Diving Sites around BoholPanglao Island
Panglao Island is a small coralline and limestone island, located off the southwestern tip of Bohol. It is connected to Bohol by two bridges. It has an area of
Most divers, will probably select the white-sand Alona beach as their base and starting point for diving tours.
Kalipayan
| Kalipayan at a Glance | |
| Rating | |
| Difficulty | easy |
| Where | Just off Alona Beach. |
| How to get there | 6 minutes by banca from Alona Beach. |
| Average depth | 10m |
| Maximum depth | 20m |
Kalipayan is the house reef of Alona beach, also known as the "Happy Wall". You can go there by banca, but it is just as easy to swim there from the beach. The conditions are normally calm, without currents, and a visibility of upto 25m. The wall starts at about 3m, and drops down to about 20m, and has soft and colorful coral heads, sea fans, small groupers and juvenile barracudas.
Arco Point
| Arco Point at a Glance | |
| Rating | |
| Difficulty | easy |
| Where | At the center of the southeast side of Panglao Island. |
| How to get there | 12 minutes by banca from Alona Beach. |
| Average depth | 10m |
| Maximum depth | 25m |
Located near the exclusive Bohol Beach Club, Arco Point is also known as the "Hole in the Wall" because there is a vertical funnel which you can enter at 9m and exit at 18m. Along the short wall, you can come across small groupers, trigger fish, wrasse, butterfly fish, sea snakes and moray eels. The conditions are normally calm, with little or no current, and a visibility of upto 30m...
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