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Situated 150km (95 miles) from Manila on a beautiful harbour, with many fine beaches, sheltered coves and a backdrop of lush green hills, Puerto Galera has been a a port where ships can safely shelter from typhoons.
Puerto Galera offers picturesque beauty and good beaches plus nightlife for those who want it. It is fast becoming an international diving destination. There is a great variety in both underwater terrain and marine life. There are shallow coral gardens, excellent for snorkellers and underwater photographers. Most of the dive sites are a short banca ride from the beaches. Scuba World Puerto Galera has its own fully equipped dive center located in Sabang, near the resorts. The shop is also a Nitrox Center with the best available gears. Courses and lessons are offered such as Open Water, Advanced Open Water, Medical First Aid, Medic First Aid, Rescue, and Dive Master. DIVE SITES IN PUERTO GALERA CANYONS
A fast and furious drift dive over three ravines at around 81ft/27m. The current is generally strong and the screams at high tide! There are a lot of sweetlips, jacks and beautiful soft corals including large gorgonian fans. If you are not a confident diver, this is perhaps best to the more advanced divers. CORAL GARDENS
Average depth is 30ft/10m with the bottom at 90ft/30m. Situated off Long Beach. This site features prolific hard & soft coral, reef fish, cowries and a nudibranch. Slight current is present most of the time. An ideal site for photographers. LA LAGUNA POINT
Depth range from 9ft/3m to 15ft/5m. An “off the beach” divesites is used as training area and iideal site for night dives. Corals, angelfish, morays, clams and nudibranch make for interesting underwater photography. SABANG POINT
A small wall dropping down to 66ft/22m with stony corals, soft corals fish and invertebrates. The special feature at this site are the presence of two mushroom-shaped domes, which are considered convenient landmarks. ESCARCEO POINT
Probably the most popular divesite in Puerto Galera for it features the famous “Shark Cave”. Taking the tunnel at 30ft/10m and following the ridge to the canyons at 81ft/27m you can reach the cave. This is actually a two-cave system. Divers can expect to find an average of 2 or 3 shark. Big Rock is another favorite close to Shark Cave. It is an atoll-shaped rock where octopus, lionfish, batfish, angelfish, pufferfish, and reef fish are part of the familiar sights. MONKEY BEACH
Stingrays, surgeonfish, leather jackets, turtles and crinoids make this divesite one of the most popular for night dives. MONKEY WRECK
A local island transport sunk by Asia Divers in early 1993, lies in 120ft/40m of water and is a little dangerous, as it rolls around in the swell. It is already collecting its own resident fish, including a small shoal of batfish. WASHING MACHINE
A high voltage dive consisting of small canyons with currents going in all directions. An advanced dive site and it can be very rough at times. THE BOULDERS
An excellent site for night dive. It features big rocks, crevices and caves. A wide variety of nudibranchs offers the macro photographer an excellent subject matter. DUNGON
An easy, multilevel dive with lots of good soft corals, colorful crinoids, most reef fish and the occasional tuna. All the dives described east of here get into rough surface water and strong currents. HOLE IN THE WALL
Allowing the current, you drop into of a well-lit water, with fields of table corals as good as anywhere in the world. You descend in several stepped drop-offs, each about 9ft/3m and eventually reach the hole of the wall at 36ft/12m . The hole is covered with multicolored sponges and crinoids leading to the Canyons. THE FISH BOWL
This is an advanced dive within a bowl-shaped depression where you sit on the edge and look down. The main reason for this dive is to see bigger fish and shoals. Whitetip Reef Sharks and Grey Reef Sharks are common, as are large tuna.
TRAVEL BRIEF
Puerto Galera is a 2 ½ -3 hours drive down south of Manila and a 1 hour ferry boatride. RESORTS
Mermaid Resort
Club Mabuhay
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