Moalboal, Philippines
Pescador Island
A tiny island with walls, a cathedral cave and turtles all around.
About the dive
Pescador Island is a beginner-friendly dive site in Moalboal, Philippines. It is a drift, reef and wall dive. Divers have logged 1,444 dives here, going to 24 m on average in around 16 m of visibility. 29 species are recorded here month by month; the most sighted are lionfish, clownfish and pufferfish. Sightings peak in June, November and December.
- Level
- Beginner
- Entry
- Boat
- Avg. max depth
- 24 m
- Visibility
- 16 m
- Dive time
- 49 min
- Logged dives
- 1,444
- Busiest months
- Jun · Nov · Dec
- Region
- Eastern Philippines
Most sighted here
LionfishPhoto: Meritt Thomas · CC0
ClownfishPhoto: MaLia Evans · CC0
PufferfishPhoto: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand · CC0
Green TurtlePhoto: National Marine Sanctuaries · CC0
What you’ll see, month by month
The most-sighted species at Pescador Island and the months they are logged. The brighter the cell, the more sightings.
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionfish | ||||||||||||
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| Green Turtle | ||||||||||||
| Moray eels | ||||||||||||
| Bannerfish | ||||||||||||
| Butterflyfish | ||||||||||||
| Angelfish | ||||||||||||
| Frogfish | ||||||||||||
| Parrotfish | ||||||||||||
| Triggerfish | ||||||||||||
| Boxfish | ||||||||||||
| Scorpionfish | ||||||||||||
| Chinese trumpetfish | ||||||||||||
| Pipefish | ||||||||||||
| Surgeonfish |
Dive centers nearby
16 dive centers within 10 km. The closest:
- Magic Island Dive Resort Inc.3.7 km
- Love's Beach & Dive Resort3.7 km
- Cebu Fun Divers3.7 km
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