Akitsushima

Akitsushima is one of Coron (Palawan – Wreck Capital)'s most rewarding dive sites, offering large Japanese seaplane tender at 18 to 36 metres with crane and ant...

Barracuda Lake

Barracuda Lake is one of Coron (Palawan – Wreck Capital)'s most rewarding dive sites, offering unique thermocline and halocline dive with limestone walls, fresh...

CYC Beach

CYC Beach is one of Coron (Palawan – Wreck Capital)'s most rewarding dive sites, offering shallow coral site ideal for training dives and night dives with diver...

East Tangat Wreck

East Tangat Wreck is one of Coron (Palawan – Wreck Capital)'s most rewarding dive sites, offering small gunboat at 3 to 22 metres suitable for both snorkelling...

Irako Maru

Irako Maru is one of Coron (Palawan – Wreck Capital)'s most rewarding dive sites, offering 160-metre Japanese refrigerated ship at 30 to 44 metres with penetrab...

Kogyo Maru

Kogyo Maru is one of Coron (Palawan – Wreck Capital)'s most rewarding dive sites, offering freighter with cargo holds full of wire rolls at 22 to 34 metres with...

Okikawa Maru

Okikawa Maru is one of Coron (Palawan – Wreck Capital)'s most rewarding dive sites, offering oil tanker at 12 to 26 metres with enormous propeller, batfish scho...

Olympia Maru

Olympia Maru is one of Coron (Palawan – Wreck Capital)'s most rewarding dive sites, offering freighter at 18 to 30 metres with open cargo holds, macro life in t...

Siete Pecados

Siete Pecados is one of Coron (Palawan – Wreck Capital)'s most rewarding dive sites, offering coral garden with limestone pinnacles, turtle cleaning station, an...

Coron town offers a mix of Filipino restaurants, seafood grills, and international cafes catering to the diving community. Fresh seafood is outstanding with grilled tuna, lapu-lapu, and prawns available daily from local fishermen. The town's restaurant scene has grown considerably with Thai, Italian, and Filipino fusion options. Seafood boil restaurants and beachside grills provide excellent post-dive dining with sunset views over Coron Bay.

The Funny Lion

Sophia's Garden Resort

Corto del Mar Hotel

Two Seasons Coron

Coron in northern Palawan is the undisputed wreck diving capital of the Philippines, home to one of the world's finest collections of World War II Japanese shipwrecks sunk by American carrier aircraft in September 1944. The sheltered waters of Coron Bay and Busuanga Island protect over a dozen Japanese freighters, tankers, and gunboats at depths from 3 to 44 metres, creating an extraordinary underwater museum of wartime history. The Irako Maru, a 160-metre refrigerated ship, is considered the crown jewel with its penetrable engine room and massive groupers at 30 to 44 metres. The Akitsushima seaplane tender still features visible anti-aircraft guns and a working crane while the Okikawa Maru oil tanker boasts an enormous propeller in excellent visibility. Beyond the wrecks, Coron offers stunning freshwater lake diving at Barracuda Lake with unique thermocline and halocline layers, the coral gardens of Siete Pecados, and shallow snorkelling at CYC Beach. The combination of historical significance, wreck variety, and stunning limestone karst scenery makes Coron one of Asia's essential diving destinations.

Coron (Palawan – Wreck Capital)

Swim in the crystal-clear freshwater lake surrounded by dramatic limestone formations, one of the Philippines' most photographed spots.

Kayangan Lake

Explore the stunning twin lagoons connected by a narrow channel with thermocline layers and dramatic cliff walls.

Twin Lagoon

Visit the pristine white sand island with crystal-clear water ideal for snorkelling and beach relaxation.

Malcapuya Island

Hike the 700 steps to the summit for panoramic views over Coron Bay and the surrounding limestone karst landscape.

Mt. Tapyas

Soak in the natural saltwater hot springs after a day of diving, one of the few saltwater hot springs in the world.

Maquinit Hot Springs

Visit the wildlife sanctuary with African and endemic Philippine animals on a guided safari tour.

Calauit Safari Park

Accessible via flight from Manila to Busuanga Airport (Francisco B. Reyes Airport, USU) in 45 minutes, or ferry from Puerto Princesa or El Nido. Bangka boats and dive boats operate from Coron town to wreck sites.

Dive Sites in Coron (Palawan – Wreck Capital)