Panglao Island

Panglao, where Alona Beach is located, is an island attached to Bohol by two bridges. Alona beach is a popular public beach known for its white sand, rocky cliffs, and commercial buildings that line the 1 kilometer stretch of the beach. It is where we start all of our dive days.

Arco point

District: Libaong, Panglao Island

Distance: 4 1/2km from Alona Beach

Travel time + -: 15m

Baring: From Alona 

GPS Coordinates: N.09.33.486 E.123-48.578

Composition: Wall dive

Snorkeling: Good for snorkeling

Experience: Dive site for good Open Water Divers or higher

Visibility + -: 15 to 30m

Deep: 4-27m.

Current: 0 - 3

Interest: Most interesting at 10-15m. Not interesting below 30m.

Dive direction: Start the dive with the wall on the right shoulder, going south-south-west. After circa 30min diving steep slope, assent to 10m.

Description: At the beggining of the dive is a hole in the wall. Enter in the cave in small groups from the wall side. The drift current is always going in south direction, it can be strong sometimes. You can bring a dive light to look in the small caves.

Marine life: The cave is teeming with Cardinal fish and Sergeant Major fish (Abudefduf vaigiensis) waiting to be fed. Inside the cave on the east side are White-eyed moray eel (Siderea thysoidea), and Black-finned Snake eels (Ophichthus melonachir). Around the top entrance, at 8m, are sometimes well hidden the Raggy Scorpion fish (Scorpaenopsis venosa). Along the wall are Groupers, Wrasse and Butterfly fish. At the end of the dive when the slope starts look in the shallow for Anglerfish or "Frogfish", between 5 and 10m.

BBC (Bohol beach club)

District: Bolod, Panglao Island

Distance: 3 1/2km from Alona Beach

Travel time + -: 10m

Baring: From Alona 

GPS Coordinates: N.09.33.486 E.123-48.578

Composition: Steep slope dive

Snorkeling: Not too good for snorkeling

Experience: Dive site for good Open Water Divers or higher

Visibility + -: 15 to 30m

Deep: 10-30m.

Current: 1 - 3

Interest: Most interesting at 7-15m.

Dive direction: Start the dive with the slope on the right shoulder, going south-west.

Description: The dive site is right in front of Bohol Beach Club. At the end of the dive there are two small jeepneys car wrecks. The first one is at 10m with the roof laying next to it, the second one is turned upside down at 8m.

Marine life: Very special on this dive are the Brown Daisy coral (Tubastaea micrantha); or the Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) which can be seen with the assistance of a good dive-master who knows their whereabouts. You are also guaranteed to see schools of Sergeant Major fish (Abufefduf vaigiensis), Black Damsel fish, occasionally the Banded snake eel (Myrichthys colubrinus) and on the sand slope the Black and Blue lined Nudibranchs (Chelidonura varians).

Plane wreck

District: Bolod, Panglao Island

Distance: 3 1/2km from Alona Beach

Travel time + -: 10m

Baring: From Alona 

GPS Coordinates: N.09.33.486 E.123-48.578

Composition: Steep slope dive and wall dive

Snorkeling: Good for snorkeling if you are able to reach the wreck plane at 7m deep

Experience: Dive site for good Open Water Divers or higher

Visibility + -: 5 to 30m

Deep: 5-30m .

Current: 0 - 3

Interest: Most interesting at 7-15m.

Dive direction: Start the dive with the slope on the right shoulder, going south-west.

Description: The dive site is right in front of Bohol Beach Club. The highlight is the small plane wreck around 7m in the beginning of the dive.

Marine life: Mostly small stuff good for macro, nudibranchs, shrimps, crabs but some tome also spotted big school of barracudas in the area.

House Reef Alona beach

District: Tawala, Panglao Island

Distance: In Alona Beach

Travel time + -: 1m

Baring: From Alona 

GPS Coordinates: N.09.32.742 E.123.46.346

Composition: Wall dive

Snorkeling: No good for snorkeling

Experience: Dive site for good Open Water Divers or higher

Visibility + -: 10 to 30m

Deep: 5-30m .

Current: 0 - 3

Interest: Most interesting at 5-15m.

Dive direction: Start the dive with the wall on the left or right shoulder.

Description: Right in front of Alone Kew Resort is a beautiful house reef, great for introduction, check-up or night dives.

Marine life: For sure you will see during the night dive some Basket stars (Astoboa nuda), Harlequin Ghost Pipefish is a good possibility. Baby Barracudas, many reef fish like the Purple Queen Anthias fish (Pseudanthias tuka) or Moorish Idol (Zanclus Cornutus) or the Regal Angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus). Unfortunately the reed is a bit affected by the many boat mooring ropes and typhoons, which has damaged some corals.

Garden Eel

District: Tawala, Panglao Island

Distance: In Alona Beach

Travel time + -: 1m

Baring: From Alona 

GPS Coordinates: N.09.32.742 E.123.46.346

Composition: Wall dive

Snorkeling: Good for snorkeling

Experience: Dive site for good Advanced Open Water Divers or higher

Visibility + -: 5 to 25m

Deep: 7-30m .

Current: 0 - 3

Interest: Most interesting at 5-25m.

Dive direction: Start the dive with the wall on the left or right shoulder and go down directly to 25 where you find a semicave and go up doing zigzag along the wall.

Description: Great dive site for night diving. This dive spot is the west side of Alona Beach approximately 110m off the beach.

Marine life: In the beginning a beautifull bow shaped cliff, look for nudibranchs. Beautifull coral garden on the top of the wall with lots of small fish like Redfin-Amethyst-Purple Anthias. At the bottom of the sandy slope the Splendid sand eels (Heteroconger preclara) and Spotted Garden eel (Heteroconger hassi).