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Cebu Philippines Scuba Diving and World Class Dive Sites
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Cebu
is one of the popular and world renowned tourist destination here in the
Philippines. Cebu is surrounded by crystal blue water
and is home of the finest world class white sand beach
resorts, beautiful dive sites, luxury hotels, fine
restaurants, wild nightlife and tourist attractions.
Cebu has it's own international airport and seaport. |
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Cebu
has many to offer to tourist and visitors because of its
cultural and historical heritage, natural attractions
and amazing landmarks. The centuries old churches that
marks the heritage of Cebu are also the showcase of it's
tourist attractions. Cebu is a great starting point if
you want to explore other beautiful and enchanting
island in the Visayas and Mindanao area.
Cebu is one of the busiest and progressive island in the
Philippines. With its international airport and thriving
seaport, Cebu is an island paradise getaway in Central
Visayas Region. Cebu offers everything including scuba
diving and snorkeling. Cebu is one of the most visited
diving spot in the country and one of the most popular
diving destination. It is home to a good number of
resorts.
Cebu is the home of one of the most popular Philippine
festival here the Philippines called "Sinulog" Festival.
Celebrated in the City of Cebu where people are dancing
with a chant "Pit Senyor" to the Santo Niño. a lot of
tourist and visitors come here in Cebu to witness this
Sinulog Festival in which it illustrates the culture and
history of Cebu.
Here in Cebu, you will experience scuba diving on world
class dive sites like in Malapascua, Moalboal, Pescador
Island, Sunken Island and dive sites in Mactan Island.
Cebu is also a divers paradise haven. There are still
more dives sites here in Cebu that are unexploited.
Amazing and exotic underwater marine life can be seen in
these dive site. The blue crystal waters of some of the
dives sites offers a good view of beautiful and colorful
coral gardens, sponges and many nudibranchs. |
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How to get there |
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Direct
flights from Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. Internal
flights From major cities in the country. Transfer to
sites 1-3 hours. |
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Famous Diving Sites in
Cebu
Philippines |
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Apo
Island: This dive site has a depth of 5 to 35m with
a moderate current. This dive site is one of the best in
the Philippines. Apo Island is located south of Sumilon
Island. Apo Island has eleven main sites to choose from.
There is a marine sanctuary on the southeast. The area
is covered with hard and soft corals and reef
everywhere. This dive site has an amazing underwater
wild life and the divers will see some wrasses,
damselfish, tangs, surgeonfish and snappers in
profusion. Not only that, divers will also encounter
barracuda, tuna, dorado and blacktip and whitetip
sharks. This is why Apo island is tagged as on of the
best dive sites in the Philippines. |
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Malapascua
Island: This island offers beautiful and spectacular
dive sites. Malapascua is located off the northern tip
of Cebu and off the west coast of Leyte. Malapascua
Island is becoming popular. Diver discovered that
Malapasua is a divers paradise. The crystal blue waters
of Malapascua brings out the best of its diving sites.
Diving sites of Malapuscua offers best diving because of
the coral formations and a variety of marine life like
Manta rays, yellowfin, smaller reef fish, devil rays,
eagle rays and hammerheads, rogfish, various sweetlips,
cuttlefish, lionfish, commensal shrimp and etc.
Some of the dive sites in Malapascua Island are
Capitancillo Island, Calangaman Island, Quatro Island,
Kimod Reef, Gato Island, Monad Shoal and etc. There are
also five wrecks in the vicinity that offer decent
diving.
Moalboal: Located in the southwest of Cebu city
with a couple of hours drive. Moalboal have numerous
magnificent diving sites to offer. These dive site
offers sea adventurers the opportunity to have a good
view to the variety of coral life and marine life. Dive
sites here are ideal for photography. Fan corals and
gorgonians are everywhere as are sponges, crinoids and
shells. Divers will also encounter Reef fishes like
sweetlips, tangs, gobies and lionfish. You will also
encounter large pelagics including shark, barracuda,
tuna, manta rays and groupers.
Dive sites in MoalBoal also have superb drop-offs
overhangs all around. Some of the spectacular and
enchanting dive sites in Moalboalare Ronda Bay, Tuble
Reef, Tongo Point, Lambug, Pescador Island and etc.
Sumilon Island: Thisdive site has a depth of 18
to 40m with a moderate current. Sumilon Islandis located
at the southeast tip of Cebu. Sumilon Island is the
first marine santuary that has been established in the
Philippines. This dive site has anexcellent visibility
and a variety of exotic marine life can be seen here
like a good variety of pelagics, including rays, tuna
and jacks with whitetip and hammerhead sharks being
occasional visitors. Whale shark can sometimes be seen
in this site.
Mactan Island: Mactan Island has numerous world
class white sand resorts. Mactan ia a coral island which
lies just off the coast of Cebu. Many locals from Cebu
go here in Mactan to take a dip to it's clear blue
crystal waters. Mactan is also jump-off point to island
hoppings in the Visayas Region. Mactan Island has plenty
of tourist facilites and has a well developed diving
infrastructure. It offers the best diving sites to the
sea adventurers.
Diving sites in Mactan area offers magnificent variety
of marine life. The dive sites are group into 3 sections
the Olango Island, Tambuli and Marigondon Reef. |
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