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Camiguin: The Exciting Dive Sites

Diving in Camiguin Island

Camiguin is an island located in the Northern Mindanao region. It is a volcanic island that has a shape of a pear. There are several dive sites in Camiguin Island, which makes it one of the diving destinations of the Philippines.

The Kantaan dive site in Camiguin is for advanced divers. Hard corals are abundant in this dive site. Fields of Acropora Coral and Lettuce Coral beautifies the seascape. Schools of aquarium fishes swim around these waters in Camiguin. Under the coral tables, you can see stingrays and white-tips sleeping. The Kantaan dive site is for divers who love high-speed drifts.

The Cabuan Point is a dive site where the marine, terrain, and coral life is considered as the microcosm of all dive sites in Camiguin. There are fields of branching hard corals, growths of green tree corals, dendronepthya corals, and various sizes of gorgonians. Fishes like purple and orange anthias, fusiliers, red coral groupers, Napoleon Wrasse, and sweetlips are swimming freely in this dive site in Camiguin.

The Burias Shoal of Camiguin is pretty exciting. The stiff current is good only for advanced divers. The black coral forests are good hiding places for black snappers and long nosed emperors. Shoals of tuna and schools of jacks swirl around. This dive site in Camiguin also has coral bommies covered with orange anthias and luscious soft corals.

The slope and wall of Jigdup are also good dive sites in Camiguin. The slope is considered as the home of the maroon and leather dendronephtya corals. The wall has huge patches of anemones. The crevices, seafans, and overhangs are waiting to be explored by divers in Camiguin.

The Old Volcano dive site in Camiguin is a base of an extinct volcano. The hardened lava has turned into a beautiful reef. Many varieties of fish and corals are found here with turtles munching at sponges.

Mantigue is a small island near Camiguin and is also a good dive site. The Mantigue Island Sanctuary is a great dive site for novices. There is a diversity of macro critters with clownfishes in different varieties. Other fish species are also present in this dive site. You can find some turtles on the rocky protrusions resting there.

The Mantigue Crack is a crack within the coral formations of Black Coral Trees. This crack is filled with snappers, cardinalfish, sweetlips, and drummers. Myriads of clownfish can be found within their host anemones.

The Mantigue Whip is a dive site that has a sandy slope. If you look hard into the sand, you’ll find some stingrays dueling. Lots of fish species are found in this dive site due to the dense forest of Black and Whip Corals.

Camiguin may be a small island but it has a lot to offer to both local and foreign divers. The dive sites in Camiguin Island will give every diver an adrenaline rush and exciting high-speed drifts.