Apo Island – Rock Point East
A finger-shaped reef near the island's southern tip with steep slopes to a plateau at about 35 m. Strong currents concentrate fish: blacktip and whitetip reef sharks patrol the deeper sections, and occasional manta sightings are reported during plankton blooms.
Facts
- Region: Dauin, Apo Island & Bohol – Philippines
- Area: Apo Island
- Depth: 5–35 m
- Level: advanced
- Current: strong
- Type: drift, reef, wall
- Coordinates: 9.068, 123.2735 (approximate)
- Highlights: blacktip reef shark, whitetip reef shark, moray eel, triggerfish, turtle, manta
- Permit: Apo Island is a community-managed marine sanctuary (Apo Island Protected Landscape and Seascape). Visitors pay an island entrance/conservation fee and a diving or snorkelling fee in the sanctuary, and a licensed guide is mandatory for the turtle sanctuary. Reported amounts differ and are not official: around PHP 300 for entrance (docking, swimming and snorkelling), a diving fee of about PHP 300, and a guide of about PHP 300 per group. Dive operators from Dauin normally pass these on and ask for cash. Access to the sanctuary (southeast side) can be restricted, with a daily diver cap reported.
- Issuer / contact: Apo Island Protected Area Management Board / Apo Island community (fees usually collected via your dive operator)
- No official phone or e-mail for the fee office was found; ask your dive operator.
- Unverified: Position approximate near the southern tip; depth range is from one guide.
- Tips: Guides check the current before each dive. Nitrox helps at depth.