Takatuka Divers offer a huge choice of varied diving tours suitable for experienced divers as well as for beginners.

One good reason for diving with Takatuka Divers is that we dive exclusively in small groups. Thus, we can respond flexibly to any of your wishes.

Countless impressive dive sites are waiting to be explored. Discover the nearby wracks...

- SS Panay sunken during the 2nd world war
- Freighter MS Jojo
- a Filipino wheat freighter

...and explore the caves and grottos right in front of Takatuka Lodge.

Our cave dives are also suitable for beginners! With our fast boat, we reach dozens of exciting drop-offs and stunning coral reefs in no time.

You will love it!

Wreck diving:

MS Jojo

Lying on its side, this 80 meters long two-mast freighter is the home of countless batfish and big lionfish. You will see hundreds of them while diving through the cargo hatch. MS Jojo sunk in the eighties and lies now between 22 and 33 meters deep on a sandbank.

SS Panay

A commissioned American ammunitions ship carrying supplies to the Philippine guerrillas, the SS Panay played a crucial role in the war against the Japanese Imperial Forces. In March 1942 it was spotted and torpedoed by two Japanese planes and laid to rest on the bottom of Campomanes Bay. The approx. 90 meters long warship lies perfectly upright in 33 - 41 meters depth and still has hundreds of gas masks on board.

Juliens Wreck

This beautifully overgrown freighter lies scattered in approx. 7 meters depth. Lots of vivacious fishes and manifold colourful corals as well as Ribbon eels live here in this luminous wreck area. Juliens Wreck is the perfect divespot for beginners and also qualifies for snorkeling.

Cave diving:

Langub Caves

Explore two caves and one grotto in one dive! Stingrays frequently hide on the caves' sandy ground while the ceilings are decked out with cute dangling bats. Langub Caves is an exiting dive in 5 meters depth which even suits for novices.

Drop Offs:

Eva's Point

A marvelous densely overgrown wall right at the entry to Campomanes Bay. Depth: 2 - 32 meters.

Eva's Point Extension:

Another wall dive at Campomanes Bay.
Depth: max. 26 meters . Lots of table corals.

Anajaua West:

This is a fantastic drop off on the western side of "Turtle Island". The wall roof is heavily overgrown with various colorful corals in 3 meters depth, dropping vertically to 15 meters.

Mystery wall:

A beautiful drop off. For advanced divers only. Depth: 35 - 70 meters.

Slopes:

Dante's Peak

A wonderful slope with lots of corals and fish. Depth: 5 - 38 meters.

Manta Drop

A mesmerizing slope with fishes and corals in abundance. You may even come across a turtle now and then. Depth: 5 - 31 meters.

Bulisan

An exciting slope in the vicinity of Takatuka Lodge with white sandy canyons running through. Superb for night dives. Depth: 8 - 16 meters.

Obon Point

A slanting coral garden near "Obon Caves" crisscrossed with canyons. Depth: 6 - 28 meters.

Friday the 13th

This vivid coral reef is smoothly sloping from 5 - 36 meters and is teeming with fishes and all kinds of corals.

MA Asin south I

Beautiful slope south of Campomanes bay. Depth: 5 - 20 meter

MA Asin south II

A lot of soft- and hardcorals at this coral garden. Depth: 5 -27 meters
Turtle Head Point

This slopy dive spot near "Turtle Island" is the habitat of various small and bigger fishes, too. Depth: 3 - 35 meters.

Reef diving:

Cartagena Bay

A region rich in corals, canyons, rocks and fishes. Depth: 5 - 22 meters.

Kentschikan north

Dive through luxuriant canyons, territory of thousands of fishes.
Depth: 3 - 20 meters.

Kentschikan south

This continuation of Kentschikan north is a fabulous spot for
night diving. Depth: 3 - 15 meters.

Habok Habok

This multicolored reef plateau is fascinatingly split up by clefts in 3 - 12 meters depth.

Hidden Sea

Countless anemones are gently waving in the soft current of the entrance to "Hidden Sea". Depth: 5 - 20 meters.

Hidden Sea south

A spectacular dive site where densly overgrown coral rocks are scattered all over the sandy bottom. Depth: 5 - 15 meters.

West

A free plunge down to 33 - 45 meters to visit an exciting reef where various big fishes meet. Tuna, baracudas and sharks frequent this coral-rock sprewn, sandy region.

Romantico

Another beautiful reef with a wonderful romantic wall.
Depth: 26 meters

Marco Polo

A fantastic reef on 26 meter. For advanced divers. Always very good visibility and big fish.

Ballo Garden

The underwater scenery here is magnificent. It is a particularly varied coral garden crisscrossed with canyons. Depth: 3 - 25 meters.

Turtle's Back

You will marvel at the immense diversity of corals and fishes you can observe here in 5 to 20 meters depth.

Ayers Rock

The sunken island reminds on the Ayers Rock in australia. Fantastic corals and a lot of fish. Depth: 18 bis 35 meters.

Sunken Island

Another sunken island with lots of fish and a big variety of corals.
A very popular divespot. Depth: 8 bis 25 meters.

Disneyland

A very nice spot with coral rocks on white sandy bottom.
Depth: 6 - 15 meters.

Unique dive sites:

Mad Max

You will dive right under an old dock through a breathtaking steel landscape scattered with gigantic, colorfully overgrown tires as well
as an enormous, chained anchor. Mad Max is the home of pipefish, lobsters, stonefish, morays and lionfish in hundreds. An extraordinary dive site in 5 - 28 meters depth.

Danjugan Island

Danjugan Island is a nature reserve patronized by the "Philippine Reef and Rainforest Projects". Its unique dive spots can only be visited having the specific permit and being led by one of their own guides. Moreover, because the dives are limited, it is not necessarily possible to dive any time.