The top of the reef is at 3 to 4 meters (12 feet) and the slope sharply drops to 27 meters (90 feet). There is one large cabbage coral approximately 2.5 meters (8 feet) in diameter and at 25 meters(80 feet),there lives an acropora whose diameter is roughly 2.3 meters (about 8 feet).There are plenty of macro subjects on this reef. Divers have spotted sweetlips,large anemones with African,common and pink shunk clown fish communally living with blue banded anemone shrimps. At approximately 18 meters (60 feet),the formation of small to medium sized Porites is unusual in that they form a big stairway.
Best time: October - May
How to get there:
It is accessible by plane from Manila to Busuanga or to Puerto Princesa City using Phlippine Airlines or Cebu Pacific Airlines. From Puerto Princesa,it can be reached by jeepney or bus to Taytay,then by sea from Taytay to Coron.
Travel time : 1 hour and 30 minutes flight from Manila to Busuanga and an hour's flight from Manila to Puerto Princesa. In Busuanga,30 minutes by jeepney to Decalasiao Wharf and 3 hours by pumpboat to Calauit. From Puerto Princesa 10 hours by boat to Coron.
Last updated: 2007-01-20 15:03:52.955864