2 hours by banca. Max. depth 32m. Measuring about 45m long and lying upright, this coastal vessel has a superstructure that houses a variety of fish. The hull is covered with sponges and hydrozoans. Next to the wreck is a natural reef.
The island is called “Black” because of its black rocks. The impressive rock formations, huge cave and white beach make the place a good destination. The island and its resources are traditionally used by the Tagbanua, a tribal group in Palawan . Hence it belongs to the so-called Ancestral Domain.
Taiei Maru
4 hours by banca. Max. depth 26m. This oil tanker is about 168 m long and lying almost level. It is well covered with sponges, corals, nudibranchs, slugs and tunicates. Fish life includes snappers, fusiliers, batfish, and the ubiquitous lionfish and scorpionfish.
Akitsushima
4 hours by banca. Max. depth 38m. This seaplane tender (one of the true warships) measures about 148m long and lies on its portside. It supports an abundant fish life including barracudas, tunas and snappers. Sponges, tunicates and coral species grow on this wreck.
Gunboat
Located in Coron Bay . Max. depth 18m. Lying next to a reef, this shallow wreck is covered with sponges, soft corals, sea cucumbers, tunicates, nudibranchs and slugs.
Olympia Maru
Located in Coron Bay . Max. depth 25m. This Japanese freighter is about 137m long and lying on its starboard side. The port side is covered with corals, hydrozoans and sponges that serve as substrate to the conspicuous Alabaster sea cucumbers. Tunicates, nudibranchs, slugs and a multitude of fish including groupers, breams, batfish and scorpionfish can be found on this wreck.
Kogyo Maru
Located in Coron Bay . Max. depth 34m. This Japanese freighter is about 158m long and lying on its starboard side.
Irako
Located in Coron Bay . Max. depth 42m. Measuring about 147m long and lying almost upright, this Japanese refrigerated provision ship has an interesting superstructure that serve as substrate to soft corals, sponges and tunicates. Nudibranchs, slugs and fishes such as groupers, lionfish, scorpionfish and batfish are among the inhabitants of this ship.
Mamya Maru
Located in Coron Bay . Max. depth 34m. This Japanese freighter is about 160m long and lying on its starboard side. The port side has many soft and hard corals, sponges, tunicates, nudibranchs and slugs. Fish life includes groupers, lionfish, batfish, fusiliers and snappers.
Tangat Wreck
Located in Coron Bay . Max. depth 30m. Another Japanese freighter, it measures about 122m long and lies almost upright. It is shelter to a variety of fish including lionfish, scorpionfish, batfish and snappers. Sponges, tunicates, nudibranchs, slugs and coral species can be found on this wreck.
East Tangat Wreck
Located in Coron Bay . Max. depth 22m. This vessel is about 40m long and believed to be a tugboat or an anti-submarine craft.
Note: Technical description from Jackson, Jack: The Dive Sites of the Philippines (1995), New Holland (Publishers) Ltd.
