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Coral Gardens

Dive site · Philippines

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

82Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

5 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
29°C

Tue 3 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
30°C

Wed 4 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
30°C

Thu 5 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
31°C

Fri 6 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
30°C

Sat 7 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
30°C

Sun 8 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
29°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 183, good
  2. Mon 282, good
  3. Tue 382, good
  4. Wed 481, good
  5. Thu 582, good
  6. Fri 682, good
  7. Sat 781, good
  8. Sun 882, good
  9. Mon 982, good
  10. Tue 1082, good

The site in three facts

  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 30 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces SWswell from there reaches it

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Coral Gardens
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov83, good0.1 mflat1 kn6kn29°C
Mon 2Nov82, good0.1 mflat3 kn5kn29°C
Tue 3Nov82, good0.1 mflat2 kn8kn30°C
Wed 4Nov81, good0.1 mflat2 kn9kn30°C
Thu 5Nov82, good0.1 mflat3 kn8kn31°C
Fri 6Nov82, good0.1 mflat1 kn16kn30°C
Sat 7Nov81, good0.1 mflat7 kn17kn30°C
Sun 8Nov82, good0.1 mflat4 kn14kn29°C
Mon 9Nov82, good0.1 mflat1 kn13kn30°C
Tue 10Nov82, good0.1 mflat0 kn16kn28°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovLow 03:45 −0.7 mHigh 10:08 +0.3 mLow 15:30 −0.2 mHigh 21:47 +0.6 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 04:59 −0.6 mHigh 11:40 +0.3 mLow 17:11 −0.2 mHigh 23:20 +0.5 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 06:29 −0.5 mHigh 13:16 +0.4 mLow 19:10 −0.2 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Slack water, the safest time to dive where there is current, is about half an hour either side of each high and low. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

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the site and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Coral Gardens

It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SW: swell from the SW reaches it, and wind from the NE blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 19 km away. The sea is about 28°C in January, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in May, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Linosutan. Within 5 km we also list 2 dive sites.

  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • How deep No source states how deep it goes.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 19 km away.

Water about 30°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 15 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Apr (about 20 m).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,140–US$2,270 each

about US$1,140–US$2,270 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to DVO, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$851–US$1,760
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$54–US$94
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$107–US$181
Food7 days eating outabout US$127–US$234
Totalabout US$1,140–US$2,270

Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Linosutan

Closest

Linosutan

2 min by car

about US$40/nightcountry average

See places to stay in Linosutan · Booking.com

About Linosutan its beds, food and every spot near it

Nearest town: Linosutan, 1 km. We have not checked places to stay in Linosutan yet. The nearest beds we have counted are in Aumbay, 23 km away. Search before you plan on staying there.

About US$40 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 27h 50m

About 27h 50m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → DVO, changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), then 1h by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • Carabao Dive Center 19 km

    +63 917 720 0270

  • Scubaqua Davao Dive Center 19 km

  • Coral Dive 19 km

  • South Shore Divers 20 km

  • Hayahay Dive Resort 22 km

The nearest named dive centres and shops within 25 km, in a straight line; training agencies where the map states them. Listings, not a recommendation. Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

This week: visibility about 15 m, about usual for the month (satellite plankton reading, 24 Oct). Estimated from the month's typical visibility and this week's satellite chlorophyll against the site's normal; heavy rain before a dive can still muddy it.

The current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.