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La isla de Boracay es uno de los paraísos mas famosos del mundo por sus 4 kilómetros de
playa de arena blanca y fina como el talco para bebés con cristalinas aguas que llegan a
hipnotizar a sus visitantes… lugar para simplemente descansar y vaguear en la playa
durante el día y pasar unas noches románticas cenando descalzos en la arena con unas
antorchas y exquisito marisco o simplemente de fiesta alrededor de su activa vida nocturna.
Es un lugar paradisíaco donde se puede disfrutar de un buen buceo (no el mejor del
archipiélago pues no hay muchos corales aunque si pelágicos mar adentro), snorkelling,
paseos en barca, windsurf, vela, etc…
Dive Sites de Boracay
ANGOL POINT
Start Depth: 5 meters
Maximum Depth: 12 meters
Rating: ***
This is an excellent dive site for beginners and training dives. The reef is covered with stony
corals, leather corals, nudibranchs, anemones, sea stars and sea cucumbers. It is also a
favourite for night dives and is a good spot for macro photography. Good for snorkelling, too.
BALINGHAI
Start Depth: 8 meters
Maximum Depth: 40 meters
Rating: ***
Balinghai is two walls running parallel to each other. The deep wall features sharks and tuna
while the shallow wall is pockmarked by small holes which house anthias, lionfish, triggerfish,
bannerfish, puffers and gobies.
BAT CAVE
Maximum Depth: 6 meters
Rating: ***
This dive site is a series of small caves leading to the actual Bat Cave which is also
accessible by land. Conditions must be just right to dive here, since waves usually pound
against the rocks and swift currents can take you offshore. Lobsters, sea snakes and of
course, the bats overhead can make a fascinating dive.
BEACH NIGHT DIVE
Maximum Depth: 5 meters
Rating: ***
The beach is a little-known treasure trove for divers with a sharp eye. It is a sandy area with
patches of sea grass and hard corals. Watch out for flounders, crabs, nudibranchs, squid
and pipefish.
CAMIA
Start Depth: 18 meters
Maximum Depth: 30 meters
Rating: ****
The Camia is Boracay’s house wreck. It is a 30 metre-long cargo boat that was sank as a Fish
Attraction Device in January 2001. It has since developed very nicely as an artificial reef. The
residents now include a couple of huge red bass, some bluefin trevallies, scorpion fish and a
school of batfish.
CHANNEL DRIFT
Start Depth: 10 meters
Maximum Depth: 35 meters
Rating: ****
Strong tidal currents flow through the strait, taking divers on a joy ride through canyons and
crevices. Coral growth here is very impressive and occasionally white tip sharks and trevallies
are sighted.
CORAL GARDEN
Start Depth: 5 meters
Maximum Depth: 12 meters
Rating: ***
This dive site is right off the main beach and usually has calm and clear conditions. It is ideal
for beginners and training dives. It is a popular fish-feeding area, so expect to see sergeant
majors, butterflyfish and batfish crowding around. A favourite snorkelling spot.
CROCODILE ISLAND
Start Depth: 5 meters
Maximum Depth: 20 meters
Rating: *****
From a distance, this small uninhabited island looks like the head of a crocodile. Currents can
be fierce except at slack tide, which makes for a beautiful collection of corals. It is a gently
sloping wall with several canyons and caves containing a wide diversity of fish.
LAGUNA DE BORACAY
Start Depth: 5 meters
Maximum Depth: 20 meters
Rating: ****
This dive site is located on the “backside” (east side) of Boracay. It is well-suited for
beginners and professionals alike, with a great diversity of clams, anemones, feather stars,
butterflyfish, lionfish and sea squirts. The area is quite large, and almost every inch is
covered with hard and soft corals.
LAUREL ISLAND
Start Depth: 5 meters
Maximum Depth: 20 meters
Rating: *****
Big Laurel and Small Laurel are two separate dive sites which are very similar and quite close
to each other. Big Laurel has a tunnel swim-through filled with soft corals and nudibranchs.
Both Laurels are sloping walls with healthy corals and prolific fish life.
FRIDAY’S ROCK
Start Depth: 7 meters
Maximum Depth: 18 meters
Rating: ****
A dive at Friday’s can actually cover two dive sites: Friday’s Reef which is 7 to 12 meters, and
Friday’s Rock which is 12 to 18 meters. This famous fish-feeding station is a large boulder
which provides photographers a chance to capture close-up shots of emperors, triggerfish,
red bass, scorpionfish and surgeons.
PUNTA BUNGA
Start Depth: 9 meters
Maximum Depth: 24 meters
Rating: ***
This site is the start of a series of walls which connect to Yapak. The drop-off is filled with
cubbyholes where moray eels, lionfish, groupers and triggerfish reside. Stingrays are usually
seen on the sandy bottom at 24 meters.
TULOBHAN REEF
Start Depth: 5 meters
Maximum Depth: 20 meters
Rating: ****
Although it is quite shallow, a slow steady current usually allows drift diving to cover a wide
area. Sea snakes are common, while sea cucumbers, eels and feather stars can be seen
waving in the current.
VIRGIN DROP
Start Depth: 18 meters
Maximum Depth: 35 meters
Rating: ***
This wall dive is ideal for deep dive training. Large sea fans and crinoids provide colourful
hiding spots for bass, moray eels and nudibranchs. Rays are sometimes seen gliding through
the thermoclines during tidal changes.
YAPAK
Start Depth: 30 meters
Maximum Depth: 40 meters
Rating: *****
Yapak 1 and 2 are actually two separate walls which begin at 30 meters and drop down to 70
meters. The most famous of Boracay’s dive sites, close encounters with white tip and grey
reef sharks, dogtooth tuna, groupers, napoleon wrasses and giant trevallies are common.
Surface conditions can be rough, and therefore a negative entry is often required, followed
by a spectacular blue-water descent.
playa de arena blanca y fina como el talco para bebés con cristalinas aguas que llegan a
hipnotizar a sus visitantes… lugar para simplemente descansar y vaguear en la playa
durante el día y pasar unas noches románticas cenando descalzos en la arena con unas
antorchas y exquisito marisco o simplemente de fiesta alrededor de su activa vida nocturna.
Es un lugar paradisíaco donde se puede disfrutar de un buen buceo (no el mejor del
archipiélago pues no hay muchos corales aunque si pelágicos mar adentro), snorkelling,
paseos en barca, windsurf, vela, etc…
Dive Sites de Boracay
ANGOL POINT
Start Depth: 5 meters
Maximum Depth: 12 meters
Rating: ***
This is an excellent dive site for beginners and training dives. The reef is covered with stony
corals, leather corals, nudibranchs, anemones, sea stars and sea cucumbers. It is also a
favourite for night dives and is a good spot for macro photography. Good for snorkelling, too.
BALINGHAI
Start Depth: 8 meters
Maximum Depth: 40 meters
Rating: ***
Balinghai is two walls running parallel to each other. The deep wall features sharks and tuna
while the shallow wall is pockmarked by small holes which house anthias, lionfish, triggerfish,
bannerfish, puffers and gobies.
BAT CAVE
Maximum Depth: 6 meters
Rating: ***
This dive site is a series of small caves leading to the actual Bat Cave which is also
accessible by land. Conditions must be just right to dive here, since waves usually pound
against the rocks and swift currents can take you offshore. Lobsters, sea snakes and of
course, the bats overhead can make a fascinating dive.
BEACH NIGHT DIVE
Maximum Depth: 5 meters
Rating: ***
The beach is a little-known treasure trove for divers with a sharp eye. It is a sandy area with
patches of sea grass and hard corals. Watch out for flounders, crabs, nudibranchs, squid
and pipefish.
CAMIA
Start Depth: 18 meters
Maximum Depth: 30 meters
Rating: ****
The Camia is Boracay’s house wreck. It is a 30 metre-long cargo boat that was sank as a Fish
Attraction Device in January 2001. It has since developed very nicely as an artificial reef. The
residents now include a couple of huge red bass, some bluefin trevallies, scorpion fish and a
school of batfish.
CHANNEL DRIFT
Start Depth: 10 meters
Maximum Depth: 35 meters
Rating: ****
Strong tidal currents flow through the strait, taking divers on a joy ride through canyons and
crevices. Coral growth here is very impressive and occasionally white tip sharks and trevallies
are sighted.
CORAL GARDEN
Start Depth: 5 meters
Maximum Depth: 12 meters
Rating: ***
This dive site is right off the main beach and usually has calm and clear conditions. It is ideal
for beginners and training dives. It is a popular fish-feeding area, so expect to see sergeant
majors, butterflyfish and batfish crowding around. A favourite snorkelling spot.
CROCODILE ISLAND
Start Depth: 5 meters
Maximum Depth: 20 meters
Rating: *****
From a distance, this small uninhabited island looks like the head of a crocodile. Currents can
be fierce except at slack tide, which makes for a beautiful collection of corals. It is a gently
sloping wall with several canyons and caves containing a wide diversity of fish.
LAGUNA DE BORACAY
Start Depth: 5 meters
Maximum Depth: 20 meters
Rating: ****
This dive site is located on the “backside” (east side) of Boracay. It is well-suited for
beginners and professionals alike, with a great diversity of clams, anemones, feather stars,
butterflyfish, lionfish and sea squirts. The area is quite large, and almost every inch is
covered with hard and soft corals.
LAUREL ISLAND
Start Depth: 5 meters
Maximum Depth: 20 meters
Rating: *****
Big Laurel and Small Laurel are two separate dive sites which are very similar and quite close
to each other. Big Laurel has a tunnel swim-through filled with soft corals and nudibranchs.
Both Laurels are sloping walls with healthy corals and prolific fish life.
FRIDAY’S ROCK
Start Depth: 7 meters
Maximum Depth: 18 meters
Rating: ****
A dive at Friday’s can actually cover two dive sites: Friday’s Reef which is 7 to 12 meters, and
Friday’s Rock which is 12 to 18 meters. This famous fish-feeding station is a large boulder
which provides photographers a chance to capture close-up shots of emperors, triggerfish,
red bass, scorpionfish and surgeons.
PUNTA BUNGA
Start Depth: 9 meters
Maximum Depth: 24 meters
Rating: ***
This site is the start of a series of walls which connect to Yapak. The drop-off is filled with
cubbyholes where moray eels, lionfish, groupers and triggerfish reside. Stingrays are usually
seen on the sandy bottom at 24 meters.
TULOBHAN REEF
Start Depth: 5 meters
Maximum Depth: 20 meters
Rating: ****
Although it is quite shallow, a slow steady current usually allows drift diving to cover a wide
area. Sea snakes are common, while sea cucumbers, eels and feather stars can be seen
waving in the current.
VIRGIN DROP
Start Depth: 18 meters
Maximum Depth: 35 meters
Rating: ***
This wall dive is ideal for deep dive training. Large sea fans and crinoids provide colourful
hiding spots for bass, moray eels and nudibranchs. Rays are sometimes seen gliding through
the thermoclines during tidal changes.
YAPAK
Start Depth: 30 meters
Maximum Depth: 40 meters
Rating: *****
Yapak 1 and 2 are actually two separate walls which begin at 30 meters and drop down to 70
meters. The most famous of Boracay’s dive sites, close encounters with white tip and grey
reef sharks, dogtooth tuna, groupers, napoleon wrasses and giant trevallies are common.
Surface conditions can be rough, and therefore a negative entry is often required, followed
by a spectacular blue-water descent.
