The top 80 dive and snorkel sites in Cebu, ranked by diver reviews, with maps and photos. Read the Cebu guide
Cave entrance is 30-38m deep. The cave is 40m long. Need a torch to penetrate the cave. A little North West of the cave it looks flat at 45 meters. Swim out appx 50 meters and there is a new drop off that goes straight down to 72 meters! Marigondon, Mactan Island. 8min from Kon-Tiki. The dive site is in from of the Plantation Bay Resort.
Monad Shoal is a Thresher Shark Paradise. Monad Shoal, also known as Shark Point, has now become a World famous dive site. It is the best place in the world and in the Philippines to see the rare and timid Thresher Sharks! This is actually the place that made diving in Malapascua Island famous, with a sunken coral plateau about 20m deep! Here you have the chance of spotting Thresher Sharks which use Monad Shoal as a cleaning station. These sharks normally live in deep water but come here early in the morning to the cleaning station. It is important to stay as quiet as possible when diving there as the Thresher Sharks are very shy creatures. Sightings are not guaranteed but if you dive there for a few days, you have quite high chances to encounter them several times! If there are no Thresher Sharks in sight, you could also keep your eyes out for the the superb Manta Rays gliding around the reef. Or you could always keep your eyes out for Monad Shoal. It is also a great location for Underwater Macro Photography and for critter lovers! Pygmy Seahorses, various species of Nudibranchs, Mantis Shrimps and so much more! The conditions are generally pretty good with 10m to 15m visibility, however with a maximum depth of 24m and occasionally quite strong currents, Padi Open Water Advanced divers will fully enjoy this wonderful dive! It takes about 30min by boat to reach Monad Shoal from Malapascua Island. This is a dawn dive around 6am!
The dive site is located in front of the Dolphin Resort, NW of Moalboal peninsula.
20 min fron marine Station by banker boat Cordova White Sand is also known as Cordova.
You can meet Dolphins sometime in the area! W of Olango island. 20 min from Kon-Tiki.
TarimaTarima NW side of Olango island. 25 min from Kon-Tiki. Talima is also known as Tarima.
Dive site in in front of the two warfs and the jetty. The dive site is just in front of Sumisid Loadge Panagsama beach.
W of Moalboal peninsula. The dive site is in front of two appartments (one white and the other yellow).
clownfish, lionfish and altheas. Off Cebu Island of the Visayas group, next to the shore diving resorts.
Turtles are often seen at Tongo point S point of the Copton Peninsula
Off white beach, just south of Copton Point and Airport point. White beach is also known as Saavedra.
Nice dive site for second dive. There is small caves at 27-30m deep. S of Dolphin house
This site is well known for its large fish shoals, sponges and gorgonians. Lot of Lion Fishes are on the S side. A must! This is the site where the 1st underwater wedding ceremony in Asia was officiated by a Catholic parish priest in Sangi Sunken island, Badian, Cebu, Philippines. Underwater plateau located S of Copton peninsula, SW of Badian Point. Sunken island is also known as Sunken Island Cebu.
A classic dive of Mactan island. Ghost pipefish can be seen there. Only 5km from Kon-Tiki. NE of Mactan island.
Start in front of the guard house, then dive along Gato to the south. There are large rocks covered of gorgonians. A nice dive. Located N from Cebu, Gato Island is a small deserted island. The houseguard is located on the northeast side of Gato island.
Based on Zentacle reviews, the top-rated sites in Cebu are Marigondon Cave (5.0 from 1 review), Monad Shoal (Shark Point) (5.0 from 1 review) and Climaco (5.0 from 1 review).
The top-rated beginner sites are Monad Shoal (Shark Point) (5.0 from 1 review), Climaco (5.0 from 1 review) and Dolphin House (4.0 from 2 reviews).
Marigondon Cave and Climaco are the top-rated sites you can enter from shore.
Marigondon Cave (5.0 from 1 review), reached by boat, with a maximum depth of 49.2 ft.
Zentacle lists 32 dive shops in Cebu. The top-rated are Ocean Player Dive (4.9 from 187 reviews) and Dive Funatics (5.0 from 44 reviews).
