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Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving - Bohol Diving, Philippines
The Philippines has an enormous number of dive locations. In Australia we are not aware of the extent of diving nor are we really aware of the quality of the diving in this country. On my trip to the Philippines in March 1997 I was quite surprised to find that there are well over 50 dive locations, each with dozens of dive sites. People come from all over the world, especially Europe, to dive there yet Australians are almost totally ignorant of the place as a dive location.
The island of Bohol is one of the better known dive locations, with more than a dozen dive operators catering for the visitors. On my trip I stayed at the Bohol Beach Club on Panglao Island (off the southern end of Bohol) and we dived with their in-house dive operation. This was one of the better organised operators I have used throughout the Pacific and Australia. As with other locations, the dive boats are the traditional bancas and they are quite good to dive from.
The normal dives from here are to Balicasag and Pamilacan Islands as well as off the Alona Beach area of Panglao Island. The operators also run dives to Cabilao Island where I had possibly the most exciting dive of my life when we encountered more than 100 hammerhead sharks.
Marine Sanctuary (also called South-West Wall)
Black Forest
Pamilacan Island
Panglao Island
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