Wall
down to 20 m
Apo Island East
An easy white-sand slope with mild current, good for spotting turtles, with whitetip sharks circling.
- Advanced
- Whitetip reef sharks
Experienced≤40 m
Shark Ridge
Dive site in Apo Reef, Philippines
Whitetip and blacktip reef sharks rest on the sandy patches of this sloping reef.
- Usual dive
- 30 m
- Deepest point
- 30 m
- Level
- Experienced
- Best months
- Jan–Apr
- Current
- Strong
The dive
A reef dive. Known for manta rays, blacktip reef sharks and grey reef sharks.
Who it's for
Experienced≤40 mSource: liveaboard.com
Recommended minimum: Experienced (Deep Specialty, N3).
- CurrentCurrent can be strong; you need good air management and buoyancy.
- Strong current: dive with a local guide and carry a surface marker buoy.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Reef
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Manta rays
- Blacktip reef sharks
- Grey reef sharks
- Hammerhead sharks
- Whitetip reef sharks
- Turtles
- Barracuda
Season in Apo Reef
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Jan–Apr.
Source: dive-the-world.comWhere is Apo Reef?
The point shows the Apo Reef area, not the exact dive site.
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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.