Staying Home Sucks, home

White Island Reef

Dive site · Philippines

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

84Good out of 100 for your dates

Usually home sucks

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 84 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 84 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 84 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 84 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 84 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 84 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Mon 9 · 84 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The site in three facts

  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces Nswell from there reaches it

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual dive conditions at White Island Reef, each day of your trip
DayAir
Tue 3to 8usually28°C
Mon 9usually27°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Visibility about 15 m, usual for the month.

Water about 29°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm.

Map

the site and its town

Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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More diving near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About White Island Reef

It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces N: swell from the N reaches it, and wind from the S blows out to sea. 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 1.6 km away. The sea is about 27°C in February, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in June, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Mambajao. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

  • 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 2 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 1.6 km away.

Water about 29°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 Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep and Oct (about 25 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$1,130–US$2,240 each

about US$1,130–US$2,240 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 CEB, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$837–US$1,740
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$1,130–US$2,240

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: Mambajao

Closest

Mambajao

about 10 min by car · 11 places to stay

about US$40/nightcountry average

See 11 places to stay in Mambajao · Booking.com

About Mambajao its beds, food and every spot near it

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 30h 45m

About 30h 45m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → CEB, changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), then 4h 30m by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

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's visibility, the current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.