Anilao Pier

Anilao Pier is one of Batangas – Anilao (Southern Luzon)'s most rewarding dive sites, offering macro mecca beneath pier pilings with frogfish, ghost pipefish, b...

Basura

Basura is one of Batangas – Anilao (Southern Luzon)'s most rewarding dive sites, offering sandy muck site with frogfish, mimic octopus, coconut octopus, and sea...

Beatrice Point

Beatrice Point is one of Batangas – Anilao (Southern Luzon)'s most rewarding dive sites, offering wall dive with large gorgonian sea fans, anthias clouds, and m...

Cathedral Rock

Cathedral Rock is one of Batangas – Anilao (Southern Luzon)'s most rewarding dive sites, offering cross-shaped formation at 10 to 20 metres with batfish, sweetl...

Koala Point

Koala Point is one of Batangas – Anilao (Southern Luzon)'s most rewarding dive sites, offering sloping reef with reliable turtle encounters, ribbon eels, harleq...

Mainit Point

Mainit Point is one of Batangas – Anilao (Southern Luzon)'s most rewarding dive sites, offering drift dive with blacktip reef sharks, barracuda, trevally, and e...

Mapating Point

Mapating Point is one of Batangas – Anilao (Southern Luzon)'s most rewarding dive sites, offering deep drop-off with possible hammerhead sharks from December to...

Secret Bay

Secret Bay is one of Batangas – Anilao (Southern Luzon)'s most rewarding dive sites, offering world-famous muck site with mimic octopus, rhinopias, flamboyant c...

Sombrero Island

Sombrero Island is one of Batangas – Anilao (Southern Luzon)'s most rewarding dive sites, offering pinnacle with schooling barracuda, tuna, and occasional whale...

Twin Rocks

Twin Rocks is one of Batangas – Anilao (Southern Luzon)'s most rewarding dive sites, offering sloping reef with vibrant soft corals, turtles, schooling jacks, a...

Anilao's dining scene centers on dive resort restaurants serving both Filipino and international cuisine. Fresh catch of the day is always excellent with grilled fish, kinilaw ceviche, and seafood sinigang featuring prominently. The resort dining experience combines post-dive meals with ocean views and communal atmosphere. Local Filipino dishes like adobo and sinigang are prepared authentically by resort kitchen staff.

Aiyanar Beach Resort

Aquaventure Dive Resort

Buceo Anilao Resort

Vivere Anilao

Batangas and Anilao represent the undisputed muck diving capital of the Philippines and arguably the world, located just three hours south of Manila along the Verde Island Passage. This compact diving region packs extraordinary biodiversity into its volcanic black-sand slopes and coral reefs, hosting rare species found almost nowhere else on Earth including mimic octopus, wonderpus, blue-ringed octopus, rhinopias, and flamboyant cuttlefish. Anilao Pier is a legendary macro site where frogfish, ghost pipefish, and pygmy seahorses are routine encounters, while Secret Bay has earned worldwide fame for its concentration of rare cephalopods. Beyond muck diving, the region offers excellent reef diving at Twin Rocks and Cathedral Rock, thrilling drift dives at Mainit Point with blacktip reef sharks, and seasonal whale shark encounters at Sombrero Island from November to May. The proximity to Manila makes Anilao the perfect weekend diving escape with over 40 dive sites accessible within short boat rides from the numerous dive resorts lining the coast.

Batangas – Anilao (Southern Luzon)

Visit the world's smallest active volcano set within a stunning crater lake near Tagaytay.

Taal Volcano

Take a boat to the nearby island famous for its incredible marine biodiversity and strong currents.

Verde Island Day Trip

Relax on the volcanic sand beaches of the Anilao coastline between dives.

Batangas Beaches

Explore colonial-era churches and heritage houses in the historic town of Taal.

Taal Heritage Town

Learn about coral conservation efforts at local marine protected areas.

Marine Sanctuary Visit

Experience authentic Filipino market life with fresh seafood and tropical produce.

Local Market Tour

Accessible via 3-hour drive from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) in Manila. Van transfers available from Manila to Anilao dive resorts. Bangka outrigger boats provide access to offshore dive sites.

Dive Sites in Batangas – Anilao (Southern Luzon)