Panagsama Sardine Run (House Reef)
A sardine ball that spreads from 2 to about 15 m off Panagsama Beach, hunted by mackerels and tuna, with a thresher shark if you are lucky.
- Open Water
- Wall
- Whale sharks
Advanced≤30 m
Dolphin House
Dive site in Moalboal, Philippines
Coral slope that breaks into a wall near 20 m, where soft corals and big sea fans start and giant frogfish hide beside barrel sponges.
- Usual dive
- 22 m
- Deepest point
- 45 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Jan–May
- Entry
- By boat
- Current
- Moderate
The dive
A reef and wall dive from a boat. Known for turtles, frogfish and nudibranchs.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: neptunediving.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
- DepthThe usual dive goes deeper than lower certifications allow.
- The site goes deeper than 30 m: Advanced divers stay above 30 m.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Reef, Wall
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Turtles
- Frogfish
- Nudibranchs
- Scorpionfish
- Groupers
- Napoleon wrasse
Season in Moalboal
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Jan–May.
Source: zubludiving.comWhere is Moalboal?
The point shows the Moalboal area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Moalboal
Pescador Island
A protected island off Moalboal known for swim-throughs and tunnels that split the reef, with schooling fish, reef sharks and turtles.
- Advanced
- Wall
- Whitetip reef sharks
Wall
down to 40 m
Kasai Wall
Wall off Tuble with big hard corals, canyons and small caves, plenty of nudibranchs, razorfish, squid and whale shark sightings.
- Open Water
- Whale sharks
Wall
down to 40 m
Ronda Bay Marine Sanctuary
A marine sanctuary with a turtle cleaning station where up to 10 turtles can be seen in a single dive.
- Open Water
- Blacktip reef sharks
Wall
down to 30 m
Tuble Reef
A wall dive to 25 m where big parrotfish, a school of razorfish and turtles are the likely sightings.
- Open Water
- Turtles
Wall
down to 45 m
White Beach
A slope of soft corals and sea fans with ghost pipefish and leaf fish, where tuna and whitetip sharks are spotted occasionally.
- Advanced
- Whitetip reef sharks
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.
Photo credits
- Sardine school over the reef at Panagsama, Moalboal, Iampjanz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pescador Island off Moalboal, P199, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
