Coral Cove

Coral Cove lies along the Puerto Galera coastline on the northern tip of Mindoro, within the network of dive sites clustered around the Sabang and Small La Laguna area facing the Verde Island Passage. This stretch of Luzon's south coast is a well established diving hub, with sites reached by short banca rides from the shore resorts. The site sits over a reef bottom with a maximum depth of around 16 metres, making it a beginner dive. Divers have reported frogfish, nudibranchs, pipefish, pufferfish, and seahorses among the reef life here, the kind of small, well camouflaged critters that reward a slow, close look at the coral.

Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.

• Willan's ChromodorisChromodoris willaniReported here · unconfirmed
• Anna's ChromodorisChromodoris annaeReported here · unconfirmed
• Chamberlain's NembrothaNembrotha chamberlainiReported here · unconfirmed
• Blue LinckiaLinckia laevigataReported here · unconfirmed
• Dusky NembrothaNembrotha kubaryanaReported here · unconfirmed
• Magnificent ChromodorisChromodoris magnificaReported here · unconfirmed
• Loch's ChromodorisChromodoris lochiReported here · unconfirmed
• Crested NembrothaNembrotha cristataReported here · unconfirmed
• FrogfishFrogfishReported here · unconfirmed
• SeahorseSeahorseReported here · unconfirmed
• NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
• PufferfishPufferfishReported here · unconfirmed
• PipefishPipefishReported here · unconfirmed