INDO-PACIFIC
Sogod Bay · Padre Burgos
- Philippines
- All levels
- November - May
Plan your dive
- Experience level
- All levels
- Depth guide
- Reef 5-30 m; whale shark snorkel
- When to go
- November - May
- Site type
- Bay & Whale Sharks
Featured wildlife
- Whale shark
- Green turtle
- Whitetip reef shark
- Reef manta ray
About this dive site
Southern Leyte bay with whale sharks and pristine wall dives.
Sogod Bay combines Limasawa channel walls, coral gardens, and community-run whale-shark snorkels off Padre Burgos in Southern Leyte-not the Cebu feed sites farther west. Liveaboards and homestays hop between Napantao Marine Sanctuary and quiet macro slopes.
Manta cleaning stations need calm positioning - let your guide set the line and keep a respectful distance. Calendar peak is November - May, but skippers still move sites when wind, swell or current change. Book with a crew that knows Sogod Bay day to day, not just the map pin.