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ImageMoalboal is located in the southwestern part of Cebu and a bit sheltered. Moalboal name means bubbling brook.It is known for good snorkelling,white sand beach and relaxed atmosphere.This is almost whole year round diving.

COPTION POINT (75ft/25m)
Location: West Point of the northern end of the Coption Peninsula.
Attraction:Napoleon Wrasse,Banded Sea Snakes, Spot Tail Sand Perch, Fire Gobies and colorful corals.Coption Point is a steep sandy slope that is rich in healthy soft, leathery and stony colorful corals.As the current rises to futher north the wall rises to 4m (13ft).This is very much of a drift dive.

SAAVEDRA(White Beach) (75ft/25m)
LOcation: Off the beach, just south of the Coption Point
Attraction: nudibranchs, feather duster Worms and colorful corals
Saavedra is much like the Coption Point but with more slope and less wall.

BAS DIOT (45ft/15m)
Location: Drop-Off by the Moalboal Reef Club
Attraction: Plentiful of butterflyfish and Bubble Coral
Bas Diot is a drop off with a reef-top that exhibits typhoon damage with variety of scorpionfish, sea cucumbers, sea urchins,goatfish,small shoals of catfish, colorful soft corals, gorgonian sea fans,crinoids, smaller angelfish, butterflyfish and Bubble Coral.

TONGO POINT (75ft/25m)
Location: The southern point of Coption Peninsula
Attraction:Invertebrates and coral life
Tongo Point is shallow, with lots of small holes and crevices. To reach the Underwater Island or
Lambug, you have to drop at 80 ft.This site is not very good of fish but has plenty of invertebrates and coral life, with large gorgonian sea fans.

PESCADOR ISLAND (150ft/50m)
Location:southwest of Tongo Point in the Tanon Strait
Attraction: Pescador Cathedral
This is the best diving area of Cebu.Pescador Island is an open top funnel that bottoms out.
It also has a wall that overhangs, cracks and crevices with gorgonian sea fans, black coral,
large barrel and tube sponges.The fish life includes just about everything: sweetlips, jacks,
barracuda, Napoleon Wrasse,Moorish idols, parrotfish, Whitetip and Grey Reef Shark, lionfish,
Zebra Lionfish,scorpionfish, stonefish, moray eels, sea snakes, Hammerhead sharks, Manta Rays and Spanish Dancer nudibranchs.

BADIAN ISLAND (75ft/25m)
Location: North Badian Point
Attraction: Whalesharks, Gorgonian sea fans
A drop-off expect to see some big gorgonians sea fans, colorful soft coral, sponges, nudibranchs, angelfish and butterflyfish.

SUNKEN ISLAND (75ft/25m)
Location: Southwest of Badian Point
Attraction: Large shoals, Big barrel sponges, large soft corals and huge gorgonian sea fans.
It is an open water dive where you have to get down to 25m quickly, it not a novices. The main reason for the dive is the chance of seeing large shoals of fish, big barrrel sponges, large soft corals and huge gorgonian sea fans.



OTHER ACTIVITIES:
The beach is close to Moalboal and can be reached via a hour walk.You can also go snorkelling, sunbathing or just hang out. Or you can do whale watching around the Bohol Sea, Sulu Sea and Tanon Strait areas.

TRAVEL BRIEF:
There are several PAL flights from Manila going to Cebu, Mactan. And other international flights from Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore.

 

 
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