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Gato islet seen from Tepanee Beach Resort, Malapascua
Logon, the nearest town, 8 km away. Photo: Matt Kieffer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Monad Shoel

Dive site · Philippines

Advanced divers and up

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

Mon 2 · 84 out of 100

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

Tue 3 · 84 out of 100

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Wed 4 · 84 out of 100

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Thu 5 · 84 out of 100

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Fri 6 · 84 out of 100

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Sat 7 · 84 out of 100

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Sun 8 · 84 out of 100

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

The site in five facts

  • Down to 50 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces NWswell from there reaches it

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual dive conditions at Monad Shoel, each day of your trip
DayAir
Mon 2to 8usually28°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

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Monad Shoel

A reef dive. It goes down to 50 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NW: swell from the NW reaches it, and wind from the SE blows out to sea. 24 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 7.7 km away. The sea is about 27°C in February, 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 Logon. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 50 m: technical diving, past the 40 m recreational limit.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 24 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 7.7 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 Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Oct and Nov (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$1,130–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: Logon

Closest

Logon

about 15 min by car · 65 places to stay

about US$40/nightcountry average

See 65 places to stay in Logon · Booking.com

About Logon 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

About 30h door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → CEB, changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), then 3h 45m 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.

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