters. The name "Turtle Rock" comes from the shape of a rock at the surface the dive guides use to find the spot, it's not a notion of what to find on the dive site. However, Turtle Rock is a great dive site for divers with deep diver training. The rock is healthy with marine life, such as gorgonian fans and whip corals. Sweetlips are common, as are unusual nudibranchs and emperor angelfish This is also the place to be lucky and spot a thresher shark.
Y. KILIMA DRIFT
This is a "high-voltage" drift dive with current speeds that can reach up to 6 knots when the ebbing current is at its best. The dive can be kept shallow or deep depending on the experience of the divers. To get a long drift you have to start far off Kilima, before Sinandigan Walls, and you'll end up in the Canyons in as short as 10 minutes. Once you pass the walls, up- and down-currents are usually experienced which result due to the topography of the area. Be ware of what's going on, since the down currents can be pretty fierce, expecially at depths, and fully inflated bcd's might not be enough to make you stop your descent.
Z. BOULDERS
At the surface you face a vertical stone wall and a few large boulders breaking the surface . As you descend underwater, down the slope, the site is covered with different shaped and sized boulders that look like they have rolled from the cliff and have come to rest on the slope, creating swim-throughs and caves and lots of hiding places for marine life. This unusual divesite doesn't sport much of the lush vegetation and colorful corals seen at other dive sites in Puerto Galera. Instead you'll be treated to dramatic rock formations, black coral formations, schools of snappers hovering over the reef, lots of nudibranchs and often ribbon eel and cuttlefish. Bring your torch to light up the overhangs under the rocks and don't forget to ask about the sea horses.
