Wall
down to 25 m
Alona House Reef
Wall right off Alona Beach with many vertical cuts, anemones and multicoloured corals, and sea snakes over the sandy patches.
- Open Water
- Ghost pipefish
Advanced≤30 m
Habagat Wreck
Dive site in Bohol & Panglao, Philippines
A purposely sunk pontoon off south-west Panglao, encrusted with soft corals and visited by schools of snapper, batfish and sweetlips.
- Max depth
- 34 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Jan–May
- Entry
- By boat
- Current
- Mild
The story
The Habagat wreck was sunk in 2000 just off the coast of Panglao, in the province of Bohol.
Source: duikersgids.nl
The dive
A wreck and artificial reef dive from a boat. Known for frogfish and ghost pipefish.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: bohol-philippines.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
- The site goes deeper than 30 m: Advanced divers stay above 30 m.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wreck, Artificial reef
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Frogfish
- Ghost pipefish
- Batfish
- Snappers
Season in Bohol & Panglao
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Jan–May.
Source: dive-the-world.comWhere is Bohol & Panglao?
The point shows the Bohol & Panglao area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Bohol & Panglao
Cavern
down to 27 m
Arco Point
Panglao wall with a cave teeming with cardinalfish and home to white-eyed moray eels; most interesting between 10 and 15 m.
- Advanced
- Moray eels
Drift
down to 45 m
Black Forest
A drift over sloping reef to black coral at depth, with turtles on the reef and schools of jacks and triggerfish in the blue.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Cavern
down to 45 m
Cathedral
A fissured wall where you can enter a chamber lit by shafts of light from above.
- Advanced
- Barracuda
Macro
down to 32 m
Kalipayan
An easy shore dive on Panglao's south coast with frequent seahorses and flamboyant cuttlefish, excellent for night and macro dives.
- Open Water
- Cuttlefish
Wall
down to 40 m
Napaling
A steep coral wall close to shore with an almost guaranteed, year-round swirling sardine ball; best in the calm morning light.
- Open Water
- Turtles
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.