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Pamilacan Island

Dive site · Philippines

Experienced divers only

Is it worth the trip?

85Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

3 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
29°C

Tue 3 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
29°C

Wed 4 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
28°C

Thu 5 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
29°C

Fri 6 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
30°C

Sat 7 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
29°C

Sun 8 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
28°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 285, good
  2. Tue 385, good
  3. Wed 485, good
  4. Thu 584, good
  5. Fri 684, good
  6. Sat 783, good
  7. Sun 883, good
  8. Mon 973, good
  9. Tue 1084, good
  10. Wed 1183, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 35 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces SEswell 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 experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. Scored for experienced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Pamilacan Island
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov85, good0.0 mflat3 kn12kn29°C
Tue 3Nov85, good0.2 mflat2 kn5kn29°C
Wed 4Nov85, good0.2 mflat5 kn10kn28°C
Thu 5Nov84, good0.2 mflat6 kn10kn29°C
Fri 6Nov84, good0.3 m2 kn9kn30°C
Sat 7Nov83, good0.4 m7 kn13kn29°C
Sun 8Nov83, good0.3 m7 kn13kn28°C
Mon 9Nov73, good0.3 m6 kn16kn29°C
Tue 10Nov84, good0.3 m5 kn15kn29°C
Wed 11Nov83, good0.3 m5 kn12kn28°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

  • Mon 2 NovHigh 02:14 +0.9 mLow 11:22 −0.6 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 03:33 +0.7 mLow 12:44 −0.5 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 05:33 +0.5 mLow 13:39 −0.4 mHigh 20:24 +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.

Map

the site and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Pamilacan Island

A wall dive. It goes down to 35 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SE: swell from the SE reaches it, and wind from the NW blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 16 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 Pamilacan.

  • What it is Wall.
  • How deep Down to 35 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 16 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 20 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$2,250 each

about US$1,130–US$2,250 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 2 November 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$839–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$235
Totalabout US$1,130–US$2,250

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: Pamilacan

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Closest

Pamilacan

about 5 min by car · 3 places to stay

about US$40/nightcountry average

See 3 places to stay in Pamilacan · Booking.com

About Pamilacan 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 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 29h 20m

About 29h 20m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → CEB, changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), then 3h 05m by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • Majestic Oceans Dive 16 km

  • Blue Freedom Apnea 16 km

  • Diving School Pata Negra 19 km

  • Genesis Divers 19 km

  • Baywatch Dive Resort 19 km

    +63 38 502 9028

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

Animals divers and surveys have recorded within 2 km of this site in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it here, not that you will.

  • Clark's anemonefish Amphiprion clarkii

    Seen in 3 records.

  • Lubbock's wrasse Cirrhilabrus lubbocki

    Seen in 3 records.

  • Two-spot wrasse Oxycheilinus bimaculatus

    Seen in 3 records.

  • Parapercis tetracanthaSandperches

    Seen in 3 records.

  • Protoreaster nodosus

    Seen in 3 records.

  • Boomerang triggerfish Sufflamen bursa

    Seen in 3 records.

Records: OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO) and GBIF.org (1 November 2026, doi:10.15468/dl.jeesns), from the datasets named here, CC0 and CC BY records only. Names: WoRMS and GBIF; common names from the Catalogue of Life, the GBIF Backbone and Wikidata. Largest datasets here: iNaturalist Research-grade Observations; Programme CROMIS: carnet de plongée en ligne de la FFESSM-Observations d'espèces subaquatiques collectées par les utilisateurs de CROMIS. Credits

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