INDO-PACIFIC
Apo Reef Natural Park
- Philippines
- Experienced
- November - May
Plan your dive
- Experience level
- Experienced
- Depth guide
- Wall and shallow lagoon
- When to go
- November - May
- Site type
- Atoll Reef
Featured wildlife
- Grey reef shark
- Whitetip reef shark
- Green turtle
- Spotted eagle ray
About this dive site
The Philippines' largest contiguous coral reef system.
Apo Reef Natural Park is a remote atoll off Mindoro with outer walls patrolled by sharks and inner lagoons of pristine table corals. Eagle rays and mantas appear on blue-water days. Liveaboards from Sablayan or Coron loops keep visitor numbers low on this national-park jewel.
Most trips target November - May, but wind, swell and current still decide the day's site. Calendar peak is November - May, but skippers still move sites when wind, swell or current change. Book with a crew that knows Apo Reef Natural Park day to day, not just the map pin.