Something about Tingloy Island

Tingloy is a radish shaped island municipality of the Province of Batangas. It is located at the southwest coast of Batangas mainland about four hours drive from Manila. It is bound on the north by Balayan Bay, on the east by Batangas Bay and on the south by Isla Verde passage. If has landmarks such as as: Pinagbanderahan, Mag-asawang Bato, Devil’s Point, Isla Sombrero (Sombrero Isalnd), Sepok Point, Bonito Island, Balahibong Manok and Caban Island.

DIVE SITES IN TINGLOY:

1. Caban Cove. This dive site is fairly sheltered. There are exotic coral formations, plenty of small tropical fish and an interesting small drop-off that goes down in a graduated "steps". This is a good choice for shallow dives

2. Sombrero Island . On the surface, this island resembles a hat underwater, so its profile makes the name Sombrero quite appropriate. The rim of the "hat" stretches a long way underwater from north to south.

3. Sepok. The rim of the drop-off west of Sepok Point and running southwest is a very good dive site with a wide variety of marine lives. The drop-off is at about 50 feet.

4.Mapating Rock (Shark Cave). The rock itself is surrounded by a fairly shallow area at about 35 feet, ending in a series of drop-offs running down to about 60 ft.

5. Batalan. Drops down to about 80 ft. This is a marvelous area for both wide-angle and macro-photography because of the abundant and varied coral formation.

6. Merriel´s Rock. There are numerous types of coral formations enough to fascinate even a marine biologist.

7. Papaya Point. There is a drop-off by a wide variety of coral and inhabited by plenty of small reef fish.

8. Maricaban / Tingloy. There is a cave at 125 ft., accessed by a tunnel, which makes for a challenging adventure. There are excellent coral formations, abundant pelagic fish and other outstanding photographic opportunities.

9. Balahibong Manok Island. This dive site is 50-70 ft with a flat bottom anand moderate to severe current. The ma