Dive Site - Apo Island - Chapel Point
| Dive Site - Apo Island - Chapel Point | |||
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| Apo Island - Chapel Point | Apo Island, Philippines | ||
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30 m | Advanced Open Water |
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| 9° 4.722′ N 9.0787° N 9° 4′ 43.32″ N |
123° 16.264′ E 123.271067° E 123° 16′ 15.84″ E |
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| From the Chapel Point dive site you can see Apo Island's only chapel, hence the name. The dive site is right in front of the main docking area of the island which is close tothe only chapel on Apo Island, Philippines. The dive site has a small wall that starts at 5m going down to 25m. Along the wall you can find some nudibranchs, as well as leafish, frogfish and ribbon eels, especially near the small cave at 18m. A beautiful coral garden can be found at the 5m plateau on top of the wall. The Chapel Point dive site starts on a steep white sandy slope that closely resembles a ski slope and joins a dramatic wall that drops down to 30, 40 and 50+ meters. The wall has many nooks and crannies and large cave like over hangs which are great for exploring. Chapel Point can be dived as a very easy shallow dive if one stays on the hard coral plateau above the wall or a deeper dive with a bottom beyond recreational dive limits. The wall has a vast quantity of sea fans, soft corals and anemones. Look out for the numerous garden eels in the shallows, blue and yellow ribbon eels which are frequently spotted in the overhangs, nudibranchs, scorpion fish, sea snakes and the odd turtle sitting on top of the wall. |
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